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Hi guys, after spending the last few years following people's experiences and learning as much as I can about hair restoration, I'm very excited to be able to share with you my experience with Dr Feriduni after my FUE procedure. A bit more about me, I started noticing my hair loss a when I was in university, after spending too much time in denial I finally accepted that I was loosing my hair and needed to do sonething about it. By the time I start looking into medications and transplants I was a NW3. I have been taking finasteride and minoxidle for almost 2 and a half years now and it genuinely seems to have helped slow down/ halt my hair loss. Fastforward to my consultation I'll admit I was very nervous before going in, I didn't know what to expect and I kept worrying that once Dr Feriduni examined my hair he'd say my donor was weak or that I wasnt a good candidate. My worries were quickly put to rest. We had a good chat about my hair loss and what meds I was taking, I showed him some pictures of my male relatives and we discussed potential future loss. He then sat me down in front of a mirror and assessed different parts of my scalp. He confirmed my donor area was strong and that there was no signs of miniaturization in the crown or mid scalp which was very good. He worked out that I had around 8,000 grafts to use. He then drew what he thought was a good hairline, now maybe it's because I thought my hair loss was worse than it actually is but I was pleasantly surprised to see that he'd drawn a hairline that was better than I expected! I figured that maybe to achieve this hairline it would use up more graft than I was willing to use, however once again I was surprised to here that he felt confident that the hairline would be achieved using between 1600-1800 grafts. Overall Dr Feriduni seemed like a really decent down to earth guy and I left feeling very confident in choosing him and couldn't wait to actually have the procedure. During the morning of the transplant I had another sit down with feriduni to confirm the hairline and for him to answer any last questions I might have had. The technicians then took me to shave the sides of my head, I chose to keep the hair on top unshaven so that it would be easier to hide the transplant once the sides grow back. Dr feriduni came in to inject the anaesthetic, this was probably the most painful part of the whole thing, I always thought I was good with needles but those things hurt! He then drew out the area that hairs were to be extracted from and the technicians started the extraction (fyi having hairs whole punched out of your head is hands down the weirdest feeling!) Once the extraction was done Feriduni came in and started making the incisions for the new hairline, throughout making the incisions he kept me updated on how everything was going and at one point commented on how much he was liking the hairline already which put me at ease. Once be had finished making the incisions he confirmed that the total grafts would be 1748. He then left and the technicians had to take out some more grafts before they could start implanting. The implantation went fine but i was definetly starting to feel a bit drained. Dr Feriduni came in again as they were finishing to make sure everything was looking good. The whole process took around 5 hours which was quicker than expected. Dr Feriduni explained that the skin was really soft making the extraction process easy which helped the operation to proceed at a good pace. Following on from the surgery I decided to stay in hasselt for a few days so that I was close to the clinic. As I'm writing this now it has been 2 days since my hair transplant and I've been to the clinic every morning to have my head washed and grafts checked over. Id definetly recommend doing this as the first few days are the most crucial so it's good to know that the clinic is close if anything goes wrong. If you want to take anything from reading this let it be that both Dr Feriduni and his team are very dedicated to looking after their patients, the aftercare I have received has been top notch! I hope this has been helpful for anyone whose considering a hair transplant with Dr Feriduni I'll try to upload some photos and keep you updated! Thanks for reading!

Been reading this all in one go his morning, any updates? you must be approaching the 10 month mark by now?

Hey you must be coming up to the 3 month mark now right? how is your progress going? I have a consultation with Dr Bisanga next month in London so would be very interested in hearing how your getting on! All the best

Hey congrats on the transplant, it must have been an incredibly liberating feeling! any updates on how the transplants going?

Thanks for all the replies guys any information is helpful! I've been looking for a specialist to speak to which has turned out to be surprisingly hard, I've found a doctor called Dr Ingrid Wilson who seems to be well qualified and is a member of the trichology institution which I've been told to look out for so I'm pretty confident her opinion can be trusted but how exactly would I know if she was trying to sell propecia to make a profit? Also a lot of you are saying you wished you had started propecia earlier, did you experience any negative side effects?

Thanks for the replies guys I really do appreciate them... DrBlakeBloxham- yes I'll keep looking and try and speak to a specialist in the next couple of weeks and see what they say about Propecia. I've come to terms with the fact that I wont be able to regrow any of the hair in my temples without surgery but as long as I can keep what's left that's fine. smash1407- Yes I've read about those twins before it really is encouraging to see, I am willing to try Propecia it's just the side effects that worry me, are they really as common as people make out? I've been using Nanogen as a concealer however I try not to rely on it as it can get a bit messy. Thanks for the offer I'm sure I'll take you up on that at some point haha.

This is my first time posting on here after spending months lurking through other threads looking for information and thought it was about time I join in haha! I'm about to turn 22 and I first started to notice that my hair was receding when I was 20. I'm not currently on any medication but I'm finding it harder to disguise the balding so i want to get started, I've read a lot about Propecia and minoxidil but I'm on the fence about taking Propecia due to the amount of negative comments about side effects, I haven't spoken to a professional yet because I'm unsure if I'm best consulting my GP or approaching a hair specialist (sending photos to a clinic or something). I've attached some photos, I think I'm somewhere between a norwood 2 or 3, I really want to slow down the balding and ideally halt it so that in a few years time when I'm ready to start looking into a hair transplant my hair loss will have been stable for several years. If anyone could shed some light on the best way to start tackling my balding and if Propecia is the best way to go I would hugely appreciate it!