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I attached Old photo to show original hair line and density , in addition to new photos from different angels , i have big forehead , which make hair recession look far worth than it's actually is .. To be clear , i'm NOT concerned about Temporarily shock loss that may affect "New transplanted , EXISTING strong/terminal hair" .. i'm concerned about PERMENANT shock loss that may affect Weak/miniaturized follicles .. Besides my additional concerns are : - Shall i proceed with HT at Age of 36 or postpone "i'm not willing to use finasteride , but open to use breezula which may not appear before 2023/2024 i believe " - I usually keep my hair long so i may not do the crown now , but i'm not sure whether to go with conservative HT and hair line or go up to 3000/3500 grafts" Currently hair loss is not completely stopped but is noticeably more stable than before .. @Melvin-Moderator I just watched your videos on YouTube recently , Nice work ..

Hi , i was planning to have HT soon , i had multiple consolations with below doctors "grafts estimations highlighted" kesser "2200 grafts" , HLC "2200" , bicher "2600 grafts",pikner "3000 grafts" , ASMED "3500 grafts" , Acar "1800 grafts" , dr Kul "advised to wait as hair shed usually continue at age 36-38 and then slow down" I'm NW3 , 36 years , don't use minoxidil or finasteride , my original hair line is flat , my hair line is receding but in irregular pattern , also i have bald spots in randomly distributed fashion behind the hair line , i believe donor area is good , but i didn't have an analysis at a clinic . so my concern is about shock loss during the procedure , as i understand terminal/strong follicles will recover after the procedure , but miniaturized/weak follicle can be permanently lost , also i understand that transection "cutting through original follicles" is not a concern with a good surgeon who uses proper magnification tools . but my concern is about the weak/miniaturized follicles which can shed from time to time and regrow , will they be visible enough during procedure with magnification ?? my other concern is that in HT the surgeon might have to implant extra follicles in bald spots , which might look not natural "if hair receding continue" On the other hand i feel so impatient about having a transplant , specially in my case i've never shaved my hair before , low density and bald spots make it impossible to style my hair , or put any hair product "even if it's waterish" .. receding hairline and big forehead combo makes things even worse .. Sorry about the long thread , appreciate your help ...

@MachoVatoi'm on the other side of the earth , from Egypt .. Hope to visit Colombia sometime though.. @Melvin-Moderator .. I totally agree with you on this point , i won't proceed with HT unless i've enough budget for a good DR . The reason why i allocated this budget is that i had an impression that 95% of clinics in turkey range 2000-5500 EUR with few exceptions like ASMED,Keser,Pekiner .. As i'm still doing my research , ignore that budget i allocated , or misconceptions i may have , feel free to suggest any additions or removal for short list below .. Keser,Pekiner,ASMED, "Currently beyond my budget , so i may save and postpone surgery for a while if i decided to proceed with them" HLC,Bicer,Yaman, Demirsoy "ordered by preference" Cinik I excluded cosmedica "Dr Acar", serkan Clinic .... Before/after on their website looks very good , also @ cosmedica Dr Acar he do incisions himself , but i don't see much people endorsing these clinics .It's important for me to see real life feedback from people over this forum through their HT journey ..

well , i don't mind go to as high as 5500$ , frequent comment that ~5k is a low budget in turkey confuses me ... I mean apart from kesser , ASMED .. most offers are ranging from 2500 to 4000 EUR . HLC around 5.5 k .. so who are the other top surgeons in Turkey are we talking about here ?

guys , appreciate your thoughts regarding dr. resul yaman also ? i saw some feedbacks , i'm a bit worries about healing of donor area in some posts , also worries about large amount of grafts he suggested "3800" which is significantly higher that other consultations ranging 2000-3000 grafts ..

@egy so regarding packages that Dr. Cinik provide , he only get involved in FUE exclusive package , as per his co-coordinator , Sapphire is better for crown area to have the follicles deeply implanted "i have minimal loss in crown area" .. he won't engage in DHI package , or "FUE+DHI" package (except in surgery plan_follow-up) ... that's the only downside that encourage me from having the procedure there ... i'm not sure which package he'd recommend in live consultation .. btw , I saw your post about your surgery , i believe you've reached a great result by now Do you have any advises about that , as per my understanding you endorse results done by his team "s" and he supervise them closely ?

Hope you the best really , Thanks for helping other people and being a valuable member in this forum ..

@egy , sorry for hear that , what went wrong , was team/Dr cinik handling the incisions , hopefully you managed to solve that matter ...

