Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Mcgregor82 - 1312 grafts "Long Hair FUE" with Dr. Koray Erdogan - 21.07.2016 INTRODUCTION Hello to all the forum users. In this thread i would like to bring documentation about the operation i had on the day 21.07.2016 with Dr. Koray Erdogan, in Istanbul, in his clinic Asmed. I am 35 years old and i'm from Italy, using Finasteride since 2001 (16 years of usage). I always had a wide forehead and my hairline began receding at the age of 19. Luckily enough i had very positive outcomes by using Finasteride, with an increase of the perceived density after 6-12 months of usage. I also responded positively so far in the terms of the potential side effects, which were null, and also about the efficacy of the treatment on the long term. I believe i managed to preserve roughly 97% of my original hair since the beginning of the treatment. Exactly 10 years ago, in 2007, i had another positive event in relation to my hair loss as i had my first FUE operation with Dr. Koray Erdogan. The operation took place in his old clinic, where i received around 2000 grafts on my frontal area by manual FUE and obtaining a positive outcome. Since then i always kept on touch with Dr. Koray and his clinic, helping them occasionally, for example in the instances of congresses or meetings with the patients. The technique, the clinic and the team were very different than today's, so i would like to focus this thread on my latest surgery, which took place on July 2016. THE OPERATION I received 1312 grafts in the frontal part, prevalently in areas already having healthy hair growing. The goal of the surgery was to modify and increase the density of the hairline and temple areas including the temple points. The main feature of interest of my operation is it was a "Long Hair FUE". This means it has been done without shaving or cutting any of my hair in both the donor and recipient part. Basically, Dr. Koray and his team extracted and transplanted the follicles while keeping the whole long hair within them. This has been done by the use of a special manual punch designed by Dr. Koray. As far as i know, the rest of the surgery was performed according to the the standards of the regular operations: blades for incisions, KEEP tool for implantation. Because of the long hair, the extraction would have taken slightly longer. Apart from this i have the feeling that the staff always had the situation under control and the operation day proceeded very fluidly toward its end. AFTER THE SURGERY When i looked in the mirror immediately after the surgery and, even better, on the next day, i had the expected surprise of obtaining a preview of what the potential result would have been. The difference given by over 1300 grafts on the frontal part is obvious as the new frontline design gave me a great aesthetical boost. Despite being aware of the fact the hair will have to fall and regrow anyway, the sudden obtention of such benefits has been quite exciting. In relation to the days and the months after the operation, the evolution went according to plans. Having the hair long helped concealing the situation even if this was not an issue to me. The first real grow came at about 3 months after the operation but i think a noticeable part of the transplanted hair didn't fall in the beginning. Because of this i think that, after the surgery, my hair always looked better than before. In general i think i started feeling satisfied by month 5-6. Nowadays it's exactly 11 months past my operation. What to say, i think my hair style looks really good all the time now. Not feeling in need to comb is my biggest satisfaction: the hair looks good short or longer, tidy or wild, wet, dry, and combed in any direction. Most of the time i don't have to touch them or give any specific styling apart from getting one haircut a month. I will now post the pictures of my operation and its evolution so far, as uploaded by the clinic for another Italian forum. As you can read i am very happy about my actual result and i believe the procedure obtained a very high regrowth ratio. I also think this "Long Hair FUE" procedure is not so common these days but it will definitely become more of a standard in the future and will be performed by many clinics together with the regular shaved one. Therefore i hope my experience will be of interest and use to someone. If anybody has questions, i will be very happy to answer. Edited June 23, 2017 by Mcgregor82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 BEFORE THE OPERATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 HAIRLINE DESIGN & OPERATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OPERATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) 3 MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION Edited June 22, 2017 by Mcgregor82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 3.5 MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 5 MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 6 MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted June 22, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 22, 2017 10 MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member jcs87 Posted July 14, 2017 Senior Member Share Posted July 14, 2017 Thank you for posting and nice to see all the photos posted at the same time - makes for easy before and after comparisons. Do you have any other photos showing the pen markings of where Dr Erdogan operated? The only pic I saw was from the side so it's a bit tough to tell exactly where the grafts were implanted. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GearHead1 Posted July 14, 2017 Regular Member Share Posted July 14, 2017 Looks great at 10 months! I hope more doctors start doing long hair FUE. It would really work good for people that want to conceal a HT and for ones that have the FUT scar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted July 18, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hi there, thanks for the comments. I will be soon at month 12, so i will post some updated pictures with a shorter haircut. I will also ask the clinic for some more pics of the operation plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mcgregor82 Posted July 25, 2017 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2017 These are my 12 months pictures. I am very pleased with the result and i will take pictures at month 15 (the final destination) to see if there's further improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mosd Posted July 25, 2017 Senior Member Share Posted July 25, 2017 one could argue the future is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member voxman Posted July 25, 2017 Senior Member Share Posted July 25, 2017 Very nice result. But I am a little disappointed that there is no long hair in the this post... I'm serious. Just look at my face. My Hair Regimen: Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanlee Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 What are the long term advantages of long hair FUE? Since most transplated hairs shed anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member voxman Posted July 28, 2017 Senior Member Share Posted July 28, 2017 AFAIK, there are really no advantages in the long term - but it does give the recipient the opportunity to see the final results (assuming 100% growth) and something to gauge how he should look after a year. I'm serious. Just look at my face. My Hair Regimen: Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hairhope4ever Posted July 31, 2017 Regular Member Share Posted July 31, 2017 McGregor, Congratulations on your successful procedure. You look great bud. I think many people are intrigued by clinics in Turkey because of the significantly lower costs. Glad everything went well. Happy Patient's Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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