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i've had very successful results with my hair transplant, and since the op i've been taking 1mg finasteride a week (coming up to 20 months now) - a much reduced dosage from the daily finasteride i'd been taking for 12 months prior to the surgery. I reduced my dose down as i'd read that it stays in the system for quite a bit longer than a day. It seems like Dutasteride is just more effective than Finasteride without any more risk/side effect? In which case should i throw away my finasteride supply and just 'upgrade' to Dutasteride and stick to my 1mg/week dose? what do you guys think?

i was just about to start a thread on this but might as well chip in on here. I had the exact same question - i've had very successful results with my hair transplant, and since the op i've been taking 1mg finasteride a week - much reduced dosage from the daily finasteride i'd been taking for 12 months prior to the surgery. It seems like Dutasteride is just more effective than Finasteride without any more risk/side effect? In which case should i throw away my finasteride supply and just 'upgrade' to Dutasteride and stick to my 1mg/week dose? what do you guys think? EDIT: Going to start a new thread on this as it's related to post-op and this thread has been spelt wrong...

Dr. Devroye, belgium.

alright folks, well here we are. 15 months later, this is how it looks. obviously i'm ecstatic, i have my confidence back and its changed my life entirely. The £9500 i spent was worth every single penny, and then some. however, it is worth noting that the reduced density on one side remains - it's not obvious in the photos, but when my hair is greasy after 3-4 days and the hairs clump together, there is less hair on one side than the other (can see more of the scalp). It's unnoticeable to most people, but i know it's like that. So, the thing i picked up on after 6 months or so, as described in my previous posts, remained. i had a skype catch-up with my doctor who understood and said he'd be more than happy to do 2-300 more grafts for free to even it out and get it more like the other side, which is absolutely perfect (fantastic density, almost unable to see much scalp, when compared to the right side) when covid is somewhat over and it is safe to travel around europe again i'll go back and probably have the 2nd procedure next year, not in any rush for it obviously. this is incorrect, the temples were not removed, i wanted the hairline drawn from the temples and round to make it more "feminine". Basically the entire area has been filled out and joined up with the lowered hairline at the front.

6 months in. I'm happy with the actual hairline, i won't judge the final result until i get to 12 months. There's more density on 1 side than the other, clinic tells me that it could just be more grafts fell on one side so to wait and see. EDIT: - yes i'm gippy - forgot i'd already had a profile back in december, i'd joined so many hairsites over the years....

googling around, it looks like some clinics offer aftercare sprays - Liposomal ATP sprays that apparently do promote care and nuture the new grafts. But i cannot find anywhere to buy it! Where can i get some?

just had my transplant done, on Tuesday 15th. 3100 grafts, 6586 hairs. I've currently got bad swelling around my forehead and it has gone to the sides of my face, so i've currently got a really fat head! I'm continuing to take Medrol and using icepacks. I got comprehensive post-op instructions from the surgery (Dr. Devroye) . I stayed at the clinic overnight, so have followed it to the letter so far. His team took care of Day `, before I then came back home. It's now approaching the end of Day 2 - i've not done anything really - just panicked a bit over my fat face due to the swelling. I hope it gets better over tonight! Q. I do not appear to have lost any grafts yet - when can i expect 'shock loss' to happen? Q. I did buy a spray bottle, but the post-op instructions do not mention continuing to spray the grafted area with water (i had to for the first night only). What would you guys do, continue to spray and keep the area moist? Or just leave it alone? Q. The instructions tell me I can use ph neutral shampoo and clean my head 48 hours after. I'm planning to leave it till Sunday before attempting my first careful hair wash. Or is it better to wash it all sooner? I'm thinking i should leave it, to let the grafts really settle in nicely - but it also means i will have a very greasy head! any other tips and advise? I have a very important final interview next Thursday so right now i just hope the swelling goes....

Fut. What did you do to nurse your hair for that time ?

I'm doing FUT

as per title really. i'm in UK - going to Brussels to have my op with Dr.Devroye, 3000 grafts estimated, Norwood 3. 8000 euro + any extra grafts i might need if 3k not enough. Very excited - been wanting this for 5 years, i'm now 33 and its time. Any prep i should do beforehand? How best to look after the new hairs afterward? Will i need more than 2 weeks off work?

