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Thanks Blake That was a great reply. While I am eager to understand if my operation is ruined or not, its not the only reason I share my experience. I want to be helpful to others. Before the operation, I made a lot of research and I could find no reason to why an operation can be successful or not. I thought a tech/nurse run surgery is identical to the work a plastic surgeon does. I tought human factor is not that important in those operations. With my experience there is clear evidence what kind of mistakes can be done when the operation is not handled properly. I will continue sharing my progress and try to be informative about what to expect in cheap clinics. I hope that information will be helpfull to others. Here attached my last image. Its day 8 and completely healed. Thats the only good side of 0.5 mm slit I think

Have you checked hair systems. They look so natural. Its a better solution then hair transplant in your case

There are doctors everywhere that will give you false hope and get your money. The result can be devastating. Just be careful.

Well you know that there are lots of rich people in the world who are plain bald. I have seen a lot of hair tranplant surgens who are bald. If there is no hope then there is no hope. Lots of girls like bald guys. I have seen people who are butchered because of terrible FUT operations. You wouldnt be one of them. They have no chance but to wear a wig to the end of their lives I have just had a hair transplant as well. If mine will not work, I will simply have a head shave daily. Its not the end of the world.

Thanks Zoe I was operated by nurses only. The guy who makes the extractions seemed like a professional. He talked to me, showed me the grafts, explained what makes the differences between a good extraction and bad extraction and many other information. Only the nurses helped to plant the grafts I am not confident with. we will see. I choose this clinic because one of my friend had his operation 2 years ago in the same place and his results are just perfect. But the team that operated me was not the same team he had.

Thanks scar. Theres no point to share the name of the clinic I was operated. Typically a hair transplantation price in istanbul ranges between 1000 to 1500 euro for a 3500 graft operation. If the operation is held by a plastic surgeon then the prices dramaticaly increase. I was hoping to prove that you do not need to pay much for a successful hair transplant. But if the roots of the grafts transplanted are all folded, hook shaped, I am not hopeful about the final result. It will be a very stressful 6 months. Since tav has brought a completely irrelevant thread to here, I have to clarify that I am NOT operated by Dr Kul. I will not declare at which clinic I am operated. There are lots and lots of cheap clinics in istanbul and their schedules are always full. But what I realised is, if you want no risk then you need to pay 5 to 10 times more than cheap clinics cost you

I don't understand why people in this forum are so suspicious about everything. Before I had the operation I searched lots of doctors. Dr Kul was one of the possible options for me. I liked his work and references. But still 4000 euro he asked was not an amount I could afford can you clarify at what point you are confused?

You guys should check Zekeriya Kul as well. He charges 1 euro per graft and his results are very very satisfying. Unfortunately he refuses to translant more than 1500 grafts in a day . He also refuses to transplant on the vertex area.

Comparing before and after pictures, the procedure you have had looks like the best decision you have made. congrats

Thanks all I was opt in a clinic in istanbul. Its not a well known place but there were three transplantations simultaneously the day I had the operation. I will not share the name of the clinic unless the results are good. I have a question, again... Does damaged follices continue grow hair? Its 7 days post op and i can clearly notice that the grafts transplanted are growing. Does that mean hooked or not the grafts are alive and will continue to regrow after the shock loss phase?

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/179307-ruined-fue-operation.html here i had another thread to discuss about my concerns about the hook shape

Thank you all with your great replies. I hope the result will be satisfying. They have used 0.7 mm punch for the extraction and they used a 0.5 mm slit holes for the placement. They said they were comfortable to use thinnest equipment with my hair because my grafts were also very thin. of the 10 grafts popped out, 7 or 8 of them were hook shaped. I feel really sad with what I see but I am happy that my scalp is completely healed in the 6th day of operation. I have no chance to pull any more grafts by mistake. 6 months later we will see if the hooked grafts work or not.

Hello Joe You are right, I ve mistakenly written 3000 in the other forum. They are actually 4000 plus and I was given a signed paper on which it writes that 4000 grafts are used. The clinic that I was operated is in Istanbul Turkey. I am not going to give further details about the clinic because I am not sure if the operation is successful at all. I am already sad to see that many grafts were placed as a hook shape. If i feel pleased with the result i will share the name of the place. The operations were made only by the techs. Thats another reason why it was that cheap. After the operation completed I was also given a single prp shot prepared by my blood during the operation...and it was free !!! On the image I have posted shows only the frontal area. 1000 of the grafts are placed on my vertex. I am sure that 4000 grafts are extracted, I've counted the 40x100 bulks by my self. But I don't know if all of them were placed at all.. Here some more images

4000 grafts and costed me only 1200 euro. The donor area is already healed and looks completely natural. I hope the result will be good. I am still suspicious about the placement of grafts. I discovered that some of the graft bulbs were folded over the shaft while placing. they used 0.7 mm punches and 0.5 mm slit knife. Maybe thats the reason I had a very fast recovery. And maybe that will be the reason why my grafts will not survive. time will show

I have had my fue 6 days ago and all the scabs have already cleared. The progress is really absurd, too fast. Even the next day after the operation i already had a clean receiver area whats your comments about the progress. Should i be concerned about the progress. I already have another question about graft placement in another thread. This one is not related.

I have seen people who turned into clowns after FUT operation. I know that depending on the surgeon fut can have great results but there is no reason to take chances

Here the images of follices that falled out. Please note how the bulbs look. And those follices did not pulled out because of being missplanted, They are the ones randomly pulled out because of my nails.

Hi gill actually i am not much worried about the grafts that fall out because it was my mistake to pull them out. My problem is the shape of grafts. their bulbs are all folded over itself. It looks like the grafts were not placed properly. All the grafts that are popped out looked like the one i posted. Bended in the middle.

Hello I am in the 5th day of hair transplant and some of my grafts are falling out. I know that it is something expected. But there is an issue bugging me and i am pretty sure that it is a sign of terrible operation. At day three i mistakenly pulled out 4 grafts. And I was shocked that the follice bulbs are bended over itself. Today i have scabs falling out and some of them come with a dry shaft on which bended bulbs are visible. Anyone has an idea if there is a chance of them to survive