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Just now, DenverBuff1989 said:

@guizza111  curious how the transplant hair texture is? does it look any different from your native hair?

As everyone else has said, really good results especially for only 3 months!

my native hair is much stronger bc of the meds (used to be less thick), the transplanted hair that didnt shed is very slightly thicker (except those that are just re-sprouting which still look fine). those who have already shed and sprouted I would say same as native hair 

Just now, JohnAC71 said:

Wow 😳 safe to say your a early grower! Damn this is impressive. Good for you ! 

honestly it was all in the last month... November 26 it was still a disaster, december it sprouted.

let's see what happens going forward, frontally I see the little hair sprouting, im more concerned for my temples, those seem to be done already.

23 hours ago, Badhairman1 said:

You were handsome as hell before surgery, you will need body guards when process is complete.

😂😂😂 too kind thanks

23 hours ago, Gasthoerer said:

Very interesting case. Please keep us updated. 

Two questions out of curiosity:

- Are you back on meds (sorry, If I missed it)

- Are the temple points in line with you juvenile hairline or brought even further forward?

Happy growing and all the best for the hard times coming in month 2-4. 

meds are definitely working

juvenile hairline was not even considered, this is a new one

Hi everyone,

sorry for having stopped the updates but I was in the process of moving to another country & co. 
 

Significant updates are: 

- Be prepared cause IT WILL SHED and you will look awful. Around the last week of november it looked horrible, I had a haircut and I was full of patches. 

- the meds (propecia, minoxidil) DO work. I've been taking it everyday with no side effects and my previous hair are stronger than ever, plus hairs sprouted all over my body (annoying cause I had just started laser hair removal LOL). 

- Today December 26 - 3 months and 3 days in - the situation is already GOOD. I got a haircut and I now go out (only for groceries cause hey lockdown) WITHOUT MY HAT. Like, I already feel confident not wearing it. 

- as I was getting the haircut I was not super happy with the right temple part and I think the left part is coming along better (if you check my post op pictures - it was just DONE better I think) but now that the haircut is done it looks OK. I also  sleep on my right side so maybe that's a factor too.  

Anyway, my goal is to keep my hair short so I don't know if I will let it grow as long as it was before.. these are some pics after the haircut and a Xmas pic ehehe (dressed up nowhere to go lol). 

On 9/21/2020 at 11:32 AM, Bbaldy said:

Hello. I’ve gained a lot from this forum so now it’s time for me to give back with a patient review after an FUE procedure of 2356 grafts from Dr. Bisanga of BHR in Brussels, Belgium. 

Graft breakdown: 

1 follicular units: 403

2 follicular units: 763

3 follicular units: 634

4 follicular units: 634 

A total of 6381 hairs. I wasn’t given hair shaft measurements or density achieved so I can maybe add that later on if I’m told from the clinic. 

I’m 24 y/o old and hereditary hair loss began very slowly for me around 19 y/o. I’m on 1mg fin M/W/F. 

I’d done lots of research and been in touch with many clinics before finally deciding on Dr. Bisanga. I can’t thank the forum enough as my research became a lot easier after discovering this forum. My decision to go with BHR is the undeniable patient results on this forum. 
 

I got in touch with the clinic at the start of may 2020. I have been in contact with Ian the UK patient adviser every since. Ian has been absolutely brilliant so far at every stage making everything as seamless as possible.

I was originally quoted 2000-2200 grafts and my surgery was booked for Friday 18/09/2020 and after many travel complications due to the pandemic I arrived. Nothing was going to stop me! 
 

I arrived at 07:30am. Signed a few forms then was in for my hairline design. The only tweak I made was from the hairline down to the temple I brought it forwards a little this was just cause of the way I want to style my hair in the future. Apart from that I trusted Dr. Bisanga fully and agreed with the design. We then got pre opp pictures with dry and wet hair and also donor pictures. I have yet to request these pictures I will be using personal pictures for this forum. 
 

I was them given an antibiotic and half a Valium and taken into surgery for the hair shave by the technician then I was prepared on the chair for Bisanga to come and start the procedure by administering local anaesthetic. The jags are slightly uncomfortable but jags have never really phased me. The pain is short and the surgery is for life so it’s a fair trade if you ask me.  

The punching process then began (Bisanga). Then incisions were made in the recipient (Bisanga). Then extraction (Techs). Then lunch while I presume Techs analysed grafts. Then graft placement (Techs). If there was any discomfort I would get more local anaesthetic. Between not having the best sleep the night before and I presume the Valium and general tiredness of surgery I spent a lot of time dozing off during my procedure and some bits are a bit of a blur. Graft placement was the longest and there was 2 technicians working away and they seemed to be rotating between maybe 4 of them I Think. At this stage after lunch there was a tele I could watch what I wanted on. I was finished about 6pm.

After this there was more pictures taken, I was bandaged up and had a post opp care briefing with Dr. Costas from Greece I believe (he seemed to be shadowing Bisanga for the day). Then I had an chat with Dr. Bisanga where he told me my total number of grafts then I was on my way. 
 

One thing I feel is worth highlighting that I’ve not seen anyone mention was the amount of swelling I’m still experiencing. I was told this from the clinic so I’m not shocked but surprised the extent. I believe it’s from the amount of local anaesthetic used. It started from the top of my forehead and has moved down to my eyebrows and eyelids and top of nose at the time of writing (day 3 post opp).

I’ve tried not to ramble and only mention what I think is important to try help other people. 
 

I’m happy to answer any questions if I can do so and I plan to update this thread as and when I think Is useful with progression picture. 

 

Gosh we wrote almost the same post with the same words days apart.. this forum made the difference for us! best of luck with your growth! 

14 hours ago, Maa said:

Look really good.

 

i just finished my HT today with bisanga.

 

did you wear the bandana or not afterwards?

congrats! I am still wearing the bandana when it's sunny yes! 

they mustve realized we all need more than 1000 grafts anyway 😂😂😂 

7 hours ago, Clark.Ethan said:

Wait, I thought first 1000 grafts are 6 EUR ... ?

i don't know, I paid 15.412€ total

100€ for blood tests 

FUE 3604 Grafts

BHT (beard) 224 grafts

10 hours ago, Marco Van Basten said:

That is going to me a sick result mate!!!!

Do you mind if I ask the costs?

Thanks

3604 Grafts for my hair

+

244 Grafts for my beard 

4€ x graft 

do your maths 🤣 
 

and thanks! let's hope you're right! 

3 hours ago, Curious25 said:

I agree with Melvin, your temple points and new hairline look fantastic . . When it grows in you’re going to look like a rockstar. Just goes to show how talented the top docs are, because despite after the thousands of cases I’ve studied and watched over the years, from your initial pre op pics, I just couldn’t picture the outcome being as brilliant as it looks, the temple points looked really rounded in the design (maybe it was the angle of your head in the pic Aswell) . . Anyway, looking great, will check back in as you update. 

🙏🏻 

4 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the temple points, they frame your face perfectly! 

thanks i cant wait to be in June 2021 🤣🤣

3 hours ago, Richie888 said:

I've only just joined this forum to start my own journey but I had to comment buddy because that is 10/10. The shape of the sides and temples is going to look perfect once it grows out. Well done you've made a good choice. From what I've seen he's in the upper bracket of expense but I can see why you picked him. Good luck 

hey! thanks! It wasn't cheap but I think it will be worth it. I'll keep updating this! 

Updates from day 9 after surgery:

- Expect the swelling from the surgery to go down your face and to look like you were taken out of Night King Army in game of thrones 

- Buy comfortable pillows (meaning VERY SOFT and mellow) because when you sleep your donor area will hurt. (unfortunately I only sleep with hard rock pillows so it really hurt) 

- Today is my second day after I started washing my new hair with the recommende shampoo and the crusts are already all gone! I saw some hair in it but it's normal and it's nothing to worry about cause the important thing is the follicle 

- redness still there but in real life not that noticeable 

ciao!

6 hours ago, Huncholini said:

Thanks, what about Donor capacity? And how is after care at Bisanga's clinic? Do they offer to wash your head the day after the transplant?

donor capacity was good but I don't know the exact specs. 

the day after surgery I went back to the clinic and they showed me how to do everything post-op.

Also the person who "booked" my HT ETC. is always reachable via whatsapp and ready to answer all your concerns. 

On 9/30/2020 at 11:19 PM, asterix0 said:

Thanks for sharing your experience in such great detail.

I have two questions, when you were talking about "choosing" a hairline design, I was a bit confused. Wouldn't you have been satisfied to simply have the temple points/hairline you had before you started losing hair? Why did you choose to decide on some "design" that would be a bit of a roll of the dice as to how it would look with your face?

It may turn out to look great I'm not making any statements as it is way to early for that, I was just curious about this.

 

oh no I didnt mean to  sound "fancy" with the hairline design procedure. it's just how it's called, I suppose the doctor designed what I previously had cause I think it fits my face nicely . I honestly forgot what I had lol and wanted my temples a bit fuller

On 9/29/2020 at 3:51 PM, Huncholini said:

Hey, thanks for this write up, I have a few questions. What was your estimated donor density (usually between 70-90 hairs/cm2 I think) and number of donor grafts available?

Also did you consider Dr.Lupanzula at all?

I have not considered Lupanzula, I wasn't vibing with their results. 

my estimated donor density was 70 on the sides and 100 in the back

11 hours ago, Curious25 said:

Looks really good - at first site of your pre op pictures, I admit I wasn't so sure about the hairline design because the temples looked to be almost excessively curved, however with the grafts implanted it looks great. It's not always easy to vision how a hairline will look from the drawn on design alone. 

Dr Bisanga seems to be creating himself a bit of a niche with frontal restoration work of late, so I am sure you will be thrilled 8-12 months down the line. 

If you do have donor densities of 100 FU/cm then you will be able to stretch a good few more FUE procedures out down the line should you need to, 

Wish you good growth! 

Thank you! thanks also for the dr suggestions on my other thread! 

12 hours ago, transplantedphil said:

Love Bisanga's work. Looking forward to seeing the temple point restoration.

What's your estimated donor capacity?

In the back of my head my density was 100, in the lateral part only 70 - if that was your question. Now i started minoxidil and propecia so those I still have can grow thicker 

On 8/25/2020 at 11:11 PM, yalla8 said:

Out of curiosity, what was the # of grafts you agreed on, and hairline design?

Before surgery it was 3000 Grafts, after surgery it was 3604! I started a thread if you wanna follow the results, for now I'm pretty satisfied! (I did it 3 days ago)

This is my new hairline after the surgery - What do you guys think? Honestly

I'm now at day 2 after surgery, a bit swollen on the face but not too much and following all the post-op procedures carefully. I will keep you updated on my progress!

this forum helped me a lot in the choice and I wanna give back as much as possible! 

The day of the surgery (Sept 23rd 2020) went down like this:

- 7.40 am met at the clinic for final hairline design and agreement and density count (my density on my lateral hair was 70 and on my back 100 if I'm not wrong) 

- 8 am shaved my head, did blood tests + pictures

- 8.45ish am Dr. Bisanga started the anesthesia injections on my head. This is the only VERY painful part of the whole surgery, dr Bisanga if you're reading this please try to be more gentle with your future patients 😂 

I'm not super sure about the exact timings from now on because I didn't have my phone with me all the time so I'm giving an estimate

- 9.15 am - 12.30 pm Dr Bisanga harvested my donor area and extracted:

• 1 Follicular Unit: 947 Grafts
• 2 Follicular Units: 1436 Grafts
• 3 Follicular Units: 749 Grafts
• 4 Follicular Units: 472 Grafts
• + 224 BHT Grafts for my beard

- 12.30  pm - 2.45 pm Dr Bisanga created the "holes" for his colleagues to later insert the grafts, meanwhile Vasilij (I think this is the name of the other dr) separated the harvested grafts and divided them by Follicular Unit count

