Shapiro Medical Group

Reviews 3

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Hairloss Experiences

Hi all. This is my HT journey. I flew to Amsterdam with KLM which took one hour. Then it was a direct flight to Minneapolis with NWA(Delta) which took eight hours. Arrived at the airport at 3.30pm, went through customs and got the hotel shuttle (mini bus) to the hotel which took about 20 minutes. The hotel was the Country Inn and Suites. This is a nice hotel and is five minutes from Shapiro Medical Group. One extra bonus the hotel had was free use of computers with internet access. It cost me £637 all in with flight and accommodations for three nights. There are quite a few sports bars and restaurants a few minutes walk from the hotel and a downtown area which has loads of bars, restaurants, shops etc. I also visited the Mall of America which is a huge shopping centre full of everything you need. It’s one of the biggest malls in the world. The hotel shuttle will take you to and from the airport, Mall of America and to SMG as a free service. The hotel is used to SMG patients and the shuttle bus drivers too. They were all very friendly. The hotel gives discounts to SMG patients. The discount rate is $99 per night. There are two downtowns. One is Minneapolis and the other is St. Paul. The two cities are close within 15 minutes drive of each other. The center of the 2 downtown has skyways – walkways from building to building above the streets so you don’t have to go outside in bad weather. They were both beautiful clean cities. Monday morning i went to the clinic. I met Dr Shapiro and we talked about my expectations and he examined my hair. Then I was in the chair. Got my anesthetic needles in my scalp which I never felt a thing as they use a vibrating tool. Dr Shapiro removed my strip and then the techs starting the cutting while I was being sutured up and then Dr Shapiro made the incisions for my new hair. When about 90% of the incisions were made, they used a dye onto my recipient area for them to see the incisions better. They save the other 10% to be used for fine tuning at the end. They were also taking estimates of how many grafts were to be expect every half hours or so. Janna and the other techs then started to plant with Dr Shapiro checking all the time as my crown planting was not straight forward due to my previous poor work which left plugs in there growing in the wrong directions. My crown work went great and then they proceeded to plant in the middle of my hairline. Janna planted every single graft in the hairline. Then towards the end, Dr. Shapiro and Janna did the stick/plant method to fine tune the hairline. This is where Dr. Shapiro makes the incision and Janna plants straight away after each incision is made. They said once the incisions are filled with grafts, you can see spaces in between, so Dr. Shapiro always asks for single hairs to be saved for this part. Photos were taken at every opportunity by Janna and Dr Shapiro. Once finished I was shown the work and asked if I was happy which I was. Went back to the hotel and logged on the net and chilled out for the night. I took two Vicodin for pain before I went to bed, woke up fine and didn’t need any more pain relief meds. I took two though just before my plane journey home to be safe. Next day Tuesday, checked out of hotel and went to SMG for a hair wash and haircut. They took more photos and a video of the work. Janna and Dr Shapiro chatted with me again to confirm I was happy. I then hung around and was invited to watch a live surgery of planting and cutting grafts which was very interesting. They were very professional and great at what they were doing. I would without any doubt say that if you choose to have a HT with SMG that you will have a great experience and receive a world class result. I flew home at 7.30 pm on Tuesday. I took some valium on the plane and slept most of the way back to Amsterdam. I would highly recommend Shapiro Medical Group going by my own experience. You can see my pictures at hairlossexperiences forum. Cheers BM.

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Junior Morgan

I have had I think six, maybe seven procedures going back to 1999, starting out with Bosley in Chicago for the first 2-3, then MHR in Mpls, and the last two at Shapiro. I became a much more sophisticated consumer as time went on and the procedures added up, and consequently finally found SMG. When I had my first consult with them I was ready to throw in the towel. I wanted scar revision so I could get micropigmentation in the scar and cut my hair super short. I was noticeably thinning in the crown, and my hairline was beginning to thin significantly, leaving previously planted hairs as "outliers." Not a natural look if I ever wanted to comb my hair back. The consultant let me know I did not look bad as I thought, and recommended Dermmatch, which he demonstrated on my crown. I was astounded at how it gave me a very realistic appearance of a full hair in the crown. So I ran with that and it immediately positively impacted my self-esteem. I started going out more, dating, and having a lot more fun in life. One year later I underwent my first SMG procedure, 1500 grafts, and when they came in the result was great. That was 2012. Just had my second, 2000 grafts, last Winter and those are now coming in and I am now growing my hair longer and combing it straight back Pat Riley style. I could not be more satisfied with the experience at SMG. I am in the finishing-work phase of what has been a 17-year process so far. I see one or two more procedures to fine tune everything. There have been many times over the years when I have regretted starting out on this path, and if I had it to do over knowing what I know now I likely would not have done it. But I did, and I can honestly say I am happy with the current results. Its nice to have what everyone thinks is a nice full head of hair at my age, 44, while most men around me are bald or heading in that direction. Helps out with the ladies as well. Been dating 20-somethings for the last five years and my girlfriend of 3.5 yrs is 25!

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Jim Napoli

Drs. Paul an Ron Shapiro have helped me in redoing over and over again from the aftermath of receiving hair transplants of the 70s. The were massive plugs that looked like corn rows. I have been treated for hair restoration from LA to Minneapolis and I cannot say how grateful I am to have them on my team. People use to always look up at my hairline when they were talking to me because all they saw were these "wild roots" as they were once called. This was very annoying and would attribute to me being self-conscience. Dr. Ron started the repair and Dr. Paul finished. I cannot thank them enough. The staff is phenomenal from the front desk to the techs-and remember the skill of placing by the tech is of the up most importance and they are excellent. I rate them 5 stars JFN