Nugget

14 hours ago, Abi28 said:

I would consider someone like Demirsoy instead, for half the price you get a doctor doing most of the surgery himself except implantation and he does 1 patient per day, he has a lot of posted results on the forum, he is one of the most consistent doctors out there. Your donor looks great btw best of luck.

Thanks Abi28. I am looking into Dr Lorenzo.

 

13 hours ago, Portugal25 said:

@Nugget you must do more research here at HRN because there are many threads informing that Asmed is a turkish hairmill with technicians doing surgery on 8 patients per day so your results will depend on the tech you get when you check-in at the hairmill.

A technician at a hairmill could have been washing dishes at a restaurant 2 months before doing your surgery.

Turkey is the world capital of botched hair transplants and there’s only 1 option in Turkey where you are almost certain to get a good result - HLC Ankara (2.7€/graft). They do manual FUE which is limited to 1500 grafts per day with a technique called stick&place which means they extract the grafts and then make 1 hole/slit and immediately implant the graft so that the hole has no time to start closing or accumulate fat or blood (this technique provides a quicker recovery time). 

If you are on a budget then you won’t find any other doctor with the skills Dr. Arika (Eugenix) has charging 1.8€/graft w/tax. 
They do a technique called DHT which reduces the time the grafts stay out of body because they make all the holes/slits first and then proceed to extracting the grafts and immediately implanting them so they don’t stay out of the body for more than 30m. 

If you want a closer option then Dr.Laorwong in Bangkok is highly recommended and charges 2.6€/graft.  
Dr. Laorwong does the most recent technique DHI which is similar to stick&place. First he extracts the grafts then he uses implators pens that are loaded with the grafts, these pens make the slit/hole and implant the grafts at the same time. This reduces the handling of the graft and the doctor can make smaller holes that provide quicker recovery times.

Demirsoy is cheap and only does 1 patient per day but he uses a older technique in which first they extract all the gratfs then make all slits/hole at once and after the technicians are in charge of implanting all the grafts.
Demirsoy can do up to 4000 grafts per day with this technique the reason why he can charge just 1.25€/graft. This is the same technique used at ASMED but here the doctor has zero to little involvement so like @Abi28 said you are better choosing Demirsoy that only delegates implanting to techs and charges half the price of ASMED.

Dr. Konior is considered the best in the world and does manual FUE with stick&place. 
Dr. Juan Couto is considered the Doctor with the most amazing results and does DHI (like all Spanish doctors). 

Technique is not as important as the Doctor because a bad doctor using a great technique will still get you a bad result.

I advise you to chose a great doctor with a great technique and with real patients posting their amazing results. 

This is not like buying a car that you can change after a few years, this is a permanent medical surgery and you have a limited donor area so every graft is precious and should be used the best way by a highly skilled Doctor.

Thanks Portugal25. Makes sense mate. I don't mind to travel for the very best in the world. 


 

5 hours ago, HTHope said:

As to OP's question. This is all my suggestion but this is how I would approach your case: I would split it into two surgeries (front/mid) for the first and crown for the second. With the second being 10-18 months after the first surgery to allow more than enough time for your donor to heal up and the front area to heal in case any small touch ups should be made there.  In my opinion, doing a 5000 graft procedure in one go is very taxing on the body and your donor supply. It looks like you have good donor so if you go to a decent doctor they can likely get you a very acceptable result.

 

If you were stuck on turkey, personally I would go somewhere like HLC as @Portugal25 recommended. They seem very ethical and seem to be getting good results from the limited cases ive seen. Only doctors do the work and they take a slow and steady approach. Their prices are very reasonable when compared to countries such as north america and even europe (2.7 euros/graft).

 

From my limited experience, frontal work is something many doctors can excel at but crown work is very tricky. In my opinion, if you want the BEST crown work possible there are only a few doctors that can deliver. In my opinion those are Wong and Lorenzo. If you would be satisfied with coverage in the crown vs the best result then I think other clinics including HLC can deliver on that as well.

 

Good luck, ask as many questions as you can and browse the patient posted results here and elsewhere

Thanks HThope. I am looking into Lorenzo. Ideally I really hope to get the HT done in one session. Not wait 12 months etc. I will see what he says. I have already just now sent him photos and info etc. Fingers crossed

Hi Everyone,

Nice to meet you all! I am considering to get a HT when the world goes back to normal. Hopefully soon. Fingers crossed. 

A little history of myself. I am 38 years old. I have started to go thin and lose my hair and probably around 28 / 29 years old. Im really happy with myself for that age. My dad is completely bald and went bald by 19 years old. So to last till I'm in my late 20's is a good effort i think. haha

I was told last week I am a Norwood 5? I am not on any medications. I haven't done meds at all in my life for my hair. 

I am based in China / Hong Kong. I am thinking of going to Turkey for the HT. I have a quote from Dr Koray Erdogan. He said in my email "

Based on the photos that we have received, Dr Koray Erdogan has evaluated the basic condition of your hair loss and your candidacy for an FUE HAIR TRANSPLANT. He has determined that your surgery should consist of 5000 grafts. 

The surgery will be performed over a period of 1 day(s) with a coverage area of FRONT + MID + VERTEX AREA. In order to complete your surgical procedure, you will be required to remain in Istanbul for a minimum of  4 day(s) and 3 nights.

I have been doing my research and seen some pretty amazing results with Dr Erdogan. 

What do you guys think? I really want to get this done right the first time. It is a lot of money. I will post some pics of my head now. Plus a photo of what Dr Erdogan drew. 

I am really sick of always wearing my hat and feel not confident  I also use fibres when I go out. It does the trick and i feel ok about it.. But still...I want my own hair...

I hope to hear from you soon and help me through this journey. Thanks so much...