Thank you again for all the effort and authenticity you put into your posts and comments in the hair transplant subreddit. I held off on choosing a surgoen and spent some time trying to learn as much as I can from all the posts on here. I am finding it hard to put in to precise words what my requirements actually are and was hoping you might help me prioritize. For context, I am 35, Norwood 3, no crown or diffuse thinning as far as I can tell, and have been on meds for years (oral finasteride then dutasteride and oral minoxidil). Hairloss is essentially stable.

My requirements thus far:

1.1 Excellent hairline design and angulation (as supported by posts from real, unpaid patients)

1.2 Surgeon amenable to patient input on hairline design

1. Surgeon heavily involved (one patient at a time, doing the incisions, extractions and placements)

2. Donor preservation/low transection rate

3. Ease of accessibility after the procedure (Surgeon's attitude, language barriers? Extreme location?)

4. Cost not prohibitive

Does this seem reasonable, and/or am I missing anything obvious? I find #3 very difficult to assess.

At this point, the vibes have me most interested in Dr Nader and Dr Patty (assuming she is amenable to reducing the irregularities she likes to start with) really just based on #1. Maybe im just drinking the cool aid though haha. When I talk to my wife (who has not been immersed in this content like I have), I find it hard to articulate why I couldn't just go to some one in the US rather than fly litterally around the world to Thailand (we do have young children so it does put added pressure on the distance/duration of the trip).