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posted by Dr. Feller Homepage, Great Neck, NY, 18.05.2008, 13:30

All HT docs who have stepped up to the challenge of FUE are to be commended for their contribution. However, the hype and distortions used by some of these practitioners has to stop. And this is the only reason I speak out on these forums. No one doc or clinic is the “best” FUE doc. No one has “the ultimate” technique. The truth is, ALL FUE is essential the same no matter what label is slapped on it. The problem comes in when some claim superiority of their brand WITHOUT demonstrating better results and without elucidating the differences. The nonsense about withholding disclosure to protect “industry secretes” is hogwash. If you have something you think is great you file a patent on it and then exploit it for all it’s worth. I already have 3 FUE patents and several more coming. I’ve never worried about disclosing secrets or losing business, why should anyone else?

Franklin- You are right. I should have mentioned that the comparisons between strip and FUE results should only be made between the top docs of both fields. You clearly had an awful strip doctor to which a I can personally attest when I met you a few years ago. He was never a good HT doc and I have since fixed much of his work. Your results from FUE are A-1 and demonstrates the benefits of this relatively new procedure and industry, but had you first gone to a top notch strip doctor you would have had the same results without traveling and for far less money.

Craig- The reference to videotape was more important 6 years ago when all FUE practitioners made such a big deal over “secrecy”, “proprietary tools”, and supposed “intellectual property”. You’d think these doctors were working on the Manhattan Project by the way they marketed themselves. And that’s all their secrecy was about, marketing and hype. To smash that milieu I allowed Shawn to videotape my procedure from start to finish and post it online.

I don’t think they ever bothered editing it and posting it, but the point was that I made FUE transparent in order to demystify it. No other FUE docs would allow that. They always had the doors closed, shades pulled, and lights dim. No cameras allowed. I opened all the doors and shone the light brightly. I posted photos, video, and wrote profusely on the internet. I even had my own section published in the authorative text of Hair Transplant Surgery.

The result, as predicted, was that many new FUE doctors sprang up calling me for advice and information about FUE on a regular basis. These early doctors included Dr. Walter Unger, Dr. Jones, Dr. Wolfe, Dr. Armani, Dr. Alexander, Dr. Gabel, and several others whose names I can’t remember.

Here’s a video of how FUE is performed that I made in 2002 to demystify it. It was a “crude” FUE, and not the way I do it today, but it took a lot of the hot air out of the sails of those who would present FUE as some sort of black magic.

http://www.fellermedical.com/Videos.htm

The reason I demonstrated FUE to other doctors and the public was obviously NOT to keep the business to myself. Quite the opposite. It was and is Dr. Woods, and not I, who worries about competitors. I share my information freely with the public and peers, he jealously guards it.

I knew that if FUE were to grow in popularity and gain credibility we would need many more doctors performing it. And it worked, because that’s exactly what happened. I enjoy a healthy FUE practice, and have done so since 2002.

Dr. Woods philosophy of jealously withholding FUE, however, had the opposite effect. As he himself regularly mentions, he was performing FUE more than 10 years before the rest of us, yet almost no one ever heard of him or his techniques because he wanted to protect his business and income stream from competitors. I personally have no problem with this, but back then FUE had virtually no credibility and no popularity and still would not if not for the internet and Dr. Woods desire to use it to market himself.

The bottom line is that those who truly seek to serve the industry, the public, and their own self- interest best do so through TRANSPARENCY. Those who are out SOLELY for themselves clamp down veils of secrecy.

SUX- This is not a game and sportsmanship has nothing to do with it. I’ve already demonstrated that my results are every bit as good as ANY other FUE doc and that’s a fact. Again, if you absolutely must make personal comments about me you know my real name and where I work and may do so to my face. How about you give me your name and address so you can be held accountable for your words. Don’t say anything on the web that you wouldn’t say in person. This is not your debate and you should just keep your hands off the keyboard and read. Maybe you’ll learn something. I have laid out some important points and now it is time for FUE docs to respond, not you.

Bverotti- Your post stuns me the most. Didn’t you write on the internet yourself that you have almost no photos that demonstrate equal growth between your FUE results and that of strip results? You’ve been in business for 6 years and you have virtually no photos that rival those of strip surgery. Shouldn’t you of all people have at least 50 such results by now? Until you do, I can’t imagine how you typed out your most recent post.

Your comment about “experience” is distorted. If the practitioner performs the same surgery over and over again, it doesn’t mean they are becoming “experienced” it just means they are becoming repetitive. Experience comes when NEW things are tried and practiced. Not the same old thing over and over again. I do, however, applaud Dr. Iter’s transparency in disclosing what he does for peers and the public. That’s how it should be done. And if improvement in the field is to come, it will come from Docs like him who are willing to put their feet to the fire. Please video his surgery and post it on here for all to see.


Dr. Feller is located in GREAT NECK, NY and he is available to meet: NO

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Feller Medical, PC
Great Neck, NY
http://www.fellermedical.com

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