Dr Damkerng Pathomvanich 3700 grafts FUT, Aug 2018

[seamike]

I had my hair transplant in early August with Dr Path at the DHT Clinic in Bangkok. Overall it was a great experience, and I am very happy with the results.

I am a 35 year old who is not taking (and has never taken) fin or min.

Pre-op

I had initially scheduled my hair transplant for January last year, but because of personal reasons, I had to pull out and reschedule later. The clinic were extremely professional about this, and returned my deposit, no questions asked. They later happily rescheduled my operation for August.

When I arrived at the clinic for the consultation the day before the procedure, Dr Path examined me and talked me through the whole procedure. He informed me that it looked like I would need fewer grafts than they had previously estimated based on my photos, so the cost would be a bit less. He also persuaded me that FUT would be preferable to FUE in this instance, because of the likelihood I would need further procedures in future. When drawing the hairline, he really took his time to get it right--initially he started with a very conservative hairline, and when I said that I preferred it somewhat lower, we went through a careful process of adjustment and discussion, so that we arrived at a hairline that was low enough for me to be happy, but high enough that it was still going to be reasonable (he suggested a dip in the centre, i.e. an 'M' shape, as a good way of achieving this--I was very happy with this, as my pre-hairloss hairline actually had this shape anyway).

After deciding on the hairline and answering all my remaining questions, he sent me home with the hairline drawn on to give me one more evening to think about whether I wanted to change it at all. Here you can see my before pictures from that evening:

 

Operation and post-op

The day of the operation went very smoothly; I was given a valium and during the procedure, a foot massage by the nurses. I spent most of the procedure half-asleep. In the days following, I returned to the clinic a couple of times to be shampooed by the nurses, and for follow-ups by Dr Path, who also called me at my hotel the evening of the operation to make sure everything was going smoothly. In my case, I opted to stay in Bangkok for the full two weeks after the operation in order to have my stitches taken out at the clinic, and make sure everything was in good shape before flying. All my visits to the clinic were very positive, and everything went without a hitch.

My immediate (1 day) post-op photos:

 

6 days post-op:

 

Recovery

After having my stitches removed, I left Bangkok. Shedding began around 3 weeks post-op, and most of the transplanted hairs did shed. Around 3.5 months, things started to grow quickly, and at 4 months, I buzzed everything down to one length and used concealer to achieve an even look (not shown in the pictures below). Since then everything has grown in nicely, and although things still look a bit sparse in direct light, I have mostly stopped using concealer.

One month post-op:

 

Two months:

Three months:

3.5 months:

4 months:

5 months:

6 months:

6.5 months:

Edited February 26, 2019 by seamike

[Dr. Damkerng Pathomvanich]

It's very nice information regarding the process of hair transplantation from planting til shedding and finally the hair grafts are growing nicely.