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Dr. Pittella - 12.191 grafts - 34 years old
AB2000 replied to Rafael Lima Rocha's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
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Deciding on a hair transplant clinic in Turkey
AB2000 replied to Tamersam.'s topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
It is highly unlikely you will receive a good result for a few thousand Euros. At that minimal an amount, that means the doctor isn't performing the surgery, but his techs, who are of unknown amount of experience. What you will see around hair loss forums are people posting their botched hair transplants from the Turkish hair mills. The only time I've seen a "good result" is when they over harvest most of your donor and fill in the frontal part of your hairline leaving nothing for future repair work. If you want to waste that money I suggest you take a trip to Las Vegas. -
BHT - 610 grafts with Dr Robert Dorin
AB2000 replied to Al - Moderator's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
Even SMP for scar camouflage, as opposed to fake density, would help, as that might allow for my style options. -
If you are not 100% confident in the provider in Turkey, don't take a chance. Medical tourism is incentivized by their government, so you can't trust clinic's advertising alone. A lot of money can be put into a professional presentation, but with the end result of it being a hair mill with minimal participation by the doctor himself. Your best bet is to go with a place with a track record of independent positive reviews and photo proof provided by patients. It is too costly to get botched.
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Dr. Das, Eugenix | 5,507 grafts | NW7 | 35 yrs old | 2023
AB2000 replied to Frosted Flaked's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
Good to see you were able to address the source of your anxiety, @Frosted Flaked. There is still a fair amount of beard to use for the next round. I agree that SMP alone can be a problem when people push it too far.- 58 replies
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Dr. Das, Eugenix | 5,507 grafts | NW7 | 35 yrs old | 2023
AB2000 replied to Frosted Flaked's topic in Hair Transplant Reviews
Do you understand that this photo was from the one month mark, where most of the new hairs were dormant? The transplanted hairs fall out before this point. It is as if you didn't look at the progress photos from eight months out.- 58 replies
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For your level or hair loss and budget, there is a high probability that it will end up in a botch if you go to any of those hairmills in Turkey. This means overharvested donor, pluggy hair in the recipient and grafts that die in the process then don't grow out. The cheaper thing is to do nothing. Repairing a bad result costs a lot more money than the original surgery. I'd save up a bit more for Eugenix or HLC, or make peace with your hairloss.
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Using all of your beard hair for HT?
AB2000 replied to zach07's topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
The odd thing is, for the high Norwood cases we see from Eugenix in India and Dr. Pittella, where they use a lot of beard, there seems to be acceptable residual beard hair left over. It might not be as bad as you think. The concern most people dwell on is having the tiny dots on the beard line be present, rather than maxing out what can be used to correct the hair loss up top. I'd rather have the extra coverage and density than have a full dense beard. -
Hopefully Verteporfin yields results. If so it would help men in your situation, with limited safe scalp donor. If this drug can regrow some of the hair in the donor, that makes more available. Either way, you would need to include some of your beard to get a decent result.
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Who Had FUE and Was In the Lisbon Airport Today?
AB2000 replied to M32111's topic in Off-Topic Posts
I haven't seen recent patients like that, but I do recall walking behind a man in a terminal who had a shaved head revealing the signature smiley face FUT scar. I didn't have the heart to bring it up with him in conversation. -
Most of the transplanted grafts will not immediately grow. A small percentage will, but don't expect much to do this. What happens is that during the surgery and immediate recovery the root of the graft gets anchored under the skin, receives blood and continues to live in the new location. From the shock of the surgery, the root goes dormant for a number of months, with growth usually occurring between the 3 and 12 month mark. In my experience the hair follicle part of the graft, not the root under the skin but the hair coming out of it, these start to fall out around day 7 after the surgery, and some might be still hanging on by day 21. They are not growing since the root is in the dormant phase. Gentle hair washing should help the hair follicle parts fall out.
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Finasteride is not for everyone. For example, I had chest hairs put into my hairline. If I took Fin, which causes body hair to fall out, then my HT wouldn't have worked. So there are circumstances where it's not going to be part of the plan for the patient. Dr. Pittella is a surgeon who plans his designs as if the patient has no plans to be on Fin, whereas different ones might expect you to go onto it to not lose more native hair and alter the long term appearance. Hopefully you are aware of what your "end destination" Norwood level is projected to be, if you were to take zero meds. Then have your HT doc work as if you were at that future level of baldness. Having a hair transplant will in no way stop balding hair from continuing on their trip to the Norwood Reaper. We've seen bad results where patients get a lot planted in the frontal third, but then some years later, after their balding pattern continues, be left with strange looking clumps of transplanted hair with a large gap behind it from the newly opened real estate.