Regular Member odlantern Posted June 30, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2014 Pulpedfiction1, if you don't mind me asking, how many grafts did you get in each of your 3 surgeries? I tried looking this up in your profile but didn't have any luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Pulpedfiction1 Posted June 30, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted June 30, 2014 Approx # of grafts were: 1st HT: 2,000 2nd: 1,600 3rd: 1,300 Progress photos showing essentially the final results (11 months) of HT #2 are here: http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/175752-dr-beehner-hair-transplant-2-11-month-result-hair-transplant-3-coming-soon.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member odlantern Posted July 1, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 1, 2014 Those look like fantastic results. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lax Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Can you share us how much it cost you with Dr Ivan for ARTAS FUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member odlantern Posted July 14, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2014 I would rather not say an exact number, but it was somewhere around the mid thousands. Hopefully I didn't get ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Pulpedfiction1 Posted July 15, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted July 15, 2014 You didn't. FUE goes for $6-8 per graft from a reputable surgeon. I've primarily had FUT, but also about 200 FUE grafts. The FUE was back to normal in like 3-4 days, which was incredible relative to the pain that stuck around for 10-12 days with the FUT (and of course the resultant scar). My big issue with FUE is that you get a much lower yield (% of grafts that actually grow in)--according to my doc, it's virtually 100% with FUT, but only 70-80% with FUE. So the real cost of an FUE graft is just about double the price of an FUT graft (not to mention wasting donor supply). I would rather not say an exact number, but it was somewhere around the mid thousands. Hopefully I didn't get ripped off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member odlantern Posted July 15, 2014 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 15, 2014 Hi PulpedFiction1, When I first consulted with Dr. Cohen, the price he gave me was quite high, just over $8 a graft. He mentioned that the robotic FUE costs more than the manual FUE because they have to pay a certain percentage of the procedure to the makers of the robot, but that it was worth it due to the usually higher yield. He claimed that he put in 1100 grafts instead of the planned 1000 because I had a higher yield than usual during the extraction. I don't know what the exact percentage was. I was very aggressive with negotiations because I just couldn't see paying that much. In the end, I got a little over $2 per graft off of the price. Now that my hair is getting thicker, I'm really liking the results. At close to month 5 it now seems to be growing much faster. It is definitely dense enough. The open question is whether I want to move the hairline down further in the future. I will probably end up doing that in a year or two. Dr. Cohen really seems to want me to come in so he can take pictures and inspect the results. He has contacted me several times. ~David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Pulpedfiction1 Posted July 15, 2014 Senior Member Share Posted July 15, 2014 $6 per graft is good...especially considering that your surgeon is located in a very wealthy area, and is really the only decent HT surgeon in the state (and all of New England, really) I've found that months 5-8 produced the most dramatic growth...exciting times, definitely. Hi PulpedFiction1, When I first consulted with Dr. Cohen, the price he gave me was quite high, just over $8 a graft. He mentioned that the robotic FUE costs more than the manual FUE because they have to pay a certain percentage of the procedure to the makers of the robot, but that it was worth it due to the usually higher yield. He claimed that he put in 1100 grafts instead of the planned 1000 because I had a higher yield than usual during the extraction. I don't know what the exact percentage was. I was very aggressive with negotiations because I just couldn't see paying that much. In the end, I got a little over $2 per graft off of the price. Now that my hair is getting thicker, I'm really liking the results. At close to month 5 it now seems to be growing much faster. It is definitely dense enough. The open question is whether I want to move the hairline down further in the future. I will probably end up doing that in a year or two. Dr. Cohen really seems to want me to come in so he can take pictures and inspect the results. He has contacted me several times. ~David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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