Hair Today

So today marks 4 months since my procedure so have taken some more photos.  My hair is getting longer so it's much easier to conceal with fibres now, in that respect I'm very similar to how I was beforehand so my hair is much less of a worry for me now   The extra length does make it look better compared to last month's photos, but I don't think the density is very much greater yet?

47 minutes ago, Blackweasel said:

Thanks Hair Today,

are you happy thus far?

cheers

Yes happy so far, though looking at other people's results at this point and seeing they have a lot more density is frustrating, but everyone is different so just need to stay patient  

On 12/1/2019 at 4:18 AM, Blackweasel said:

Hey,

have you seen any progress throughout November? Thanks Sam 

Some, but not lots. Today is 4 months since my procedure so I'll take some photos and post later today...

9 hours ago, Hairybo said:

What number of grafts were taken from your head and from your beard?

I think it was 3570 from sides and back of my head and 1150 from my beard, with most of the beard ones being placed on my crown.

On 11/8/2019 at 6:57 AM, CosmoKramer said:

You’re just at the begging of the growth phase and looks as it should, keep updating! 👍🏻

Thank you, really hope the growth properly takes off soon!

Just taken my 3 month photos.  It definitely appears to be thickening up slightly.  Have been getting a fair few pimples over this last month which I guess is a good sign that hairs are starting to push through?  Hoping things will start to really progress over this next month!

So at exactly 2 months today and the hairs that were there before the procedure are growing back longer, but as I have thin and not totally bald areas it's difficult to see if there is any activity with the new transplanted hairs yet?  I shaved the sides and lower back of my head down to a grade 2 and now when I apply fibres it's not looking too bad 👌  Photos are all without fibres, some with and some without flash, as the flash certainly makes it look a lot thicker!

So at the 1 month mark and pretty sure all the transplanted hairs have shedded. Got the problem now of trying to use fibres to cover up the thinning but it's so difficult with how short it is so really hope it grows soon... I just hope this will all be worth it in the end?

So after 3 previous transplants I was ready for my end game!  My first two were FUT procedures in 2008 and 2009 in Athens which were quite successful at the time but with further recession I went back to the same surgeon now with a clinic in Berlin in 2017 for an FUE procedure and after confusion over payment (they hadn't made it clear they wanted paying in cash and my credit card had a limit less than the agreed price) I only received around two thirds of the amount of grafts I had hoped for.  On reflection I think that surgeon would only offer smaller procedures in hope I would keep coming back for more!

After experiencing thinness around my crown which hadn't been an issue before I decided to research other options and discovered that in Turkey many clinics offer as many grafts as possible for a set price.  After looking at many results on this and other forums I opted to go with Dr Cinik.  I was initially told that due to my depleted donor area I could probably expect 3000 grafts max, but they said they could also use hair under my chin, and I was astounded when half way through the procedure they said they had managed to extract in excess of 4700 grafts!  I think this is more grafts than all 3 of my previous procedures combined!

Everything went exactly to plan and my experience with Dr Cinik was so much better than the previous clinics I had been to, who frankly couldn't get rid of me quick enough and offered no aftercare at all.

Over the last 10 years I have been heavily reliant on hair fibres and nobody that knows me actually knows I am thinning, so it was a big decision for this procedure to take the plunge and shave my hair off (my previous procedures had all been done without having to shave the recipient area), but research told me this was the best way to go and I really didn't want to risk poor results after what's happened before.  I am now over 3 weeks post op and now that the shedding has occurred it is very difficult to conceal things even with fibres, so my social life is currently on hold! 😂  I really do hope that this will be the last time I have to go through this and that I won't need to rely on hair fibres after this one!

Anyways here are some photos thus far and I will post updates as I go along 🙂

Thank you for the advice everyone   I've done some more research and am now thinking of going with Dr Cinik as the results seem consistently good for a reasonable price?

On 7/26/2019 at 7:09 PM, Dazed said:

I haven't looked very hard but I came across 33 - 5 star reviews with nobody having anything negative to say.  If that doesn't throw up red flags, i don't know what will.  What makes NOW stand out for you?  I looked at their site and nothing jumps out at me.

Honestly all the good reviews were what appealed to me!  How is it even possible not to have any negative reviews though?  If they are dodgy there must be plenty?  

Hi has anyone ever had a procedure with NOW Cosmetic Surgery?

It is on my shortlist but it doesn't have a single bad review anywhere, surely too good to be true?  See this on Trustpilot

Looks like all packages are £2300 for a max graft guarantee, usually up to 4000 grafts?

Reviews have mentioned the surgery taking place in the Smile Hair Clinic in Turkey and Dr Gökay Bilgin and Dr Oztorun, haven't seen any of those mentioned on this forum though?

Would love to hear from anyone with any experience of this company