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3 hours ago, JDEE0 said:

Good luck!

I had to take a course of antibiotics for a week, but only because I didn't shave all my hair off. He said that he gives antibiotics in these cases as at least some of the existing hairs are bound to stick to the grafts, and this is obviously going to introduce some bacteria into the mix, so just a precaution really. I don't think you'll have to take them if you're fully shaved, but don't quote me on that.

As for any other post HT meds, not really, he just gives you some mild painkillers and anti-inflammatories (Ibuprofen and Paracetamol) and that's pretty much it. No heavy prescription pain-killers or sleeping pills. Same deal during surgery itself, no valium, tramadol or anything like that, just general anaesthesia and some paracetamol every now and then. 

I just slept flat on my back and was told not to/that I didn't need to elevate my head in an upright angle - would be best to buy a travel pillow yeah, I forgot to do so and the Dr. just told me to wrap a towel up into a tube shape and then wrap that around my neck instead. Worked out pretty well, I just did that and put the sterile covers/blood absorber sheets they give you over the towel. I did that for the first 3 night and it stopped me from moving around at all, after that, I just slept flat on my back for 3 or 4 days on my normal pillow until the scabs came off and I had no issues.

Yeah, I was told to stop medications a week prior to surgery, I interpreted it as just being topicals they were talking about though, so I didn't stop taking oral fin. You'll have to check with the team to make sure as I may have been wrong and might they want you to stop everything.

Excellent, thank you for the information. I really look forward for the HT and want to plan for it best way possible. Regarding the sleep, so you slept on your back for the first three days with only the towel around your neck for little elavation right? Would be great if so because I really cannot sleep while sitting upright/having the head completely elavated in 90 degrees. 

And regarding finasteride/medications prior the HT, I think they meant both oral and topical, but I just messaged them to double check.

I'm also booked with Dr Pinto in about 2 weeks  I question, did he prescribe for you any post transplant medications to take/anti biotics? And how did you sleep after the transplant? Was it ok to lean the head on something? Should I buy a special pillow? And also, did he also tell you to stop medications such as finasteride one week prior to hair transplant?

You seem to have full head of hair? Anyhow, have you considered Dr Bruno Pinto? He does everything by himself and His results is on par with the best in My opinion, Price about 2.6 euro/graft.

I sent My pictures in the beginning of July and was told it would take 2-3 months to get the evaluation from Dr Freitas, and atleast one year after the evaluation to Book available time. But I have still not received an answer. 

In Middle East/Turkey cannabis is usually smoked mixed with tobacco without a filter, I would say atleast 90% of cannabis smokers smoke hash mixed with tobacco, so that perhaps why Dr Bicer wanted you to wait so long before and after HT before smoking. 

Could it be that you have autoimmune disease? I read review of a guy that went to a top surgeon and his hair transplant failed. Through a biopsy he finally found out that he had autoimmune disease (which he never knew of) and that was the reason why his transplant failed. 

8 hours ago, Gokuhairline said:

why anyone would take a risk even if its .0000001% that it would literally F your life up....is beyond me.....its your livelihood we are talking about here. 

F your life up? Why do you think so? People are using all kind of stuff 24/7 all over the world, from vast amount of drugs, steroids, smoking, alcohol... And if we include bad diets, too much sugar, too much fat, too much carbs, too much cholesterol, toxins in foods, water etc., all inducing all kinds of diseases, cancer, heart diseases, mental problems etc. There are a very low minority that tries to live a perfectly healthy life, but the vast majority simply don't care. It is perfectly understandable that people would try finasteride. I gave up smoking for finasteride and so far no side effects at all. I only once had a hard time getting an erection, but it were probably a mental thing rather than finasteride because I never had any problems after that. 

I have booked for hair transplant in about 3 months from now, January 19 2022. Since I'm a diffuse thinner with nw 5 pattern, the Dr highly recommended me to take finasteride a few months ago. However, I have been to afraid to take it due to potential sides, but as of right now, Im pretty convinced that I have to take it to get better results, reduce the risk of shock loss etc. But my question is, should I postpone the hair transplant and take finasteride for a minimum of 6 months before surgery or is 3 months enough?

Do you mind sharing what clinic you got smp at?

Wow looks really cool 

I Will probably do HT without finasteride and post results here. I have been on finasteride 0.025% topical in three weeks by now, and today and for the first time i couldnt get erection. It is terrifying and I Will stop from now on...

6 hours ago, JohnAC71 said:

Are you sure it’s your “friend” and not you ? 😆

Lol nah man I have already booked for HT with Dr Bruno Pinto January next year

Hello everyone,

I had a friend of mine that recently got a hair transplant locally here in Sweden, and the clinic gave him a prescription to take cortisol during a whole week before the hair transplant. He told me it was because they wanted to lower his immunity in order to lessen the risk of having the body reject the transplanted hairs. I've read everything I could come across about hair transplants but never heard of a clinic telling patients to take cortisol before the hair transplant. So it made me curious, have I totally missed to read about it and is it really a thing among HT clinics to prescribe cortisol before HT? Is the advantage for real? 

Hello everyone, 

I've used dualgen-5R in combination with topical finasteride (from minoxidilmax) since a few weeks ago. I apply it every night, let it dry out for about 2 hours then go to sleep. Since I'm married and have a baby boy I'm getting uneasy about using it since I'm afraid that my wife and son will get traces of finasteride on them. I try to keep my distance to my wife during those 2 hours until it dries out because she can unknowingly touch my hair and get finasteride on her, and the same for my son (though he sleeps before I apply the solution).

