Regular Member JP34567 Posted April 7, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) Hello everyone! I'm finally posting about my experience with Eugenix hair transplant performed in January 2022. I will also post progress pics and so far two months post , I'm loving the results ! Initially my journey was suppose to start on March 2020. On the day I was suppose to fly out to India was the day Covid restrictions was Imposed. Needless to say I had to wait patiently for almost two years to finally fly to India to get my hair transplant done by the amazing team at Eugenix. All during that time they kept in touch and once Covid restrictions to India were lifted when traveling from the United States Eugenix were very helpful in rescheduling and assisted me with all my necessary requirements and paper work needed for travel. Fyi for my trip to india in January 2022 I had to provide the following (please note the below is subject to change by the Indian Government so make sure you do research and inquire with Eugenix what documents you will need for travel) 1)E-visa (indianvisaonline.gov.in) (make sure you carry a print out. I applied for the Medical E-visa) 2)Medical Letter from Eugenix stating type of medical procedure and date of surgery 3)Negative Covid PCR Test 4)Print out of self-declaration form from Air Suvidha portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) (you will need to upload passport images and covid results to the portal) 5) U.S. Passport. I arrived in New-Delhi on January 17,2022. My stay was booked for Double Tree Hilton Gurgaon until January 27, 2022. Yes that is correct I decided to stay for 10 days and it was the best decision I made even if I didn't leave the hotel facilities unless I had to go to Eugenix or to the Airport (Besides during the time India had 14 day quarantine when traveling from abroad even if Covid negative). I should mentioned that I was picked up by the The Double Tree Hilton driver all pre-arranged by Eugenix when I arrived in New Delhi. The reason I decided to stay 10 days is that I really wanted my Hair transplant to heal properly before getting on an Airplane for 16 hours and perhaps putting at risk any of my precious grafts during transit from the hotel in New Delhi back to my home. Also it allowed Eugenix to keep track of my progress and they even performed a fourth small procedure to make my right front hairline even better ( I will expand on this later). Best of all post 7 day hair surgery Eugenix will carefully wash your head to gently remove scabs from donor and recipient areas. Also if you stay at the Double Tree Hilton make sure you go and have free breakfast there every morning. This is not just a free bagel and free cereal, they have what I think is the best breakfast buffet I've experienced. From Indian cuisine and also western style. Plus the staff at double tree were great to get to know specially the morning crew during breakfast time I was Initially scheduled for two procedures but in the end it was 4 procedures total (which I'm glad that it happened this way) My first procedure was suppose to be on January 18 however Dr. Arika Bansal was still in Mumbai due to unforeseen circumstance and was rescheduled for the 19th at noon. Also on the 18th a medical technician contracted by Eugenix passed by to the hotel to take blood samples. On the 19th I was picked up from the Hotel by Eugenix in a very nice and clean Mercedes-Benz and taken to the clinic. I was seen by Dr. Arika Bansal, she was very professional and very nice with a very kind spirit which is something that I later noticed, that everyone at Eugenix had this very kind and giving spirit. It turns out they follow the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda which explains why almost everyone that visits Eugenix has such great things to say about them. I'm not exaggerating they really are amazing! As a matter of fact Dr. Pradeep Sethi is building a school for the unprivileged children of India with the money they make from Eugenix. I can go on and on about how great they treated and accommodated me but that could be a whole complete post in it self. Needless to say during my consultation with Dr. Arika Bansal she was very honest with me, she pointed out that I had sections in my donor area that were patchy (you will see in the pre-op pics) and that if I would have to keep my hair no shorter then a 4 guard or else it may look weird. I already knew this and was already planning to keep my donor area long and I always figured if I wanted to keep it short and get a fade I could always get SMP done at my donor area. (I already had SMP work done on the Top of my head with great results about 7 years ago through his hair clinic hishairclinic.co.uk at their NYC location) She also mentioned that if I was ok with this that I was still an ideal candidate since the rest of my donor hair was of great quality and had enough to provide complete coverage at the top of my head even over my SMP hairline. Best of all she said I didn't even need to use my beard hair for additional coverage since I had enough donor hair on the back of my head. I was very surprised and happy to hear this specially since I thought my hairline would've been a bit above my SMP hairline and I thought for sure they would need to use beard grafts ! I was all smiles The first surgery started a bit late in the afternoon since pre-op pics needed to be taken and local anesthesia allergy test needed to be performed and medications given. This procedure was a total of 600 grafts basically the front of my hairline it was decided to continue the next day since it was already late in the day. Btw Dr. Arika Bansal did a lot of the critical extractions and transplantations for my hairline. They gave me instructions on how to take care of my head post surgery and gave me medication to take. There was a complete list of instructions I was given to follow eg. no smoking, no shampoo etc... but the main ones were 1) I was to spray Saline solution on my recipient area every two hours for the first 7 days (This is the one thing I did different, I sprayed Saline every 30minutes on both donor and recipient area which I think gave me great results with very minimum scarring. 2) Had to keep my head elevated and sleep in an inclined position to avoiding my donor and recipient area from touching a pillow. They also provided a surgical mat to lay on the pillow to avoid you accidentally staining the pillow. I personally slept with a travel pillow. 