Hi everyone and thanks for this wonderful website. It helped me alot for choosing the right clinic for my next FUE. special thanks to @Melvin- Moderator, @general-etwan & @Gatsby for posting their journey and answering questions.
** brief background & choosing the clinic
I have been loosing hair since I was 19 years old. I had my first FUE transplant in Turkey back on 2018 when I was 23 years old. I had around 2000 graft implanted in the front part & to restore the hairline. (Unfortunately I lost my old phone and I do not have any pictures before doing the first surgery). The overall outcome from my first surgery was not satisfactory. After almost a year of following up and reading about different surgeons, I finally decided to go with @Eugenix Hair Sciences. I was impressed by their work and the fact that they are masters in taking beard hair and implanting it in the scalp in a very natural way.
** Medications:
finasteride 1mg for almost a year now (was afraid to start it before or even after my first surgery due to side effects I read. Decided to start it later because I was loosing more & more hairs. Luckily I had no side effects at all).
Minoxidil 5% for 2 months ( had side effects from it but considering the foam type after my surgery and of course after discussing that with Dr. Arika)
Hair Multivitamins for 1.5 years
** Consultation with Eugenix
I sent my hair photos on Whatsapp they evaluated the case in 1 day duration. They suggested to go for around 4500-5000 grafts. around 2700 graft from scalp donor area & 2000 from my beard. (I do not have a full or a very thick dense beard so I am not sure if 2000 grafts can be taken out from there). They scheduled me the next day to have a video call with the medical counsellor Rolston Paul.
the next day on the video call, he listened to my concerns, asked me what is my expectation from the surgery, told me briefly what to do pre & post op, told me about their different packages and some other instructions. I chose the exclusive package and made a special request for the planing and designing of my hair to be done by Dr. Arika because I might lower my hairline by 0.5-1 cm and I wanted her expert opinion. (the price is a bit higher than the exclusive one).
I chose the date 6th & 7th of feb-2023 ( luckily there was a slot nearby!). I made a deposit of 20K rupee to book those days. After confirming and paying the deposit, I was contacted by Satyam to do some mandatory blood workup in where I live before the date of my surgery.
I will keep posting here for my journey with them.
Eugenix consultation pictures:
*** Wet hair
Dry hair
Beard pictures: