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Hi I bought Propecia from Turkey where I had my HT done, but don't know any place in UK. Could someone help. Thanks

Hi Could you please tell me from where I can buy Propecia online. Thanks

ykiska give it another 8-9 months I'm sure it will look much better

I have read a lot of bad things about Dr Dogonay here in the past two years. I went to Turkey in October 2014 and had 3060 grafts transplanted by him. I was very happy back then and even wrote a good review about my operation. I chose him solely based on the reviews I had read on this forum. With me most of the work was done by the technicians. They seemed confident and polite and answered all my questions mid surgery. Dr Dogonay was dashing in and out of the room, and always smelled like he had just put out a cigarette. Now that I think, I'm sure he was operating on more than one patient at the same time. I contacted them twice recently through their website but received no answers but they replied to my email and asked for photos. I am not going back to him for my second hair transplant, but have to admit I am more happy with the result than not. The hairline is not exactly even and I my face was badly bruised for a week after operation but the donor area healed very quickly and staff were super nice. I think Dr Dogonay fell victim to his own greed and put his financial interests before patients' health which is a shame. I was really looking forward to going back to him for the second operation.

Hi Sorry for the late reply. I will take some pictures tonight and post them here. Over all it's been ok so far. Have been shedding lots of hair in the past month or so, not sure they are transplanted hair or it's a shock loss, either way very depressing, I just hope that this is the ugly duckling phase as they call it.

Good Luck. He is a top surgeon. My HT was exactly 2 months ago with him and went very smoothly and so far no problems at all.

These were taken almost three weeks after

Hi Knudsen88 Good luck, I'm sure you'll be a happy man soon. Everything fine here, the new transplanted hair are falling out which is natural, but lots of new tiny hairs are coming out, will post new pics today or tomorrow. Number47 Thank you, the drill holes are tiny, even the night after surgery I had no bleeding at all. The wounds are healing fast too which I think is because of the minimal damage to the donor area. Fisher4man The pictures have been taken around 40 hours after surgery at home. I just think that Dr. Hakan and his nurses have done a really good job but it's still too soon to judge, but from the look of it I'm very optimistic. Thanks for your comments.

spitfire True, I was gonna see Dr Hakan In Antalya too but his representative told me once or twice a month he sees his patients in Istanbul. They told me they were thinking about moving their clinic to Istanbul permanently. May be you can ask them to be seen in Istanbul, the flights are a bit cheaper and also 1 hour shorter and more frequent.

Thank you for your comments. When I went back to the clinic the next day to have my head washed and bandage removed, the nurse showed me the pad that was covering the donor area over night and there were like three tiny blood stains on it which meant almost no bleeding at all after operation. I had 1220 double grafts, 1350 triple grafts and 500 single grafts extracted. These pictures were taken yesterday, today the donor area has completely disappeared. I was told that they used a 0.7 mm drill. I have attached a close up picture of donor area taken yesterday. As you can see the holes are very tiny and can't be seen from a 3 feet distance. The hairline was my own suggestion. I didn't want to fill up the temples, didn't suit my face and my age (37), instead I asked Dr. Hakan to lower the hairline around an inch and pack the grafts in the middle of the head. In the picture the hairline looks a bit uneven, but it's because of the swelling and aslo the shape of my head. Today it looks much better. I'm happy with the result so far. Skillful Doctor and nurses. Regards