3) Was given medication to take, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, anti-pain and pro-biotics 4) Avoid touching donor and recipient area at all costs ! A surgical cap was provided that I would have to wear any time I would have to leave my room. On the 20th this time I was picked up from the hotel early at 9:00am, medication was given and my second procedure started at 10:00am. On this day 1500 grafts were transplanted. I must say that the most painful part is when they start injecting the local anesthesia. It is still uncomfortable during the procedure even when under anesthesia from a scale of 1 to 10 it feels like a two. Well if you feel a two every two seconds 3000 times (1500 when removing from donor and 1500 again when being transplanted to recipient area) then you get the idea. Also there are times where some parts are not completely numb so the pain is a 5 or 6. If you do feel it hurting then immediately let them know and they will inject you with local anesthesia in the parts you feel pain. Eugenix was very on top of things and would ask me almost every 5 to 10 minutes if I'm feeling pain and they try really hard to make sure you are as comfortable as you can be. I should add that I felt very little pain when they extracted from my Donor except during a few occasions. Most of the uncomfortableness was when the implantation was being done at the recipient area (the less fat and more bone the more painful, is what I noticed). Btw I need to mention that during the session there was always a doctor there supervising the technicians and confirming the quality of work. The technicians were amazing it was great to see how well orchestrated they were. One technician would load the DHT tool another technician would make the graft extractions and two technicians would perform the transplantations. Another Nurse would be there ready to administer local anesthesia when needed and a Doctor on hand supervising. Please remember Dr. Arika Bansal does the extractions and transplantation of critical areas like hair line or temple work. (lucky for me I didn't need any temple work done). In any case this well oil machine is key to keeping hair grafts out of the body for as little time as possible. I counted 20 seconds from when my first graft was extracted to when it was implanted. I think this is what is key to Eugenix having such great results ! What made my day was that the technician loading the DHT tool with the grafts mentioned to me that I had tons of double, triple and even quad hair grafts so that was very promising. On the 21st I had my third procedure done 1400 grafts. I think because I was still recovering from my second procedure this one was more uncomfortable. (I have no idea how someone can go and do 7000 grafts in one day !). Lets just say I was really happy when it was done. I must say that during this time pre and post procedure I got to know the technicians and Doctors better. Dr. Vinita for example is very kind and knowledgeable we had great talks regarding spirituality and philosophy and wish I had more time to continue our conversations ! Dr. Shishir just kept me smiling and laughing and was very knowledgeable in medicine overall ! Once the procedure was completed Dr. Pradeep Sethi invited me to the farm house to have dinner with him and some of the other Eugenix patients including Mr. Gatsby himself https://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/profile/36717-gatsby/ I went to the hotel relaxed a bit and then was picked up and taken to the farm house. You need to see this place it is beautiful with huge gardens and fountains. Dr. Pradeep's plan is to eventually open the farm house to allow his patients to reside there while undergoing treatment once the place is fully furnished. As always Dr. Pradeep is very kind and would give you the shirt on his back if he could. He asked me several times if I wanted to stay at the farm house while I was there. I would have been fully attended by his staff including free food breakfast, lunch and dinner and even head washes etc.. Mr. Gatsby could tell you more about it since he stayed there during his visit to Eugenix. As much as I wanted to stay at the farm house I already had all my stuff unpacked at the hotel and I felt like Eugenix had given me so much I just couldn't take more, plus I'm not the type of person to want to bother the staff for anything even though that is what they were there for. That night we sang some very beautiful songs (Dr. Pradeep played what seems to be an accordion very well) we also had an amazing Indian cuisine with so many dishes to count each one better then the last. We then had a tour of the grounds and relaxed around a campfire talking about hair surgery and our adventures around the world. We ended the night with a game of ping pong and eventually me and the other patients were dropped off back at the Hotel. It was a great night full of laughter and great company ! its the 21st and noticed that my right side needed a little bit of a touch up around where the temple area meets the hairline. I asked Anil from Eugenix if it would be possible to do a touch up and of course they obliged (BTW I have to say Anil Saini from Eugenix, I believe is what keeps Eugenix running each and every day ! He will probably be director of Eugenix one day if he isn't already. Without him I don't know what Eugenix would do. He is so great with the patients and deals with all the day to day stuff. He is a very valuable person there and I'm very happy that Eugenix has him on their team ! They immediately took me in and Dr. Arika Bansal was able to do the touch up in an hour. I'm so glad I asked because after the touch up the results just looked amazing it was just 66 grafts but it was well worth it. I apologized to Dr. Bansal for having her have to work on me again but she said "I'm here for my patients and I want to make sure the patients are happy with the results" I was very grateful for this. For the next 7 days I stayed at the Hotel eating great and just watching MTV Indian music videos (Lets just say I'm now officially a fan of Pop Indian music and a huge fan of Akshay Kumar lol). I would also go to the Eugenix Clinic so that they would apply Betadine solution to my donor area. on the seventh day I returned to Eugenix for my Head Wash and scab removal. On this day I was so overwhelmed of how Eugenix had been so great with me that I ordered Flowers and had them delivered to the Eugenix staff as a way of me saying thank you and goodbye. That afternoon Eugenix also sent a medical contractor to do a PCR TEST for my return trip back to the U.S.A. I received the results 4 hours later. Double tree provided my transportation to the airport and at 2am I was catching my flight back to the U.S.A. TIP: Make sure to stock up on finasteride pills and minoxidil when at Eugenix the prices in India for these products are very cheap. I stocked up on one year of finasteride tablets and 6months of 5%minoxidil/1%finasteride topical solution from Eugenix for just around 140$ U.S. I've include pre-ops pics, immediate Post op pics, One month update pics and my Two month pics. I can't wait to see my final results a year from now. I will continue to post updates every month for 12 months. Thank you Eugenix team and everyone in this forum for your guidance and support ! Edited April 7, 2022 by JP34567 spelling 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member JoeMan Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 Great write up! Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ahmed9500 Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 Wow! I love this review, never heard of this level of customer service from any clinic. A happy customer and I really hope your growth continues - clean job and plenty hair to come! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JP34567 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 More Month two update pics taken in sunlight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted April 7, 2022 Valued Contributor Share Posted April 7, 2022 JP! What a great write up and it was so much fun meeting you at Eugenix! I'm glad you have posted your experience and you are already looking fantastic my friend! Extremely happy for you and I look forward to following (and sharing mine also) your results! 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 MazAB Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 Month 2 looks much better than what the norm is typically with most people. Beautiful work! Your experience was an epic one with Eugenix. I can certainly relate with the life changing experience as it has kept me more on an emotional high than the transplant itself 😁. Can't wait to see the progression! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Melvin- Admin Posted April 7, 2022 Administrators Share Posted April 7, 2022 Month two looks good ahead of the curve happy for you man 🙌🏼 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...
Senior Member JoeMan Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 Definitely early growth shown here. Going to be a great result I'm sure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 Thanks for posting such a detailed account of your experience so far ! Excellent pics too, the work itself looks very refined as we have come to expect from Eugenix.. And you’re already waaay ahead of the game 👍🏽 Thanks so much for posting 🙏 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugenix Hair Sciences Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 hours ago, JP34567 said: More Month two update pics taken in sunlight. Thank you for your update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Ryan Daniel Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 Good clean procedure. Wish you all the best for the results! Thank you for sharing all the photos, it's good to see everyone together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JP34567 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Gatsby said: JP! What a great write up and it was so much fun meeting you at Eugenix! I'm glad you have posted your experience and you are already looking fantastic my friend! Extremely happy for you and I look forward to following (and sharing mine also) your results! Thank you so much ! Your results are also looking great my friend. Still waiting for you to create a youtube channel. You have so much valuable experience to share ! Edited April 7, 2022 by JP34567 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member SLA Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 What an amazing write up and journey! Looking forward to following your progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Zoomster Posted April 7, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 7, 2022 Brilliant write up and progess looks great ..youre in for a fab result 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JP34567 Posted May 4, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 Three month update 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MazAB Posted May 4, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) Being the diffused thinner that you are, your coverage should be off the charts when all is said and done. It is starting to fill in nicely at the 3 month mark. At this point, your in the launching off phase of growth! Enjoy the ride!!!💪 Edited May 4, 2022 by MazAB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JP34567 Posted May 4, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted May 4, 2022 4 hours ago, MazAB said: Being the diffused thinner that you are, your coverage should be off the charts when all is said and done. It is starting to fill in nicely at the 3 month mark. At this point, your in the launching off phase of growth! Enjoy the ride!!!💪 Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Ryan Daniel Posted May 5, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted May 5, 2022 This is growing extremely natural and even. You're going to look amazing at 6 months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member NARMAK Posted May 5, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted May 5, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 3:56 PM, JP34567 said: Three month update Man, you're looking solid for just 3 months. You had really great temple points, no wonder they didn't have to do a thing lol. I think over the next 9 months as the hair matures, your results fingers crossed on track to look fantastic. 1 Follow my first Hair Transplant Journey! Eugenix Hair Sciences | Dr Priyadarshini Das | Full Temple Point Restoration + Hairline | 2010 Grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted May 5, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted May 5, 2022 Already kicking off nicely ! Thanks for the update 🙏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member JP34567 Posted June 1, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 1, 2022 4 Month Update. Going great ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member SLA Posted June 1, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted June 1, 2022 The progress is incredible! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Bb111 Posted June 1, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted June 1, 2022 Looking great! Next few months are going to be awesome for you. 1 My hair transplant journey: Eugenix July 18/19 with Dr. Pradeep Sethi and Dr. Arika Bansal 3811 Grafts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MazAB Posted June 1, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted June 1, 2022 You are ready to take off like a rocket with your hair growth! You'll be unrecognizable in 2 month time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugenix Hair Sciences Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 14 hours ago, JP34567 said: 4 Month Update. Going great ! Thank you for the update. This looks incredible for 4 months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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