Gareth6969

12 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

So many red flags. It’s just another one of thousands of very cheap hair mills. Maybe this person was lucky. Others won’t be. Quoting very high amount of grafts for a very low price ? Never a good sign. It would have been techs doing the whole procedure.

These days there are so many decent quality clinics for a reasonable cost it’s not worth taking any risks whatsoever.

As you mentioned Uk, we have Dr Arsahd who is £3 per graft ! Recommended by the forum and doing excellent work. 
And now we have De Freitas (Spain) who has just been added to the recommended list. Amazing work, €3.50 for first 1000 grafts and €2.50 for anything above. 
Just a couple of examples to show that it is possible to get a decent/elite clinic and it still be affordable. 

To be honest, you're saying what my subconscious is telling me.......too cheap, too risky.  When I do eventually go for it I will definitely use one of the recommended places from the forum.  Glad to have found this site to be able to get genuine feedback!

Just seen first hand a "friend of a friend" who had a hair transplant through a company called "Welfare Abroad" in Turkey.  He'd previously had a HT in England which left a big scar and was a bad job according to him (cost £5.5k).  He got the treatment in Turkey 2 years ago for £1250 and had nothing but praise.  It looked really good from what I could tell.  Just wondering if there's any other experiences out there from this place?

On 12/25/2019 at 8:02 PM, Looking for HT said:

**Went with non shave option( 20% extra charge)** I DONT RECOMMEND non shave option. You can read more on my day 7th post below.

Hey everyone

I am creating this thread as I have been active on this forum for a while and received a lot of help from the members, who helped me to make the decision for the right clinic and the doctors. I would like to return the favour and I hope my journey will help people who are looking for the right clinic and surgeons.

Before I write my journey, please note that I am writing my own true personal experience and this is in no shape or form a marketing stunt for the clinic or the doctors. I wish to portray the right picture for anyone who wants to know the real experience at Eugenix and my outcome.

I am not going into details about Accommodation, food etc because I flew to India to get the surgery done so I will stick to the most important parts.

To be brief, you will either be picked by Eugenix staff or an OLA cab will be pre booked. You will either stay at Eugenix or a hotel which is 100mtrs away from Eugenix. I recommend that you stay at Eugenix main building. You can arrange all this with the clinic.

Food at Eugenix: You can order the food depending on what you like. Please note that its very hard to find non spicy dishes. After experimenting, I could only find Afghani chicken as non spicy so check with the clinic if you dont eat spicy food.

Flew on Dec 19th and reached on Dec 20th at 2AM

Dec 20^th- Bfast at 9 AM. My blood tests were taken around 10AM and results came in around 5pm. If possible, get the tests done in your home country and email the results to Eugenix before flying in. This will save your day as I felt that I wasted Dec 20th. I met Dr Arika Bansal around 6pm who looked at my scalp and had a short chat about next steps for Dec 21^st. Dr Bansal is great so you should ask any questions that you might have.

 

Dec 21^st- Bfast at 9. Lunch at 12pm. I met Dr Sethi around 1.30PM ( Dr Sethi’s flight was delayed from Mumbai and that’s why could not meet earlier in the morning) Dr Sethi is very lively person and I felt good meeting him for the first time. My scalp and hair was looked at and I was taken to this room to draw the hairline and temples. I took my time and did some minor changes on what I wanted for myself.

(This is very important. Take your time and make sure that you are happy with the hairline drawn etc.)

I changed into sterile clothes for the surgery room and was taken to the operation theatre. People present in the room were: Dr Sethi, Dr Alok and 4-5 technicians.

Dr Alok started giving me local anaesthesia. A vibration device was held to my head where the needle was being injected to make it less painful. This was done in an area to take my few grafts and evaluate it.

The graft evaluation result:

Thick healthy grafts and overall-

60% grafts- triples

40% grafts- Doubles

I had no single hair in any grafts so doubles were made into singles for the hair line and the areas of the temples

My blood was taken and PRP done at this stage.

Local anaesthesia is uncomfortable but not something that I would scream and say Holy S**t. Basically this is given all over the head and anytime you feel a little pain, you let the doctors know and they will give you more of it. Please note that at the end of the day it’s a surgical procedure so a little bit of sting sensation will be there. Some parts of head wont feel a thing and others might feel a sting or once or twice you might say ouch !!

