Dr. Khan Pekiner FUE hair transplant 3015 grafts

[Mo1brag]

Hello everyone I would like to share my results coming off an FUE procedure done at Dr Pekiners clinic in Ankara Turkey. It was done 6 days ago now on 26 - 28th of July.

 

Background

- 20 years old

- hair loss for 5 years, since a teenager.

- Hairloss stabilized with finasteride for 1 year 

- I use minoxidil but had to temorary quit in lieu with hair transplant 

 

Choice of clinic/surgeon

First of all I think it is important to do alot of research before doing a procedure like this. It is something that should be done properly in my opinion, so finding a higly regarded surgeon was a big priority of mine. I looked at alot of surgeons, some including Dr. De Freitas, Dr. Juan Cuoto, Dr. Bicer, Asmed clinic and Dr. Ferreira. I ultimately landed on Dr. Pekiner as his results looked amazing when it came to the hairline area.

His results usually came with high density and very natural results. Definetly some of the best results I had seen. I also needed someone I could trust with my donor area as I am only 20 years old, yes you read that right I was born in 2002 lol.

The expertise donor management was as I mentioned really important but also the fact that Dr. Pekiner is someone trustworthy and is not trying to rob you of your donor area or grasp all the money he can from you. He is a very kind mannered surgeon with good morals and that was important to me as well. 

Prior to the operation I had alot of questions asked about my medication and overall condition. They don’t just let anyone come in and Get a hair transplant If it is not suitable for them, which I can really appreciate.

i would also like to add that Dr. Pekiner himself does every single extraction/Implantation himself and you are the only patient in the clinic at the time of surgery. (My surgery took place over 3 days)

 

My experience

My experience overall was great. I stayed at the Hotel down the street from the clinic names Atakosk hotel. They had recommended me this place and they also offer a clinic discount price for this hotel og 40 euros per night. Beautiful hotel snd Nothing to complain about, also it lays 3 minutes away from the clinic.

I had a driver for anywhere I went, I got picked up at the AirPort and back by the driving company from the clinic. All the other times I got picked up back and forth to the clinic by one of Pekiners surgical assistants which made me feel more at ease as he was very kind and helpful.

The first day I arrived at the clinic we drew up the hairline and agreed upon where it would be and the number of grafts needed. I definetly had hope that my hairline could be a little lower but we ultimately chose to have more density and I was still happy with how the hairline looked. After then shaving my head we went right onto surgery and extractions. 

Noe about the anasteshia, it is really not bad on the first day at all, sure it hurts but Nothing unbearable. However the anesteshia on the second and third day was extremely painful especially on the third day It was almost unbearable. I am guessing that it’s due to the swelling and the area being more sensitive from surgery the previous days. However I laid still and took it like a champ. 

The surgery was setup with extractions - a little break - implantations - break. It was the same on the second and third day but with the extractions and implantations being split into two parts so that I had more breaks. During breaks you Get to relax in the private room that is given to you. Food is also served which was really good and tastes Even better when in between surgery. After the third day I got back to the Hotel and left 2 days later as I wanted to Get some time to let the swelling go down before I left however I would not recommend this as the swelling actually accumulates and is most prevelant after a few days. I also had alot of swelling and looked like a Wii character, I will put some pictures for reference. Anyway as I said I had a great experience and I truly believe this is on of the best surgeons you will get out there with a very comfortable environment. I probably paid more than what other clinics in turkey could offer but for me it was more than worth it

Right now Im back in Norway and healing up, If you guys have any questions just let me know and I will keep you guys updated as best as I can!  cheers!

 

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by Mo1brag

[WhiteyUK]

IMO you are too young for a Ht, looking at the area you have had done you will need multiple surgeries as you age. 
You haven’t mentioned finasteride but I’d certainly try it to protect what you have.

At least they haven’t given you a ridiculous  low you hairline and I wish you good luck. 👍🏽

[WhiteyUK]

Just now, Happy New Hair said:

IMO you are too young for a Ht, looking at the area you have had done you will need multiple surgeries as you age. 
You haven’t mentioned finasteride but I’d certainly try it to protect what you have.

At least they haven’t given you a ridiculous  low you hairline and I wish you good luck. 👍🏽

Sorry you are in finasteride.. excellent 

[ITA]

You've chosen a great surgeon, good luck.

[Britanium]

Ok so a lot of comments are going to mention your age… (mine included) but I can’t necessarily fault the hair transplant itself. Dr Pekiner is very meticulous, only doing around 800-1000 grafts per day. 
Maybe it’s around half your donor area now used, but it has been used well, no silly low hairline. As we can see miniaturised hairs and other loss on your vertex/crown I do think the next inevitable transplant should be done with even greater care than the first.

As you’re already on Fin I guess that’s maybe why Dr Pekiner took you’re case on, we could debate the young age all day, but it’s been done and you should get a really good result. I hope you continue to maintain you’re native hair, and please do keep us all updated ! 

[Mo1brag]

23 minutes ago, Happy New Hair said:

IMO you are too young for a Ht, looking at the area you have had done you will need multiple surgeries as you age. 
You haven’t mentioned finasteride but I’d certainly try it to protect what you have.

At least they haven’t given you a ridiculous  low you hairline and I wish you good luck. 👍🏽

Hi, I did mention it in the early part of the post, could have been more specific I Guess but I have been on finasteride for 1 year resulting in my hair loss stopping completely from what I have noticed.

[Mo1brag]

19 minutes ago, ITA said:

You've chosen a great surgeon, good luck.

Thank you:)

[Mo1brag]

4 minutes ago, Britalien said:

Ok so a lot of comments are going to mention your age… (mine included) but I can’t necessarily fault the hair transplant itself. Dr Pekiner is very meticulous, only doing around 800-1000 grafts per day. 
Maybe it’s around half your donor area now used, but it has been used well, no silly low hairline. As we can see miniaturised hairs and other loss on your vertex/crown I do think the next inevitable transplant should be done with even greater care than the first.

As you’re already on Fin I guess that’s maybe why Dr Pekiner took you’re case on, we could debate the young age all day, but it’s been done and you should get a really good result. I hope you continue to maintain you’re native hair, and please do keep us all updated ! 

Hi yes Iknow that Im very young and Pekiner himself adressed how crucial it was for me to stay on finasteride and I have been on it for 1 year Prior to the surgery. This was something I wouldnt have time to do for another 10 years Maybe as I start my studies now so it was a now or never type of decision. Thanks for the feedback

[Britanium]

Just now, Mo1brag said:

Hi yes Iknow that Im very young and Pekiner himself adressed how crucial it was for me to stay on finasteride and I have been on it for 1 year Prior to the surgery. This was something I wouldnt have time to do for another 10 years Maybe as I start my studies now so it was a now or never type of decision. Thanks for the feedback

No worries, it’s not like you went to a hair mill, Dr Pekiner is a solid choice ! I have seen results on younger people (under the age of 25) before from him. 

[Mo1brag]

Just wanted to make one thing clear as I already have gotten comments about my age. I aware that Im very young but I am using finasteride I will continiue treatment Thanks for the Feedback 

[Mo1brag]

Donor and recipient area 6 days post op

[Britanium]

You are healing incredibly well 👍🏽

[ITA]

I agree with @Britalien,you are only 6 days and your donor already looks great.

Edited August 3, 2022 by ITA

[Mo1brag]

10 minutes ago, ITA said:

I agree with @Britalien,you are only 6 days and your donor already looks great.

Thanks alot guys

[Gramatik]

You did a excellent choice by selecting Dr Pekiner. He is one of the best choices in Turkey. So if i understand well, your procedure was done in 3 consecutive days, 1000 grafts each day ? Is 1000 grafts the max he can do per day, because he is doing implantation and extraction by himself ? Also what was the price per graft ?

[Britanium]

@GramatikDoing manual FUE and being particularly meticulous he does indeed limit at around 800-1000 grafts per day. His Procedures rarely go much over 3000 grafts per day, so certainly not one for the higher Norwoods, unless they look at splitting the procedures up. 

[Mo1brag]

10 minutes ago, Gramatik said:

You did a excellent choice by selecting Dr Pekiner. He is one of the best choices in Turkey. So if i understand well, your procedure was done in 3 consecutive days, 1000 grafts each day ? Is 1000 grafts the max he can do per day, because he is doing implantation and extraction by himself ? Also what was the price per graft ?

Yes Correct around 1000 each day as he is very precice and does it all himself. I dont think 1000 is the Max necessarily as I have seen people have 3500 grafts and suck within a 3 day period. I don’t think one should expect more than 1100 mayne 1200 a day. The price per graft is 2.7 euros it was previously 3 euros but got adjusted because of ukraine war and such

[Mo1brag]

Density was around 50 per square centimeter btw, that don’t tell me much but If anyone knows then please give ur input

[Britanium]

2 minutes ago, Mo1brag said:

Density was around 50 per square centimeter btw, that don’t tell me much but If anyone knows then please give ur input

50 cm2 is basically on the lower end of normal density, so all being well you should get a pretty good and natural looking result 👌

[Mo1brag]

1 minute ago, Britalien said:

50 cm2 is basically on the lower end of normal density, so all being well you should get a pretty good and natural looking result 👌

Thanks, what is considered high density?

[Britanium]

Just now, Mo1brag said:

Thanks, what is considered high density?

Some clinics will implant higher than this (donor allowing) maybe anywhere up to 80cm2 but this is getting risky… you would simply run out of hair, or run the risk of  having the blood vessels fighting for survival as they will be too close. For most of us I would say 50cm2 is more than adequate. 

[ITA]

15 minutes ago, Mo1brag said:

The price per graft is 2.7 euros it was previously 3 euros but got adjusted because of ukraine war and such

I do not think I have ever seen at Pekiner the price of € 3 per graft, € 2.70 is the price he normally practices for his procedures, € 2.80 per graft for BHT and € 3.20 per graft for hair transplant long, in addition then, to various discounts that he decides to apply, such as last minute, that is to someone who decides to book immediately due to some cancellation by another patient, but these, only reserved for the majority of Italian patients because his consultant (moderator of an Italian forum) publishes it on that forum.

