Hair Transplant with Dr Bhatti in Oct 14 - Part 2 - The Procedure

[Raj Jayukdht]

What a Journey and what an Experience of having HT from Dr Bhatti.

 

There are many words that describe Dr Bhatti….but I will just use one word… AMAZING!!

 

Over the last few years many patients have gone to Dr Bhatti for their HT and posted their reviews on the forums.

 

I have decided to present my review a bit differently. I intend to make it simple and as user-friendly as possible. There will be loads of pics from my HT, including pics of Dr Bhatti's clinic that no one has seen before. Then there is a review of each of the 2 hotels that I have stayed in. I have also included my impressions of other HT clinics that I visited while I was in India.

 

Background Info:

I had my first HT about 4 years ago and that was FUT (1800 grafts to front scalp). Almost 3 years ago I decided to look around for other clinics for my second HT. I searched most of the hair forums to decide which surgeon was best for me. This time round I wanted to have FUE as I felt this method was best suited to me and it's healing process is also much quicker.

 

HT Discussion with Dr.Bhatti

I was lucky enough to meet Dr Bhatti back in June in Europe for a hair consultation and he suggested I would need between 2000 to 2500 grafts from hairline to mid scalp. I mentioned that I wanted some beard hair in my forelock area, making it heavy in density, Dr Bhatti agreed to this and I was told that that around 400 – 500 grafts would be needed. A hairline was drawn that Dr Bhatti and I were happy with.

 

Day before my procedure

I arrived in India a day prior to my HT. Dr Bhatti's driver Sachin (fantastic guy) picked me up from Delhi Airport and dropped me off to Altius Hotel in Chandigarh at 10 am on 20th October. He agreed to pick me up the same afternoon for my meeting with Dr Bhatti. At the meeting we discussed the final aspects of the HT procedure and also redrew the hairline. This was to mainly accommodate any changes that may be required. Meeting Dr Bhatti again at his clinic was immensely comfortable and he put me at great ease regarding the procedure. I was delighted to learn that the procedure would go ahead, as previously arranged, on 21st Oct starting at 10am.

 

The clinic carries out 2 procedures a day, big procedure of 2500+ grafts starts around 7.30am and second procedures usually for under 2500 start at 10am.

 

The day of the procedure

As advised I arrived at 10am, had my blood test done first, once I passed this …lol then I was good to go. My personal belongings were put in a safe and I was told to change into an operation theatre gown.

 

My hairline was redrawn and then Dr Bhatti gave me a lovely haircut, after this the nurses/techs took over and they washed my hair with special Shampoo.

 

After this I was taken to OT for harvesting. I was told to lay face down in the operating chair so that Dr Bhatti could apply the anesthetic to the donor area. The pain of receiving anaesthesia was tolerable. Also, it wasn't too difficult finding a comfortable position while the grafts were being extracted although I was lying on my stomach and my head was being turned from side to side.

 

While Dr Bhatti was making the punches, his tech picked out the grafts from the donor area. In the end, Dr Bhatti was able to get 1888 grafts from donor area. A local anesthetic was applied to the beard area, which I think was the worst part. I was in a lot of pain but Dr. Bhatti was very efficient and carried out the whole process without any issues. In total 465 grafts were extracted from the beard area.

 

The harvesting procedure took just under 3hrs. Then slits were made in the scalp for the grafts to be planted from the hairline going back to mid scalp. While Dr Bhatti was making the holes, I was getting a weird sensation as I could hear a crutch noise for each hole that was being created, so I heard this over 2000 times…lol. However no pain or discomfort was felt.

 

Then there was a quick coffee break and some lunch after which it was time to implant the grafts into their new home by the techs. I clearly remember that the implanting started at 3.15pm and we finished around about 6.45pm. During the process Dr Bhatti had to extract a further 200 grafts from the donor area. He also kept an eye on the proceedings by visiting the OT room every 10min or so.

 

Dr Bhatti kindly enough planted some grafts to my FUT scar, around 50 grafts on each side of the scar.

 

I must mention that the staff at the clinic are wonderful, each one knows what role they have to do from Admin Manager to Tech implanters. I believe the grafts implanter was Ms Parneet and assistant nurses were Tina and Pooja. I would like to thank them for being patient with me and for keeping my mind occupied while I had the HT procedure.

 

My break down of grafts (I think this is right, waiting for clinic to confirm)

 

Singles: 288 + 401 from beard

Doubles: 964 + 64

Triples: 636

 

Total of grafts 2353

 

Once the procedure was over I was given explicit instructions to spray saline solution every 20mins to my grafts till midnight. I was told to sleep on a chair, as I could not rest my head against a pillow due to having some grafts in my scar. I was back in my hotel by about 7.30pm. Now after having to spray every 20mins I must have slept only for 1 hour. Next morning Sachin picked me up at 9am for my first hair wash and I was given medication for the next 14 days.

 

Dr Bhatti also supplies other medication such as Botin, finasteride, Mintop (Minoxidil foam 2% and 5%) for about ?50 pounds, which will last 6 months.

 

There is a very short video that Dr Bhatti kindly firmed of the techs planting the grafts in my scalp, hopefully I will have this soon from the clinic.

 

Any questions please ask.

 

I do not work for any surgeon in regards to HT

Edited November 7, 2014 by jayukdht

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My first wash and the medications that I was given for the next 14 days

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Close up of beard and donor area.

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My second wash at the clinic on the 24th Oct

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All healing very nice

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While I was out in India having my HT, I wanted to stay in 3 hotels that Dr Bhatti suggests for his patients. I wanted to give Dr Bhatti prospective patients a better understanding of what to expect from these hotels.

 

So my first stay was in Altius Hotel, in Chandigarh (Home), this hotel is abit further out from Dr Bhatti clinic but very nice, a new hotel with very good exterior, modern and stylish establishment. Very tastefully designed and decorated.

 

The food is excellent. Service is really good. The staffs are very courteous and charming. If you decide to eat there, they do room service or you can go to the 6th floor where you get lovely views of chandigarh. Good sitting place for family and friends and to party. They are few party nights on the 7th Floor that can get loud.

 

As a patient of Dr Bhatti, I paid about ?35 per night including taxes and Breakfast, I stayed for the first 3 nights after my HT.

 

My overall view if you have a reasonable budget than his hotel is very nice to stay in, I had no problems at all apart from being far out from the clinic. There is a Shopping Mall (Elante Mall) 2 mins drive from the hotel, which is fantastic.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrfVYKE2tDw

[Raj Jayukdht]

My second hotel was in the heart of town centre, Sector 17, ABs 17c Hotel located at Sector 17-C

 

The stay at Hotel AB's was Superb. Their service and food was excellent. I would like to suggest every prospective patients that if you want somewhere close to stay to Dr Bhatti clinic, than this is the hotel for you. This hotel is no more than 5-10mins walk from the hotel to the Clinic, I was so comfortable there that I decided to stay there till end of my journey. The staff are very friendly and very helpfully, I made so many friends during my stay including the owner of the Hotel and Hot Millions, Mr Bunny…very respectful guy who is willing to chat to his customers.

 

Hotel ABs 17c provides basic facilities like front desk, room service, security, travel desk, doctor-on-call and parking. The in-house restaurant (Hot millions 2….Welcome to Hot Millions | Restaurant | Hotel | Bar | Rooms) has so much to offer, from pizzas, Burgers, Gilled Sandwiches, soups, south Indian to Chinese.

 

The rooms are luxury and elite rooms for accommodation with relaxing atmosphere. The room amenities include air conditioning, nice big television, mini bar, telephone, in- room heating, tea/coffee maker and writing desk.

 

Again as a patient of Dr Bhatti, we get discount rate, I paid ?18 per night including taxes but breakfast was not including in this price, breakfast is extra ?3 per day if you wish to have it there.

 

Close by to Dr Bhatti clinic there is another hot millions restaurant upstairs serving lovely food everyday.

 

I would highly recommend all patients to stay here, you will have no problems at all and mostly important you are walking distance to the clinic.

[Raj Jayukdht]

While I was recovering from my procedure I decided to visit other HT clinics and see what they had to offer. The clinics that I visited were:

 

In Ludhiana

AK Clinic

Satyam Hair Transplant Centre - DR KK Arora

Kyra Clinic

 

 

In Chandigarh

Studio 6 Clinic

Walia Clinic

 

I spoke to various surgeons about HT procedures offered at their clinics. We discussed issues such as what they could do for me in the future, what equipment they use, punch size of holes, what extraction machines they use, recovery time and the probable results. On the whole I was sorely disappointed and was extremely happy with my decision to choose Dr Bhatti to carry out my HT procedure.

