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3687 Grafts Tuesday 19th May with Dr arshad. before and after pics are below + regular ongoing updates. Feel free to offer advice / ask any questions -
Hey all! Decided to make a post here, because I wanted to track my experience from the beginning. I am a soon to be 28 year old and a fairly fit male. I have been on finasteride and minoxidil for around 6 years and attempted to get a HT at age 23, but was turned down due to young age. Now at an older age I decided to just do it! I was told I needed around 1500 grafts for a dense-pack fill. Let me know if you guys have any interest or questions in regards to my story. Note: at the time of my procedure I had just turned 28. i decided last year around September that I was comfortable with getting a procedure done soon. Since I knew that the top doctors had waiting lists up to and over a year I decided to bite the bullet. As an engineer by trade I spent countless hours researching and planning. I had originally wanted to get my procedure done by one of the top doctors in Spain. However, I had visited Spain last October 2019 visiting and the long flight plus the unknowns of recovery in a foreign country did not seem too convincing. I iterated and went with who I felt was the best doctor in North America. I go a little bit in depth with how I choose Konior over other doctors much closer to me in the YouTube video. I posted a lot more background info on myself as well as my history with hair loss among many other things please watch if you are interested. My surgery went amazing and my experience during the planning with Konior was nothing short of amazing. Once again for a more detailed breakdown feel free to watch the videos. Pics: https://ibb.co/q1rZ4Mh https://ibb.co/VqP4ZJWhttps://ibb.co/G9wLcpx -
I have had a hair transplant here in Australia. The clinic says it is 2300 grafts, I counted and found 1200 grafts. please look at my photos and say who is right?
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Hello Everybody! I had been reading up on hair transplantation and good clinics in Istanbul for 3-4 months here and in many other forums, and would like to share my experience at Medeks Hair Center with you here. I am 25 years old and lately the hair now became less and less and I decided to have a hair transplant in Turkey. Not only the price was important for me, but also the quality. After a long research I came to Medeks Hair Center - at first I was very unsure because there were also people with bad results, but the more recent experiences showed that this clinic is quite good, and some people who also had a hair transplant there convinced me with their results. I had my hair transplant surgery on 5/25/2021 (5300 Grefts) - I was most concerned about pain, which apparently some patients experienced a lot (anesthesia); I actually didn't feel that much pain, only the first 2-3 minutes were a bit painful, but after that everything was very fine. First, the grefts were taken, and right after that, Mr. Gökhan drew the front hairline. Then the "canals" were opened, and the grefts were implanted. Everything went quite well - of course the first 10 days were not quite fine, because one should only sleep straight in order not to damage the grefts, but on the 10th day, after the crusts had now fallen off, I could sleep normally again. I actually had hardly any pain after the operation. Now I am on day 13 after my surgery, and have attached on YouTube the first 10 days compiled. Until the 1st year, I will post all my experiences here and on YouTube. My Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYr9bokBP7M -
What do you think of my hair transplant guys?
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This year I decided I am going to fully commit to a hair transplant. I've been on Finasteride for about 5 months now and 5% Minoxidil for a little over a year (previously on a Min/Fin compound). I'm in my mid-20s and have already met with a dermatologist and a local hair surgeon, both of whom have said I've been a good candidate for a while. I have a bunch of questions and I'd really appreciate any help you guys could provide. I'm not new to this journey, I've been fighting this since I was 18. I attached some photos of where I'm at. I believe I'm a Norwood 3A. Does that sound right? I'm willing to spend a decent chunk to fix this for good. I've already talked with my friends and family and they are very uncomfortable with me going to Turkey (which I respect), but I wouldn't mind traveling anywhere in North America (US or CAN) to get good results for a reasonable price. Ideally, I'm looking to spend $12,000 or less. I'm a young adult and would likely be taking a hefty loan from family for what I cant cover in cash, but this is important enough for me to justify it. Since Turkey is out of the picture, is this a reasonable budget for the amount of follicles I'd need? I would much rather get FUE than FUT, but I'd also be open to new technologies if there are other options. My dermatologist and the my local surgeon both said I have a good sized donor area on the back of my head and I have plenty of facial and upper body hair as well. I attached a photo of what I believe would be my donor area - it is very thick. It seems what everyone suggests is to look at past results and find a doctor who is experienced with my hair type and Norwood stage. In my area (GA), I've seen good results from Cooley Hair Center (NC) and Dr. Rousso (AL). I've already met with Doctor Anderson in Atlanta, but he left a pretty