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Rakan

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Basic Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Country
    Malaysia
  • State
    AL

Hair Loss Overview

  • Describe Your Hair Loss Pattern
    Thinning on Top only (Genetic Baldness)
    Thinning or Bald Spot in the Crown/Vertex
  • How long have you been losing your hair?
    In the last 5 years
  • Norwood Level if Known
    Norwood V A
  • What Best Describes Your Goals?
    Maintain Existing Hair
    Considering Surgical Hair Restoration
    I'm here for support

Hair Loss Treatments

  • Have you ever had a hair transplant?
    No
  • Current Non-Surgical Treatment Regime
    Propecia (Finasteride)

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  1. Hey how did your op go? With rasul

  2. I've noticed hairs like those attached falling from my donor area and my donor area at month 3 looks thinner than at month 1 and 2 Post-op. I'd really appreciate if someone on this forum can help / direct me to a link or a post where such thing was shared/discussed. cheers
  3. Hello Guys, these are my photos at 3 months post-op. I couldn't find my photo for the transplanted area, may be deleted by accident, anyhow I will soon reach 4 month post-op and will upload the photos.
  4. Hello again, these are the photos 2 months post-op. Transplanted area still as it is, never touched by scissors or trimmer.
  5. Hello guys, Sorry for the late updates, these are the photos 1 month post-op. donor area was trimmed 10 mm and rest of donor area that was untouched during the operation is trimmed to 8 mm to create that normal even look of the donor area.transplanted area was not touched at all.
  6. I've met three guys who came for a second HT, two of them had their surgery with a different doctor and weren't satisfied with the results, whereas the other patient was in his forties I think and had first surgery with Dr Yaman and looked ok and came back to increase density. Regards
  7. Hello everyone, I would like to share with you my hair transplant operation experience with Dr Yaman in Istanbul, Turkey. I had my HT operation with Dr. Resul Yaman on 17 Nov 15. I arrived on the 16th early morning at 5.30 am, picked up by the clinic driver and transported to the hotel. In the afternoon, I met Dr Yaman at his clinic for consultation; he checked my head, donor area density, hair thickness and evaluated my case. I was told that I had a very good donor area density of about 6200 grafts and that he will need to extract 4750 approx. for the operation. He drew my hairline and showed me the proposed allocation of grafts on front, middle and the crown areas (pic. attached). During the consultation I asked Dr Yaman to carry on a Thyroid gland test in addition to the normal blood test as I doubted that it could be a reason for my hair fall due to gland disorder, Don’t ask me why I thought of that Next day around 9 am, the driver picked me up and went to the clinic, blood test was done, hair shaved, hairline was drawn again and the operation started by 11 am. Dr Yaman did the Anastasia himself for the transplanted area, the incisions and the extraction of the grafts; where as the Anastasia in the donor area and placement of the grafts were done by his staff, a total of 4 nurses. My operation took around 10 hours, from 11 am till 9.30 pm. The grafts were extracted in three sessions, the second session was the longest because grafts were extracted from the back of my head which is a large area compared to the sides. After completion of the operation Dr Yaman told me that he extracted about 4700 grafts. My donor area was bandaged and I was given inflatable neck pillow and white sheet to place under my head, I was also given pain killers in case I felt any pain. Next day, I went to the clinic to remove the bandage and I got the medicines, Lotion, shampoo and antiseptic ointment and went back to the hotel. 2 days post-op I had my first wash at the clinic and I was given a CD that contains procedure for washing my hair, also contained my photos that were taken in the clinic pre, during and post-op. I attached most of them in this post. After my first wash, I told Dr Yaman that my hairline doesn’t look even on both temples and a couple of bald/empty spots on mid scalp area. He looked at it and told me not to worry and that he will retouch it. Next day I went to the clinic for second wash. On 21st Nov (4 days post-op) I had my hair washed at the clinic and an hour or so after that Dr Yaman did the retouch to my hairline and inserted few more grafts to mid scalp as well, a total of 150 grafts were extracted from the left side (left temporal)for the retouching. In the evening I felt pain in my donor area