MeetYourMaker

People share their 5th month results which are damn impressive, looks like mine goes slower. 

How much difference you experienced between 5th and 9th months? 

13 hours ago, NARMAK said:

Hey bud, not sure and tbh would also love an answer. 

I recently got a Derma Pen. Going to hopefully start it March 1st but eventually plan to get a hair transplant in May so i don't think i'd be using it near that area myself for a similar timeframe you asked where the transplant is done. I might however switch to using it more in the crown area. Kinda like what you're asking too. Maybe more within a month though. 

I don't think there's any real risk of damaging the grafts 1 month post op assuming the clinic actually planted them more down around 3-4mm where they usually area located. 

Sounds like a plan. I am wondering if using 1.5mm's trauma on the scalp (non-recipient area) affects the recipient area or not. 

any comments on this? 😶

5 hours ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

My first HT was 8 years ago, and I don’t take finasteride. So my answer is no. 

Melvin, do you use anything else as medication? or supplement? 

Taken from a Turkish HT forum;

the situation before the HT : 

HT day : (4500 grafts DHI) 

Six Months Result : 

BEFORE HT - AFTER HT (8 MONTHS) :

ONE YEAR RESULT : 

Patient took finasteride 6 months after the surgery; then dropped. 

4 years after the HT, no finasteride (patient age 44 now) :

Isnt this a dramatic lose from the transplanted hairs or native hairs mostly? It looks scary especially it happens to a man in his 40s 

Discuss? 

any update?

On 1/21/2022 at 7:09 PM, Lionsmane89 said:

Thanks, man, that’s encouraging. I’ve heard the same thing, that the 4-6 month range is when things start to takeoff. I’m seeing a lot of fine hairs in those problem areas, so I’m hoping those continue to grow and mature.

As title tells; do you think its ok to use 1.5mm dermapen on non-recipent zone (vertex, in may case) after 3 months from hair transplant? 

would love to have a timestamp to the point he talks about that

Thank you. 

@Melvin- Moderatorcould you forward me to the mentioned video / interview? 

Am i still the risky zone after 7-8 weeks from hair transplant? can i smoke one joint without tobacco? 

On 12/12/2021 at 1:28 AM, Navthedon said:

ASMED all the way 

maybe in 2017. now HLC streamrolls ASMED İn terms of quality. Realized that after following a local Turkish forum for 3-4 months. 

10 hours ago, Frustrated said:

I’m a dual Turkish citizen living overseas and have family members in country who practice both law and other branches of medicine. Will look into this seriously.
 

greatly appreciate the insights 

If you know Turkish you should share this result on sacekimisonuclari, they are PRO-ASMED, funded by Erdogan but they wont able to stop you in anyway.  ASMED has many turkish patients at the moment and they should see this failure. 

They have more than one surgeons work on hair transplants. Does our forum has any spesific suggestion for HLC surgeons? Do they all have same quality or it differs for each doctor? 

On 8/3/2021 at 12:51 AM, Egy said:

Have you already written where will you go?

yes, decided to go HLC (canceled my operation in ASMED) 

On 8/1/2021 at 12:02 AM, JohnAC71 said:

@MeetYourMakerAre you considering anybody else ? HLC is definitely a good choice IMO. Just wondering if your thinking of consulting with any other clinics ? 

no to be honest. everything is planned and going to operation in October 

Wow, thanks so much Melvin, amazing content indeed. 

The patients i saw started thinning after their first year so i still cannot grasp how can it be. 

Also it shows the people like me (huge sides from fin, cant take it no matter what) still will face problems even we have solid HT results. 

57 minutes ago, Melvin- Moderator said:

 

i really understand how brutal hair loss is when these people start to lose transplanted hairs, looks like donor follicles are somewhat resistant against DHT but not completely 

The Turkish forum i follow has some interesting cases about people that had a great HT results then started to thinning again after a few years. I specifically checked the donor area where follicules extracted and looks like they are from the safest area, how can we explain this issue? Are Hair Transplants really permanent if you do not use finasteride after the operation? 

After opening my topic, i decided to cancel my operation @ ASMED and decided to go to HLC. 

can you elaborate? 

1 hour ago, RandoBrando517 said:

Why just asmed and HLC? There’s Bicer and Pekiner I’d probably choose between those two

I think big three of TR surgeons are HLC, Dr. Keser and ASMED; no? 

11 hours ago, JayLDD said:

Personally I wouldn't take anyone that puts Bicer or Demirsoy above ASMED seriously. Put simply, their eyes aren't functional or they certainly aren't using them.  Or put more socially acceptably, they lack good aesthetic judgement. Even off the sole basis of success rate. For hairlines Pekiner appears to do good work, although there's not a huge body of work to go off and as others have said he seems to have a larger than average track record of aborted cases (for better or worse) and there are a number of poor results. I would put Keser who he worked with at a clearly higher standard and Keser also has a broader track record to judge from.  HLC is a world class FUE clinic however they have a range of surgeons. 

For the OP, if you're looking for a megasession that covers the entire balding scalp (hairline/mid/vertex) and graft numbers that are potentially 3k+ I would absolutely consider ASMED primarily. If you're looking for mainly hairline refinement Keser and HLC have earned their strong reputations for this.

Is HLC not suggested for wide bald areas? Their primary success is for hairlines only? 

9 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Definitely look at Dr Bicer and Dr Pekiner. I agree with @BLE123that Pekiner really is a master of crafting excellent hairlines. 

Is there any Pekiner topic that he transplanted more than 5000 grafts (vertex / hairline area) ? 

22 minutes ago, BLE123 said:

1. Pekiner
2. HLC
3. Bicer
4. Demirsoy
5. Asmed

That would probably be my order of preference if going to Turkey, it depends on your specific case though. The thing with Asmed is that some of the best results I've seen have been from them but they've also had plenty of shoddy ones too, I think most of those were around the time they opened up their new mega clinic and were just trying to cram in as many patients as possible. Their more recent results have picked up again from what I've seen but that could just be the impression I get from those cases posted on here. The most recurring problem I see with their results is a lack of density behind the hairline, which is surprising as they also typically use a higher number of grafts compared to most - yet their donors pretty much always look immaculate so it's kind of confusing to me. Demirsoy is the "budget" option but despite that I hardly if ever see a poor result from him, always good growth and natural looking results. Bicer and HLC are both very reliable, again I can't recall seeing many poor results. Pekiner's hairline work just tips it in his balance for me, I would say he's the best option for lower norwood patients and he's very conservative with regards to the donor.

Keser I'll leave out for now. His results were among the very best but I haven't seen any recent cases of his and there have been some complaints about him not using microscopes which for some wouldn't be acceptable.

Thank you for detailed feedback mate, really helpful. 

9 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Dr Bicer is a very good choice in my opinion. 22+ years experience. Involved in all stages of the transplant procedure. Only one patient per day. And still manages to be affordable. Now recommended by the forum too. 

How can i check all recommended surgeons? 

When did ASMED got removed? i didnt know that