rude first impression. He came off pretty condescending when I asked more about the scientific validity of the $1200 laser cap he was trying to sell me. Looking back, it could have just been that he though I was 'some kid' wasting his time and not a real client. Overall, I'm looking for a surgeon or a team who is willing to take care of me. I'm looking for someone who is willing to do whatever it takes to get me the best results -- someone that sees FUE almost as an artform, rather than just rushing to get me out so he can fit in his 3-o-clock appointment before a round of golf. Are there any special or new technologies or techniques I should look out for? I've seen ARTAS iX and NeoGraft mentioned. Are there any other new technologies? I'd also consider getting SMP tattoos, if necessary. To put it simply, I'm looking to take back control of how I look. I'm sick of wearing hats because I don't like who I see in the mirror. I would like to bring my temples back to a reasonable level. I naturally had a high widow's peak, and hair loss brought it even farther back. The last photo attached is my goal. Is this unrealistic in my budget? Do I need to start shaking trees? I've seen several places warning to turn around and walk out of anywhere charging per follicle. That being said, I don't have money to burn. I'm ready to commit to a hefty price-tag, but I need every dollar to count. Am I insane? Or is it possible clinics would be reasonable with pricing for a young-adult willing to spend a decent chunk of his life savings to regain control and confidence? Finally, is now the right time for this? Or am I going to spend $15k only to see "magic pill finally approved by FDA" the next day? Has there been any progress on "the cure" that's been "5 years away" for the past 30+ years? Is there any promising science in the pipeline or delayed due to COVID that'll show up? I've done a fair bit of research so far, but any more help, thoughts, or opinions would be great. Thank you!- 56 replies
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Hi everyone! Has anyone on here had any experience or undergone a hair transplant with Dr. Reddy? He’s now opened up his own clinic and I’m seriously considering going with him to undergo the transplant. If not Dr. Reddy are there any other UK surgeon recommendations? Thanks!
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Hey guys, First post on this forum, but long time user. I'm 25 an had a transplant with Dr. Rahal in July of this year. First and foremost, the experience and care and post-op care from Dr. Rahal's staff has been nothing short of amazing. The patient care team has responded to every one of my questions promptly and reassured me every step of the way. I'll upload an immediate post op photo and pre op photo and will upload more monthly progress photos. I'm at 4.5 months right now. My main concerns right now are a few spots of patchiness in the donor (though I was made aware i have slightly below average donor density) and the recipient area is a little sparse (though I understand 4.5 months is early days). As for medicinal treatments, I can't say I've ever had any tremendous regrowth success with anything. I always had a higher forehead and never head a perfectly shaped norwood 1, but noticed the recession around 19/ or 20. I tried rogaine for about 9 months at the time which just seemed to induce irritation, dandruff, and some minor vellus hair that weren't cosmetically significant. Nothing changed until I was 24 and after a stint on prednisone for asthma related issues (not sure if this contributed or not),but I lost a bit of ground in the temples though everything else remained thick. This sent me into a bit of a panic wherein I tried anything I could get my hands on: Krill oil, vitamins, topical coconut oil (which did have a little bit of a thickening effect if nothing else felt therapeutic), and lasers... There's not a ton of concrete information on lasers across the forums, but there is a ton of anecdotal evidence so I can throw my experience into the pot and you can make of it what you will: Migraines and lifeless fried hair. This is no exaggeration and I feel it's important to share this information. I used one of the homemade helmets recommended by another forum. The headaches were not psychosomatic; they were very real and persisted about 2-3 days after every 20 minute treatment. I dropped it during January of 2015 after months of no results. Others have claimed results through lasers and I'm not claiming they haven't, this is simply my experience with them. Propecia: Started in February of 2015. Caused the most temporal shedding of any treatment I've tried. Prior to propecia I was probably a Norwood 2 and a month on it brought me to a 2.5 closing in a Norwood 3. This is not to add more fuel to the fire of propecia fear mongering. I've never once experience any sexual side effects and the rest of my hair did actually thicken up a bit, but the temples went on an extended vacation starting in March. I did reduce my dosage and slowly over the course of 2015 regained a bit of hair. My question is this though: During the month of October early November, I experience some pretty early growth that pretty nicely framed my face. Then I added minoxidil foam and regenepure DR and loss a fair bit of recipient density shortly after. So either one of those is the culprit or both. I know Spex has written about Nizoral 2% sometimes negative effect on transplanted hair and that the shed is temporary. Attached is one post op pic and a pre op pic. More photos will follow.