with few pinching and itching sensation which drove me to take pain killers. I took pain killers twice a day for three days and after that the pain reduced and pain killer was taken just once a day at night before going to bed for 2 nights only. Meanwhile my donor area was healing as predicted and scabs started falling around day 4 post-op and by day 10 all scabs fell off (few scabs on forehead can be seen in the 10-day photo) On my 10 and 11 day past-op, I had a wash with massage of the scalp in the clinic to remove scabs and dead tissues from the transplanted area and all scabs have fallen off by then (photos attached). Dr. Yaman recommended me to continue using Propecia as long there is no side effects; I also came to know about Xpecia which is a Turkish-made multi-vitamins medicine which can be used with/in lieu of Propecia (photo attached of its contents) and I bought a one-year supply. I also purchased a 6-month special shampoo and spray from the clinic that cost me 200 Euros as I was told that they will help with growth as they contain certain nutrients that are good for hair. During my visits to the clinic I met with patients from all over, from Italy, UK, Turkey, UAE and Belgium, and some of them are members on this HRN and some of them were having their second HT operation with Dr. Yaman. I stayed for two weeks in Istanbul in a 3-star hotel; first week covered by the clinic and paid 200 Euros for the second week and left Turkey on 30th November. As of my experience so far I’m quite happy with the surgery and the treatment I had at the clinic. I’d like to thank Dr. Yaman and all the staff who were really nice, polite and professional and give me about 7 washes at the clinic (I was a regular patient at the clinic  ) and special thanks to Dr. Yaman Assistant/interpreter Fikret (amico mio) who was really helpful and fun and nice enough to show me around the city a couple of days before my departure. I hope you guys find this post helpful and will try to keep you updated on monthly basis or so.
  8. I emailed him first on 20th October, and was told that there is a slot open for surgery after 15th November, By the time I decided to book for the surgery which was a couple of days ago, I got to choose between 17 or 24 November.
  9. Hi RK007, thanks for your wish. Regarding communication, I haven't experienced any dely in replying to my inquiry. I dropped him a message late in the evening on his website and got a reply next day morning. I'm in touch with his assistant Fikret Doğrucu who assisted me a lot with my inquiries.
  10. Hello Bill, thanks a lot, I do really appreciate it. I'm on Propecia at the moment, started it a week ago as advised by Dr Yaman and luckily for me no side effects so far. Will try to keep a track of my surgery progress Cheers
  11. Hello All, I will go straight with my hairloss story. I begun losing hair around the end of 2009, almost 6 years now. It's been worrying me since day 1 when my hair started falling. I consulted local doctors but they were all a joke, just looking at my hair and immediately prescribing me some shampoos and hair cream. In 2012 I was in UK and came across Rogaine foam 5% and begun using it and saw positive results after a month of using it, no more hair in the sink when I comb my hair and recently fallen hair regrew and my hair looked thicker enough to hide any sign of baldness. After almost a year of using minoxidil I felt fed up or lazy may be of using it twice daily and stopped it. 4 months later my hair fall started again and this time the fall was kinda faster than ever, that was the moment when I started considering HT and started digging around on the net trying to find all kind of information that might be helpful until I came across this Forum which helped a lot in my research. After a while on this forum I knew that my HT will be in Turkey because of the Cost (My budget) but at the same time I wanted to make sure that I'm gonna get what I'm looking for. After a couple of years since my hunt for HT surgeon I chose Dr. Yaman. The results his patients achieved were remarkable and the price is excellent for such quality. At the moment I'm using Propecia 1 mg, Biotin and Multivitamins, I do also use hair fiber at the moment to hide baldness These uploaded photos are 2 to 2.5 years ago, I will upload newest photos some other time I hope all goes well with me and I can finally smile in front of a camera and not worrying about my look I will do my best to keep you guys updated Wish me good luck
  12. Hi Thin Jim, Wish you all the best in your upcoming HT. I'm also planning to go for HT in Turkey and I would appreciate if you can give me the contact details for Dr. Demirsoy. Have a good day
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