Hello everybody I am back from Turkey and want to share my experience here with you. My surgery was on October 22 with Dr Hakan Doganay. Before booking my surgery I read a lot about different surgeons and compared results and also prices, and am very glad I picked Dr. Hakan. Here is what happened after I arrived to Istanbul: I was picked up at the airport and taken to a hotel which was just a stone throw from the clinic. The hotel was clean and staff nice, and of course paid for by the clinic. A nurse picked me up from the hotel next day at 10am. Dr Hakan was waiting for me at the clinic. Another nurse translated our conversation and I didn't find the language barrier problematic between us. I had lots of questions and more instructions for my hairline design and after surgery concerns. I asked for a laptop and showed Dr. Hakan some pictures on internet of a person whom I wanted his hairline. All that was dealt with patiently by Dr Hakan and two other nurses. By 11am I was in the operation room surrounded by 8 nurses and Dr. Hakan, the operation began. To me it was like a very long appointment with my dentist, nothing more than that. The initial injections sting a little but are well bearable. After my scalp was numb, I lied down on a bed, very similar to massage beds, face down in the hole and the extraction began. It took 1.5 to 2 hours to extract 3070 grafts and I didn't feel a thing. The drilling was done by nurses, two at a time, and under Dr. Hakan supervision. After a short break and lunch at the clinic, I was back on the bed this time face up. The rest of the operation took around 4 hours. Dr. Hakan is a very hand on surgeon and was in control at all time, either planting the grafts himself or giving instructions to the nurses who were helping him. To my embarrassment I fell sleep twice during the operation and only woke up by the sound of my snoring. Maybe it's only me but I didn't find the operation exhausting at all. They didn't play a DVD and we talked only when they asked me how I was feeling, but four hours appeared more like an hour to me. The whole operation took over six hours, 3070 grafts transplanted. I was back at the hotel by 8pm and didn't even have to take a pain killer to sleep. Next morning I was taken to the clinic by a nurse who washed my head and taught me how to apply the mask and cream. Along with a 7 page report of the operation that included the name of the nurses involved, the number and places of grafts, name of medicines that I had to take and much more, I was given a goody bag with all the medicines inside, from Proscar to vitamin, a special cream, mask and shampoo and three different tablets and pills. I asked the nurse for more Proscar as it's very expensive and difficult to buy back in the UK and although she didn't have more at the clinic, another nurse bought three more boxes from a pharmacy without even charging me. At this point I still owed them 2000 Euro and they didn't ask for it until I mentioned the money, which was very nice of them. The nurse even gave me back 50 Euro to cover the transportation cost to the airport because they didn't have a driver at that moment. This was not even included in our contract and was purely a good will gesture. I am not proud to say this but back in the UK nobody would spit on you for free if you were on fire, so I was very moved by their kindness. Now four days post operation I have no pain or bleeding at all (never had), as if nothing has happened, except for general tiredness and swelling in my face. The tiredness is due to restless sleep not the operation and swelling is normal at this stage. I am still waiting for before and after pictures taken at the clinic, these ones I'm posting were taken at home. Over all very pleasant and positive experience. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Regards

Hi jdhillon Yes I came back couple of days ago. I've been meaning to write the details of the trip here but didn't get to due to tiredness but I'm gonna do that today hopefully. Everything was great, the hotel, clinic, Dr Doganay and staff. I'm very happy with the result and glad I picked this doctor. I traveled from London and returned within two days with no problems or complications. Good luck

Hello I came back from Turkey last night. 3070 Graft by Dr. Doganay. I am waiting for them to email me the pictures so I can share it with you. I am a bit too tired to take pictures or give detailed account of my trip right now, I will do that tomorrow. I just wanted to say that I am very happy right now with the result. Of course it's too soon to judge and I hope I won't regret saying this after couple of months, but it was the best 6000 euro I have spent so far on myself. Nice people, genuinely caring and generous and very helpful. Obviously they have to be like that to get more patients but they do go extra miles even when they don't have to or you don't ask. I came back with one year supply of Propecia, a bag full of medicine and vitamins and a big smile on my face. The donor area already looks like as if I haven't had any hair extracted, but my forehead and eyebrows are swollen. I will open a new thread tomorrow and will be more than happy to answer any questions and hear your opinions. Kind regards

Hello everyone I am going to Turkey in October for a FUE with Dr. Doganay. I picked Dr. Doganay based on the reviews on this web site, the reasonable cost of having my HT by him and also bad representation from some other surgeons. I'm 37 and a NW3 and have been suffering from thinning hair since early 20s. I have been trying so hard to cover up my scalp that I didn't realise how bad the situation was, hair wise! Anyway, around 18 months ago I started Propecia and Minoxidil (again) and so far I have seen very good results. I have to say I didn't expect much from oral treatments, but my crown is full of hair now and new tiny hairs all over. If hadn't stop taking these two when I was 25, I wouldn't have needed HT now, so I do recommend them to other fellow sufferers. My full regime in the past year or so has been: Topical: Minoxidil, Oral: Propecia, Saw palmetto, Biotin, Niacin, Shampoos: Nizoral and regenepure. As I said I have seen great results with no side effects what so ever. I just want to share a point and ask your opinion. To pick a surgeon I relied mostly on this web site and members' experiences. But to choose one for myself, I tried to find bad reviews so I could cross out some names and make it easier to decide with whom to go. But all the reviews are almost the same and pictures are similar. I for a person can't tell the difference between the HT results, based on pictures. After all no Doctor would post a bad result and that's why I was looking for bad reviews left by other members but so far I've seen none. My point is, looking at pictures is encouraging but can also fool you just like a TV commercial would. As a father of two the cost of the surgery matters to me (feeling a little guilty), but I didn't choose Dr. Doganay only for financial reasons. I could get less grafts with the same money from other surgeons and still be happy, but what's the point in waiting weeks only to get a reply to your email, then wait months for the surgery and pay 3-4 times the money you could spend in Turkey? As long as you have done your research the names don't matter much (personal opinion, please share yours). I'm going to share the details of my trip and appreciate your honest comments. Please if you have had a bad experience with Dr. Doganay or know someone who has, kindly let me know. Regards