- 2.45 pm - 3 pm I had a quick lunch before starting the implantation process 

- 3 pm - 5.45 pm Natalie (Virgo) and Daria (Taurus) and another really nice lady whom I forgot the name of took turns to implant the grafts. Initally I thought this process would be supervised by dr Bisanga as well and at first, being myself a suspicious perfectionist asshole, I started asking them so many questions to understand how many times they had done this before (respectively 14 and 10 years 😅🤣) and they explained to me in detail how they would implant the grafts following the "path" that dr Bisanga had created for them in the previous part of the surgery. It was really nice to know what was happening on my head cause I didn't know exactly how the whole process would work and what were the specifics of "dr Bisanga" HT style (in the first row he uses only 1 FU grafts, the second row is also for 1 FU grafts, third row is mixed 2 FU and some 3 FU, and the higher they go on the forehead the higher the majority of the FU count - if this is wrong pls somebody from BHR scold me!) 

- 5.45 pm - 8.15 pm Natalie and Daria, literally two angels on earth, finished inserting all the grafts and did my beard too (which I was not happy about but then Daria convinced me it might look strange now but it will look good in the future) I went for a final check in dr Bisanga's office and Vasilij explained the procedure for the first night after surgery.

- 9.30 pm I was in my hotel, I cried a lot on my way to the hotel I think bc of the stress of the surgery (even if it was not painful at all, EXCEPT the super painful anesthesia, especially in the beard), ate dinner, took antibiotic and the next day I went again to the clinic to have the whole post-surgery process explained.

The day of the surgery lasted 12 hours and these are the pics during the surgery

Hi everyone!

I have decided to get my hair transplant at Dr Bisanga’s clinic in Bruxelles because of this forum so I feel like I should start a thread and share the results and progress with you all.

I’m 29 years old and started losing my hair when I was 22-23, in my family literally everybody has a head full of hair (and I did too) except my cousin (24) and I. Used to take minoxidil and propecia then stopped cause I was thinking “I’ll eventually get a HT so I’ll restart when I’m again at point 0”, when I stopped taking it I noticed I started losing even more hair.

After long months (years?) of research, being specifically interested in “dense packing” techinques my choices came down to 4 surgeons: Hasson&Wong, Dr Bisanga, Dr Feriduni and Dr Couto (the last one being my favourite).

The waiting list for Dr Couto is 2+ years (just for the initial consultation) and they don’t really seem to care too much about you so I’ve decided to go for Dr Bisanga, based also on the many positive posts on this forum, from which I understood that he was a “no bullshit” doctor, real results, no fuss. His team was very quick in getting back to my request with an estimate count of grafts and the first availability for surgery (they had different options for me and this made the choice even easier).

I wish he added more cases on his website or his youtube channel because, had I seen the results I’ve seen posted on this forum on his website, my decision to go to him would’ve been even faster. I think some results posted on this blog from his clinic are even better than those he has on his website.

I went to the consultation the day before surgery totally unaware of what hairline I wanted and what could fit my face. I did not “study” and I am a high maintenance-perfectionist type of person so I was very disoriented at first. Dr Bisanga designed the hairline on me but I asked to make modifications, not knowin enough to design a correct hairline. We decided to reschedule the design for the day of the surgery so I could go home and try to design more options on my head for the next morning. I tried like 15 styles and watched like 20 vids on proportions of the face etc.

The next morning (sept 23rd) I was admitted 40 minutes earlier than usual to the clinic to define the hairline, still very confused I just showed the doctor how I modify my pictures on facetune and that I’ve understood that also the lateral part of my forehead was important to me to “frame” my face better. He then designed the hairline he thought was appropriate based on my requests and I was happy about it, was better than the ones we designed the day before. Threw in the request to “fill in” some beard too and he did that too (I’m still not sure I made the right choice by doing that but only time will tell).

Attaching pics of consultation and hairline design before surgery

I opted for Dr. Bisanga! my surgery is scheduled for Sept 23rd! 

Hi everyone,

I've been looking for the best hair surgeon for a dense packing procedure in Europe (as it is still not possible to travel to Canada bc of Covid - Hasson&Wong would've been my first option)

Do you have any suggestions? Who do you think is the one with the most natural looking results? 

Dr Couto's waiting list from FUE Expert  is 3 years long... 

Thanks for your suggestions!