HairShadows

Hi all,

Sorry I let this thread lapse. The truth is that my hair has become so good that all the negative feelings, worry and anxiety I had about it all but disappeared - and I just began to live life never thinking about it. Now the only worry I have is that some hair loss will take away what I have.

I am very very happy with my result - many people who aren't aware of my procedure have commented on my appearance. I believe I got full results very very early on - so all my hair grew in one phase after month 3/4 and by months 5/6 I couldn't believe how good it looked.

I will post updates soon with photos.

6 minutes ago, AK_49 said:

Thanks for the update! Would you say it was worth it up to this point? I’m pretty set on doing DHI with Cinik this coming April, but I’m still apprehensive.

Yes omg at the difference in your appearance!

If there was no more improvement beyond what I have, I would be a little disappointed, but as it stands at 5 months it looks awesome!

9.5 Weeks - hair looked much better when I cut it short all around. Popping was about to start in week 10.

9.5 Weeks

At 7 weeks, some dark days in the tunnel with no sign of light. This was the worst stage for pimples, and the photo below shows it at it's worst with 3 concurrent spots, otherwise generally had none or only 1 or 2.

My hair looked awful - in the end the situation was improved when I went for a shaved head look.

At 5 weeks

At 5 weeks

Hi  - sorry for the lack of updates, I've been so busy and away from home.

I am at 5 months now and I will slowly post all my photos.

My ugly duckling period was BAD - there was a strip of redness at the top of forehead that stood out as there was very little hair there.

At 10 weeks lots of popping came through.

I worried *a lot* between weeks 10 and 16 because I could not detect any further popping of hairs, however around week 16, all the hair that had come through thickened considerably and this made a huge difference.

I saw my sister at week 16, then did not see her again till week 18 but when I did her mouth dropped open and she could not stop staring at my hair.

On 1/11/2019 at 7:23 PM, Kraistoff said:

Hello mate

 

wheres the photo in the countryside ?

This was Snowdonia in Wales

Hey Cali,

Waiting for big changes just like you are. Currently on Month 4 Week 1, not seen any new hairs come through since Month 3 😨😢

Which are the 6-7 month big change cases you have seen? Think I could do with a motivation/confidence boost.

9 minutes ago, AK_49 said:

You said you were about 3.5 months in? Any current photos of your progress?

Hey I'm going to catch up with all of my progress on this blog over the next few days. At 3 months I had an explosion of growth - so much popping that seemed miraculous due to the hellish ugly duckling period I went through. The 2 month photos are really really bad.

Also just finished reading from start to finish. Thanks for the excellent documenting!

I'm at 3.5 months and so far my progress is following yours identically.

At week 3 I have started shedding. Once the hairs fell out, the VERY obvious red scalp was revealed and it looked awful. Ugly duckling indeed, I hate to think how bad it will get.

Here are photos at the 1 month stage. About 60% of the grafts have fallen out.

This was an interesting read. Dr. Ali Emre Karadeniz gave a very compelling answer regarding the benefits of the motorised punches.

My take away is that the best tool is the one the surgeon is most comfortable with. To those that compared manual v motorised with a manual razors and electric razors, seriously - don't be ridiculous, find a better analogy.

I would be VERY interested to see how things stand in 2018.

Glad I used the search function. Your posts are extremely insightful Dr Bloxham, thanks for taking the time to share.

Love your terminology.

I had an explosion of popping at week 11 but although maturing has continued, haven't seen anything new come through at all for the last 3 weeks. I was worrying, but do feel more assured now.

What an awesome result! Well done to you, your perseverance and the Dr's skills have been incredible. I can't believe you have better hair now than when you were 18, how dreamy is that?!

Can I ask - when your hair regrew after the shedding phases, did it come back in waves or was there always some continual growth?

I've had an explosion of growth at week 11, but since then (I'm on week 14) there has not been a single new hair poking through.

Hey Superflash,

The new growth that is coming in, is it coming in waves or are you seeing new hairs poke through all the time?