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Dr Bhatti clinic, staff and a copy of medication Cert. that Dr Bhatti gives to all his aboard patients, just in case the custom officers stops them

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4th Nov pics

 

I will show my next photos on the 21st of each month

[itxrd]

Awesome review Jay! Thanks for putting all that together.

 

I actually met Jay at the clinic as I was going for a consultation so its cool seeing how its gone and look forward to your updates. From what I saw at the clinic it looks very professional and Dr Bhatti definitely puts you at ease. A very nice guy.

[California]

Hi Jay,

 

Congratulations on getting your HT done. Your review of the entire HT process is very thorough, detailed and helpful. Thank you for taking the time to go into such minute details. Folks like yourself are an asset to the HT community. I am sure that your experiences will benefit a lot of the Forum members. Knowledge is power and you have gone out of your way to share your knowledge. Thank you so much.

 

Looking forward to future update from your side. I wish you all the best.

 

Regards,

California

[TakingThePlunge]

Jay,

 

Thanks for taking the time to provide such a detailed review of your experience with Dr. Bhatti and his staff. As expected, the work looks stellar.

 

I look forward to your continued updates.

[Raj Jayukdht]

Hi itxrd

 

Thanks for your feedback. It was nice speaking to you aswell at the clinic, I must of omit I could of happily stayed at Dr Bhatti clinic and talk to all prospective patients...lol

[Raj Jayukdht]

Just been actived by this forum

 

Default Other clinics that I visited while I was in India

While I was recovering from my procedure I decided to visit other HT clinics and see what they had to offer. The clinics that I visited were:

 

In Ludhiana

AK Clinic

Satyam Hair Transplant Centre - DR KK Arora

Kyra Clinic

 

 

In Chandigarh

Studio 6 Clinic

Walia Clinic

 

I spoke to various surgeons about HT procedures offered at their clinics. We discussed issues such as what they could do for me in the future, what equipment they use, punch size of holes, what extraction machines they use, recovery time and the probable results. On the whole I was sorely disappointed and was extremely happy with my decision to choose Dr Bhatti to carry out my HT procedure.

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[Raj Jayukdht]

Guys my article about visiting other ht clinics in India has now need approvedby this forum, the article is on the first page of this thread.

[itxrd]

Very interesting with regards to other HT clinics in India

 

You should become a writer btw! ;-)

[Raj Jayukdht]

Thanks California for such kind words. Please send my regards to Dr Bhatti when u speak to him next.

[itxrd]

Very interesting with regards to other HT clinics in India

 

You should become a writer btw! ;-)

[Raj Jayukdht]

I'm thinking of first doing a degree in BA Hons in Hair Transplant......lol

[Transformer]

Nice detailed write up in which you seem to have covered all the bases of what people can expect when undertaking a HT at Darling Buds.

 

As you know, I had 5,000 grafts implanted by Dr Bhatti and his team on the 29th and 30th October and am currently in my 2nd week post op. Am going through the phase where my crusts are starting to fall off after each wash and so far I'm happy with the way things are going.

 

I'll soon also post a review of my HT with Dr Bhatti and my general HT experience overall and my take on the do's and don'ts.

 

All the best.

[California]

Nice detailed write up in which you seem to have covered all the bases of what people can expect when undertaking a HT at Darling Buds.

 

As you know, I had 5,000 grafts implanted by Dr Bhatti and his team on the 29th and 30th October and am currently in my 2nd week post op. Am going through the phase where my crusts are starting to fall off after each wash and so far I'm happy with the way things are going.

 

I'll soon also post a review of my HT with Dr Bhatti and my general HT experience overall and my take on the do's and don'ts.

 

All the best.

 

Hi Transformer,

 

5000 FUE grafts in one shot, sounds like a very interesting case. I am sure that the members of this Forum would love to get details and pictures from your side. Looking forward to your post.

 

Thank you,

California

[Raj Jayukdht]

Hi Transformer...it was nice meeting you at the clinic....you still in india or have you come back?

 

Im sure you will have great results from your HT...I will also look forward to your right up.

[Transformer]

I arrived back yesterday evening and am missing being in India already. Hit me hard when I had to resort to having toast for breakfast this morning instead of being waited on hand and foot whilst I was out there for the two or so weeks.

[Raj Jayukdht]

For me I miss the Sun from India.