clipper

Hi, I haven't been on the forum for quite some time and after reading some of the posts by recent Transmed patients and others questioning about not enough of their patients coming forward with their results, I've decided to compile a photo journal of the 3 HT procedures I have underwent since late 2009 at Transmed. For those of you not familiar please see my previous posts. All comments are welcome clipper PS click on my username > Public profile > Hairloss photos

I suggest using their online consultation, once the photos are evaluated they will give you an approximation on the number of grafts needed and the price.

jspence09, I bought a years supply from UnitedPharmacies and it arrived withing a week. Just mae sure whichever company you buy from, the expiration date is long enough, as I have just discovered that the 12 month supply I bought expire in 5 months

Hey all, I purchased 90 (5mg) of these tablets from UnitedPharmacies and have received them today but just checked the expiration date and its Nov 2010. The manufacture date is Dec 2008 :mad: Has anyone else had this problem with this company? I only purchased from them due to the positive feedback from forum members. I have tried calling them with no luck, any suggestions as to where I stand and what can be done about it? I've e-mailed them and they havent got back yet.... I'm really frustrated clipper

Hi, Wesley, yes it is obvious that the doctor extracted too many grafts from the same region. I've had a look at your thread and the FUE they carried out does indeed look impressive, happy growing To be honest I am so far very happy with the FUT done by Dr. Kulahci, there has been a tremendous amount of growth in the last month alone and it seems like more growth is to be had in the course of the next couple of months. The third HT is most probably going to involve touching up the temples to give it abit more density and mid hairline, so I doubt it's going to involve a lot of grafts.. In saying that I would like to have a fourth FUT procedure to have the crown touched up and add additional density to the frontal region. Mop, I'm glad you had a satisfactory result with Transmed, if it wasn't for the second FUE and the way things have turned up I would no doubt agree with you. The service and the quality of work by Dr. Kulahci is brilliant. I second what Bill and others have said.. a picture is worth a thousand words so if you can then please get some pics of maybe only the surgery so we can all see your results. Cheers clipper

ultimate - I will keep all of you updated as to how things go. On another note I feel bad about where this thread has led. Please please guys lets not go into a full on debate as to whether Transmed should be re-evaluated or whether or not it should be considered for a coalition. It was the bad experience in the hands of Dr.Emirali which I wanted to express/share with you members and this has nothing to do with Dr.Kulahci's skills as a HT surgeon. Surgery wise I still stand behind the great experience I had with Dr.Kulahci on my initial HT, although not happy with her forgetting the hairline, temples etc that frustrated me and having to go back to a different doctor for her mistake, leading to all this. I am sure If she did get it right in the first place, I wouldn't be having any of this misery.. Never the less the initial HT with Dr.Kulahci is still maturing and I'm sure I will see great results in the months to come. Mistakes do happen and I should have acted more mature and waited until the one year mark to perhaps prove my case but I have faith in Dr.Kulahci and Taner and I am sure they will be doing their best to correct the temples. Regards clipper Here's few photos to compare pre-op and 6.5 months post op from my initial HT with Dr. Kulahci Pre-op 5.5months post-op 6.5months post-op

Just wanted to update you that I have had a lengthy conversation with Mr. Taner, customer relations, Transmed, and he has assured me that the photos have been evaluated by both doctors in the clinic. He was very concerned with my case and their initial conclusion was that, regardless of my experience from my second HT which I must say I wasn't happy with, many biological factors must have contributed to the end results which I will not go into detail. As Bill and few others have recommended including both the doctors at Transmed, I will be waiting until July/August to see if any late growth occurs in the areas highlighted, as they have had this before with past patients where growth and improvement was observed in months 8-10. This will be clarified by Dr. Melike and her team when I fly there later this year where they will compare the number of grafts that have grown out of the extracted grafts. I am happy with their recommendation and solemn concern they have shown thus far and promised me that all will be taken care of when I visit them this summer. Again I will like to thank all those who have shown their support and concern and will keep you all updated with my progress. clipper

Bill the rest was not combed back, that is the direction of my hair and this should have been taken into account when the grafts were placed as many have already mentioned, this is one of the main crucial part of a HT to get right and this obviously isn't the case. look at the fue scar on the back of my head, no sensible HT doctor would extract that many grafts from two small regions on the back of the head to transplant into a same size region in the temple.. Its just illogical! the only way I can get the planted hairs to blend with the direction of the native hair is to use gel and hair spray I will take your advice and wait for it to mature and in the mean time I will wait for Transmed's response. Thankyou Bill and all the rest who have shown great concern. clipper

