Regular Member mt84 Posted April 8, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Helle everyone, Wanted to create this thread as a thank you to all of you and give back what I can. I’ve been a lurker for a while and this forum helped me pick a clinic. A little bit about me first. 37 years old guy from Denmark. My hair loss started I guess in my late 20s, never really paid much attention to it or took any medication. I don't know my Norwood scale/level. I decided on Turkey since my background is Kurdish and I speak Turkish okay-ish. Wanted to make a holiday out of it as well. I contacted Dr. Bicer and Dr Yaman, decided to stick with the forum recommended ones, since it otherwise becomes a jungle Both asked for photos and Dr. Yaman came back with an estimation quite fast. With Dr. Bicer, things didn't really went anywhere. They told I would get an estimate once Dr. Bicer takes a look. WhatsApp conversation just died after that. So I decided on Dr. Yaman. Dr. Yaman recommended me to take Finasteride minimum 14 days before the surgery, which I did with no side effects. I had the surgery scheduled for March 10th and took 3 days before and 3 days after (9 days total) in Istanbul. Everything went smoothly once I got picked up from my hotel on day 4. Recommendation was 4200-4500 grafts based on pictures. Once I was there and Dr Yaman seeing my donor area, we went a bit higher. Crown area got a little bit grafts but will need another surgery, will reassess after 12 months and see how it goes. Dr. Yaman checked the hair and my donor hair was on the ticker side with 6.2 micromilimeters(?). We spent some time discussing and agreeing on a hairline that would be age appropriate. After that we did blood tests and PRP. Or maybe did blood tests first, can’t recall. Once we started Dr. Yaman did all the incision himself. After this was done, another person (pretty sure his name was Muhammet) did the extraction with couple of other people pulling the grafts out. After this was lunch. Once lunch break was over, the implementation started. This was done by 2-3 women. Understanding Turkish was quite useful during this process and gave a good understanding of what was going on. Two of them sounded quite experienced based on our conversations and the conversation/instructions between them. The third who sounded newer than the other two, only did some top scalp and back scalp area. Hairline and front scalp was done by the most experienced of the three. During the whole time, Dr. Yaman came in maybe like once in an hour to assess, probably saw him 6-7 times in total after the Incision step. The day after the surgery they picked me up for a hair wash and instructions for the following days. Dr. Yaman also checked the result. I have since taken Finasteride 1mg daily with no side effects. Overall, it was a good experience and progress seems fine for now. Shock loss has slowly started, been seeing few hairs fall out over the last 2-3 days. Will update this thread with updates occasionally. Cheers everyone. These 2 photos were some of the ones I sent on my initial contact. Below are photos taken by the clinic on the day of the surgery, had let it grow out for this. After the surgery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Day 4: Day 9: Day 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Day 18: Day 27: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Once again, thanks everyone who inspired.. THis is the progress for now, after day 27, I have started to trip the donor area with 1.5mm until top can follow the rest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted April 8, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Thanks for posting 🙏 Work looks good, that was a lot of grafts done in one session 😯 Should give you plenty of coverage 👍🏽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted April 8, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Don’t be surprised if you see some shock loss, I think I can see it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Yeah that was a loooong day and I know from reading here, Resul Yaman seems to be one of the few that does this much in a single go, but it was quite many people involved and didn't feel rushed at all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted April 8, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Yeah shock loss has started slowly the last few days.. Expected.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted April 8, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 Just now, mt84 said: Yeah that was a loooong day and I know from reading here, Resul Yaman seems to be one of the few that does this much in a single go, but it was quite many people involved and didn't feel rushed at all.. They regularly do larger sessions, I’m not a fan of anything over 3-3.5k max… but I’m sure this will turn out fine 👍🏽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Gramatik Posted April 8, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted April 8, 2022 The job looks very clean and you have a nice hairline design. Dr yaman is a great choice for covering large areas. I’m sure you will be happy with the result. What was the cost of the procedure ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted April 9, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Gramatik said: The job looks very clean and you have a nice hairline design. Dr yaman is a great choice for covering large areas. I’m sure you will be happy with the result. What was the cost of the procedure ? Thanks : ) yeah looking forward to some result. Think i got in during his covid cheaper days. Got the option between 2000$ and 2900$ but went with the former after having read in here not much difference between the 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted June 15, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 15, 2022 Been a while, thought I'll give a quick update. Here is 3 month mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member StillAlive Posted June 16, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted June 16, 2022 Still very early but it seems like you are set for some nice growth! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member RTC Posted June 16, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted June 16, 2022 looking forward to this 1 Hattingen September 2023 - Punchouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted August 4, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 4, 2022 Almost 5 month mark. Going well so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhuanstts Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Hi @mt84! Your progress look very good. I just had a response from Dr Yaman, saying i would need 4,5k grafts approximately and like you, no response from Dr Bicer or FueCapilar so far. I'm thinking of going with Dr Yaman, do you feel like he is indeed reliable? What are your thoughts about the evolution of your procedure? Greetings from Brazil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomJerk Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Hi @mt84. How is your progress looking now? Any updates are appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted August 19, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 12:56 PM, rhuanstts said: Hi @mt84! Your progress look very good. I just had a response from Dr Yaman, saying i would need 4,5k grafts approximately and like you, no response from Dr Bicer or FueCapilar so far. I'm thinking of going with Dr Yaman, do you feel like he is indeed reliable? What are your thoughts about the evolution of your procedure? Greetings from Brazil! Hey, sorry for the late reply : ) Well i can only speak from my experience. Overall i had a good experience and he seemed reliable. Reading this forum, he seems to be doing fine with "regular" stuff but others who needed more complicated procedures apparently had some issues. But as i said, my experience from start to end was good and result so far is satisfying. Everything is growing out as discussed during the pre op meeting regarding crown might need another procedure etc. i haven't had the need to contact them since the surgery, so can't say anything about post op care. Whatever you decide with, good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted August 19, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 8/17/2022 at 2:49 PM, RandomJerk said: Hi @mt84. How is your progress looking now? Any updates are appreciated. Hey, Not much progress since last picture. Also cut my hair once since. I'll post another update around 6 month mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Resul Yaman Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 (edited) Our pleasure, due to 6 months your result looks good sir. Edited August 21, 2022 by Dr Resul Yaman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebro23 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 any update on your results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LatinBald Posted September 9, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted September 9, 2022 21 hours ago, thebro23 said: any update on your results? +10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mt84 Posted September 29, 2022 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 29, 2022 Sorry for the late update. Here's status around 6.5 month mark. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member SoSoz Posted September 29, 2022 Regular Member Share Posted September 29, 2022 in 2-3 months you should've great effect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member mrmane85 Posted September 29, 2022 Senior Member Share Posted September 29, 2022 Looking really really good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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