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Did you read any of his first post? Pics and info are there. Obviously all doctors have technicians assisting them throughout the process but what he doesn't want is to end up somewhere where it's just technicians doing the work and all the doctor does is draw a line on your head. None of those he shortlisted are like that though(not sure about Yaman), apart from Erdogan depending on what package you choose.

Looks like you're NW3 but with otherwise pretty thick hair. You've already identified some good clinics - I don't know much about Yaman but the others all produce good consistent results. There's no "taking meds for a while", you either stick with them or not at all. I don't see why you shouldn't get a good result and would expect it to take 2500-3000 grafts. 4000 seems a bit high to me.

I'm by no means an expert but I feel informed enough to know a bad transplant candidate when I see one and unfortunately I think you fall into that category. You have extensive thinning throughout the donor, even if the surgeon did somehow manage to harvest 2000 grafts I wouldn't bank on them sticking around for very long - are you even on any kind of hair loss medication? All I can see is in a few years' time you'll be back to more or less where you are now but 30 grand poorer and with a bunch of FUE scars in the back of your head. I'm really not intending to be mean but that's my honest opinion. Have you ever looked into SMP? Given you want to wear your hair short anyway and you still have a bit of stubble left on top I think it would blend in well with the SMP giving it a bit more of a "3D effect", you'd also be able to cover the FUT scar to the point where it's almost undetectable. You're also probably looking at a cost of more like 5k rather than 30 and you get the illusion of a pretty full head of hair and no scars. Of course just like with hair transplants you need to do your research to find the right place to get it done but some of the results nowadays are seriously impressive, far more so than what you're going to get out of a hair transplant. Like I say though, that's just my opinion.

Sorry but I don't see where you're going to get 3k grafts from unless you have a lot of beard/body hair to use. Have you consulted with the surgeon yet?

I know that as an Asmed patient you're going to defend them but if you read my post and not just how I ranked them you'd see that I said that some of the very best results I've seen have been from them, the problem is that they've also had MANY poor results as well - which I haven't seen from Bicer or Demirsoy. I even said that Asmed seem to have picked their game up recently but I still can't ignore all of those high graft low density results they were churning out. At Asmed you could get a 9/10 result or you could get a 4/10, with Bicer and Demirsoy I'd be confident of getting at least a solid 7/10 without much worry. As for Pekiner I've only seen one bad result(the one where his rep tried to lay the blame at the patient) and a sub-par one more recently, as for him aborting cases personally I see that as being the act of an ethical doctor but I can see how it would be upsetting for a patient to go through.

1. Pekiner 2. HLC 3. Bicer 4. Demirsoy 5. Asmed That would probably be my order of preference if going to Turkey, it depends on your specific case though. The thing with Asmed is that some of the best results I've seen have been from them but they've also had plenty of shoddy ones too, I think most of those were around the time they opened up their new mega clinic and were just trying to cram in as many patients as possible. Their more recent results have picked up again from what I've seen but that could just be the impression I get from those cases posted on here. The most recurring problem I see with their results is a lack of density behind the hairline, which is surprising as they also typically use a higher number of grafts compared to most - yet their donors pretty much always look immaculate so it's kind of confusing to me. Demirsoy is the "budget" option but despite that I hardly if ever see a poor result from him, always good growth and natural looking results. Bicer and HLC are both very reliable, again I can't recall seeing many poor results. Pekiner's hairline work just tips it in his balance for me, I would say he's the best option for lower norwood patients and he's very conservative with regards to the donor. Keser I'll leave out for now. His results were among the very best but I haven't seen any recent cases of his and there have been some complaints about him not using microscopes which for some wouldn't be acceptable.

I have the same. When shaved short you can't really notice it and when longer it's ok too but there's a weird middle length where it becomes quite apparent. It doesn't really bother me and at worst it just looks like a shoddy attempt at a fade but I wonder what it means for me down the line? I have otherwise thick hair and only a little temple recession so right now not much to be concerned about but does having retrograde mean that advanced loss is for sure on the horizon? I've still yet to really find an answer to this but anyway, I don't think it should deter you from looking at getting a transplant.

Some doctors say not to buzz up until six months, that seems a bit extreme to me but most agree that you should avoid it for at least a month, preferably three. Not to be rude but you've just had 700 holes punched into your head, you must have known that it's probably a good idea to let them heal first before taking a razor to them.

Turkey has more viable surgeons per sq/mile than any other country, it's just that the same can be said for the not so good ones. Thanks to forums like this though we know which ones are doing good work and which to avoid, unfortunately though the good clinics get tarred with the same brush purely because they're in the same country. Pekiner and HLC are the most expensive at around €2.5 per graft or so but Bicer also has a lot of good results lately and is only €1.5, another budget option is Demirsoy who I think gets overlooked despite consistently producing solid results and I think he charges around €1.25(I could be wrong). Asmed are a bit hit and miss but seem to have upped their game again more recently. It's possible to get a good result at a "hair mill" but that's for you to decide whether it's worth the risk.

Just my opinion(so don't shoot) but I think the forum was too quick to put Dr Arshad on the recommended list, he had a few decent results but too small of a sample size and not over a long enough period of time to say that they are the norm. His more recent active cases aren't looking so impressive - hopefully they will turn out good in the end though. I would 100% wait and go with Bisanga and it sounds like the price may even be in your favour to do so. The only proven Dr in the UK is Dr Reddy but of course he comes with a price tag that many can't afford.

Agree, Dr Reddy is the only UK surgeon with consistent high quality results.

The very straight hairline isn't really to my taste but the work itself looks very nice as expected from Bisanga.

Looks good but I'm a bit confused by the hairline drawn. Do you have post op pics of the area that was transplanted? End result looks good either way, Dr Reddy easily does the best work in the UK.

How many grafts did you get?

2284. I would choose Pekiner from your list.

That video actually made me feel sick.

I would shave and get SMP.

Martin Braithwaite has had a transplant, has a strong hairline but not much growing behind it. I noticed Kyle Walker was rocking a full head of hair as well but he's running a lot of concealer or something.

Is it just me or is Demirsoy quite underrated? His work seems to be consistently good and at a very affordable price yet he's rarely mentioned when people talk about the best Turkish doctors. This is another nice result, congrats @GLHF.

What would cause this to happen? Have you tried cutting your hair shorter to see if that resolves the issue @FinMin20?

Woah, I've never seen a transplant like this before. That said, I don't really see the massive asymmetry you seem to have a problem with and unless someone sticks a protractor on the side of your head I doubt anyone will ever notice that one temple angle might be a couple of degrees different to the other side. Your friend on the other hand, I'm not sure what's going on with that design. All you can do now is wait and hope for the best, being rude to your doctor isn't going to solve anything.

I'm not even sure where the grafts are meant to be going.

Actually I would say his post was relevant as above you were speculating that Guano had been paid off to keep quiet, Athensr has since added that he outright asked Dr Pekiner whether this was the case or not.

You could consider SMP instead.

The recipient looks very natural even when shaved down but the donor scarring seems quite apparent, how do you see it Rolandas? I guess you're unlikely to ever have your hair that short again though so not really a concern.