Ali4981

Honestly, I am very happy. if you look at my pre-op pics at the very top of my post. i was completely bald. You have to remember the crown was never touched and I only had a frontal third surgery (temples, hairline to mid-scalp). Dr Pekiner advised it was not possible to do the whole head in one block/session. What i have had done was over 3 days. So pre-op to now ive been on finasteride MWF 1.25g per day. Dr Pekiner advised to jump on minoxidil after 3 months of the surgery but i never did. - reason for that was because I was very pleased with the growth and felt like i didn't need to. Now im considering topical min for the crown? in any event I will be going back for second surgery.

Yeah I think he said it would be around 2000

I do want crown coverage. I will be going back for a second surgery on the crown

Before and after Pre-Surgery to 8 months post OP

Month 8

Month 3

Month 2

Month 1

Hello everyone, first of all I do apologise for the late update. I have gone through my progress pictures and I have month 1, month 2, month 3 and month 8 to share (I am currently in month 8). There was some slight numbness on my recipient area which faded away around month 6. My donor has completely healed and I am still able to have it faded at the barbers. Little reminder, I only got the frontal third done. As a result my crown area is still very much bald and I plan to visit Dr. Pekiner again sometime next year or the year after to have a 2nd surgery.

Hello everyone. very sorry for the extremely late response, life got in the way! I will be uploading updated pics hopefully later this week, currently on month 8 and in my opinion I would go as far as saying the result has been phenomenal. Sometimes, I still cannot believe the result so far and I cannot wait to share with you the updated pictures. Watch this space.

Thank you! I am hopeful too and will post here with updates. Starting oral Minoxidil next week

Thank you! Yes Dr. Pekiner is fluent in English although its not his first language. His team can also speak English including the patient advisors and clinic manager so communicating was no problem at all.

Thank you! I will be posting every month on the 4th To be honest I thought the same thing, I thought my donor was pretty dense too but Dr. Pekiner seemed to think it was average. The donor area grew back pretty quickly and you cant even tell I had the procedure done! i got my first haircut today and its made no difference to how the fade looks

About a week ago I created a post under ‘Hair transplant experiences and surgeon reviews’ however it’s not available to the public yet. it needs to be reviewed by one of the forum moderators before it is. Hopefully it will be reviewed soon.

Hi All I am 4 weeks post op (full review posted and pending approval by a moderator) FUE with Dr. Pekiner and have been advised to start oral Minoxidil at 2.mg per day. Can anyone recommend a good place to get this from within the UK? I know I will need a prescription and I'm currently in the process of obtaining this. Also, any recommendation's for a good shampoo? I'm currently using Sebamed and wondered if I could continue using this long-term? I am definitely considering Nizoral, but ive read that it shouldn't be used as a daily/regular shampoo due to its harshness? I plan to use it once, a week alongside another shampoo. perhaps from the Bulldog range? As always, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks