SaulGood

On 9/28/2023 at 2:27 PM, Zinedine said:

it´s time to be patient, you need at least another 4 months to see any result... how is your donor looking now?

Hey mate, sorry for the delay. I will post some pics to update now

1 hour ago, Gatsby said:

I wouldn’t worry about tiny velus hairs around the hairline. In fact I think it adds to the naturalness as you do see this in nature. All the best! 

Ty Gatsby, your HT is amazing. I hope I will have a close result 

Idk why I get growing hairs on my forehead though…it’s weird, I think it’s because of fin and min (I never taken before the surgery)

DAY 75

wife says there is an improvement, so I had to share photos.

wdyt? Is it the growth phase?

2 and half months in 

I have noticed a weird thing.

some of my frontal hairs have darker tips. They look normal and suddenly little bit pale and a very dark tip.

is it normal?

On 9/18/2023 at 1:25 AM, Jayhair said:

Did you have to shave your receipt area for DHI , thought you didn't have to. Also for experienced members who had a HT, how long does it take the redness to disappear

I didn’t mind shaving my head if it helps the procedure.

redness gone in about a month in my case, maybe little bit more but I am not sure if it was caused by minoxidil.

DAY 65

not sure if this looks like progress, photos were taken under heavy light. I hoped to see better density by now, but it might be too early.

I am now 50 days on fin and 40 days on minoxidil 

4 hours ago, FUEnator said:

You should start with that, way before you went for HT

Well, it’s too late now…will it damage the results?

DAY 57

I might be delusional, But it looks like progress on the crown area.

it might be due to the fact I am taking fin and min for the first time in my life, and not the hair transplant itself.

in any way I am glad to see some progress 

photo was taken under light and after applying minoxidil 

Tyvm 🙏🏾I will keep updating

I am also taking min and fin for the last 30 days (for the first time in my life).

I hope it helps the growth and recovery, maybe it’s too soon to get some results

10 minutes ago, jjalay said:

Well you are a NWV and you needed at least 5000 grafts to get good coverage. The problem is that taking so many grafts with fue, it will leave your donor area thinned out as it looks now. Check out some cases of strip or FUT from Hasson and wong in this forum in order to understand what i mean.

I understand now. Thank you very much 🙏🏾 I hope my donor can bounce from this 🥲

1 hour ago, jjalay said:

With your level of hairloss you should consider a strip surgery first. Wish you good recovery though.

I am not familiar with that method, and wasn’t offered it.

is my hair loss that bad? 

DAY 50 Update -

one of the donor sides looks a little bit disturbing, waiting for the growth 🙏🏾

1 Month update 

Had bad shedding last 2 weeks. But it seems stable now.

what you guys think?

btw how bad is it using Nizoral 2% shampoo a month after?

thank you

DAY 10 Update - scabs off.

donor area still looks horrendous, waiting for the healing 🙏🏾

This is a roller coaster. I wasn’t ready for it 

How come the hair around the donor kept growing but donor stopped?

DAY 5 Update. Am I over harvested?

my sides looks kinda scary 😟 my friend took the surgery lot long ago and showed me a much better 5 day sides.

4 minutes ago, ITA said:

Yes, even if you forgot to say it, we understood from the photo, we are in the profession 😜, one thing we can advise you is not to stress yourself too much and stay away from mirrors for the next 4 months, I know it's easier to say than to do so, but you will live your post-transplant better.

I am just trying to heal right now, not expecting any results soon. Hopefully I can go back to office in a month or two without looking too bad or noticeable 🤪

I met him a day before the procedure for less than 5 minutes. He drew the lines (you can see them in few of the photos).

Surgery itself he wasn’t there at all from beginning to end. There were around 4 Technicians, one of them looked like an adult and made me feel calmer. 2 of them looked very young, and the 4th I couldn’t tell. Overall the staff was nice, but I somewhat felt insecure. They weren’t sharing anything the whole procedure and I felt like work, which I was to them of course  7 hours procedure

This is very good news.

600 grafts were taken from the beard area (forgot to mention that).

as long as they won’t make the situation worse, I am fine 🥲

I will keep posting here and update for results. Hopefully this comes out as expected 

6 minutes ago, ITA said:

Now you can only wait for it to heal.

Does it look like they over harvested it?

I am kinda of scared they did. It’s really painful and looks very reddish

19 minutes ago, ITA said:

Serkan's clinic is one of the best hair mills in Turkey, you played Russian roulette, hope to win. 🙏

Anything you can add on the donor area?

thank you 

Hey all, I want to share my story and also pictures from the procedure. I will keep update and hopefully get good results.

I went to do hair transplant after the suggestion of 2 of my friends. They were doing the same and got very nice results. The doctor is Serkan Aygin in Istanbul. I had no idea about hair transplants at all and closed the procedure in only a few days after sending the clinic my photos.

it was only afterwards that I met this forum and read the reviews. But it’s too late now. I would maybe change the decision, I am still hopeful 🙏🏾.

the procedure was around 8 hours. Everyone was nice and everything went kind of smoothly.  but the 3-4 technicians seemed to be youngsters and one adult which caused me some panic at first. I hope it just false alarm.

I will add photos, please feel free to comment. The latest ones are from my first wash(3 days after the procedure). Tell me if it looks okay in your opinion. I am good with everything.

of course my greatest fear is that I got ‘botched’ on the donor area  it looks kinda messy. so just be honest about that.