But... I just thought about the pillow, what if I leave traces of finasteride on it? My wife sleeps besides me (of course) and could get traces of finasteride on her, and the same for my son. Is it possible or am I just too cautious? Could topical finasteride therefore be a huge risk in a family? Would Love to hear your opinions and for those in similar situation, how do you handle it?

Wow it looks really good, the temporal peaks and hairline looks very natural 😀👌

Hello everyone,

I just came across a HT doctor based in Barcelona, Dr Bruno Jacobovski. The results on his homepage looks terrific, especially considering the low amount of grafts, Take a look. However, except for google reviews and pictures on his homepage, I have a hard time finding IRL results and reviews on HT forums. Has anyone here heard of him or know of reviews in perhaps Spanish forums? 

I think Dr Demirsoy would be considered tier 2. 

Didn't the doctor draw the hairline? Anyway, I think it looks ok, little asymmetrical but perhaps it's because the swelling. But even if it's not due to swelling, I don't think anyone will notice that it is asymmetrical when the hair grows. I also used to have asymmetrical hairline (before hair loss lol) but no one ever noticed, not even my mom. Time will tell in your case. 

8 hours ago, deeznuts said:

Actually, from what I hear, it's the opposite of what you're saying. You can disguise lower density with longer hair. With shorter hair it's just harder to hide the fact that you have less density

Can I have a fade with longer hair on topp scalp if I do 4000 grafts? I've never had the sides and backside longer than #3.

9 hours ago, JohnAC71 said:

Would you be able to let us know who the 2 clinics are .? 🙏

You got PM.

6 hours ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

You need all the grafts you can get, to be honest you are a Norwood 6 with diffuse loss. You probably need at least 5000 grafts. Is there a reason you want to lower the number?

Yes I know that I will be a slick Norwood 6 in the future and need about 6000 grafts to cover everything. I will probably need a total of a 2-3 HT in the future, so I try to plan ahead and don't deplete my donor too much. If I do 4000 grafts now to cover the front and middle scalp, I would only have about 2000 grafts left for the crown and other "fixing" in the future. Or am I wrong? I don't want to end up with patchy donor

1 minute ago, Egy said:

Are you only talking to the coordinator?  Are you sure you are not in contact with a low-cost clinic?  This is a habit of hair mills, yes ... you will see the surgeon only an hour before your HT and he will talk to you for a maximum of 5/10 minutes, the time to draw your hairline with his marker.  I advise you to be careful.

Yes when I contacted one of the clinic (the one i prefer), a coordinator reached out and answered me, but he doesnt answer all questions. But I will probably try to contact the doctor directly somehow. It is not a hairmill, and recommended in this forum. And the other clinic is not on this forum but also not a hairmill, the doctor does almost everything, great results also, and I'm in direct contact with the doctor, but he firmly believes that 2000 grafts is enough. 

3 hours ago, BeHappy said:

Did you see any of them in person or was it all done online with pictures. If they only saw pictures of you then it's very likely that their estimates will change (either up or down) once they actually see you in person and go over the plan with you.

Only online with pictures, and I clarified that I want a rather conservative hairline, No need to have it as a 20 year old.

2 hours ago, deeznuts said:

4000 grafts doesn't seem that crazy. Actually, 4000 seems perfectly reasonable since you're covering the front and midscalp. I've seen 4000 grafts used for much less lol.

2 hours ago, deeznuts said:

You can definitely talk down the doctor I feel. I've read of patients doing so by discussing with the doctor.

4000 would perhaps give me great density, but I just care about having a good coverage and good donor area because In like to have my hair rather Short, especially the sides and back and afraid that it would look depleted if I do 4000 grafts as many I know have obvious low density in the donor after 4000+ HT. The thing is that the conversation is with the coordinator, not with the surgeon, and if I book a time, travel, and discuss the amount of grafts with the surgeon only hour/s prior to the HT, it would be rather stressed. But perhaps Im over thinking the whole thing...

1 hour ago, gillenator said:

It's very possible that both surgeons have a different idea where your hairline will commence...still, I think even 3,000 grafts would provide a nice result.

It probably is so, thanks for your input, I personally would Love to have "only" 3000 grafts if it give me pleasing cosmetic result. I've seen others cover such an area with about 3000-3300 grafts with good results so i think it is very reasonable. 

I have a hard time deciding on what surgeon/clinic to go for my HT. I narrowed down my choice to the top 2 I would like to go for, but they have quoted me different amounts of grafts based on the same pictures and same area that I would like to do. See attached picture. One surgeon quoted me 2000 grafts, which I thought were way too low, and the second surgeon/clinic quoted me 4000 grafts, which I think is a little to high and makes me afraid of loosing too much density on the donor... The second surgeon is recommended here on the forum. I wanted to land on the middle, about 3300 grafts, and have a reserve donor for the future. I asked the second surgeon (my most preferred) if the grafts can be decreased to about 3300-3500 grafts, but no answer since a few days ago. 

Does anyone here have any experience of "negotiating" the amount of grafts that is to be transplanted? Is it disliked by the surgeons, is it reasonable to do? I've also asked many other clinic and each on of them gives me a vastly different amount of grafts so it's really confusing what to go for, and how to plan for the future.

Hopefully the left sides will thicken in time. Dr. Saifi doesnt use a lot of grafts but I think he managed it really well with (if I remember correctly) the 2000 grafts he transplanted. So a great foundation is there, and tons of more grafts left in reserve.  

Looking really nice 🙂 The hairline seems to be really natural Looking. I think you will have great progress in the coming months. Right side seems to be in better shape than left one, but is it noticeable in real life with styled hair?