doctoroctopus

1 Year 8 Month Update

Hope you're all doing well. Feels like the hair has really settled into place. So so happy with the results. 

Fantastic results so far man! Already looking thick and solid at 4 months. Glad you decided to go with Pekiner!

11 hours ago, Uncle drew said:

Thnk you droctopus your thread was one of the reasons I went with him and I’m so thankful for that...I’m 3 months post op now and I’m amazed with how things go and how natural my hairline is I’ll upload a few pics in the next few days 

Man that's so great to hear! Looking forward to seeing your new pics!

Dr. Pekiner quoted me 2,700 grafts when he saw my pictures. But when he saw my hair in person, he brought that down to 2,200. I wouldn't worry too much about setting a definite number of grafts before your consultation. Because it's relatively hard to judge from pictures, the initial estimate is always going to be just that: an estimate. He's very much willing to hear your input and he really doesn't seem the type to push you for more grafts than you need. My consultation with him lasted almost one hour, discussing different hairlines etc. 

It is better you choose a doctor who does extractions and implantation himself. I wouldn't go with Koray as from what I have heard, his technicians do all the work while he watches from a monitor in his office. I went with Dr. Kaan Pekiner 10 months ago and couldn't be happier. He is in my opinion one of, if not the best in Turkey. He is also extremely ethical. My thread: 

Attached is a recent picture of my hairline with wet hair: 

Looking really good so far man! I think you will be amazed at how it continues to thicken up over the next few weeks/months. I'm happy you decided to go with Dr. Pekiner. 

10 Month Update

Hey guys, just took this with wet hair. Pretty sure this is the final result as I can't imagine it getting much better than this!

8.5 Month Update

I continue to be impressed with my results each day. Here are two pictures, one in direct overhead artificial light and one in daylight outside.

Looking really good so far man! Glad you decided to go with Pekiner. 

On 10/12/2019 at 12:25 PM, Guano said:

Congratulations man. Looks jaw-droppingly good - you look much more younger and it's definitely framed your face. 

 

I am going to go with Pekiner. I've debated this quite and am nervous about choosing a surgeon that will fuck my shit up, but after viewing his work It looks well-refined. 

 

Hopefully do it early next year as then I can take time of work & uni, reckon i'll be in good hands if i go with him?

Thanks a lot man! Appreciate that.

I would absolutely do it if I were you. He's as ethical and skilled as they come. 

On 10/10/2019 at 7:54 PM, Uncle drew said:

Happy for you bro u don’t have to think about your hair anymore what a better feeling than this 

You have no idea mate. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. It has coincided with a positive upward spiral in my life: career, relationships, happiness. Not only because of the hair of course, but more so because I have all this spare mental energy to spend on more important things now that my hair is sorted! Best money I ever spent hands down. So incredibly grateful for all this. 

On 9/17/2019 at 3:07 AM, Uncle drew said:

Hi octopus any updates mate? Would love to see how things go for u...

Hey man, here are some updated photos. I am very very happy. I couldn't have wished for better results! 

I had surgery with Dr. Kaan earlier this year and I am very happy with my results. He cares a lot about his work and struck me as a very ethical doctor. 

It sounds like this patient has DUPA (a very rare condition by which even donor hair is susceptible to DHT). It can only be expected then that without a DHT-blocker, the transplanted donor hair would begin to miniaturize and fall out. This has nothing to do with the surgeon's skill. Rather it is to do with the patient's unfortunate medical condition. He was told he must take finasteride or risk the transplanted hair falling out. It sounds like he stopped finasteride due to side effects. Not the patient's fault, but we also can't blame the doctor here. The fact that given all this, Dr. Kaan gave the patient a free touch-up of 1000 grafts speaks volumes of his character. 

Even the most skilled doctors in the world encounter unfortunate situations such as this one. In these cases, all they can do is try their best to remedy the situation. 

9 hours ago, Alekzander said:

Very nice results, i'm searching for a good hair transplant surgeon, i don't want it to be cheap but not expensive also, i am looking for one that does personally the surgery and i stumbled upon your story and i am really impressed.. I will send him some pictures this days too see what he thinks... Could you please tell me what was the total cost, how much did you pay for the plane, how much for the hotel and how much did the surgery cost ? If you don't mind and are willing to share of course, i would really appreciate it... And also are you using something like Propecia or Minoxidil ? Thanks in advance and congrats it looks very very very good and natural, enjoy !

Thanks! I paid 2 Euro per graft, so the total cost of the transplant was 2 X 2,200 = 4,400 Euro. The prices may have gone up since I went though. I paid around $1,000 USD for a return plane ticket from Asia. For the hotel, I found an AirBnB by myself for around 30 Euro per night near the clinic. I stayed for 5 nights, so 30 X 5 = 150 Euro. 

I'm not using any medication as I got side effects from finasteride. I understand the risks of this and am willing to get more transplants down the line to combat future hair loss. 

1 minute ago, Mr S said:

Looks great! very impressive how good it looks cut so short super dense!

Thanks! I wasn't expecting it to be this dense at 6 months. I think it's a combination of a great job by the surgeon (high graft survival) plus thick donor. 

Hey guys, quick 6 month update. Just got a really short cut and loving it. Never could have pulled this off with my pre-transplant hairline. Here's a picture in direct sunlight and two more from a distance(front and side). 

22 hours ago, Uncle drew said:

Hi mate  I’m getting around 2000 grafts I’m very sad the last couple years about my hairloss and constantly thinking about it...I really wanna stop thinking about it and be motivated again  I wanted to ask u What was the blood tests u had to do exactly before the surgery ? And if u are from the UK where did u do it ? Appreciated man 

I had to do blood tests for these groups: HbsAg, hemogram, antiHIV, antiHCV and coagulation test (ptz,Inr). I live in Taiwan so I just did them cheap at a local hospital here. 

On 7/3/2019 at 12:46 AM, mikeyhwk said:

Great result already. Congrats. If I could ask a question, did the dr give you any indication as to your total donor supply and can we see your donor now. 

I can't remember the exact numbers, but I think he said somewhere around 4K grafts remaining as I have pretty thick donor. 

HD Photo Update

I just got a new phone so, as promised here are some higher quality pictures. I'm interested to know your guys' opinions on my exposed hairline photos and the single to double ratio of grafts. 

Back (Donor)

4 hours ago, lift24 said:

Looking good! Had my surgery with Kaan last week, hopefully I have similar progress to look forward to.

Good stuff, looking forward to seeing your results!

4 hours ago, Uncle drew said:

I’m so confident about my surgery with him in August...can’t wait to meet him and hopefully change my fuckin life 

Nice, how many grafts are you getting? It's ridiculous how much my confidence has gone up since doing it. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. For the first time I'm not devoting 50% of my daily energy thinking about hair loss. 

1 hour ago, Uncle drew said:

Looks dense and natural Dr. Pekiner is going to be number one in Turkey in the up coming years 

Thanks Uncle Drew, yes I agree!

5 Month Update: 

Hair continues to thicken and get longer. Still very pleased with result. Below I've attached several photos with different lightings. In the second one my hair is wet under direct light and the transplanted hair is still barely noticeable. I have also attached a photo at the end of my pre-transplant state just to give some comparison (I know for some it's not a big difference but for me it's huge).

Will do another update in August when I get a nice camera phone. Cheers!

11 hours ago, Uncle drew said:

Any more updates on your 4 and half month mark?

Hi Drew, I those pics I just posted are from my 4.5 month mark. I'll post some more pics when I get hold of a better quality camera (might be a couple weeks )

1 hour ago, CosmoKramer said:

Density & thickening progress looks real good!

Cheers Kosmo, can't wait to see what the next couple of months holds in store. 

4.5 Month Update:

Hey guys, I'm very happy with my result so far. It has really thickened up over the past month or so. Just got a new haircut which fully exposes the hairline. I haven't felt the need to use concealer at all.

Apologies for the quality of the pics below. I don't have a phone at the moment so I'm using the webcam on my Macbook. I will take some HD pics as soon as I get a new phone!