Senior Member ASMEDMANUALFUE Posted December 8, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) MY 6000 MEGA-SESSION EXPERIENCE Hello. My name is Umut Kartal. I am an M.D. and an anesthesiologist at the ASMED Surgical Medical Center. I have also been a hair transplant patient myself. My surgery was performed almost a year ago, and I wish to share my experiences with you. I have been working at ASMED for about a year and a half. Immediately after beginning my work, I realized that hair transplant surgery was more serious and difficult than I had previously imagined. Regardless of these difficulties, I could see that my colleagues at ASMED were performing successful hair transplants. By the end of my first month of work there, I decided to have a hair transplant myself. I was a Norwood 6, and at times, I really missed the beautiful head of hair that I had had in my youth. I shared these feelings with Dr. Erdogan, and upon his recommendation, I started to take finasteride. After four months of using finasteride, I had become a good candidate for a hair transplant. During the consultation prior to my surgery, Dr. Erdogan took measurements and made calculations on the caliber of my hair and its density. Then, he calculated the donor capacity and compared it with the density. Unfortunately, the results of the calculations fell fairly low, but even with them being so low, I was pretty sure about the potential result. Dr. Erdogan proceeded to design a conservative frontline in order to establish good equilibrium and homogenization. That frontline was exactly what I wanted. So, after taking photos from different angles, I was ready for the surgery. I was very anxious beforehand, but with the support of my colleagues and some medication, I confidently went forward with my decision. The first step was the washing of my head, and soon after, I found myself in the operating room. The head washing was actually one of my favorite parts of the whole procedure. Now I can understand why women enjoy going to the coiffeur! In the operating room, my blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation and electrocardiogram were taken and monitored by my colleagues. Then, local anesthesia was administered to my scalp, and as it took effect, I felt complete numbness. Surgical assistant, Dilek, performed my extractions. During the extraction phase, I was given a wonderful and relaxing foot massage. Then, I watched an action movie from a personal TV beside the surgical bed. In the middle of the extraction phrase, the surgical team gave me a short break, and I had a fabulous shoulder massage. The massages were my second most favorite aspects of the surgery. After the subsequent part of the extraction, I had lunch. After lunch, my colleagues administered local anesthetics to my recipient area. Dr. Erdogan performed the incisions and then the implantation process began. Because of the extra large number of grafts (3000 grafts per day for two days), the surgery took a little bit longer (almost 8 hours each day). In the afternoon, I experienced a burning-type pain in the donor area. In addition to this, I was subjected to some aches and pains in my body due to the long duration of the surgery and the lack of movement. Anti-inflammatory painkillers were effective in both cases. During the surgery, and in order to protect myself against hypovolemia, hypoglisemia and hypothermia, I drank plenty of water and juice, ate an adequate amount of food and used blankets. At the end of the surgery, I underwent laser therapy before Dr. Erdogan performed the last check. At the end of the day, my patient assistant/translator gave me a shampoo set, some painkillers, a large hat with the ASMED logo, an ice pack, ATP spray and neck pillow. She explained every possible detail about their usage. Then I went home. The first night, I was a little bit restless because of the neck pillow. The pillow's purpose is to wake you up whenever you want to turn the side. I also took an anti-inflammatory painkiller that night for pain in the donor area. During the second day, the procedure was duplicated. This time at the end of surgery, final photos were taken and my surgery was perfectly completed. Of course I was tired, but I was also curious about the results. My wait began as I watched intently day by day. The first ten days were dedicated to washing. Each day, I washed my scalp with a special foam and shampoo. My colleagues helped me a lot during this stage as I experienced a lot of itching. Sometimes I took oral antihistamines to ease this discomfort. On the tenth day, my colleagues washed my scalp in a certain way as to encourage the falling off of the scabs. At that moment, normal life returned for me. The redness of my skin had not yet subsided, but I did nothing for this problem, and it eventually stopped spontaneously. In approximately one month’s time, I lost the hair that had been implanted with each follicle and the new hair began to appear. During the first three months, my physical appearance was not exactly attractive. However, on the fourth month, I suddenly realized that there was a huge difference, and I told my colleagues that if the result that I had now experienced was all that would ever occur, that it would be enough for me. Later, my appearance of course improved even more. Presently, I have no redness, but I do have lots of hair. There is a big difference between how I saw myself in the past and how I see myself now. My friends say that I look ten years younger and that I am more handsome now too. Thank you Dr. Erdogan and thank you to the wonderful team at ASMED. This was the one of the best decisions that I have ever made in my life. . ASMED SURGICAL