TrixGlendevon

When I talk about location, I mean that people choosing a clinic because it is in the same city/state/country as them is a bad motivating factor. It is not hard, time consuming or expensive to get to Continental Europe from the UK and your results will be better and/or cheaper. I did mine in Switzerland and had consultations in Belgium with several clinics and an online consultation in Spain. I am not from the UK but I lived there at the time and so this would have been the most convenient to me. Several years, I maintain this was the best decision I made. On the reviews - they have lots of positive reviews online where and by who? Are they by patients on a public forum like this where they are easily scrutinised for authenticity and held accountable? If not, they are not worth anything. Any clinic can set up fake accounts on Google Reviews etc. Chain clinics are hair mills. You will regret it. On meds - this goes in the face of perceived wisdom but I do not care. Check out post-finasteride syndrome. Everybody seems very quick to prescribe meds to people, and I do not mean just doctors. All the forums recommend the same thing and most people on these forums are not doctors and even the doctors are not endocrinologists. In a few years, about 20 in your case, you will be wanting to hold on to as much free DHT as you can for regular functioning of your organism. You are considering going on meds now, for a temporary aesthetic gain (it does not stop it, it slows it down), to dampen your free DHT. Google low free DHT symptoms and age, or something similar. Also, I have had conversations about meds with top docs (Feriduni, Muresanu etc.) and they agree there is no study to support these meds have no side effects in the long-term. It is actually Feriduni who told me about post-finasteride syndrome and he said he no longer recommends the meds to patients.

Great choice. If you are worried at all and want reassurance, look at my pics on a thread from a few years ago. I think I was the first person on this forum to go with Hattingen and my result really spurred interest in them. I had 4400+/- FUT grafts in 2018 and was very happy with the result. I went back last year for a second of around 2500+/- FUT grafts and Carmen was there this time too. She was great. Work looks clean, congrats!

1500 I would say but if you intend to get on meds (I wouldn't recommend it) then you should do it sooner rather than later and then see how that impacts your hair loss before making a decision. The pattern of the rest of the hair loss will have an impact on how many grafts they use this time and plans for the future. How your body reacts to the meds will have an impact on this then. I would personally not to do in the UK either, and especially not at Wimpole. Are you picking this based on location or have you seen especially good patient posted results on a public forum such as this? If the former, that is a terrible motivating factor.

A couple of issues, in my opinion. The clinics in the UK produce average results and are expensive. Therefore, you can pay the same abroad and get a much better result OR get the same result abroad and pay a lot less. I still try and steer people on this forum into Continental Europe for a transplant. Whether they listen to me is another question...

If you are going to keep your short, have you considered another surgery with a good clinic taking grafts from the sides to put in the back?

Just because 1000 went in doesn't mean 1000 came out. If they took out a 1000 and noticed that 1 or 2 in every 3 or 4 are damaged owing to poor technique, they could have taken more out to compensate and still get you your 1000 in the temples. Was the temple growth good at least?

I disagree with your methodology and agree with Gatsby. The methodology, for those that want the best result, should be to identify the best clinics based on consistently good patient posted reviews over a number of years and seeing how the clinic deals with bad results, which inevitably happen at all clinics from time to time. This should be independent of geography. Then save money so you can afford it there/at one of the ones on the shortlist. It is better to wait a few additional months so you can get the best transplant. As Gatsby says, it will be false economy in the mid- to long-term if you will need corrective surgery. You also have a finite number of grafts so only get 2-3 bites of the cherry, irrespective of whether they are aesthetic or corrective surgeries. Make them good ones. Also agree with Gatsby that the aim should be higher than average. Most people have bad-average transplants and this forum is a very small subsection of a much larger population. How many people do you think went to the same clinic as famous sports stars etc. just because they had gone there without seeing the full result and without doing their own research. Most people are sheep. Anecdotal evidence: I recently went to a wedding with my wife and saw an absolutely horrendous hair transplant. It was so unnatural it was untrue. It was a very low (unnaturally so) very straight hairline with many multi-hair grafts in the hairline. It stood out like a sore thumb. The guy definitely used a lot of grafts to get there and will now need to have corrective surgery for additional cost, and potentially grafts.

Are you just asking this hoping somebody will say you should go to Turkey? I would choose the clinic based on several patient posted results over a number of years, and not just cherry picking the good ones people post but looking at the bad ones too (all clinics have them, even the best ones). That could mean you end up in NY, Istanbul or a third country city.

I would do what I did for the first transplant and save money and go to your first choice based on result rather than cost or geographical location.

My two favourites in Europe are still Hattingen (where I had both mine done - albeit FUT and I assume you want FUE) and Feriduni. Hattingen has their prices on their website so you can see what it would cost vs Bissanga. I would avoid the UK clinics.

I am unsure what the logic of this is. If you have scar correction, you are already i) getting another scar and ii) having a small FUT as there are always grafts that come with it (600 in your case as per your above post). Why did you not just get a larger FUT this time and save yourself yet another surgery in the form of an FUE in the future? Congrats either way though - the crown looks good. Will you be post any pictures of the front? What is the plan now with your hair as it is long at the front and sides and obviously cut very short for the surgery on the crown?

Couldn't agree more with you - this position is ridiculous. If money and travel, time, visas etc were no issue, I think most people would choose H&W. Even the clinics I consulted with (and the one I ended up going with) said they are the best, and I was not consulting with no-name hair mills. H&W uses an army of techs. Their results are amazing and have been for years, showing consistency. This is a disaster waiting to happen.

Looks great congrats

Don't choose your clinic based on geography. That is a recipe for disaster. It will be cheaper and better on the Continent!

Could not disagree more with that equation. I have never understood this weird obsession with who does what part of the procedure and that the doctor doing it all is somehow better. The person who is best at doing that job in the procedure should be the one doing it. I just want a good result and it does not matter if it is the doctor, the techs or the guy in the alleyway doing it. Hasson and Wong is probably the best clinic in the world and they use an army of techs. Hattingen, techs. Feriduni, techs. Look for consistently good results over a substantial period of time (say, 5 years) and if it is a tech heavy clinic, ask them how long their techs have been with them to ensure it is the same techs that produced the previous results you have seen.