Just to clear any misunderstanding, I have just taken some new photos straight out of bed with no combing whatsoever.. Bill I have brushed the temple all in the same direction so you get an idea as to the direction the new grafts have spurted out. I had a buzzcut few months back but the new grafts on the temple are just growing longer than the rest. Please take time to evaluate the close-up pictures any if you require further evidence I can send you higher resolution photos. I am not trying anything here. On my last post you told me to give it few more months and then evaluate the results, well it has been over two months and still no improvement.. Maybe the hairs will mature but if you look at the photos it is very scarse and certain parts (towards the hairline) there are no grafts.. Everything I have said here is articulating my personal experience as this is the whole point of having the forum so people can share their experiences right? As I have mentioned before I was told by Taner that he will be calling me early May as he suggested I will see 90% of growth by this time.. Maybe I was one of the unlucky ones, I don't know. No Flash and no combing Flash, closeup of right temple,. very scarse grwoth no flash again not much growth towards the hairline and big gaps with no grafts After the second procedure where I had some grafts which im suspecting damaged the last ones

Just so you know the work I had on the temples are highlighted in yellow and look like a glued patch that has grown in a completely different direction to the native hair.

Hi guys, I have been away for a while so couldn't reply back to any comments. Firstly HunkyMonkey, please take a look at the new photos I have uploaded, the areas where I was initially concerned about are circled. Albion71, if you think the results look ok please take a second look at the new pictures and tell me your second thoughts.. I'll let the pictures do the talking.. Also if you have a look at the frontal picture before the second procedure and after, it looks to me like during the second procedure on the frontal area Dr. Emirali damaged the grafts placed 2 weeks prior to the surgery by Dr. Kulahci, thus that region looks very scarce.. The areas where the grafts were extracted for the temples are very sparse as he extracted too many grafts from the same region from the back of my head. I am just not happy with the work done by the last surgeon and feel let down by Dr.Kulahci for not getting it right in the first place (see before posts) thus having to go through this dilemma..

have been away so couldn't reply.. I agree with you Bill, the right thing at this time, regardless of how things are looking with the temples is to be optimistic and wait another couple of months before I evaluate the final results. Although unlikely it all may be, there just may be some light at the end of the tunnel

cheers sparky, just have wait and see if things improve but how its looking at the moment i doubt it will.. I have faith in Transmed as I've had this discussion with Taner but obviously after my last experience I am not willing to go for a third HT. Just hope the end result is satisfactory. clipper

Cheers Bill, your words are comforting . I will try and wait few more months and take it from there.. I've felt more pessimistic about the whole thing after seeing the closeup photos of the temple yesterday and thus felt the need to express my fear/experience on the forum hopefully the next few months to come will bring overall improvement clipper

Thanks Bill, you have been very helpful and supportive. As I have mentioned on my post I cant comment on the work done by Dr.Kulakci since its still at the 4 mnth mark and no visible growth as yet however the transplanted hairs on the temple have really grown strong and realistically speaking it just seems obvious that regardless of the fuzznies the hairs are thick whereas the native hairs on the temple are very thin and light in color.. I can even see a few double hairs placed where they shouldnt have. Hope it does change with time but I cant see how the thickness/position of the grafts is going to change over time to give me a natural look? Every time I look in the mirror its becoming more apparent that its never going to look right and this frustrates me