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I am planning to get hair transplant on Eugenix in a few months. Those who have already got transplants here, could you tell any difference in results produced by two packages (Comprehensive&Exclusive and Premium Package). I predict my scalp could take around 1500-2000 grafts. Kindly provide your suggestions on which package to choose.- 17 replies
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Hi, going to briefly share my experience with you all here. Curious to hear some opinions. I've been a long time lurker of these forums and thought it would only be fair for me to share my experience with you all. The decision to have a HT has been a long and difficult road, I wore a hair system for 5 years, which destroyed my mental health. So I decided something had to change, I couldn't continue and decided to save money and start taking positive steps towards a brighter future. I started by taking Fin, had some sides and switched to Dut, had some regrowth and my hair stopped falling out and had no side effects at all. Anyway, I saved the money and after a long deliberation, I went with Dr Cinik. I paid extra to have Cinik himself do the channel openings and together we created my new hairline. I did have a LOT of extra anesthesia and paid an extra £190 for the "needle free anesthesia", which was basically a mini air gun type of thing that blasted medication onto your skin, this hurt a lot but only for around 10 minutes and after that I literally didn't feel a thing and fell asleep twice. I was in there for 9 hours and luckily I was the only person in clinic that day. Sorry about the quality of the photos, I did my best. I'll maybe take more and post my progress. If anyone has any ?'s please ask. 33/M/UK -
Hi, My name is Sim, I am 27 years old and i am from Canada. My friend and i have decided that we are going to Eugenix hair transplant in india. After doing research for about 5 years we narrowed it down to either Darling buds and Eugenix in india. After looking into both places to the "T" we feel like the results at eugenix are more dense then darling buds. The method used a Eugenix is a bit different then the method used at darlings buds thats another reason we chose Eugenix (Eugenix uses DHI introduced in 2013) . Darling buds have been around longer and might have more experience but we felt like the results at Eugenix were better density wise. I will be posting my overview about the surgery along with pictures every month and how my trip/surgery was at Eugenix. We both have decided that we are going to go with the "Comprehensive and exclusive package" that Eugenix offers and we both decided we are going to get are hair transplant done from Dr.Anika Bansal. We will begin are journey to india on March 5th 2020 and are surgery will take place March 9th and 10th 2020 once the surgery is done i will start posting my progress, grafts implanted, before/after pictures, monthly updates, and other information that you guys would like to know. I will also be putting up videos on my youtube channel of the progress every month, i was told by many of my followers to do so because most people following me want to get a hair transplant and obviously want to see the results before commiting to do this big procedure. I will put a link up of my channel once the surgery is done so you guys can follow that as well. I am excited and nervous about this, I've been waiting for a long time. Feel free to message me anytime and i will try my best to answer your guys questions.
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Hi ALL HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOOD DOES ANYONE KNOW A CLINIC WHERE THEY ACCEPT HIV + FOR FUE TRANSPLANT I TRAVELED TO ISTANBUL TO HAVE THE TRANSPLANT DONE, WHEN I ARRIVED THERE THEY TOLD ME TO TURN AROUND, THEY DONT WORK WITH HIV POSITIVES ITS SO DISCRIMINATORY, THEY DENY PATIENTS HIV + WHEN THEY ARE AS HEALTHY AS A NORMAL PERSON, THAT MAKES YOU FEEL REALLY BAD, IF ANYONE KNOWS PLEASE SEND SOME INFO, IM GOING MAD SEARCHING FOR CLINICS NOW HELP MUCH APPRECIATED GUYS MANY THANKS -
[I'm just looking for a timeline from others' experience]: How long after the surgery until you start feeling normal again (like you were before surgery)? how many weeks/months does it take? when does the pain, tightness, and numbness go away? when do you get your normal sensation back? I'm in post-op day 5 and the back of my scalp still tingles/burns/stings. It is also numb in certain areas. The staples hurt like hell at night and can't sleep properly due to positioning & putting pressure on the staples. My scalp is still feeling tight.
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Hi, I am currently 1 month and 3 weeks post FUT transplant and am really worried about my scar. I had suture closure and am concerned I will have a train track or a railroad appearing scar once fully healed. I am praying this is shock loss around the suture sites. I do not believe this is stretching related, as I have not worked out or done any strenuous activity since the procedure. - Could this possibly be shock loss? - If anyone has had a similar healing scar or knows someone who has had one could you please share that story with me? - Are there any surgeons who can speak to the appearance of this? I am getting monthly PRP injections to the area and using minoxidil twice daily hoping this helps. Thanks for the advise. -
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Combining SMP and HT for density
badhamatha posted a topic in Hair Restoration Questions and Answers
Hi everyone, I've heard of a few people on youtube/doctor's that some people combine both a hair transplant and FUE to have an illusion of a fuller head of hair, especially those with a lack of donor area/density. I'm wondering if anyone has done it here themselves or has any other useful links of individuals getting both procedures done? I have a few friends that are interested in doing hair restoration and would love to provide some examples of how both procedures can be combined to do so. Thanks everyone! -
Hi! I'm currently saving money for a hair transplant and just wondered if anyone has any experience with moving beard hair to the scalp? My facial hair is thick and hard (please don't make any jokes), and I imagine it will feel super weird with having hard strands of hair on the head where the majority of the hair is thinner and feels softer. What do you think about this? -
Hi, I'm Andy Sharma, I'm from India... I suffer visible hair loss since almost 10 years and looking for a permanent and natural solution. I know I have waited a long time but in my experience when I see different different hair transplant results, I'm literally scared to whether go for it or no, cause some people have very unnatural hair transplant done, some people are having big scars at back of their head, some people shocked me with the cost involved and the various technologies involved in hair transplant (everyone claim they have the best technology) added more and more confusions only. Still hopeful and would like to go for a transplant this year for sure... I'm looking for some suggestions, learnings and outcome of patients which can help me choosing the right hair transplant procedure with right people. Looking forward for some nice suggestions and words which can help me in making my mind and going for the best. Thnaks. -
Hello, Im from Pakistan and went to consult Dr Jawad Chaudhry I have thinning at my vertex but my hairline is okay. I went to him for consultation asking I want a plan for me. I want my vertex covered and then when hairline goes I want it handled. He refused and told me you never start with your vertex. He asked me to let it go completely and then consider a hair transplant which I didn't understand. How can i wait to be completely bald I thought preventive medicine is always better. He says we recommend clients to start with FUT and then fill it later with fue. The reason being because you can harvest more hair grafts in fut in a single session From what I understand his primary reason to refuse me is because he wants me to start with fut as well and right now I only need 1800-2000 so fut would be a waste. The doctor is both abhrs and ihrs certified. Does both fut and fue and has 15 years of experience. This is his website: https://www.fuepakistan.com/fue-procedures/before-after/ What do you guys think of this consultation? Attached is also my picture. -
Hello one and all, This is my first Hair transplant. I know one shouldn't judge the growth until 12 months. I've included some photos. But I was curious what people think at this point. This is six months post op The only issue or concern I have is the growth on the right side has been weaker then the left from the start. And I just wanted to know what people think in general. Thank you, -
Hi all! I wanted to make this topic a little sooner but time sure does fly, at the time of posting it's been 9 months and 12 days since my hair transplant at Asmed. Because I am quite happy with the result so far I've not been thinking about my hair a whole lot. It was a very pleasant experience with Asmed, though I was a bit worried with the mixed reviews coming out in the past year. The results certainly aren't perfect, but I'm no longer anxious when going outside or stressing about my hair which was the whole point of the operation! Experience at Asmed After landing at the airport the driver was waiting for me with an ipad and took me to the hospital. I arrived late on the 3rd, so I went to bed soon after. On the 4th I had the meeting with Dr Erdogan and the anesthesiologist, as well as scans/pictures taken and hairline drawn. I won't go too in depth unless someone asks, as I'm sure most of you have heard the "asmed experience" before. My Coördinator Andreea was very friendly and reassuring (I was somewhat nervous), planning my days and escorting me from and to my room in the clinic (and making sure I ate enough). The surgery was split into two days 5-6 November. The initial needles are somewhat painful and it can get a bit annoying sitting in the same position for hours, but overall it was very manageable. I watched movies for the extraction part and fell asleep both times for the implanting in the afternoon, though I remember Dr Erdogan coming in to do the incisions on both days. On November 7 they washed my hair and I received a package with medication, shampoos and lotions to get me through the first month. I didn't wear a hat for the trip home (for fear of damaging grafts) but after a bit you just stop caring and I didn't run into any trouble. My routine/medications I take 1mg of finasteride daily (for several years now) and apply minoxidil once in the evening (since month 7). My minoxidil also has a little sandalore in it since I bought that once on a whim for cheap, and my supply lasts super long anyway. I also restarted dermarolling at 1.5mg once a week recently, I waited quite a while (probably too long) so everything could fully heal. Before Surgery Grafts distrubution The density was 50/cm2 for the hairline and closer to 25 for the crown area. 1 month 9 months indoors 1 inch on top, 1/2 inch sides 9 months outdoors 1 inch on top, 1/2 inch sides Overall As mentioned I am happy overall, if there were no more changes I'd consider it a success. I am holding out a small hope that the crown will thicken up a bit more, it can look somewhat thin in harsh light. If there's any questions feel free to ask, I enabled notifications for this thread 🙂 -
