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I'm not sure what you think I haven't dealt with. I chose Asmed, again because 4 years ago my result was great and was very pleased with the minimal visible scarring in my donor. I have no connection to clinic other than being a patient. I'm not sure what connection you think I have with the clinic? I don't post enough to be a useful advocate and if someone posted a wack result from asmed I would have no issues calling them out! I am grateful to them for my first procedure - and hope for a good outcome in my second procedure. We will see.🙏🏽

'Weird', as I said, I wasn't going to post as Asmed gets a lot of hate on this forum, and posting straight after a procedure whilst hoping for the best, whilst receiving criticism for your choice of clinic isn't going to help anyone's recovery- or something I cared for. For myself i document my progress! I find photographs more accurately show progress. I think it's important that this forum is a space where people can share the good, the bad and the ugly. What I will say about asmed the visible scarring in my donor area is minimal. Which means I can have modern hairstyles. I also personally think my first result was great - so I went with what I know. As up to this point I would definitely recommend. I'm hoping that I get the result I want this time but I've got the feeling too few grafts were used to cover what turned out to be quite a big surface area - time will tell. My only criticism of asmed would be a more detailed consultation with the dr might have ironed this out. Oh well let's see.

For anyone thinking of a 2nd transplant, down time is a lot less but emotionally it is still very hard! It was also very different from my first transplant. I started shedding after day 4. I dunno if that's normal? The hair that I lost due to shock loss also started to grow back a lot quicker, possibly due to the fact the procedure was less traumatic as it was smaller. I'll post 4, 6and 7 month pics. Most of my growth on my first one happened between 6 and 7 months. Feel free to ask any questions.

I'm just passed the 3 and a half month mark. My hair is pretty much nack to where it was before the 2nd procedure: so less 'cap' time, less down time which is good. My weak areas in the front temples are still weak. My donor looks amazing though. And it just a wait a see game now. If I'm honest I think I should or will need 500-700 more grafts bit I'll just have to see.

At about 2 and a half months you can really see where the weak areas are, (wet pics) more so than before the 2nd procedure at this length, partly due to shock loss, partly due hair maturity and a little to length. What I would say my hair looked denser after my first procedure _1 year- at this length than it did 2 months+ after my second procedure, but as the pics show above the shock loss hair started to grow back in quite quickly this time round.

Pics below show the new growth after about a month and a half

you can see the general shockloss.

Pics below are 7 days and then a split pic between ten days , 2 weeks and 1 month. You can see again that I experienced some shock loss, and again that made the process hard. I was intially worried that it was terminal hairs and that they wouldn't grow back. However after about a month and half later I had a lot of new growth growing in places where I hadn't had newly transplanted hairs the 2nd time round.

Here's a day 0 pic

Hi all, so I pulled the trigger on my second HT and I've decided to document it. I'm about 3 1/2 months in. To be honest, I intially wasn't going to post again. There's a lot of negativity surrounding asmed; some of it just a lot not. And I just couldn't be bothered. However this forum, before my first procedure, gave me a lot of (unknowing support) so I thought it right to post. Honestly, I thought it would be emotionally easier this time but I still found it hard! Especially after my shed!! I had 1500 grafts. After analysis by the doctor and from the pics it was decided that I needed some grafts in my crown. My crown hadn't really been bothering me, but I did realise it wasn't as dense as other parts of my hair - probably because I couldn't see it as easily, which is why it hadn't been a focus, but it was evident from the dr's photo analysis. Ok the new clinic. What can I say? it is state of the art. Asmed seems to have all the latest gadgets. There were 4 patients in total who were having transplants on the same day as myself. I think the clinic has facilities to do more than this 6 possibly 8 in a day. Which I know a lot of people would be against. So Whether the clinic has deliberately decided to do less procedures a day I'm unsure. The extractions and the implantation in total took about 5 to 6 hours. With a small break in between. Dr Koray probably spent about 45 mins to just under an hour doing the incisions. What was really cool this time was that there are monitors and camera equipment around the room which show the procedure throughout, and rather than watching netflix on tablet I found it really interesting watching technicians and the dr at work. I do wish I had of spent longer talking to the dr before the procedure because I would have opted for a 1000 grafts in the frontal area of my scalp and 500 around the crown region. I remember asking the technicians after they had finished implanting in the frontal area how many grafts had been placed there and they said 800. I was gutted. Seeing my ten day pics I was worried that I might need another 500 in the middle of the front of my scalp in the future. However, I don't want to jump the gun, let's see where we are at at 6+ months

Nccan I'm not here to promote anyone, just share my journey which happened to be with Asmed. My biggest concern thinking of 2nd would be more prominent scarring on my sides. I've just looked at your post and you have a right to be pissed. Would I consider asmed for 2nd procedure left temple. Defo but the incisions would have to be done by him and the team the same. He did me right the first time. Again, the forum has given me support and things to think on. Cheers guys

Seriously brother I'm gonna sound like a fan, but I was in tenerife about 3 years ago, and before my op and for the first 9 months after the op I followed your posts religiously (so I knew what you looked like.. ha ha). Anyway I saw some dude in a bar - who looked the spite of you and I asked if he was from the uk... he wasn't, he was spanish, but I if it was you, I would have bought you a drink or 2 because u helped me take the leap and for me - it was a great decision 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Again, I'd like to thank this community, in particular,for their unknown support. I'm not here to promote or disparage anyone. Just share my journey. So guys do your research if you do decide to bite the bullet be prepared for a tough 6 months but it can be really worth it. I'm hoping if I ever do get a 2nd one, the recovery time would be way quicker... again look @DEB1982🤞🏼. Peace out

Asked whether or not my hair has miniaturised over the 4 years. No. Not at all. This is me this week, a part from more greys on the side... I feel the hair is very similiar to what it was a year after the procedure.

The next pics are of me showing the weak area (left temple). It's only a problem really at medium left, before the curls. I've also included a hair parted pic... I'm not sure how valuable they are. My partner's hair parted can look thin, but I wanted to show what it looks like at It's worst, so to speak. As I said, my partner, who really lived through my first procedure thinks im obsessing but I am considering a small 2nd procedure <1000. My biggest concern about a second procedure would be more visible scarring; something which there was virtually non with asmed. I also think a 20% boost in that area would provide great coverage because of the thickness nature of my hair.