MEDICAL CENTER DR KORAY ERDOGAN - PATIENT'S AGE: 42 - NW: VI - Total transplanted area: 190 cm2 - Total donor capacity: 7000 grafts * Temporal, Parietal and Occipital density: 60 uf/cm2 * Parietal and Occipital Hair Diameter: 50 micron - OPERATION DETAILS: 6008 grafts FUE extracted by manual punch, diameter 0.7 mm - 0.8 mm. Incisions executed by: custom made blades, lateral slit * 1908 single grafts * 3212 double grafts * 845 triple grafts * 43 multiple grafts * General average Hair per Graft: 1.85 - GRAFTS DISTRIBUTION: 6008 grafts were used to restore the patient's frontal area (28cm2), mid scalp (50cm2) and vertex area (112cm2). - FINASTERIDE: The patient had started to use finasteride 4 months before the surgery and had been using for 6 months after the surgery and stopped it. * Please note that the "RESULT" pictures were taken in Asmed Clinic. 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Istanbul, Turkey - For info, evaluations and quotations: htn@asmed.com.tr - Telephone Contacts (Numbers active in working time and 24h for urgencies): Main number : (+90) 216 464 11 11 USA: (+1) 8454612049 UK: (+44) 2035191146 - Free online consultation: Online Consultation Form - For additional information on our clinic, cost and photos: Asmed Hair Transplant Official Website - Our Official Facebook Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TakingThePlunge Posted December 8, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted December 8, 2015 Excellent plan and results! The patient looks great! David - Former Forum Co-Moderator and Editorial Assistant I am not a medical professional. All opinions are my own and my advice should not constitute as medical advice. View my Hair Loss Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Petchski Posted December 9, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted December 9, 2015 Great photos, and those 6000 grafts make a big difference to your appearence, you look better. The top down result is going to look a little brutal in making the transplant look thin, due to your high norwood, but face on and side on, which is how most people see you, it looks thicker, hence the illusion. Why you stop propecia? didn't think you'd get much benfit at this point or or did you feel a little less lead in your pencil?> -------------------------------------- My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Feller Dr Feller Jan '09 2000 grafts Dr Lorenzo Dec '15 2222 grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spanker Posted December 9, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted December 9, 2015 Nice case. Not the best donor to work with but low contrast for hair and skin so it works. It'll look real nice gray. I am an online representative for Dr. Raymond Konior who is an elite member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians. View Dr. Konior's Website View Spanker's Website I am not a medical professional and my opinions should not be taken as medical advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member densedream Posted December 9, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted December 9, 2015 Yeah that is some difficult donor to work with. The outcome is great considering. Why don't all clinics hire a massage therapist to come in for an hour or two to help with the pain of laying awkwardly for 12 hours.. It would cost like 100-200 bucks.. considering the cost of surgery, this is hardly anything. I think more clinics should consider this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ersko72 Posted December 9, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) Great meeting you over the last 2 days Umut, and you look great. Had you not told me you were an Asmed employee who was also a prior patient I would never had guessed I was speaking to a HT. To come back from nW6 to where you are today you should be incredibly happy. Congrats, and I hope to be lucky enough to post my own success in 12 months time. Ersko (the short Australian guy with 3300 grafts on Tues 8 Dec) Edited December 10, 2015 by ersko72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ASMEDMANUALFUE Posted April 23, 2016 Author Senior Member Share Posted April 23, 2016 1,5 YEAR ASMED Surgical Medical Center Dr Koray Erdogan. Istanbul, Turkey - For info, evaluations and quotations: htn@asmed.com.tr - Telephone Contacts (Numbers active in working time and 24h for urgencies): Main number : (+90) 216 464 11 11 USA: (+1) 8454612049 UK: (+44) 2035191146 - Free online consultation: Online Consultation Form - For additional information on our clinic, cost and photos: Asmed Hair Transplant Official Website - Our Official Facebook Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill - Seemiller Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Your results look amazing. I'm sure you are thrilled with the way everything turned out. Dr. Erdogan is clearly a miracle worker. I'm sure it helps that you had a really good donor characteristics and low scalp to hair contrast ratio. But nonetheless, that doesn't take away from the doctors remarkable skill and quality result. It would be great to see this result on video as well if you can. Perhaps you would be willing to have somebody take a video of your scalp and hair and have your hair being combed through? Thanks so much for sharing. Best wishes, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HairDew Posted August 2, 2017 Senior Member Share Posted August 2, 2017 I know this is an old post. But I've met Dr. Umut (Jul 2017), His results in person are great considering where he was coming from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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