Month 4 update since the second op by Dr.Emirali at Transmed/Istanbul

Some of you may know I had a HT with Dr.Kulahci back in September 09 (long story cut short all seemed to go well despite Dr.Kulahci "forgetting" to do the temple and a small patch on my hairline in my first HT so I was offered the chance to go back a few weeks later for a second FUE to correct things.. at my expense (hotel, return flight tickets + $500 for the op! I agreed as I was desperate to get the temple and the bald patch in the hairline covered) A few weeks later and I was back in Istanbul. I chose to have this second HT with Dr. Emirali purely because FUE was his area of expertise and because Dr Kulahci wasn't available on the day. Frankly speaking the experience just wasn't the same as that of the first visit, Dr Emirali should have taken more time looking and evaluating the pictures before the operation. He told me the surgery was needless and it felt to me like he was trying to talk me out of having the surgery done, not that he physically looked at my temple but looked at the photos on his computer during the consultation and came to this decision. What didn't make sense was the fact that he should have told me this on the phone/e-mail prior to the surgery and was telling me I didn't need the op on the day of the surgery? I presumed this would have been discussed between the two doctors as Dr.Kulahci advised me on coming back for this second procedure. I told him many times during the consultation that the area that was bothering me the most aside from the temple was a small bald patch mid hairline and I wanted few grafts there (see pics). He agreed and after drawing the new hairline (small patch) and the temple there seemed to be a problem. When I previously discussed this with Dr.Kulahci she told me that in order to get a natural look in the temple region she will lower the hairline slightly towards the temple ??“ she did mark this prior to the surgery and looked just like what I wanted - but Dr.Emirali dismissed this when I mentioned it to him and instead scribbled a triangular shape on the temples.. I just couldn't see how this was going to give a natural look but will instead end up looking like a patch stuck on since there was receding in the temple and the hairs were very fine and fuzzy. Everything just didn't seem right up until this point as he wasn't paying much attention to my apprehension regarding the procedure, I had questions that needed clarification but I wasn't getting answers, even asking him what size punch he will be using to extract the grafts seemed like a wrong thing to ask as he just looked at me with a serious face and asked me why I asked that question?? After few photos he led me to the operating room but I just wasn't comfortable with the whole thing and should have bailed out at this point! He put me in an awkward position (forehead resting on a rolled towel where I was having trouble breathing) and injected local anaesthetic to the donor area. I know the injection does sting from my first procedure with Dr.Kulahci but she did her best and was being very gentle with the needle thus the pain was bearable but I was literally crying in pain in his hands. He was just fierce with the needle and had no concern whatsoever with the tremendous pain I was going through, he was literally stabbing me in the back of the head with the needle and I could feel it poking my skull. After the painful ordeal he extracted ~ 600 grafts, I was hoping that he will at least place some of the grafts himself but all he then did was open the channels and the rest was done by the 2 nurses. He would pop in every 30mins or so to check up and go back. Once the surgery was over I looked at the mirror and to my surprise he had forgotten the patch on the hairline.. dejavu! I just couldn't believe any of this was happening.. at least get it right the second time! The bald area in the frontal hairline is still there and instead he placed more grafts on the upper area where I already had grafts from my first op. He might have damaged the existing grafts since it seems like the hairs in that particular areas is more scarce compared to other parts. The whole experience was a big disappointment from the start to the end. I expressed my anger to Mr.Taner and being very drowsy I don't remember what he told me since nothing he said eased my disappointment.. I have spoken to Bill a number of times after the surgery (really appreciate your help Bill) and he kindly spoke to Taner on my behalf in order to find out why things happened the way they did. I have since spoken to Taner and he has agreed to call me towards May/June as I should see 90% growth by then. Maybe I should have waited until summer before writing this and although I'm still 4 months into the op, anyone can tell that the work on the temple area just doesn't look right or will it after it has fully grown. It looks like I have hair glued to my temple and its growing in the wrong direction.. As for the results of the first procedure with Dr.Kulahci, well it still too early to comment but observing it closely every so often I can't see the transplanted hairs. There is no growth whatsoever and I don't think it's going to turn out like I anticipated! The FUT scar has also increased in size over the months and is visible even after a number 5 buzz. It hasn't fully healed and there are times when it still bleed and hurts. Please see the photos and tell me what you think, I am angry and upset. I can't sleep thinking about it and the fact I have to wear a baseball cap in university to hide the temples. The area where the grafts were extracted looks very transparent and I feel the donor is also limited if I agree on a third procedure... link to photos: http://hair-restoration-info.c...66060861/m/539101175

I would also like to hear Transmeds side of the story. I've personally spoke to Taner last month regarding woody's case and would like to know if what he told me holds up against woody's claims. I've had a HT with both Dr. Kulahci and Dr. Emirali and from my experience Transmed will go the extra mile to make sure their patients are satisfied. clipper

I was recommended a shampoo called sebamed to use for the first few months. Its very mild and pH 5.5, soap and alkali free

I've been using kirkland minoxidil for over 8 months now and it has been very effective. Just make sure you buy from a trusted seller

runwithscissors, the scabs have pretty much healed, only few spots where scabs still remain. phxind, yes the grafts are secure after 2 weeks but this has started happening from day 9, looking at the pic are they not grafts then but scabs??

Hi, its been over 2 weeks since getting a hair transplant . I know shedding is to be expected but just want clarification on this, During the shedding phase is it only the individual hairs that fall out? Since day 9 post op I've noticed whole clumps of hair falling out, it seems like the hairs are falling off with their bulbs Could some one please take a look at the photo and tell me if this is normal as Im starting to get concerned. cheers

hi hunkerstrainer, where do you live? I've used inhousepharmacy few times and found them to be pretty good in terms of price and shipping to UK. you want to be careful as there are many on-line pharmacies who sell fakes. good luck clipper

cheers danny, yes your method of drying your hair sounds right, you really want to be gentle with those grafts on the first week or so. best of luck ;

Raphael, I've just turned 26.. Im currently on Avodart 0.5mg. Have stopped using Minoxidil as adviced by Dr Melike but will be back on it after getting the staples removed together with Nizarol shampoo. Im also using multivitamin tablets but will be switching over to vitamin C. Any other advice will be greatly appreciated. clipper