Shapiro Medical Group

It’s been over nine years since I had my transplant surgery. I have to say that this has been the best money I’ve ever spent on myself. In my opinion having a great hair and great teeth will always make you look 10 years younger. On the day of my surgery, I went in, sat down, got sedated, watched some movies, woke up, had lunch, went back to sleep and then woke up and it was all complete. The only discomfort I felt was itching around the donor area days after the surgery was done. I wasn’t going to wait until people started referring to me as a bald guy to get this done. I’ve always told my buddies, the sooner you go in and get this handled the better. Dr. Ron and Dr. Paul and Matt and everybody I’ve ever come in contact with on their staff have always been really great to work with and its nice to run into them when I am out and about. Yes I paid thousands for the surgery and yes I continue with rogaine at night. But I’m 51 and I have more hair on my head than most guys I know within 15 years under my age. I couldn’t be happier.

I went to Shapiro Medical Group for consult. From start to finish they were very helpful, educational, and straight forward. Matt spent a lot of time with me explaining the theory behind hair transplant and listened to what I am hoping to accomplish. He was very helpful. I am not the best candidate for hair transplant. I have significant balding and a limited donor. He told me about my donor supply and that I did not have enough donor to cover my entire scalp. He showed me a lot of photos of men in my same condition and what at 2,500 graft case would look like. Then I met Dr Paul Shapiro who was also very patient with the many questions I had and explained the medical information in a format I could understand. They both suggested I start finasteride which is a medication that can regrow hair, and went over the benefits and possible side effects. They both suggested I think about what I learned and think about if a 2,5000 case covering part of my scalp would meet my needs. It was very low pressure and I left felling they want what is best for me and left it up to me to think about what I learned and get back to them.
I only gave them 4 stars because I did not have surgery. But from my research on the internet and positive reviews for many years I am sure they do great work.

Update: 3÷9÷15:
I have been in touch with Dr. Paul Shapiro since I wrote this review. After writing the review below (this was written approx. 7 months after my surgery), I took the following steps:
1. Started using Theradome (laser helmet). It didn’t bring back transplanted hair, but it did stop my usual hair shedding and made my hair look fuller
2. I spoke to both Dr. Paul Shapiro and Matt Zupan at length about what happened during our conversations, which had infuriated me to the point that I wrote this review. The mistakes made were acknowledged, and I am glad to see their professionalism in accommodating me for a revision surgery on ¾/​15. I am recovering right now, I will update this review based on the growth I see. For now, I have bumped this review up from 1-​star to 3-​stars, and I will update this as I start to see the results from revision surgery.
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Original review:
Male, 30 years old, had hair transplant procedure with Dr. Paul Shapiro on 12÷19÷13. Its been seven months and I am not seeing any hair growth.
Needless to say, when I called the Shapiro clinic yesterday for my post op appointment, I was frustrated with the progress so far. Instead of listening to my concerns, their representative Matt Zupan does the following:
1. Matt starts off the call by telling me how fantastic my hair growth has been so far. It is obvious he hasn’t seen my pictures, since most people can look at my pictures and conclude that the growth is far from «fantastic»
2. Then, once I ask if I should use Minoxidil (Rogaine) to stimulate hair growth, he starts blaming me for not using Minoxidil from right after the surgery, and Matt mentions that the handout/​videos state that using Minoxidil is mandatory.
3. He then proceeds to create a theory that the transplanted hair is growing well, and the reason I still look bald is that my native hair is falling. I then have to remind Matt to look at my file, since I clearly mentioned before my surgery that I have been on Avodart (Dutasteride — 0.5mg) since 2010.
4. At this stage, I am incredibly frustrated, since Matt has not looked at my medical records, or looked closely at my pictures, and he is trying to pin the lack of hair growth on me. Before the call ends, Matt again asks me to email him the medications I am on, something I already told the Shapiro group the day of my surgery.
I am ok with spending $ 10 000, and living my life with a big scar on my scalp. What I am not ok with, is the utter lack of professionalism displayed by Matt Zupan. At this stage, I have no other option but to pray and hope for hair growth, or be back under the knife.