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Hair transplants. Blackrock Clinic Vs DMI Vs surgeons outside Ireland Vs other option

  • 16-06-2015 04:00PM
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭


    Id imagine, like a few on here, the male pattern baldness is starting to get to me and I was wondering who have used what on here and how did it go for you?

    Blackrock Clinic: www.hrbr.ie

    Perhaps the best known one in Ireland? They certainly did a great job on Louie Walsh but I wont be spending 30 grand with them for those kind of results ;)

    DHI: www.dhi.ie

    In Ireland Im leaning towards these based on price compared to Blackrock. From some research so far it looks like they are at least half the price.

    Surgeons outside Ireland: There's apparently a surgeon in Spain doing work for 10k that would cost 30k here. Anyone? I need to research this more.

    Other option: Anywhere else/any other hair loss solutions you've found to have worked?

    Not interested in wig solutions like Northwest Lace or Toplace as they dont always look great and it is still a wig regardless if it does.

    Not interested in Rogaine as the list of side effects it has is ridiculous and needs monthly top ups.

    And not interested in hairloss drugs either such as Propecia because their side effects potential are downright scary. How they are still given out willy nilly is surprising. I dont think we're allowed talk about them here anyway which is good.

    So gentlmen, your feedback on the above? :)


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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    I used Gillette, the best a man can get! Just shave it off!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Don't do it man. It always looks ridiculous!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭uch


    Buy a Flatcap

    22/25



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭ElChe32


    What you should do is get breast enlargement surgery, your amble breasts will take away the attention from your hairline. Cheaper too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,706 ✭✭✭valoren


    I love how they try to infer low self esteem on you with the adverts :)

    "Going Bald? Feeling like a Loser?"

    Just get a buzz cut and shave it off.

    I went thin on top aged 19. Was in denial for a few years and just did the above.

    I think I would look ridiculous with a thick head of hair now.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gerry Rio


    smash wrote: »
    Don't do it man. It always looks ridiculous!

    Not always. Years ago yes, they definitely did. But Louie Walsh's looks excellent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭Pedro K


    Gerry Rio wrote: »
    Not always. Years ago yes, they definitely did. But Louie Walsh's looks excellent.

    Now I know you're trolling!!!! :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko




  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,188 ✭✭✭DoYouEvenLift


    I remember seeing some amazing videos on YouTube and pictures of some Turkish surgeon who's supposed to be one of the best in the world, some of his results were honestly insanely well done


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    accept it gracefully and you will be a lot happier


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Gerry Rio wrote: »
    Not always. Years ago yes, they definitely did. But Louie Walsh's looks excellent.
    He looks like Tin Tins grandfather.

    If it does go wrong it will look far worse than a shaven head, so even if offered free I would not take it up, also all surgery carries a risk. This is completely unneccesary for most men, I could imagine some women losing hair could well have more understandable pscychological reasons to do it, but there are still wigs.

    I almost feel sorry for auld lads with full heads of hair or no grey hair nowadays -as I guess people might consider them vain thinking they have had work done.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,060 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    Have you tried, you know, not being bald?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gerry Rio


    I remember seeing some amazing videos on YouTube and pictures of some Turkish surgeon who's supposed to be one of the best in the world, some of his results were honestly insanely well done

    Does Dr Erdogan or Dr Doganay ring any bells in relation to this?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Watching the Ireland v England friendly match the other week, Rooneys hair looks like a hat, ridiculously unnatural looking


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Be a trailblazer and bring the comb over back.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Go for that hair transplant. It looks great on some :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭FalconGirl


    Hair transplant technology has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years. Anto Stokes is a good example.

    Before:

    http://i3.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article1849871.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Anthony-Stokes.jpg

    After:

    http://i1.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article4969163.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Anthony-Stockes-tweets-new-hair.jpg

    Go for it OP if you want. Some people just don't feel comfortable going bald.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gerry Rio


    FalconGirl wrote: »
    Hair transplant technology has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years. Anto Stokes is a good example.

    Before:

    http://i3.irishmirror.ie/incoming/article1849871.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Anthony-Stokes.jpg

    After:

    http://i1.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article4969163.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Anthony-Stockes-tweets-new-hair.jpg

    Go for it OP if you want. Some people just don't feel comfortable going bald.

    Thanks. I might get another 3-5 years out of it before I look like him in the first pic and by then technology will be even better.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭FalconGirl


    Gerry Rio wrote: »
    Thanks. I might get another 3-5 years out of it before I look like him in the first pic and by then technology will be even better.

    Exactly, and by that time the treatment may be more normalised and affordable. Society is only beginning to embrace it.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gerry Rio


    Pedro K wrote: »
    Now I know you're trolling!!!! :p

    It does though compared to what it was. Not sure it was worth 50 grand and given how much publicity he gave to the clinic that did it I doubt he payed a single penny of it.

    On the contary he almost definitely made money out of it.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    anncoates wrote: »
    Be a trailblazer and bring the comb over back.



  • Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    FalconGirl wrote: »

    Looks to me like they just stuck on that foam that covers microphones! It just doesn't look natural imo.

    I'm afraid most of my hair is a distant memory. They'd have to find a machine to measure how little I care. Though I guess very singular factors can affect the issue greatly, if I was single for example, or if I was one of those "determined to make new friends" types...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,949 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    I remember seeing some amazing videos on YouTube and pictures of some Turkish surgeon who's supposed to be one of the best in the world, some of his results were honestly insanely well done

    http://www.hakandoganayfue.com/


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gerry Rio


    Looks to me like they just stuck on that foam that covers microphones! It just doesn't look natural imo.

    Looks great to me. Natural too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,820 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Rub chicken sh1t on your head twice daily.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gerry Rio


    very singular factors can affect the issue greatly, if I was single for example, or if I was one of those "determined to make new friends" types...

    Being single I can understand as some women simply need hair on a man's head. But what has making new friends got to do with it?


  • Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gerry Rio wrote: »
    Being single I can understand as some women simply need hair on a man's head. But what has making new friends got to do with it?

    I should maybe have put that better, you know the "I'm new in such and such a town, what clubs should I join to make new friends" posts, it just seems to me that one may understandably be more conscious about their looks and appearance in certain situations.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 259 ✭✭Dep!


    Have you tried, you know, not being bald?

    I think that's the OP's pont.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Gerry Rio


    Mesrine65 wrote: »

    He is apparently the best Turkish surgeon in the world and his rates per hair are about a fifth of that of those in Ireland. But he's still Turkish and I hate saying this but they're an untrustworthy nation at the best of times.

    At least if something goes a bit wrong with one in Ireland you can go back and have it looked at easily.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,561 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Head to your nearest tattoo parlour and get some rabbits done.














    From a distance they'll look just like hares.


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