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Earlier this month I traveled to L.A. to have a hair transplant with the Alvi Armani clinic. First off, I have to give a big thanks to the clinic; I was scheduled to be there on the 12th, but due to inclement weather, multiple airport closings and a 24 hour stay in the airport, I arrived too late for my scheduled procedure. The clinic said "no problem, go to your hotel and get some rest, we have you rescheduled for tomorrow; go enjoy your day". Here I was freaking out about possibly missing what was a very important day for me, and feeling horrible that I was keeping them waiting, and they were very gracious and understanding about everything. You guys are amazing...
I have to say, I was a little concerned when I found out that Dr Armani wouldn't be performing my procedure, but I head read a lot of positive things about Dr. Hayatdavoudi, so I kept an open mind until I had a chance to meet with him in person. I arrived at 7:30 am on Friday, May 13th (hmmm, just realized that, but 13 has always been my lucky number) and was taken in to have my hair shaven and photos taken. I was then taken to meet Dr. Hayatdavoudi and discuss my expectations and plan the procedure out. I have to say, I was very impressed from the beginning with Dr. Hayatdavoudi; he is very kind and compassionate and really listened to all of my concerns and thoroughly answered all of my questions. I can see why Dr. Armani selected him to run his Beverly Hills clinic, his bedside manner is 2nd to none.
After all of my questions had been answered and the doctor had examined my scalp, we determined the best course of action was to focus on zones 1 and 2 to thicken these areas up; we were aiming for 2000 grafts. I was moved to the operating room, local was given in my donor region and Dr. Hayatdavoudi began the extractions. Throughout the procedure he talked to me about what he was doing and how things were going. I chose to listen to music during the procedure instead of watch tv, seems to make time go by faster. Before I knew it the extractions were done and it was time for lunch. That was one heck of a chicken sandwich.
After lunch the team began working on implanting the follicles, 2,146 in total. His technicians were great, sometimes singing along with the songs that were playing. It was pretty obvious that they all loved their jobs. All of the implanting was closely supervised and the placement of the single, double, and triple follicular units was very strategic from what I could gather from listening to them all talk. Before I knew it the procedure was complete. Dr. Hayatdavoudi closely examined all of the follicles to make sure everything looked good and then went over all of the post-op instructions with me very carefully. I think I went home around 5:30 pm.
The next day (saturday), I came back to the clinic for my first wash. I was surprised that Dr. Hayatdavoudi himself came in to do the wash. After the wash was complete, he again went over all of the post-op instructions with me very carefully and I was quickly on my way home. He insisted that I come back into the office on Monday before I flew out so he could again inspect everything.
I have to say, my entire day during the procedure felt like a day at the spa, or what I can only imagine a day at the spa would feel like, lol. Everyone was so nice and went out of their way to make sure that I felt comfortable. It was a great experience. I was also impressed with how kind and compassionate Dr. Hayatdavoudi was and how thorough he was with everything. He clearly is in the right line of work.
So here are some photos. This is 8 days out and 15 days out from the procedure. The clinic has my pre-op and immediately post-op, so I may ask them for those and add them later. Everything has healed very quickly. I will update these as I progress further. Enjoy..
Before
8 days post op after procedure with Dr. Baubac 
15 day post op (I healed very fast) 
Sean
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| Looks friggin amazing for just 15 days post op. I hear Alvi Armani has this new secret spray after the procedure which help with faster healing. It seems to be working. This is very very quick healing.
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