Regular Member mo23 Posted March 19, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted March 19, 2022 Hi Everyone , So I have been dealing with Hairloss for quite a while now (33 , started at 19). I have been using minoxidil for the past 8 years(once a day). Hairloss was slow but wasnt getting better for sure until now ofcourse where I wish I had done something about it earlier. I recently upped my Min application to twice a day and finally had the cajones to try Fin (MWF) for the past 3 weeks (I tried to stay clear all these years because of sides). I finally went ahead with my transplant with Dr. Bicer On March 15th. I was initially considering FUCAP , Camacho , and Bicer. Decided to go with Bicer since I saw some pretty good results on this forum for folks with average donor hair (Appreciate everyone's reviews!) When I booked , the plan was initially to tackle my hairline and midscalp and then do the crown (if my donor permits) during my second procedure. When I got there , Dr. Bicer switched it up by focusing on the hairline and crown to achieve consistency between the crown and midscalp. Second surgery she would shoot to increase density in the midscalp and crown (leveraging beard and chest hair). I went into this with the expecation that I am not going to achieve full coverage given my donor restrictions. Hopefully though I can fix my hairline and gain some coverage for the rest. Bicer implanted 3750 grafts in total. I dont remember the breakdown but she did mention I had more singles than usual. The experience itself was great . Ozen and Bicer make a great team and really helped me overcome some of my anxiety going into this. I would definitely recommend her based on the experience so far , hopefully the results match up !! A couple of pointers though to highlight. They dont provide free transportation and Hotel. I had my wife accompany me for the trip and got there a bit earlier to enjoy Istanbul (Amazing city btw). They had qouted me 500 euros for hotel 4 nights adding my wife to the room. 100 euros for transportation from Istanbul airport (Not sabiha). I ended booking on my own . Park Inn by radisson (179 US dollars 4 nights). It was literally 10 minutes from the clinic and took an uber for 4 dollars each way. Hope this helps out some you cheapskates out there lol. I"ll Keep you guys posted on progress ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted March 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted March 19, 2022 Thanks for sharing your journey with us, ill be following closely happy growing 🙌 1 I’m a paid admin for Hair Transplant Network. I do not receive any compensation from any clinic. My comments are not medical advice. Check out my final hair transplant and topical dutasteride journey: View my thread Topical dutasteride journey Melvin- Managing Publisher and Forum Moderator for the Hair Transplant Network, the Coalition Hair Loss Learning Center, and the Hair Loss Q&A Blog. Follow our Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Eran Posted March 25, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted March 25, 2022 Good luck and keep us updated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted March 25, 2022 Valued Contributor Share Posted March 25, 2022 Looking forward to following your journey. Thanks for sharing! 1 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted March 25, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted March 25, 2022 Good luck 🤞 Work looks really good 👍🏽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mrmane85 Posted March 25, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted March 25, 2022 Good luck mate! Good to read that the Dr has come up with a two-step strategy to make most of your available donor + body hair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mark2137 Posted March 25, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/19/2022 at 5:20 PM, mo23 said: I went into this with the expecation that I am not going to achieve full coverage given my donor restrictions Could you elaborate on this? What are your donor restrictions? Do you know how many grafts from your head you can use for the second surgery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 6:47 AM, mark2137 said: Could you elaborate on this? What are your donor restrictions? Do you know how many grafts from your head you can use for the second surgery? Yeah my donor was not that thick in density. This first came up when I did a consultation with FUECAPILAR (Dr. Turan). They mentioned I would need to do a scalp trichoscopic analysis to determine my donor density and if they would move forward. Bicer thought my donor was good which I think primarily due to the fact that I had initially sent Turan pictures of my donor two weeks out of a bad low fade haircut lol. Turan came back and said I was good to go , but didn't have dates until Sept and I already booked with Bicer and was comfortable moving forward given the stellar results here. She mentioned around 1k-1.5k from my head is available for the second surgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mxm56 Posted April 8, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Looks good mate! You will get a great result. Let us know how its going also with Finasteride please. I suspect i am having some side effects but i am not sure if its the medication to be blamed so i am very interested on what new Fina users do feel and notice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Amin34 Posted April 8, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) Thanks for sharing your experience , would you please tell me how much does it cost you ?( as i have almost the similar situation and considering Dr Bicer ) Edited April 8, 2022 by Amin34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member BobbyBoucher Posted April 9, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 4:20 PM, Amin34 said: Thanks for sharing your experience , would you please tell me how much does it cost you ?