Neopel hair clinic
First and foremost, I would like to thank doctor Hernandez, and her incredible team for the service and hospitality they gave me. I am writing this review as a way to let others who are suffering from the same hair loss condition find real and effective treatment. I hope my story inspires someone to find the courage to make the trip because It will be all worth it. At least for me.
I would like to share my personal story. I started losing my hair when I was in my early 20s. I had to always cover up my head because of noticeable thinning areas. It was a struggle and frusrating. I tried to live on this exhausting routine for as long as I could until could no longer. During this experience, I became really good at hat collecting.
Like most of you, I found Neopel Clinics thru Yelp then I started seeing some of doctor Hernandez's videos on YouTube, Instagram, And Facebook. I was skeptical at first but did a lot of research to find confidence in the clinic. I reached out to the clinic via email and received a response fairly quickly. We arrange a zoom meeting the following day with the doctor answered all my questions and concerns like procedure, cost transportation, lodging, and etc. with the doctors years of experience and hundreds of patients under her belt I felt confident that I had found my doctor so I schedule for May 3, 2021. I flew out from DCA to San Diego where I was greeted by a great guy by the name Oscarlo ( Neopel clinic driver). He took me to the Quartz hotel that was about 20 min from the airport (a hotel I would recommend). Driving to Mexico was a cinch, had no issues, didn't even have to show ID and the hotel was very close to the border. The following day had another driver take me from the hotel to the clinic; which was also very close 10 minute drive. The clinic was very modern and clean. A lovely receptionist took my payment filled out two forms and then later taken around back to change into my surgery attire.
Dr. Hernandez came in shortly after, started to draw where my hairline and my scalp were going to get filled. We finished off with marking the donor area. Then a nurse began to shave my donor area. After all that step, I was moved to the surgical room. The surgical room was clean, modern, smelled good. There were other nurses who greeted me and prepared me for surgery. I was provided with antibiotics and other things. Once I was ready for surgery, Dr. Hernandez began to numb my donor area. Felt slight pinching but it was not that bad and trust me I hate needles. Once the donor area was numbed, I felt no pain. The doctor was then able to perform the FUT strip and removed it fairly quickly. I would say this phase was completed within 20 minutes. Afterward, I took a 30 min nap while the nurses did their routine work on hair follicles. Afterward, the doctor came back and started to numb my recipient area. Again you will feel some slight discomfort when they're initially injecting with the anesthesia but quickly afterward, you don't feel anything other than pressure. If I'm not mistaken, the procedure took about 8 hours from start to finish. The doctor prescribed me some painkillers and antibiotics. She instructed me on what best practice and care method for me to get the best outcome for the short term and long term. As usual, I was then given a ride back to the hotel. Honestly, I felt no pain as if I didn't just go through surgery. Thus, I decided to go for a walk around the hotel and town and saw a beautiful food market, gift shop and spoke with a couple of the locals it was a fun evening. On the third day of being in Mexico, it was time to leave and as always, I was picked up by a driver, Richard from the clinic to be taken to the San Diego international airport. Richard was another great staff of the Neopel Clinic was on time and gave me some tips on what to do for my next trip back (which, I plan on coming back in 12 months). Dr.Hernandez did clarify that my next trip for my hair should be in a couple of years. In my opinion, NEOPEL Clinic is one of the best restoration clinics in Tijuana. When it comes to service, price and overall value, I highly recommend it. I know the team will take care of you. If you're curious about my before and after photos, I will be posting updated results. I hope that everyone can see how my progress is coming along. I know the hair loss journey can be long and discouraging but this clinic truly helped me.
Sincerely,
Christian Comas read more