I've since been to a few other clinics, and here are my impressions.
HairTran - Smaller place, doctor seems professional and overall she/they guided me through the process, gave a lot of info regarding pre/post instructions and provided it on paper so to speak. It felt a little bit like they wanted to hurry the booking, and giving a discount while giving the price felt a bit .. let's be honest .. fake. Overall I was very impressed with them, but the little push and fake discount made me dislike it a bit, combined with low price and less reviews it just makes me hesitate a bit. Which is a shame because the few reviews I've seen DO look really nice. They had a fairly high estimate at ~1700 grafts.
Absolute Hair - A bit bigger place, doctor (Kongkiat?) seemed fine, although the consultation felt a little bit rushed if I am honest. Took a bit more prodding to get answers, but I guess I could imagine this is because he is a bit more "famous" and assume people know a bit before going there (which might be me projecting because I do know stuff). All in all this seems fine, but I think this is partly due to having many reviews. Estimate was much lower, at 1300-1400 grafts.
DHT - I mean, I really understand why they charge so much (nearly double). Building is fancy (well, it's NEW) af, I was looked at by 2 doctors, and they gave suggestions and options for hairline (something others hadn't really done much of). They also inspected the donor area thoroughly with a microscope to count density, maybe not needed? but no other place did so. They did provide a discount during the price, which again gave me a bit of a pause, however I might have triggered it as I was asking for price depending on doctor. Graft estimates here were definitely more varied due to the options they gave, like 900 up to 1500, and they also gave estimates based on density.
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Are there any other clinics you think I should visit?
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I've not decided yet, evaluating finasteride now, and they all just seem fine to some degree, causing some decision paralysis.