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Thanks Dr. Bhatti. Like I mentioned earlier, apart from the frontal density on the planted area, I feel good about the result too. I would certainly like to discuss with you in person, and will contact you upon my travel to Chandigarh though unfortunately it might be some time before that materializes. On a related note, in case you are travelling to / though Delhi and can spare few minutes, pl do let me know. Shall be grateful. best

Hi all, Attaching few pics from 10 months.. like I mentioned in the last post, mixed feelings.. certainly an improvement from where I was & some angles look nice and promising.. but density is not gr8.. especially frontal left side of head.. can see individual hairs that side.. pics inside the room.. no lighting. normal sunlight filtering in the room.. not sure how much growth one can expect from hereon? opinions welcome Alex

thanks for your feedback farmcat and Rawkerboi. appreciate it..

thanks akdjrd. I would think it is low yield rate as 2200 odd grafts are good enough in my view for the area which I had gotten covered.. I mean there are cases of 2900..3000 grafts in this forum covering a much wider area than mine..

Hi all, Posting my 8 month update.. frankly I have mixed feelings.. it is certainly better than before the transplant.. but I was certainly hoping for more density.. 2206 grafts at a rather small area it was.. and after seeing some results on this forum itself.. I was also told during the HT that I have good donor quality .. still density looks pretty sparse even at 8 months.. i dnt feel any new hairs poking out really.. and last couple of months.. dnt think any major change has happened.. crown is doing well.. been daily taking minox plus finax.. already at 8 months.. dont know how much, if at all, it improves from here.. I have come some way from where I was but I don't think I have reached where I thought I would on this HT journey.. appreciate your feedback/ guidance. alex

Very nice Ghumanz. cheers

Thanks all for your feedback. am optimistic about the next 6 months. Fingers crossed. cheers

Hi all, Posting couple of pics from 5 and a half months. If you look closely and in frontal light, can see hairs spaced out on planted area, so does not look very dense. Don't feel many small hairs in planted area either. Hoping it gets better in terms of density over next few months. Love to hear views - does it get better from hereon or this is largely it? Still having finax 1 tablet a day + biotin + mintop once in evening daily cheers

Dear all, I have completed 7 weeks post FUE. Have already shed most hairs like maybe 80%. Noticed last few days very small hairs falling on my office desk (pic attached of one such hair) say 20-40 per day.. have had shedding earlier around 5-6 weeks and those were much longer. These are like 1-2mm, 60% black rest whitish. Not sure if they are frmo planted area but I guess so as the other hair on my sides and back are much longer. Is this normal and will not hopefully not impact my end result? Advice is appreciated. cheers

Thanks Ghumanz. Happy growing..

pics from day 14-15 scabs have mostly fallen off now (day 15).. had to ease them off using oil, shampoo and circular motions.. donor healed well.. recipient is reddish for the moment though cheers

Thanks johnboy71 and bablu. Hoping for the best.. cheers:)

Hi Thanks for your post. I do hope it is 2206 - was told the same by the clinic though no way for me to be sure. Can only rely on the doctor's word for this. Incidentally, I see few long streaks of graftless head today on my recipent area, which is a tad worrying. Not sure why it would be like that or if it is normal. BTW, what was your approx. count? regards

Thanks Shera Have a wonderful new year. cheers

Hi, You could spend 2-3 days in Delhi on your return - lots of historically significant monuments here like Red Fort, Humayun Tomb, Akshardham, Lotus Temple etc. Lots of good street food in old Delhi if you are into that kind of thing. cheers

Thanks David. I will try and put up regular pictures. Hoping for a good result. cheers

Thanks Indi9. Am not sure about the exact density although I would think 2200+ grafts for this rather small area should be good packing. Personally, I see some of the other threads here, and kinda worry if I would have enough grafts left in my donor area for future transplant, if required. I mean, 2200 are already taken and only cover a smallish area on my front. Crown - well I kind of agree with you but went with the doc's judgement of maintaining on meds rather than transplant. Perhaps meds can delay the inevitable for a good enough time period cheers

Attached pics of day 7. No itch yet - have had some recurring wave like pain through the donor area since day 3 which is still not gone and is an irritant (taking occasional combiflam for this). This pain usual? Can see some clots on donor area in the pics if you look closely. The recipient area has no pain but still pretty much looks like day 2 or 3, hard to tell a difference. At this rate, unsure if the scabs would fall off in another 5 days (total 12 -14 days), which was my initial understanding. Any thoughts - should it should have been better healed by now? regards

