Hi everyone,
A quick summary of my hair transplant so far. I figured I've learnt so much these forums over the past year, hopefully this will be interesting for someone.
I had a two day surgery in Valencia with Dr. De Freitas mid September 2022.
The wait was about 18 months if I remember correctly since the initial face-to-face consultation, 2850 grafts for 7500 EUR.
I was really happy with the actual surgery, a massive thank to Dr. De Freitas and his team - they did everything to make me comfortable. After care has also been amazing, dedicated WhatsApp number to answer any questions that I have.
Before pictures:
Day of the surgery:
(sorry don't know why some of these are upside down.. it only happens after I upload them here)
Day 4:
Day 10 (scabs washed out):
I was a little surprised that 2850 grafts were needed to fill in the area, after seeing photos on here of much larger areas being filled with the similar amounts but hopefully the density will be good.
The doctor prescribed:
Finasteride 0.5mg Tue/Wed/Thu/Sat/Sun
Dutasteride 0.5mg Mon/Fri
Oral Minoxidil 5mg daily - but I have decided not to take that, personal choice. I had a hair transplant to avoid putting even more drugs into my body everyday for the rest of my life and the potential positives did not convince me for the potential negatives. At least at the moment, I will revisit it in a few years perhaps.
Shampoo - Ketoconazole (Nizoral) 2% (twice a week)
Complidermol 5 Alfa plus (vitamins) daily
Before surgery I had been taking Finasteride 1mg daily for about 1.5 years but I couldn't say whether this had any effect to be honest.
So, now I'm on 0.5mg Finasteride but with the added Dutasteride.