[Vann]

First and foremost, thank you for sharing your experience.

I do not agree with some of the others by saying you chose an amazing surgeon. I think Dr. Pekiner is a good surgeon but some of the others you mentioned are world class and are almost the same price range. I am not trying to bash you or anything so I hope I am not coming across that way. Nonetheless, what is done is done, but I truly think you should look into as many alternative methods to preserve your native hair (maybe switch to dut, include some prp since you're young enough to mitigate some hair loss before it gets progressively worse, look into LLP?, back to minox after you recover).

For 20 years old your hair loss looks very very aggressive, I think you could probably do SMP in the future to put off a future hair transplant and potentially save some grafts. I think youre going to need multiple future transplants, so I would start saving once youre out of school and look for someone extremely well in donor management and is capable of pulling off insane transplants with as little grafts as possible (zarev or Konior type of work for example).

Dont get too caught up on density per square centimeter, it also involves the quality of hair, graft placement, and of course the number of hair follices per hair (singles, doubles, triples, etc.) 50cm^2 for singles is 50 hairs by square centimeter, while 50cm^2 of doubles is 100 hairs, and so on.

Nevertheless, I wish you the best in your early growth. Hope you skip the ugly duckling phase and have a beautiful mane of hair! 

 

Best,

Vann

  

[Mo1brag]

2 minutes ago, Vann said:

First and foremost, thank you for sharing your experience.

I do not agree with some of the others by saying you chose an amazing surgeon. I think Dr. Pekiner is a good surgeon but some of the others you mentioned are world class and are almost the same price range. I am not trying to bash you or anything so I hope I am not coming across that way. Nonetheless, what is done is done, but I truly think you should look into as many alternative methods to preserve your native hair (maybe switch to dut, include some prp since you're young enough to mitigate some hair loss before it gets progressively worse, look into LLP?, back to minox after you recover).

For 20 years old your hair loss looks very very aggressive, I think you could probably do SMP in the future to put off a future hair transplant and potentially save some grafts. I think youre going to need multiple future transplants, so I would start saving once youre out of school and look for someone extremely well in donor management and is capable of pulling off insane transplants with as little grafts as possible (zarev or Konior type of work for example).

Dont get too caught up on density per square centimeter, it also involves the quality of hair, graft placement, and of course the number of hair follices per hair (singles, doubles, triples, etc.) 50cm^2 for singles is 50 hairs by square centimeter, while 50cm^2 of doubles is 100 hairs, and so on.

Nevertheless, I wish you the best in your early growth. Hope you skip the ugly duckling phase and have a beautiful mane of hair! 

 

Best,

Vann

  

Hello and Thanks for the Feedback! I agree with you that the other surgeons I mentioned Are a level above (De. Freitas and so on). However the waiting list was way too long. As far as treatment goes minoxidil is something I responder extremely well to, my hairline crew around 2 cm lower in 4 months I have some before and after picturew I can try and find. Because I had to quit minoxidil before the surgery I might have lost some of that progress for now at least. Also is it possible to skip the ugly duckling Faze? I thought everyone had that. Again Thanks for the input and no you do not sound like you Are trying to bash me I appreciate critisism alot:)

[Vann]

2 minutes ago, Mo1brag said:

Hello and Thanks for the Feedback! I agree with you that the other surgeons I mentioned Are a level above (De. Freitas and so on). However the waiting list was way too long. As far as treatment goes minoxidil is something I responder extremely well to, my hairline crew around 2 cm lower in 4 months I have some before and after picturew I can try and find. Because I had to quit minoxidil before the surgery I might have lost some of that progress for now at least. Also is it possible to skip the ugly duckling Faze? I thought everyone had that. Again Thanks for the input and no you do not sound like you Are trying to bash me I appreciate critisism alot:)

Well its good that youre responding to minox in that aspect. But its hard to say sometimes because you can have shedding phases with fin or minox and it looks like its making it worse or better. But it takes a few months to really notice things. Its the same thing with the ugly duckling phase. Your hair goes through different phases of its growth cycle. 

But, you have to consider you already have native hairs close to your implanted hair so you may have temporary shock loss which is trauma to your dermis and surrounding cells from the surgery. Then you have your implanted hairs that will most likely fall out and grow back in, sometimes this doesnt always happen and its perfectly normal. I have seen a good amount of people shed and not shed (usually most people shed which is 100% normal) but there are some who barely lose their implanted hairs. This basically looks nice because you dont have to look like you had a hair transplant within the first 3-4 months and your hair grows normally with your native hair. Probably just looks whispy and wirey but thats normal early.

Also if you dont mind me asking, how come you didnt consider FUT or want to wait a year for those other surgeons (all but the asmed clinic thats a hair mill) given your age I think it wouldve been in your best interest?