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You will find any drug blamed for all sorts of side-effects on the web because lawyers attempts to drum up cases in order to blackmail drug companies. They will pick on any drug. Any drug you take when you get older can be correlated with ED since you get ED as you get older. There's no sound medical or pharmaceutical reason why minoxidil would cause ED. Finasteride is another matter.

I was earmarked for an HT with Yaman but it didn't take place. My unsuccessful quest for a suitable FUE surgeon might also be of interest to you guys, all the more since this forum played some part in my story. At 58 the hair remaining on the top of my head is hair that had been successfully transplanted by FUT some 28 year ago in Germany. I didn’t want to have a second FUT so I went shopping for an FUE. My goal was not to cover my baldness but to get more density where hair was present, for which 2000 implants could be sufficient, more than 3000 excessive. I first went to Dr Path in Bangkok. I know, who in his right mind would fly all the way to Thailand to get an FUE with a Dr who has no FUE record? The fact is I was retiring to Thailand and had no idea Thailand was the last place on earth for FUEs. Neither did I know Dr Path was not at all into FUEs. I naively assumed Thailand was a cosmetic surgery Mecca and that all hair surgeons in Thailand must be state-of-the-art. I read the deal about Dr Path on this forum in my Bangkok hotel, late at night on the very eve of the day set for my operation with Dr Path. It all made sense. During the interview Dr Path had indeed tried to steer me towards an FUT, even mentioning the possibility of a “combined FUT-FUE” (although I only needed 2000 grafts to densify). Cancelling at short notice meant I lost the 10000 baht deposit but being based in Europe which seemed to be the place on Earth for FUEs, there was no way I was going to have an FUE in a country known for anything but FUEs let alone with a surgeon who had no FUE record. 10000 baht was not the end of the world but I think Dr Path should be more outspoken about the technique he specialises in. There’s nothing wrong with clinging to a technique if that’s the one you’re comfortable with. Back from Bangkok I set out to contact the Erdogan team in Turkey. The online form looked like it didn’t upload properly from my Android device (probably to do with the pics being too bulky), so I wrote an email with the pics attached and supplying the same info as that required in the online form. I made it clear I was using email because the online form had misfired. What I got was a reply saying please would I use the online form. My real name, which I’d mentioned in my mail, was ignored, instead I was addressed by my yahoo handle. I ticked Erdogan off my list. I then applied by email plus pics to De Reys in Belgium, specifying I would be in Belgium through most of May and June. No reply. Another case of an mail address that is just a spam folder trap. Not until I mailed Resul Yaman in Turkey were my enquiries followed by tangible results. The procedure was described in detail and a price of 3000 euros for 3000 implants was quoted. The only aspect I disliked was the insistence I should preload with either finasteride or a Turkish herbal combo containing Saw Plametto (natural equivalent of finasteride). I didn’t want to go down that road. One reason to get hair surgery is to avoid fucking up your hormone balance. This, however, was not a deal breaker and I decided to go ahead with Resul Yaman. Fikret (Yaman’s middle person I presumed) asked me to book a flight to Istanbul around the agreed date, which I did at once, mailing the copy of my ticket (Frankfurt-Istambul, 176 euros, non-refundable). Fikret’s reply said “Thank you for booking. I am making your arrangement now and I will send you your confirmation as soon as possible.” That was the 13th of March. Since then: nothing! Strict radio silence. Since the ticket was non refundable I decided to spend a week in Istanbul as a tourist (I’m a pensioner now so time is not an issue). Yes, I know, why the hell didn’t I write back to Fikret to ask hey guys, what’s the deal with my hair transplant on May 17th? Well that’s exactly the point. Chasing was not a good idea. There was health aspect here and I didn’t want to put my health in the hands of people who were careless. What makes it all more absurd is that I’m not even after a 1 euro/graft operation. Twice or even three times that price was still ok as far as I’m concerned. I am not exactly strapped for cash. Has my lucky star been warning me not to have a second hair transplant because it would be bad for me this time? More likely, hair surgeons are hopelessly overbooked as less and less men accept their genetic fate. The World will soon need as many hair surgeons as dentists. P.S. After arriving in Istanbul I wrote a mail to the Erdogan clinic saying I was in Istanbul for a week and might I drop by for a quick consultation. I got a kind reply in my own native tongue saying they were booked up until July.