Hi all Looking for modern advice on crown transplants. I'm still very happy with my hair line result from Dr Feller 8 years ago, but now I'm starting to think about the crown. I have a horizontal rectangular thin/patchy area that sometimes looks very full and others not so. Hair style and concealer has helped me for the last 10 years but I want to get this sorted out eventually. I'm 31, from the UK, on propecia and minoxidil and have had one FUT with Dr Feller in July 2012. So, what's the latest thinking on crowns? Is Dr Wong still considered the best? Is mid 30s too young? Thanks
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Hi people of the hair transplant community, I am going to visit a doctor in a few weeks. I have spoken to him on phone, after looking at my pictures he said you should go for FUE because of the scar. I do no want to just go for it just because he said so. I want advice from you guys who have experience with each procedure. I will attach my pictures so you could see my current situation. Here are the main concerns I have: 1. Scars in FUE vs FUT? 2. Which procedure will give me a more natural and dense look? 3. How has your experience been with either FUE or FUT? -
Hi everyone! Im currently doing my research in prep for my first HT to hopefully fix a frontal receding hairline! At the moment I’m looking at Dr. Raghu Reddy, has anyone had any experience with this surgeon OR could you recommend anyone else? Many thanks! -
Uk hair transplant clinics = big time fraud I have been to see the so-called consultant from UK hair transplant clinics; I did see a chap named Paul Hill. I got a bed feeling from the start, as it was obvious he was no more than a pushy salesman with no interested in me or what was best for me, all the alarm bells rang straight away. The consultation was a hard sell from start to finish with the so called consultant having minimal knowledge of hair transplants and no interest in discussing anything except for how urgent it was for me to get this done a.s.a.p. to take advantage of the great limited time offers they have, I should preferably pay the deposit there and then or I might loos out on the deal, it reminded me of a door to door salesman offering double glazing! This guy has not had a hair transplant, his hair looks pretty poor and his only semi-medical training seems to be from his teeth whitening business. I walked away from the consultation thinking how desperate people that book with them must be, its obviously nothing else than someone trying to make a quick buck selling something rather then someone that has experience or knows what he is talking about. After the consultation I received an email with pretty great looking before and after shots, I almost starting thinking, hold on now, maybe I wasn’t fair to them, maybe I just had the consultant on a bad day and the clinic is actually pretty good, these results where after all pretty fantastic. After looking at the photos for s little while I realised that I had seen some of these photos before somewhere else. All the fantastic before and after shots they have are stolen from the following coalition hair transplant doctors (none of them works I the UK or has heard of the UK hair clinic): Dr William Parsley - Hair Restoration Surgeons, Hair Transplant, Surgical Hair Restoration, Hair Transplant Cost, Hair Loss Treatments, Hair Loss Doctors | Parsley-Waldman Hair Center, Louisville, Lexington, Nashville, Knoxville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Lo Dr. Michael Meshkin - Dr. Michael Meshkin*Hair Transplant Surgeon in*Newport Beach,*California Dr Robert H True - Hair Clinic New York, New Jersey, Boston Dr Bradley Limmer - Bradley Limmer, MD*Hair Transplant Surgeon in*San Antonio,*Texas Dr Sharon Keene - Sharon Keene, MD*Hair Transplant Surgeon in*Tucson,*Arizona I have added a screenshot here with the photo from ukhairtransplantclinics.co.uk on the left and on the right you will have the original photos from Dr Robert H. True (Hair Clinic New York, New Jersey, Boston) I am sure that him the rest of the doctors will see this and take action against this scam clinic. Here is a bit more about the consultation: It was all about me loosing the change of a good price if I didn’t act quickly, here are a few phrases from the email: “Because there are now only a few surgery dates available for the promotion Please call me on 0800 043 0993 if you have any further questions or would like to arrange your treatment.” “In order to qualify for the above promotional savings the following would usually be necessary: 1) Make a surgery booking within 7 days of this letter “ At the consultation you indicated that it would not be possible for you to be treated in the promotional period, I have now spoken to our manager, who has agreed to hold the price until the above date, as long as you pay a deposit, in the next 7 days. Believe me in person its worse than this! I wanted to share this with the rest of you to make sure you don’t waste your time going to these consultations and even more importantly don’t get ripped off by paying anything to this company.
