Fellow HT experts,
Hope you are all doing well.
I've come across the news about 7 years ago and didn't bother to get into it as I thought I wasn't being affected. I was too involved in my career that I neglected to pay attention that I was losing hair then and all this led to 2014 where now I'm 32 and have lost a good chunk of my hair.
I came across this forum a few months back and was just silently observing, reading different threads and experiences of other members, and only yesterday had the courage to become a member and snap a few photos.
As a potential HT patient, I still have a few worrying questions that I will discuss with my doc, and I've still read them on the board too.
1) Is it really necessary to take supplements for the growth ? convinced myself yes as this is similar to taking the vitamin pills
2) Side affects, such as hair loss ( i never really understood this) and most threads say to be patient about it. Headaches,
3) Can I continue to use shampoos such as head and shoulders etc.
A few other question which I will post and discuss with the doc pre op.
Now, due to nature of my work I have extensive travel and literally live off a suitcase so if I do plan HT, it has to be 6-8 months in advance and I'm targeting Feb'15. So i have to plan my return in such a way that no one finds out that I did HT.My options are
1) Dr. Radha,
2) Dr. Madhu
3) Dr. Rahal
I've sent an email to the first two and haven't heard back yet, so will see their feedback and then contact Dr. Rahal. I will also consider Drs in Istanbul.
I have a large donor area if I'm not mistaking, so my goal is to get 4000 grafts (am i being too optimistic) ?
I live in Saudi Arabia and unfortunately there isn't any Dr. in the region close by except for Turkey and I don't really want to get it done there, alternatively Belgium is another option that I might consider. There is one Dr. Shadi Zari here who specializes in HT but never seen or heard of his work, I will be visiting him next month to get his opinion.
So, HT experts, I'm posting some pics below ...what do you think ?