Hello good Sir. can i ask where abouts you would be travelling from? i'm from the UK and like you, made my decision and about to pay the deposit next week - i went with Dr Devroye. did you consider any of the doctors in Belgium, who seem to have lots of testimonials? i considered Bhatti but in the end didn't fancy travelling all the way to India and back, plus any aftercare issues to consider (i'm having FUT).

It has been a 5 year journey, and next week I will be in a position to pay a deposit of around £2.7k to Dr. Devroye's clinic. I have had 2 previous consultations, 1 with Ziering back in 2014, and 1 with Dr. Bisanga last year. I went with Dr. Devroye for a number of reasons, but the main thing was I personally clicked more with him, his approach, and the conversation we had. I don't feel like there is any other reason to have further consultations with other doctors. He was a lovely person on first impressions and I found his staff to be super friendly and polite. Plus it was very easy to get to from the UK, the Eurostar is great! Before i phone up next week to do the bank transfer.......is there anything else left to consider at all? Would there be any point seeing any of the other remaining doctors based in Belgium? or anywhere else? should i consider any other doctors in the UK? Fargo etc? I didn't even bother with the UK.....maybe i should have given it a chance? I am happy with my choice but would anyone else on here have as many consultations as possible with as many doctors as possible? I'll be having FUT, around 2500-3000 grafts required to get my desired hairline.

an update on this would be much appreciated

well, here's what i've gathered so far: As for the catching up with the rest of this thread: look - its not like a used car market. Prices won't be changing So often as to render it completely pointless information......if anything, if prices really were changing that often over time, then surely knowing the prices and trends would be useful and interesting information? In any case, knowing a ballpark figure or what the person paid for it would be useful information. As for discounts - again - surely this would be useful information for everyone to know??? If there are times of the year when discounts are being given out, and patients have had the opportunity to use these discounts, surely it'd be worth Knowing if they received a discount, and what they got?? If anything, the reasons you've provided are even more reason to actually say explicitly how much the person paid for the transplant. And that was exactly my point in starting the thread..........because i wanted to know what other doctors are out there in europe or the UK which might not have had a presence here, but which people might have had experience with. It seems the only doctors people know about on here are the ones that have been admitted into your Ivy league. You've literally just given reasons in your own response, why this site is therefore Not the bible when it comes to hair transplant doctors - Some for negative reasons, but some for other reasons which are nothing to do with whether they are bad doctors or not. So by deduction, there is a chance that there are doctors both in the UK and Europe who might be doing good work, but which get no exposure on here for the reasons you've outlined, either because they are crap, or because they don't want to pay the fee etc..etc... Now i admit, if a doctor is confident of his/her work and have plenty of results to show for it, you'd think that they'd spend a bit of money promoting it to attract more patients. So in this instance, i don't see much of a problem with this 'ivy league' approach - although its an analogy with a double edged sword, as usually only the people who can afford to go can go to such a university....so its not necessarily the brightest that gain admission. Is it? And as for this lovely post by yourself: i mean.....i don't even know where to start with that. I actually explain in one of my posts - the only reason i mentioned Dr Rogers was because i've had a friend who is very happy with the work. Now, i've not seen her yet, so i'm going to go and check it out. The fact that you immediately think that i may somehow work for Dr Rogers simply for mentioning his name is interesting - i might as well accuse you lot for exactly the same.......maybe Dr Rogers is a pro but for the reasons you outlined, hasn't bothered publishing on here? Who knows? As it stands, i couldn't find much of any other examples for Dr Rogers work and due to that lack of exposure i've discounted him from my search. Anyway, all that aside, it looks like Devroye might be a winner for me - i like his online presence, his youtube interviews, appears to be some kind of pioneer of sorts, and his results look good. And he's the cheapest of the Brussels bunch. And for the record - I'll repeat again what i say in my original post............. What part of that could i not make any clearer - i obviously am looking for doctors which have a proven track record............

What makes you assume I didnt google his name? Did you read the joke of a thread you posted? I did. That happened in 1997 , and he himself responded to that post with some reasonable statements, unlike you. You clearly have no reading comprehension skills and unable to back up anything you say with evidence, apart from bleating 'I'm right you're wrong I'm an expert bla bla bla". I will refrain from responding to your posts. For anyone else I absolutely welcome any suggestions for UK and European doctors with prices. Thanks..