Mike_2020

Would anyone have any comments on FUE work by Dr Tsilosani in Tbilisi, Georgia? There doesn't appear to be any recent comments on his work in the forum. Thanks.

Is that a price for the grafts punched by a doctor by Dr Bisanga's team, with Bisanga and another doc making the recipient sites and the techs then extracting the pre punched grafts and placing the grafts into the pre-made recepient sites?

Has anyone here any experience of Dr Artur Kierach - Centrum Kierach? I couldn't seem to find any reference to his name on this forum. As far as I'm aware he was trained by Dr Devroye. What do you think of the results in the gallery below? There's a frontal image of a hairline in image 5. Thanks.

I realise that "traditionally" Minoxidil 5% is applied topically, and Finasteride taken in tablet form. However, I've read recently that Minox also comes in tablet form and Finasteride can be applied topically. Would anyone here be aware of any research which shows which is the most efficacious form in which to consume each of these two products? Thanks.

Say, someone is taking no medication for hair loss, and have enough donor on the sides and back of their head to be transplanted to the top. So, over the years, the hair on the sides and back has been resilient to hair loss, but the top has not. Once grafts from the sides/back of head are transplanted to the top, generally speaking, do these continue to grow as they did when on the back/sides i.e. they are resilient to hair loss? Or alternatively, do they "grow" as the previous hairs on top did i.e. fall out without medication to fight against this? Thanks.

Okay, so the diameter has reduced. Does this reduction in diameter ever reverse due to any medication and/or treatment?

I have read reference on the forum to miniaturised hairs. Could someone briefly explain what this means? Thanks,

Whilst FUE will not result in a linear scar, as far as I'm aware it will still result in lots of very small dot-like scars in the donor area. With this in mind, does this mean that when beard hair is removed as grafts to be used in a hair transplant, there will be many dot-like scars in the facial donor area where they were removed from the beard? Presumably, therefore, someone who has grafts removed from their beard would have to keep a beard afterwards in they want to hide these dot-like scars on their face i.e. they wouldn't be able to go clean shaven? Any thoughts on this? Thanks.

I mentioned before that some hairlines can look unnatural due to them looking perfectly straight. I was just having a look at the photos in your link and I noticed the photo (shown below) shows your hairline which has a "tooth" design at the front. This probably explains why it has such a natural look at the front. Often I see this designed with a perfectly symmetric line.

Do you mean, if the surgeon had been using a size 1 punch for the first pass, it would not have been possible to go back at a later date and get more grafts? Why would this have prevented it? I've no background in this, so apologies if this is a naive question. What is the 0.007/8 refer to, is this the punch diameter in terms of inches? Taking so many grafts from the back and sides of your head, did you find the donor area any different afterwards? Did it still look/feel okay afterwards?

Your link states you had 8300 grafts, which is a lot of grafts. Did the surgeon additionally use beard/body hair to obtain this number of grafts, or was it all from your donor on the back of your head?

So the bulk of your transplant is "traditional" FUE and it's the front hairline that is FUI - is this correct? You've no FUT?

That looks fantastic. What can look so unnatural about some hair lines is that they are so perfectly straight.

I see what you mean. From the brief read-up which I did, the difference essentially was down to the length of time between when the donor graft/hair is removed and when it is transplanted into the new location. The DHI/DHT is transplanted directly, hence the "D" for Direct, whereas there is some period of time between the removal and transplantation with FUE. So, provided the surgeon who conducts the procedure is genuinely highly regarded, it shouldn't be of too much concern that there is a longer period of time between removal and transplantation (if they're not using DHI/DHT)?

Would I be correct in thinking that, generally speaking, FUE would be less expensive than DHI / DHT with the same surgeon? If correct, then aside from the cost, is it always better to opt for DHI/DHT over FUE with the same surgeon? Presumably, with the same surgeon, there would be no advantages to using FUE instead of DHI / DHT (aside from cost)? (DHI/DHT: Direct Hair Implantation / Transplantation)

Thanks guys!!

If someone is at least a Norwood 5 and quite probably a Norwood 6, and has never previously had any hair transplant surgery, generally speaking, should they be thinking more along the lines of FUE, FUT or a combination of both?

So if a surgeon states that they do not have their own surgery at their practice and instead hire a hospital surgery, you would be inclined not to use their services? Reason I ask is that I had just recently observed the short BBC film below where, at 7:07 it states "The doctors doing Paul’s transplant are experienced surgeons and say that people coming to Turkey for treatment should have it done in a hospital". The surgeon in the film is Erdogan. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-45415071/hair-transplants-fighting-against-my-receding-hairline

Thanks Melvin. I has just presumed it would have been better to do everything at the same time, but what you've stated would make sense.

Do you mean, you have to be careful of those who do not have their own facilities and are reliant on renting the facilities at a hospital?

Okay, so it wouldn't necessarily be necessary to insist that a doc only uses a 0.7 mm punch for the entire procedure? As far as I'm aware this is the smallest which is commonly used.

Presumably the smaller the diameter of punch used during FUE, the less visible scarring will be afterwards?

If looking at HT surgeons who can undertake FUE in Eastern Europe and in Turkey, would one criteria for selection be that you should only use a surgeon who is going to undertake the surgery within a hospital?Are Eastern Europe and also the top clinics in Turkey (the best ones which are often mentioned here on the forum) located within a hospital or are their clinics located separate from a hospital?Thanks.

I've contacted some hair transplant surgeons in relation to FUE.Responses include: "Two FUE sessions, 6-9 months apart", "Two FUE sessions 12 months apart", and "A two days session" with no mention made of time period between sessions. Would presume it sounded as if it meant two consecutive days.Are there advantages to spreading two FUE sessions out over a period of 6, 9 or 12 months as opposed to two consecutive days? Is 12 months better than 6 or 9 months?I would be at least Norwood 5, and probably more likely Norwood 6.Thanks.