3230 FUE progress - should I be concerned with my donor area on the sides!? Any thoughts?

[Dish]

Hi community,

So I finally after 2 years thinking and researching decided to go with hair transplant. I wanted to share with you the progress and have a question about my donor area.

Not to give a false impression, I am actually 100% satisfied by my experience with the Dr and really happy that I did it with a legit surgeon and not a hair mill.

My main questions/concern is:

I am a bit concerned about the redness still existing after 20 days in donor area! Especially the sides:

- Any advice on how to get rid of them? I started using Aloe Vera after day 8 and some Bepanthol lotion but they are not helping much.

- Is it over harvested!? (I highly doubt though considering the professionality of the surgeon)

Any other advice that worked for you and is it normal to be red like that after 3 weeks? The Dr did not give me any medication for them, just after two weeks told me I can use Bepanthol lotion if I want on them or Aloe Vera. But no cream like some other hospitals prescribe (for scaring, etc).

I am worried about the scars not being healing well or pigmentation issues. I took the photos in direct sunlight to show it more clearly.

Below the summary and some shots:

- Technique: FUE

- Process: Dr did the extraction and the incisions (100%), implantation the support team did most of it (I was sleeping half of the implantation time but I think the Dr did as well part, probably the frontline but not 100% sure :) ).

- Clinic: Prof. Dr. Kayihan Sahinoglu

- Cost: 1.5 EUR per graft (so ~ 4845 EUR) including only the surgery and post-op (no hotel or transportation but they got me a discounted rate at the hotel)

- Norwood 5-6 assessment (thus not going with risking harvesting much the donor and covering the crown yet

Below photos are for: Pre-op, Day 0 (surgery day), Day 10, Day 20 and zoomed in side donor area.

Pre-Op:

Day 0 (Surgery day):

 

Day 10 (after first wash):

 

Day 20:

Side donor zoomed in:

Any thoughts about the surgery are welcomed, feedback appreciated. Do you think that when the hair grow actually the crown won't be that visible compared to pre-op pics? (I think my mid-scalp kind of merged with crown before that)

[ITA]

As for the redness, it is normal to have it 20 days after the transplant, it can remain up to a month, even two, it depends from person to person.  The right side of the donor area is very likely to have been affected by a loss of schook loss, wait until the third month, you will see that it will heal and get better.  The work looks neat, so rest assured, it's all a matter of waiting now.

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Any update?

[Mak Sergejev]

On 7/21/2022 at 9:13 AM, Dish said:

Hi community,

So I finally after 2 years thinking and researching decided to go with hair transplant. I wanted to share with you the progress and have a question about my donor area.

Not to give a false impression, I am actually 100% satisfied by my experience with the Dr and really happy that I did it with a legit surgeon and not a hair mill.

My main questions/concern is:

I am a bit concerned about the redness still existing after 20 days in donor area! Especially the sides:

- Any advice on how to get rid of them? I started using Aloe Vera after day 8 and some Bepanthol lotion but they are not helping much.

- Is it over harvested!? (I highly doubt though considering the professionality of the surgeon)

Any other advice that worked for you and is it normal to be red like that after 3 weeks? The Dr did not give me any medication for them, just after two weeks told me I can use Bepanthol lotion if I want on them or Aloe Vera. But no cream like some other hospitals prescribe (for scaring, etc).

I am worried about the scars not being healing well or pigmentation issues. I took the photos in direct sunlight to show it more clearly.

Below the summary and some shots:

- Technique: FUE

- Process: Dr did the extraction and the incisions (100%), implantation the support team did most of it (I was sleeping half of the implantation time but I think the Dr did as well part, probably the frontline but not 100% sure ).

- Clinic: Prof. Dr. Kayihan Sahinoglu

- Cost: 1.5 EUR per graft (so ~ 4845 EUR) including only the surgery and post-op (no hotel or transportation but they got me a discounted rate at the hotel)

- Norwood 5-6 assessment (thus not going with risking harvesting much the donor and covering the crown yet

Below photos are for: Pre-op, Day 0 (surgery day), Day 10, Day 20 and zoomed in side donor area.

Pre-Op:

Day 0 (Surgery day):

 

Day 10 (after first wash):

 

Day 20:

Side donor zoomed in:

Any thoughts about the surgery are welcomed, feedback appreciated. Do you think that when the hair grow actually the crown won't be that visible compared to pre-op pics? (I think my mid-scalp kind of merged with crown before that)

 

I am going to have an FUE procedure with Sahinoglu end of March and would be very curious to hear your opinions now when enough time has passed.
I am also quite concerned about the scarring, especially since he seems to use quite high punch size. Did you get to see you donor area scarring by now?

[Hundekund123]

Hey any updates, would love to learn about Dr Kayihan Sahinoglu as he made a very good impression during our video call. His approach seems very conservative and professionell. Please note below. He does consultation, planning, anesthesia, extraction the grafts, opening the channels) by himself He has a limit of 3000 grafts per day. He only does first half of the surgery to wait another 12 months for the other half. It seems very prfoessional to me. Would love to learn more about him.

 

[A_4_Archan]

Even my one of mt friend was considering the same doctor ..waiting for an update