( as i have almost the similar situation and considering Dr Bicer ) Her prices are public: https://www.ozlembicer.com/price/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member BobbyBoucher Posted April 9, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 3/19/2022 at 4:20 PM, mo23 said: Hi Everyone , So I have been dealing with Hairloss for quite a while now (33 , started at 19). I have been using minoxidil for the past 8 years(once a day). Hairloss was slow but wasnt getting better for sure until now ofcourse where I wish I had done something about it earlier. I recently upped my Min application to twice a day and finally had the cajones to try Fin (MWF) for the past 3 weeks (I tried to stay clear all these years because of sides). I finally went ahead with my transplant with Dr. Bicer On March 15th. I was initially considering FUCAP , Camacho , and Bicer. Decided to go with Bicer since I saw some pretty good results on this forum for folks with average donor hair (Appreciate everyone's reviews!) When I booked , the plan was initially to tackle my hairline and midscalp and then do the crown (if my donor permits) during my second procedure. When I got there , Dr. Bicer switched it up by focusing on the hairline and crown to achieve consistency between the crown and midscalp. Second surgery she would shoot to increase density in the midscalp and crown (leveraging beard and chest hair). I went into this with the expecation that I am not going to achieve full coverage given my donor restrictions. Hopefully though I can fix my hairline and gain some coverage for the rest. Bicer implanted 3750 grafts in total. I dont remember the breakdown but she did mention I had more singles than usual. The experience itself was great . Ozen and Bicer make a great team and really helped me overcome some of my anxiety going into this. I would definitely recommend her based on the experience so far , hopefully the results match up !! A couple of pointers though to highlight. They dont provide free transportation and Hotel. I had my wife accompany me for the trip and got there a bit earlier to enjoy Istanbul (Amazing city btw). They had qouted me 500 euros for hotel 4 nights adding my wife to the room. 100 euros for transportation from Istanbul airport (Not sabiha). I ended booking on my own . Park Inn by radisson (179 US dollars 4 nights). It was literally 10 minutes from the clinic and took an uber for 4 dollars each way. Hope this helps out some you cheapskates out there lol. I"ll Keep you guys posted on progress ! Did you pay taxi in USD and how did you pay Bicer? Bank Transfer or Cash and if cash was it USB/Euro? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 11:20 AM, Amin34 said: Thanks for sharing your experience , would you please tell me how much does it cost you ?( as i have almost the similar situation and considering Dr Bicer ) I paid 1.5 euro per graft but I believe her prices have gone up to 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 9, 2022 4 minutes ago, BobbyBoucher said: Did you pay taxi in USD and how did you pay Bicer? Bank Transfer or Cash and if cash was it USB/Euro? Thanks I paid Cash and yea I paid for my own taxi since I did not use their hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Zoroa17 Posted April 13, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted April 13, 2022 How is your shedding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted April 13, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 13, 2022 11 hours ago, Zoroa17 said: How is your shedding? I think most of the implanted hair has shed at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted April 13, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 13, 2022 1 month post op pics. Seems like I suffered some shock loss on top and donor area. I def do feel like I have less hair than I had pre transplant on top but heard that is normal for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted June 10, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 10, 2022 3 month update . Love that I can see an actual front hairline lol, still of course waiting on hair thickening up a bit. Crown starting to show signs of life which is promising too. Donor looks much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted June 10, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) Here are some before pics for comparison Edited June 10, 2022 by mo23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member THE GAME Posted June 12, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted June 12, 2022 I had my HT with dr Bicer on june 3 , you are in the stage i call Chernobyl for post Ht. hang in there brother lots of growth coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sukh123 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) The donor at the nape looks like its completely gone, and the donor is very patchy, have you got a clear picture of your donor before surgery. Edited June 12, 2022 by sukh123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted August 4, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 4, 2022 On 6/11/2022 at 9:46 PM, sukh123 said: The donor at the nape looks like its completely gone, and the donor is very patchy, have you got a clear picture of your donor before surgery. yeah I suffer from retrograde alopecia at the nape , that's how it was before the surgery, looks a bit better now. Will attach photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mo23 Posted August 4, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) Latest updates 2 weeks shy of 5 months happy with the progress so far. Hairline looks great, crown starting to fill in and finally has some hair ! My crown was completely wiped out before the surgery. Donor looks better but due to retrograde nape looks a bit thin , though I just had skin fade cut and even before surgery that area always took a while to fill in after a cut. Let me know what you guys think ! Edited August 4, 2022 by mo23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member GoliGoliGoli Posted August 4, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted August 4, 2022 Looking good man, I think over the coming months you're going to be even more pleased with the results. But the growth looks good regardless for 2 weeks shy of 5 months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Eran Posted August 5, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted August 5, 2022 What a difference! great! month 5 in my case was the time my hair growth went on turbo…🤣 keep us updated! 👏🏻 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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