2206 grafts on December 19, 2015 with Dr. Tejinder Bhatti. 417 singles 1073 doubles 716 triples Hi everyone. I have suffered from hair loss (runs in my family) for the last many, say 8-10 years, but the condition aggravated in the last 3 years. Have read this forum for the better part of this year before taking the plunge - my first FUE transplant. I would post my pics and review here so as to help anyone facing similar questions that I did for a while. I belong to India and stay in Delhi, so Dr. Bhatti's clinic is only a 5 hour car drive. Procedure Drove down a day before the procedure for pre-op counselling with Dr. Bhatti (largely hair line drawing, no. of grafts required, the doctor is patient and addressed all my queries, pertinent or otherwise). The next day I had a light breakfast and reported at the clinic at 9.30am (2nd case for the day). Met Dr. Bhatti and re-discussed the hairline - I discussed my comments on the hair line height higher than my native hairline and roundness/ irregularity of hairline (did not want a very aggressive hairline). Dr. Bhatti was patient and suggested not trying to replicate childhood hairline due to limited donor supply and in general mature hairline being higher. He did agree on making the hairline more natural by having random irregularity. There is a small bunch of hair somwhere in between the crown and the recepient area, which Dr. Bhatti suggested not to transplant (due to shock loss considerations) as he deemed it was only thinning. Likewise, for the crown, doctor suggested medication and not transplant to maintain it. I trusted his judgement. Once done, had some pics of hariline clicked by Dr. Bhatti and hair buzzed down. Routine blood tests are run by the team there. Dr Bhatti administers the anasthesia aided by his assitants, and for graft extraction from donor area (back and sides of head) used a machine, which made sort of a light grinding noise for like 30-45 mins with breaks. From what I could tell, the grafts were then extracted by Dr Bhatti using the punch, and later on collected by his technicians using forceps, who all seemed qualified. Post the extraction, had a quick lunch arranged by the clinic from Hot Millions. Dr. Bhatti then made the punches for hair plantation on recepient area - sort of crispy punchy noise you hear for 20 odd mins from the machine. Not painful though, apart from the injections of anaesthesia which are a little painful. The grafts are placed by Dr. Bhatti's team, and the doctor stepped in once to check if I was ok (as is also mentioned in the forms / website). The team looked skilled and went on with their job with light instrumental music in the background. As the next day was off (Sunday), the team, somewhat understandebly, was looking/discussing to finish the transplant asap and did close the job by 4.30pm (around 2hrs 30 mins for placing the grafts) regularly checking with me if I was ok. Though I do feel that having the doctor check the final hairline and graft placement more often would be better for me personally. Thereafter, Dr. Bhatti did the dressing and advised me to report in the morning for hair wash and re-dressing, which is done by his team. Followed by a comprehensive post op care briefing/ meds. Summary Like anyone would be, I had questions about this surgery. But, in the end, I'm glad that I did it and optimistic about my future. Fingers crossed!! I was told by Dr. Bhatti that I have good donor area and I think no. of 2/3s hair grafts were good - I've got high hopes for my hair growth. Dr. Bhatti seemed very nice and proficient in his work - he is a busy man though doing 2 cases a day so you got to know what all info / discussion you want with him - he is patient in answering those. I went by his suggestions for the hairline and leaving out the middle part/crown to medication rather than transplant. I had a mostly positive experience with Darling buds - am hopeful and looking forward to my result now. I'm posting some of my surgery pics here.Thanks for reading and appreciate any observations you may have on my surgery. For anyone wanting to know more about the clinic/ surgery, please feel free to ask questions here or PM me.

2206 grafts on December 19, 2015 with Dr. Tejinder Bhatti. 417 singles 1073 doubles 716 triples Hi everyone. I have suffered from hair loss (runs in my family) for the last many, say 8-10 years, but the condition aggravated in the last 3 years. Have read this forum for the better part of this year before taking the plunge - my first FUE transplant. I would post my pics and review here so as to help anyone facing similar questions that I did for a while. I belong to India and stay in Delhi, so Dr. Bhatti's clinic is only a 5 hour car drive. Procedure Drove down a day before the procedure for pre-op counselling with Dr. Bhatti (largely hair line drawing, no. of grafts required, the doctor is patient and addressed all my queries, pertinent or otherwise). The next day I had a light breakfast and reported at the clinic at 9.30am (2nd case for the day). Met Dr. Bhatti and re-discussed the hairline - I discussed my comments on the hair line height higher than my native hairline and roundness/ irregularity of hairline (did not want a very aggressive hairline). Dr. Bhatti was patient and suggested not trying to replicate childhood hairline due to limited donor supply and in general mature hairline being higher. He did agree on making the hairline more natural by having random irregularity. There is a small bunch of hair somwhere in between the crown and the recepient area, which Dr. Bhatti suggested not to transplant (due to shock loss considerations) as he deemed it was only thinning. Likewise, for the crown, doctor suggested medication and not transplant to maintain it. I trusted his judgement. Once done, had some pics of hariline clicked by Dr. Bhatti and hair buzzed down. Routine blood tests are run by the team there. Dr Bhatti administers the anasthesia aided by his assitants, and for graft extraction from donor area (back and sides of head) used a machine, which made sort of a light grinding noise for like 30-45 mins with breaks. From what I could tell, the grafts were then extracted by technicians, who all seemed qualified. Post the extraction, had a quick lunch arranged by the clinic from Hot Millions. Dr. Bhatti then made the punches for hair plantation on recepient area - sort of crispy punchy noise you hear for 20 odd mins from the machine. Not painful though, apart from the injections of anaesthesia which are a little painful. The grafts are placed by Dr. Bhatti's team, and the doctor stepped in once to check if I was ok. The team looked skilled and went on with their job with light instrumental music in the background. As the next day was off (Sunday), the team, somewhat understandebly, was looking/discussing to finish the transplant asap and did close the job by 4.30pm (around 2hrs 30 mins for placing the grafts) regularly checking with me if I was ok. Though I do feel that having the doctor check the final hairline and graft placement more often would be better for the patients. Thereafter, Dr. Bhatti did the dressing and advised me to report in the morning for hair wash and re-dressing, which is done by his team. Followed by a comprehensive post op care briefing/ meds. Summary Like anyone would be, I had questions about this surgery. But, in the end, I'm glad that I did it. I was told by Dr. Bhatti that I have good donor area and I think the 2/3s of grafts were good - I've got high hopes for my hair growth. Dr. Bhatti seemed very nice and proficient in his work. I went by his suggestions for the hairline and leaving out the middle part/crown to medication rather than transplant. I don't think I have any major adverse experience with Darling buds clinic, and am hopeful and looking forward to my result. I'm posting some of my surgery pics here.Thanks for reading and I would appreciate if the experts here can provide their feedback on my surgery. For anyone wanting to know more about the clinic/ surgery, please feel free to ask questions here or PM me.