Well , regarding cinik , if i proceeded with them i will strictly have the package where Dr. Cinik do the incisions himself , problem is that if i go with DHI , he don't perform any part of the operation "except for planning,hairline design" .. @Egy I don't fully get what you mean by (I myself am a witness). I'm adding DR Resul to the list also , i appreciate if you can share your thoughts about him , he's doing the incisions himself , cost is around 3250 EUR .. he suggested 3800 grafts , unlike most of other clinics consultations "majority suggest ~ 3000 graft , less consultations suggest ~2000 grafts" , he mentioned that it's important to have dense frontal hair line and lower hair line a bit ... i'd create a separate post with pics for that matter i believe ..

thanks for your feedback , can you please elaborate on below point you mentioned (2000-3000 is to big of a surgery for Keser IMO. )

** well , i'm still awaiting consultation result from DR. Bicer "believe cost will be ~3000-5000 EUR based on online sources depending if it's manual or motorized extraction " .. Do you have any feedback on this debate "manual vs motor extraction ? , naturally manual will cost more , some prestigious clinics like ASMED strictly so manual , Dr.K in below video recommends motor extraction youtu.be/le9QS2m-V8E ** Regarding Cinik , the good thing is that there's a package "3000 EUR" where Dr. himself so the planning+incisions .. so i'll stick to this package if i proceeded with him .. ** Regarding HLC , it's about 5.5 k , but problem is that it's not clear for me who exactly is performing the procedure , so i emailed them back asking for details ,, Do people get consistent feedback from HLC ? ** I excluded dr. serkan from the list as he's only enrolled in procedure planning/drawling hair line .. ** Awaiting consultation from DR. Keser , i believe he's one of the good surgeon recommended in this forum .. ** Asmed Clinic : 3 packages "5250 (team do full surgery) , ~6500 Dr Erdogan do planning+ incisions , ~9000 DR erdogan do full process" .. i was considering having the 2nd package , unless i find a competent surgeon for less price , as 6500 EURO is too much for me to afford .

well excluding sources like provenexpert, trustpilot ,etc .. found only quora below , with positive feedback : https://www.quora.com/Have-anyone-had-a-hair-transplant-experience-at-Hermest-Clinic-If-anyone-would-you-share-your-review Some blogs/new links like below , but again , it can be sponsored or something https://spiegel-news.com/best-hair-transplant-in-turkey/ https://turkeyhairtransplantcost.com/hermest-hair-transplant-review-and-cost/ Before/after pics on their website seems to be good : https://hermestclinic.com/galeri/ lacking enough real-life feedback on hairrestorationnetwork is what worries me so far ..

well , the consultation i had mostly range from 2000 to 3000 grafts .. Some surgeon charge per operation no matter how many grafts done , most of clinics i communicated with follow that approach , others charge per grafts . Clinics i listed above ranges from 1800 to 4000 EUR .. Actually only a couple of clinics i reached in Turkey are over 5k "ex: ASMED , Hakan Doganay" .. Most of clinics in turkey are around 2000-3500 EUR based on my limited research so far ..

Thanks Egy,Melvin for your inputs

HI Melvin , Thanks for the reply , definitely before/after are first thing to check , i also reached those clinics for consultations . As no. of before/after pic are limited , each clinic show their best results over the years , i was looking for further feedback from users here ..

HI , I appreciate if you can recommend good clinic in Turkey "Sub 5K EUR" for FUE . Basically , my preference is to proceed with a clinic where a well-known surgeon who at least perform planning , and doing incisions phase him/her self .. or at least work with a center that have a one or two team doing the surgeries , so i can have predictable results .. i don't want to play monopoly with centers that do lots of Hair transplant surgery per day .. Basically , i will restore hairline and adding more density to midsection .. Below is short list i've reached so far : Dr Cinik Dr Acar "cosmedia" Ilhan Serdaroglu Hermest AEK Bicer

HI , I was wondering if anyone have a feedback to share with Hermest Clinic at turkey .. i've seen some positive feedback on quora , their prices ranging from 1300 to 1800 Euro "sapphire/unique slit/DHI" , i didn't find any post about that clinic on that forum .

HI , I'm planning to have a hair transplant in Turkey , so i was depending on reading people feedback and before/after as well as ratings on provenexpert.com , google maps , etc .. however , i can see a good bunch of clinics have excellent records ( 4.9 out of 5 rating ) on provenexpert.com , google maps with high number of voters .. I also refereed to some pages naming list of best clinics in turkey , etc .. however when i read some posts on this forum i found some people report negative feedback about some of these clinics "like having large no. of operations per day (ex : Serkan Aygin clinic) " So my question is , is there a reliable source to have a rating for available clinics at least so i can prepare a short list of clinics .. is there any pinned post on this forum for that purpose ?

Hi , I'm planning to have a hair transplant in near future , i've never shaved my hair before , but in same time my 1st priority is procedure efficacy .. So please correct me if i'm wrong on below as some clinics i contacted with claim unshaven FUE have same results : - For FUE , donor area MUST be shaved , recipient area can be shaved or not , however , sometime after procedure transplanted hair will shed before growing back .. so as i'm restoring hairline , a portion of front hair will look like as if it's completely shaved ,while rest of hair is long . Also that will affect efficacy of procedure as it will be harder for surgeon to ensure perfect positioning and direction "mid section of my hair have lower density and i will transplant more hair there" - For FUT , donor area will not be shaved , recipient area can be shaved or not , but , as with FUE transplanted hair will fall due to shock after operation , and hair will look inconsistent if i kept it long ..