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I'm not sure now but I cxl my HT in turkey. Its more when I come back to where I live need to do 14 day Quarantine...

Yeh! I'm excited. Fingers crossed

Have you considered Dr. Bisanga? I'm leaning his way...

Really? I'm planning to do my first HT but focusing on the crown first. You don't advise? Also looking like with Dr. Bisanga....

Awesome!

I'm actually looking into Dr. Bisanga now. He seems pretty good!!

I was booked for HLC in late July. But no way am I doing quarantine...Ive now researched more and going somewhere else as well now haha (I got my deposit back from HLC also thankfully) I'm hoping earlier next year travel restrictions have lifted slightly. Fingers crossed. And then I can get it done...I'm traveling from Asia...

Will be following this!

Im sooo nervous!

Ahhhh changed my mind again hahah Looks like HLC is the winner for my first ever HT..

I started the medication 3 days ago now. So far so good. Finasteride and Rogaine. I'm waiting on a reply from Dr B Ferreira asking if he thinks I would need some beard graphs. If not I'm leaning more towards Dr Ferreira now. He said "at age 38 and with your current hair loss pattern, we may be able to do it earlier (please start on it right away though). However, there’s also the issue of us having a waiting list that has also grown because we have been for 2 months with no surgeries and those have all been postponed". Maybe able to fit me in. which is good... Also after 4000 graphs the cost is 2euro not 2.5 Yeh so I'm leaning towards more him at the moment. I will start wait at least 3-4 months on the meds though. Does anyone have any reviews with Ferreira on here?

Good point yes. Well I’ve never had any meds before so I don’t know. I will start today though and try it. i has forgotten about the beard grafts. He didn’t mention anything about that. I will ask him. Yeh I’m still leaning with HLC. Do you think i should wait 6 months then? Or a couple of months with firnistride and get it done end of July at HLC?

UPDATE. i just got an email back from Dr Bruno Ferreira. What do you guys think? Initial Impressions Your androgenetic alopecia is somewhat advanced. From your photos I can see that you have some frontal-temporal recession and miniaturization over the whole top of your head. You retain some hair in your forelock and midscalp areas, but coverage is poor. The crown area does not go too low or too wide, which is a good thing, but it’s still large. Temporal peaks look ok. I’d consider you a Class 5 on the Norwood-Hamilton scale. Your hair itself appears to be of average thickness. Your occipital, parietal and temporal areas look good and there doesn’t seem to be reverse alopecia. So, from a macro aspect it looks like you have a good “donor area”. At 38 years old, your alopecia is still active and I expect you to continue to lose hair for the next 10–15 years. Medical Treatment This is one of the first things we need to discuss. Your hair loss is still very unstable and will progress further left untreated. You’re currently not on any medical treatment and I’d recommend starting on 5-alfa reductase inhibitors in order to stabilize your hair loss and not let it progress. Not doing this has a high likelihood of your alopecia progressing, causing your hair to get thinner. By taking the medication you may also get some improvement to your current hair, which I would expect to happen. I need you to be at least 6 months with the medication before we advance for surgery. Hair Transplant A hair transplant is definitely your only option to reach your goals. We do have a rather large recipient area on hand, and I believe we would need two surgeries for a full recovery - one for the crown, one for the frontal third. The exact amount of grafts depends on a few variables: Where we place the hairline, how good your donor area is and how you respond to the medication. I estimate about 4500–5000grafts needed for your case. We may feel the need to do a third, very minor procedure, as a touch up or spot improvement. Prognosis Your prognosis is good. Your alopecia is active, but we can stabilize it with medication. Your donor area seems to be of good quality and you have a circumscribed recipient area. I expect a very good result. Plan Start Medical Treatment: Finasteride (or 1/4 pill Proscar®) p.o. 1mg per day 1st Surgery: TBA Donor Area Recovery Period: 5 months 2nd Surgery: Upon analysis Result: 10 months Evaluate the need to further improve the result, do a touch-up, etc. I really don’t want to wait 6 months HLC replied again and I can do it end of July....

Thanks mate. Still waiting for a reply. I'm really leaning towards HLC now....

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