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my god the resemblance !.. great results btw.. hairline looks so natural

then for turkey stick to the ones you have consulted. in poland you get dr saifi but i think he maybe out of budget with graft count taken into consideration. in thailand you get dr laorwong who does good work and he is slightly cheaper than saifi but if graft count goes higher then might go out of budget. you can still consult them. in brazil you get pittella who does higher norwood cases and uses lot of beard grafts too so you might consider him if travel is not an issue. Price will be cheaper and in budget for your case. in india you get eugenix who does higher norwood cases too and uses lot of beard grafts too so you might consider them also if travel is not an issue. They have different packages which might fit budget. my suggestion will be to keep taking meds for atleast 6+ months to a year and then get a qoute from everyone . 6 months is sometimes better if waiting period is long for surgeons then you will be waiting more 6 months to 1 year anyways post consultation for surgery date. probably if budget increases by that time then add more clinics to your list and get qoutes. if meds work then your required graft decreases and you get option of paying higher per graft. but if graft required is higher then cost per graft is low and options get limited.

at age of 17, meds wont be given to you and shouldnt be given to you. need to be 18 to get even topical minoxidil. finasteride micro-dosing or topical finasteride should be used for you from when you turn 18 to till you reach 20 then start proper oral finasteride regime of 1mg 3x a week and then latter go to the 1mg 7x a week. at this age dont get on medications without proper consultation, you need to wait a bit for them.

you have maintained well with meds. good decision to use them for 3 long years before surgery. The hairline drawn looks good on you and lets see how it looks all grown out. 2500 grafts is going to give a good dense look. good luck and happy growing !

they should allow your girlfriend to click photos during the pre-op and post-op photo session when they themselves click lot of photos during those times and during breaks (lunch/snack break) she can click some pictures again. in other times just ask them if any of the assistants can click pictures time to time with your phone. Best if any outsider is not allowed in OT.

can you tell the budget ? based on that lot of surgeons can be recommended. the surgeons you have currently named are best in the 1-1.5 euro per graft category in turkey.

the reasons its advised to use meds one year before HT are that: 1)if any of the hair follicles in your bald/balding areas are still alive even if miniaturized a lot and can be revived ( aka regrowth ) then its best to try this before going for HT because they may not survive the HT trauma(shock loss) or are easily going to be transected. you would have seen people who look completely bald and get insane/ decent regrowth from meds sometimes so why not take chance that you may be one of them before going for surgery. If they would have done HT first then they might not have got back their existing miniaturized hairs back. 2)if you get any regrowth then well and good (consider yourself lucky as complete turnaround is always rare) . the main thing is that meds will thicken your existing hair(which have miniaturized only a little bit) and surgeon can get idea which areas are thick enough and which areas need the illusion of density with transplanted hair. (where meds didnt help) both meds and HT helps to provide coverage for scalp and its best to use them when they are most effective.

why switch to 0.5 mg once a week. should have taken daily 0.5 mg ( that is the ideal dosage for dutasteride when not taking finasteride at all if it stops working for you). if finasteride was working then, finasteride 6x and dutasteride 1x a week is the dosage you should have used when adding dutasteride. later if hair loss starts again then go finasteride 5x and dutasteride 2x a week until it works. check if with your doctor on dosage again whichever route you want to take.

by week 7,8 there maybe lot less hair due to shedding phase. Its just a phase, so relax and wait for results , if you dont see much shed and are lucky then results might come sooner else it starts to come by month 6 onwards till 1 year mark.

stay in touch with the doctors. keep the anxiety in check and dont worry about losing the gains from meds. once you are fit & fine then check with more doctors about what triggered this and if it was hairloss meds to get some clarity.

@BillyHopkins88 its sad to hear this. Recently only i had commented on your thread and saw good progress. Would have been nice to see you continue your progress and go for the HT but nothing comes before health. Things happen for a reason and maybe you use the time you spent on hair, on something else like hobby which you always wanted to take up or career goals and get confidence from that too. Its not necessary that only hair improves your personality and gives confidence. I know its easier said than done, but a little positivity always goes a long way. Do stay active if you wish to and join the fight with FUT later on if you wish to or get SMP. All is not lost. 🙂 maybe some new meds come up in future.

@mustang good luck for your medication journey. hope you are the rare ones who get good benefit from these. after so much of fin+min+keto , dut+min+keto stack results. will be good to see someone try something else.

looks really great and that too for the decent graft count looks so dense.

think its 125 inr + 18% tax per graft.

that price is for next year. current is 2.7 euros. after that i think he might increase but in turkey thing is that lot of competition is there so cant increase a lot suddenly.