Djlazerblue

Stress can causes hairloss period

1000 grafts will achieve almost nothing for your case. Reddy is a highly competent doctor, but you're wasting your time. You're a norwood 3.5 with a severely weak forelock and thinning in the NW5 area who isn't on propecia. This is a TERRIBLE idea.

 

I would genuinely recommend you cancel or postpone and contact a number of other global doctors, Erdogan, Feriduni, Lupanzula, Konior, Hasson+Wong, Bisanga, Freitas, Feller are some strong options. I list so many because I don't want to seem like I am being biased, but Reddy has high prices and you're genuinely wasting your time with 1000 grafts.

 

Particularly if you're not on propecia, you will LOSE more than 3000 hairs in the time it takes for those 3000 hairs implanted to grow.

 

STRONGLY recommend you postpone and contact some other doctors outside of the UK, particularly Belgium like Ferdiduni, Lupanzula and Bisanga for their opinion, because I promise you it will be very, very different to 1000 grafts.

 

Again I don't want to sound like I'm attacking Reddy, but a doctor prepared to do a tiny frontal hairline surgery when you're thinning in the NW5 area severely and not on propecia is just plain wrong. He's going to have you locked in for future surgery because that tiny thick band of transplants with the hair behind it disappearing is going to look ridiculous and you'll need another transplant in 12 months. Don't go through with it until you get some second opinions from the non-UK surgeons I mentioned or other Hairrestorationetwork recommended surgeons and consider their advice.

He states he wants to have surgery done discreetly and hes main concern is the front, he knows hes thinning and probably accepts the fact he will need more surgery to address that later down the line, starting with a 1000 grafts to the hairline is not a bad idea if thats they way he wishes to pursue.

I cant see hes facial frame but aslong as he keeps the hairline high and tight 1000 is enough to make a good difference and a subtle change without anybody recognising

I do agree with you on the fact Dr Reddy is ridiculously pricey , he also uses the Choi Implanter which im not a fan of, but he is a great DR and I've seen excellent results from him.

He would not be on my List as i know thier are equally good surgeons out there at a lower price, I think reddy caters alot for Celebrity's in the UK hense hes prices

How old are you dude? I would say that could be what we call the silver dollar, starting of a balding crown it looks like you have a tiny bald patch, but I note you are Asian so I’m not sure about your hair characteristics I’m sure others will help

I never knew that, thanks for clarifying, I’d personally want the DR to do carry out my extractions if I had a surgery as you never know the experience of a tech let alone there medical backround

I can relate, I started around u years ago totally lost libido carried on taking it hoping it would go away and did now 7 years later still on it libido fine

Well it’s only prove to slow down the progress so I’d say overtime it will stop working

I’d say you have recession at temples, also slightly thinning on the vertex/crown, don’t panic this is the time to get on meds as your still young and can catch it early, also your dad having hair doesn’t mean nothing baldness comes from your mothers or fathers side, many men have fathers that still have their hair in their 60s but they are bald by 30

Heyy Bro,

 

I have booked for 5000 graft procedure with Dr. Koray Erdogan. But I'm wondering where does he take the donor grafts. Is it exclusively from the permanent area (the central back of part of our head) or does he take the risk of taking hair follicles from the temporary area too. Since I'm 25 years is it ok for me to go for 5000 grafts right now or should I wait coz I'm still having some hair that is in the process of dieing. Please help

Do not have 5000 grafts at 25, you are far to young, your hairloss is not established, take meds’, and put off for as long as you can, unless your a Norwood 6-7 then I’d say go for it as you have nothing to really lose

I’d go back to feller he knows he’s stuff, Did he say you would need a second procedure later on? I’m sure if your scalp laxity is good he will take your old scar out with a 2nd surgery and still leave you with 1 very fine scar, Fue is a great procedure if you only need to move a small amount, in regards to erdogan the people I’ve spoken to that have been to him have told me he only does the incisions, he does not even do the extraction which for me would be a concern

PRP will only help with hair miniaturization, if the area you're trying to improve is completely bald because the grafts are dead, PRP will have no effect

I’m a Norwood 2 slight thinning in crown I had 2 sessions of prp 4 weeks apart, I saw no change at all in the 2 session so I cancelled my third, I feel it’s a waste of money, many Clinic’s have stopped doing it as a stand-alone treatment as they saw no benefits, also from what I’ve read the effects are only temporary if it does help you. So from my point of view it wasn’t my worth it may aswell Just spend on a transplant as it’s a more permanent solution, not that I would but just saying if your considering it, Stem Cell treatment from what I read is still in the guinea pig stage I wouldn’t waste any money on it until I see conclusive evidence it works

It's a totally valid point. For every single hair harvested then a five will then be needed to mainatain the promised average of 3 hairs per graft. How many procedures have you ever seen with an average of 3 hairs per graft anyway? A doctor who plans for the future should save as many multiples as possible for mid-scalp and vertex work and use singles for the hairline.

I know what your saying but you can still get 3000 hairs from 1000 grafts without taking all trebles

If you're having to sell things to pay for 1000 grafts then I hope you're well prepared for the future. It looks like you have some thinning in the NW5 area so you should seriously consider propecia or else you may need future transplants. Nothing looks less natural than losing hair behind a strong hairline.

 

Another thing to consider is that if you are to receive 3000 hairs from 1000 grafts then your surgeon must plan to cherry pick the triple hairs. Whilst multiple hairs are great for coverage in the mid-scalp and vertex, they look un-natural in the hairline where singles should be used. 1000 grafts is also not a lot of grafts for the area needed so I hope you plan on a conservative hairline.

 

"My donor area is good as you can see." - you did not provide photos of your donor area.

Not a valid point 1000 grafts can be a mixture of 1,2,3 hair grafts dosnt mean the Dr is going to use 1000 3 hair grafts Dr Reddy knows he's trade he's no cowboy

I wanted to echo that 1,000 grafts sounds very insufficient even for just front zone/hairline restoration based on the level of recession indicated in your pictures ... maybe get a second or even third opinion??

Not really if he wants a slight change and is keeping hairline high a good result can be achieved with 1000

Nice result

Hi mate have you let dr reddy no about your scalp condition? Follicolitus can happen after surgery it’s a known side effect,

You are at a good age and have choosen a great surgeon I feel your have a good result, good luck come back and keep us posted

Thanks for your informative post, I agree with most of the Drs, I would not transplant in the crown yet as you still have native hair there the crown is a hard area to transplant grafts don’t seem to do very well once transplanted there, I feel the survival rate is much lower than say hairline work. I’ve tried PRP and to be honest I saw no benefits at all but everyone’s different, I would up your fin dose to the reccomended 1mg per day and see how you get on

I’m not sure about stem cell, but I’ve had prp and that is useless didn’t do nothing for me

That hairline you have drawn on is ridiculous, why are you trying to get your original hairline back it’s totally innaproriate, the DR has your best intrests at heart and he’s done the right thing, if your trying to recapture your original junvenille hair your never going to be happy therefore I think surgery is not for you, until you lower your expectations

Sounds like you have suffered nerve damage which is common in fut, normally it goes away but can be permanent in rare cases like yours, 4-5 anetestic injections in my opinion is perfectly normal

Ok well that's your take, my advice to people is go with a DR that does most of the procedure especially the extraction, you need to stand the best chance and the very elite surgeons more or less don the full procedure, remember you only get 1 shot at that donor area

In the UK its illegal for anyone but a DR to extract, Turkey is a good example where i see the most donor areas that have been over harvested by techs, so your telling me if you would be fine going to a clinic knowing that your DR is only going to make your incisions then leave??

@Djlazerblue - where have you heard that erdogan only does the incisions and nothing else. Isn't that the case with most of the surgeons?

Check the video he’s been there, And absolutely NOT a dr should be doing ALL the extractions it’s the most crucial part of the procedure, so answer to your question is no it’s not that case, all good surgeons do the extractions and incisions, implantation is done by a techs normally

that's also not true. You can get a tight scar and still have transected grafts around the strip or blood flow around the strip could have been compromised or too much anaesthesia could have been used which can lead to the same issue, there are any number of dr related errors that can lead to a fine strip scar and this kind of shock loss. Permanent shock loss of healthy hair is very rare, again that the hairs most susceptible to loss remained and the healthiest died out is a pretty clear sign of some sort of error.

Totally agree, I can’t see how someone can say the DR is blamless he is the one who done the surgery, a DR has a duty of care to all he’s patients if things go wrong, so I stress again my point to try and charge this man more money shows DR Lindsay in a bad light

It looks like a case where the problem is with the patient’s genetics and healing characteristics. I don’t understand why some are so quick to blame the doctor. Stay away from Ketoconazole.

Was he’s donor fine before he had this surgery? Yes I believe it was, so if the DR is the only one whom has worked in that area where does the blame lay? With the patient? I think not, for a DR to switch blame onto a patient is bad practice, he should accept at least half of that blame for performing the treatment on someone that turns out now was not a candidate in the 1st place, to try and get him to put he’s hand in he’s pocket and pay more money is discraceful, he is a victim and the clinc should be looking after him, that’s my opinion and I’m still waiting to hear DR Lindsay’s response

Could you come on and explain your side of this situation, this man seems to have suffered life changing side effects at your hands.

I understand sometimes these things happen during surgery and the patients are aware there are risks, he appears to be a rare case also, my concerns lay with the aftercare.

Why are you charging this man for PRP which in my opinion having had it done myself Is not going to be of no benefit to him at all, if you feel it might help him why not offer him a free session then let him assess if he wants to continue with it?.

You have taken money off him he’s been left disfigured I’m sure your not going to be short of work in the near future and due to the exception of this case I feel you could of least given him a free treatment.

I’ve seen good work from you so I am in no question you’re a good surgeon, can you please help this patient out and show us your compassion

Look forward to your response

I agree with above named, but I wouldn’t go erdogan I’ve heard he only does the incisions all they other work is done by techs