I'm asking because I had an explosion of growth at weeks 11-12, but between then and now (15 weeks), no new hairs poking through at all. Getting worried.

Fantastic!

My experience was fantastic, the staff are nice - people going about their jobs, as they would anywhere in the world.

The clinic offered me a wash every day, including all transport from the hotel. They also gave me a free second PRP treatment on day 8 (first is during the procedure), and furthermore the clinic confirmed with Dr Cinik that if I was in Istanbul again, I could get my 'second' PRP treatment for free again.

I bought their vitamin and shampoo package (was it 200 or 300 Euros, I can't remember) which consisted of a hair friendly multi-vitamin, Finasteride 5mg, Saw Palmetto, 6x Shampoos etcetc, but after realising I had most of it at home, when I asked for a refund they did so, no questions asked.

The team doing my surgery didn't speak much English but I certainly wasn't expecting to go to another country and expecting all of them to speak my language by default. They do have a huge admin team though which contains many translators of various languages. Dr Cinik can converse fully in English as can some of his staff.

Ultimately though the most important thing is the result, and that is what I will reserve my judgement for. I am 3.5 months in, having exited the ugly duckling phase about 2/3 weeks ago.

Hi All,

A question to those in the know - after a transplant I understand there is the shedding phase. When it eventually begins to regrow at 3 or 4 or 5 months does new growth come in continuously?

I had a surge of growth at 10 weeks but now, at 14 weeks I haven't seen any new hairs poke through since then. The ones that did I think are slowly thickening. I am kind of worried at the lack of new growth coming through.

I stayed in Istanbul for 10 days and Dr Cinik's staff kindly offered me a wash every day as well as collection from hotel, and transport to back to Titanic Hotel which was about 20 mins away.

Here are some photos from day 10.

 Day 10

Right view

Looking good! Next few weeks should be exciting

Very interesting to see Keep.

I am the patient in your 2nd link who had the DHI implants via Choi pen - I've had a huge explosion of growth at 11 weeks (just before 3 months), but fingers crossed for further growth. I had thought this was due to the 2 PRP treatments I had but now also thinking that the DHI technique probably also helped (as the Doctor claimed - faster and better recovery).

Wow exciting days for you! So much growth has come in

What do you guys think of the implants? Is it possible for them to be judged at this stage?

22 hours ago, PlzRespond said:

Who is the “dhi expert” that they fly in and where are they from? 

When I asked a staff for the name he said he didn't know because she was brought in from elsewhere..he did tell me where but I didn't quite catch what it was he said

11 minutes ago, MrOneSeries said:

At what point were you given the DHI option?

Right from the outset there were 3 options presented to me:

1) FUE & Technician implants - Extracted by technicians & channels created by technicians with Dr Cinik overseeing (cheapest)
2) FUE & Dr Cinik implants - Extracted by technicians & channels openings created by Dr Cinik (middle expense)
3) FUE & DHI implants - All performed by the DHI team (most expensive)

All 3 are still shown on Dr Cinik's site.

Post surgery photos

 Shits about to start!

 During lunch break

 All done - was so out of it at this stage, could barely walk straight.

 Close up of the grafts and hairline

Hi all,

Thanks to many of you posting your experiences and photos I have finally decided to have a hair transplant mostly for my receding hairline.

When the number of days after a hair cut it took for my hair to look good increased from 5, to 10, to 14, to 30, I knew something had to be done, and I am truly appreciative of the amazing options we have available to us in this day and age.

There is some thinning to the crown but I was not bothered by it (below photo is quite a harsh view of it)

Of the 3 options available, I opted for the DHI method in which they use utilise choi pens to implant the hairs for a denser result. Apparently a DHI expert is flown in to conduct the operation.

Grafts: 2800
Date: 1st September 2018

PRE operation pics
These are all 'best hair' photos - hair grown long to hide the recession. I rarely allowed photos when my hair was short.