2942 grafts on December 14, 2015 with Dr. Tejinder Bhatti (India)

[Ghumanz]

2942 grafts on December 14, 2015 with Dr. Tejinder Bhatti first FUE. Only front, top and sides are covered. Crown will be in next visit.

 

613 singles

1376 doubles

953 triples

 

Hi everyone,

I have been suffering from hair loss for almost 6-7 years, but the condition aggravated in the last 2 years. Have researched lot through this forum for knowledge and information about hair transplant before taking the plunge, I selected Dr. Bhatti for his visible results with less grafts.

 

I belong to India and Dr. Bhatti's clinic is only a 1 hour car drive, so it was easy for me to select him.

I drove down 2 weeks before the procedure for pre-op counselling with Dr. Bhatti (Discussed few important things and we decided to leave crown area this time. As I wanted to make front looks better first and don’t want to waste too many grafts in single attempt).

 

Procedure Day:-

 

1. Reached clinic at sharp 7:00 AM. Quick blood sample and again Dr. Bhatti draw a final hairline, I agreed to his judgement as we already discussed about it before.

2. Pre HT pictures clicked by Dr. Bhatti for future reference.

3. Haircut and head washing before surgery. Finally again hairline drawn and discussed.

4. Harvesting procedure started with anesthesia which feels little bit but tolerable. It took 3 hours to harvesting as my skin was little touch.

5. After small break Dr. Bhatti started silting and it took approx. 1 hour with no pain at all.

6. Moved to second room for plantation, which took 3.5 hours with no pain at all again and I enjoyed Indian songs on TV during the process.

7. Throughout the process I was told many times, I have very healthy grafts with most of them having 2/3 hairs.

 

Summary

At the end, I'm glad that I selected a best clinic. Dr. Bhatti seemed very nice and proficient in his work - he is a busy man though doing 2 cases a day. I specially want to mention, his staff is very well behaving and very helpful. I had a mostly positive experience with Darling buds - am hopeful and looking forward to my result now. I've got high hopes for my hair growth. Fingers crossed!!

 

Posting some of my Pre and Post-surgery pics here also will keep posting. Thanks for reading. For anyone wanting to know more about the clinic/ surgery, please feel free to ask questions here or PM me.

Edited December 31, 2015 by Ghumanz
Replaced some pictures.

[Ghumanz]

Pictures after 4 days. Donor area is healing but still have some pain.

Edited January 4, 2016 by Ghumanz

[Ghumanz]

At 10th day, donor area is almost healed and crust is almost gone.

Edited January 4, 2016 by Ghumanz

[Ghumanz]

Adding some pictures taken at 12th and 15th day. First two pics are at 12th day and rest are at 15th day. Donor area is healed properly, little bit of itching and redness but no pain at all.

 

At top no numbness, redness is reducing day by day.

Edited January 4, 2016 by Ghumanz

[Britanium]

Looks excellent work as usual by Dr Bhatti. Nice hairline too. Will you go back for another pass at a later date ?

[Ghumanz]

@ johnboy71 no plans yet. I will wait full year for results before next session. Thanks for your comments.

Edited December 28, 2015 by Ghumanz

[Mickeydw]

Work looks nice and clean! I'll be following this!

[voxman]

Very good work. I expect good results.

[TakingThePlunge]

The work looks as clean as can be! As a Dr. Bhatti patient myself, I know how hard he and h is staff work to ensure the best possible results. This is going to be a great transformation. Please keep us posted.

[Ghumanz]

Thanks everyone for your views and comments. I will keep posting.

[Ghumanz]

Shedding is already started from last few days and loosing almost 20-30 hair on daily basis. No redness to be notice at this point. Nobody is able to recognize like have an HT 20 days ago it is blended well with existing hair. Itching badly at some points, I know this is a normal healing process but hard to avoid it.

[California]

Hi Ghumanz,

 

Thank you for consistently sharing your HT updates. I am sure that the year 2016 will be the "year of the hair" for you!

 

Please do keep sharing your HT journey.

 

We wish you all the best.

 

Best regards,

California

[Indi9]

How many grafts you have left for your crown ? Did the doc advice on the count of grafts remaining at the back of your head ?

[Ghumanz]

Thanks California, Sure I will keep posting.

 

@Indi9,

 

I think I have 3000 more left, but as per doctor's recommendation I just need 1500 - 2000 for crown.

[Indi9]

No Minoxidil advised along with other medicines you quoted ?

[Ghumanz]

@Indi9 Doctor told me to use it. As I used it before HT but got some negative effects like, unwanted hair on ears, shoulders and also got puffy eyes.

 

Few more things as I think it never help to re-grow, just creates an illusion of thicker hair, if once used then have to stay on it for rest of life. I found it very tough to use it in daily routine. I explained these things to doctor and he said you can avoid it. So not using it. Also after 6 months I will reduce my Fin dose to .5 mg to avoid any long term side effects. Currently having no signs of any sides with fin.

[Ghumanz]

Today I reached 1 month mark and just want to provide an update. Things are going well for me. Currently in shedding phase but only 20% hair shed yet. I am still feeling comfortable and never covered my head in public place, hair are growing at normal rate, some small hair are trying to catch others and hopefully scenario will be better in upcoming 2-3 months.

 

No shock loss yet, donor area is looking normal but still have itching, very minor redness, you can see in pictures. I am already looking better then pre-op and I am sure my results will be awesome.

 

Some early shed hair start growing and you can see that in zoomed-in picture below.

[myfueblog]

Good luck. 60 more days (or less) and you should starting to see new sprouts!

 

Keep us posted!

[Ghumanz]

@ myfueblog Thanks!

[Rohbee10]

@ Ghumanz

 

That looks fantastic! Hope all is going well. I have myself booked a date for February '16 for a transplant with Dr. Bhatti.

 

Will definitely be watching this thread. Do keep us updated.

[Ghumanz]

@Rohbee10, Yes everything is normal, only 30% transplanted hair shed and no more shedding now. Already new hair start growing. Will keep updating at each month.

[Indi9]

Great! Any recent pics to share ?

[Indi9]

How is it progressing Ghumnaz?

[Ghumanz]

@Indi9, I will share my 2 month pic in 4-5 days. BTW nothing major need to report.

[Ghumanz]

Top is filling up now, as compared to last month there are some improvements but it is too early to say something. As mentioned in previous posts along with existing hair some transplanted hair are also growing. Little bit of itching is still bothering me, few pimples as well but nothing major to report. I am attaching 3 pictures, front view, top view and zoom-in which shows new hair are sprouting. Hopefully next couple of months will be more exiting.