Once head was numb for the procedure, Dr Sethi made all the slits for my hair line and temples. Dr Arika Bansal did the extractions and the technicians implanted the grafts. When extraction is done from the back of the head, you will be lying on stomach and for longer period you may feel uncomfortable. I wanted to move so I asked for a short break. It took 7-8 hours the first day and I had couple of breaks. During the breaks, the technicians would massage your shoulders and back to get the blood flowing as you are lying down for a long time. I would suggest to ask for a can of coke or another sugary drink to get your energy levels up. The room also has a TV so you can ask for your favourite music to be put on. Trust me this would help to get the time pass quicker.

Grafts are being counted and written on the board. 

At the end of the day on 21^st, I had 2112 grafts implanted on my frontal part except the hair line. The whole team is involved and after slits were made by Dr Sethi other doctors such as Dr Bansal, Dr Alok and technicians were involved.

Dec 22^nd- Bfast at 8AM. Surgery at 9AM. This is the day to reconstruct the temples and hairline. Slits were already there so Dr Alok gave the local anaesthesia and Dr Bansal , Dr Alok did the extraction.

When the extraction was being done, the hair could not be implanted on temples simultaneously as I was lying on my stomach. The grafts might be outside for 30-40 minutes. After the extraction,  the technicians implanted the grafts and was supervised by Dr Bansal, Dr Sethi few times. Please note that Dr Alok is equally good at what he does including giving the local anaesthesia. The 2 technicians who were implanting are working with Eugenix for 8 and 5 years.

Day 2 took around 4 hours and 1000 grafts were implanted.

Total grafts- 3112

The same day, I rested and got to the airport at 11pm as my flight was at 3:30AM on Dec 23^rd.

One great tip- I skipped all the queues at airport and immigration as I wasn’t shy about my surgery and went to ask for the queue to be skipped which they allowed every time. I was also the first one to board the flight everytime.

I made my decision after meeting few Eugenix patients beforehand, the results, Doctors education, experience and reputation and I can say that I made the right choice.

Cost of blood test- Rs 3200

Cost of medicines – Rs 5000 app.(Exc. Fin and Minoxidil)

I purchased liquid form- Mixture of Minoxidil & Fin( Please note I will not be taking Fin. Tablets)

20% discount on per graft if you book in advance. 20% extra charge on non shave option. Please check their website. 18% tax is extra

So this is my experience and I hope the above is helpful. I highly recommend Eugenix and according to my experience I made the right decision and was a perfect place for me to go ahead with the surgery.

Do your own research before deciding but I hope my review will help you make that decision.

I will keep posting my pictures and my full journey until I have full head of hair  Hopefully!!

All the best to everyone !!

 

 

 

Hi, how much was the actual procedure please?

On 2/23/2021 at 7:58 AM, ravit said:

@DominoI'm from India. I'm not sure what grade I'm at. Probably NW5?

Do you mind me asking what was the estimated cost if the surgery??

47 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Here is the forums recommended list:

https://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/Consult-a-Physician/hair-transplant-surgeons.asp?sr=HRN-MOB

I assume that the Turkish/Indian based clinics are generally significantly cheaper i.e £2-3k versus £6-10k.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond,  I'll certainly have a detailed look through the forum to try and find a suitable place.  Interestingly my neighbours turkish barber got a procedure done for £500!!! He offered to introduce me and talk through his experience being a local.........but I just can't help but think I'd be getting it done at the back of a kebab shop! Lol  I'd definitely prefer to pay a few grand and get a decent result carried out by a reputable practitioner.

Hi,

I've been considering a hair transplant hor a couple of years, but more so ever since my barber got his done last year.  When he said he was going to Turkey I thought he was mad but he was confident he'd done adequate research and was going to a good place.  He went to Dr Cinik and was happy with both the service and the results.  From what I could see it looked good and moved me closer to taking the plunge and going to the same place.  Unfortunately when I looked through the feedback for Dr Cinik most of it seems to be fake! The real ones appear to give a totally different account on what ho expect and a bad account of the service and end results (my Barber maybe was lucky).  This has left me in limbo again as it's a big decision and whilst getting good value in Turkey makes it very appealing I don't want to have the regrets outlined in the negative reviews.  Is there any reviews on here based on genuine experiences or hair clinics that are recommended?  I've noticed Diamond hair clinic seems to get good reviews and suggest it's undertaken by a doctor undertaking one procedure per day, but how do you know if these are genuine reviews (as the reviews have a similar patter)??

I don't like the idea of a hair mill were you're rushed through like a cash cow and they just want your money!

Thanks in advance.

G