Choosing the clinic

[Adek]

Hi there, so I was initially going for Dr. Turan, but once he heard that the donor area may not be easy to work on and that their might be a risk of a higher than normal (normal for them, i.e. 0.17%-0.33%) transection rate he backed down. He also gave me a super low number of grafts during the initial assessment less than 2000 (I think it was 1750 tbe), and I am well in my N3. Dr. Yaman proposes 3000 and feels confident about the procedure. Can I feel safe going to Yaman? Should I think of someone else instead? My budget is limited. Thanks for the feedback in advance.  

[Melvin- Admin]

If Dr. Turan is telling you what you don’t want to hear, you should listen. Any surgeon can tell you what you want to hear. You sound like a bad candidate, poor donor, low budget. 

[Adek]

Just to clarify, the donor is quite good. It is the multiple angles that the hair grows in, which makes the extraction harder. Also, such is not confirmed is only what I ve heard from a 'specialist' in Poland. It feels that Turan not having the chance of seeing me in person before the procedure chose to back down.

To add, on top od that... from what it seems both Turan snd Yaman are well regarded on this forum so, if one of them says one thing and the other second. What would that mean? You referred to Turan as a doctor completely misregarding Yaman. How objective is that? 

So yes, you made plenty of assumptions and my question was simple - can Yaman be trusted? Can I feel safe going to him? 

 

 

[Britanium]

Dr Yaman does mostly good work, the occasional miss like any other but overall is fine. What did he have to say about you’re donor area? 

[Adek]

Thank you. He said that the donor is good and that he can comfortable extract 3000 grafts without overharvesting and keeping goof donor management. I told him that the donor management is important to me. He also assured me that the 3000 will allow him to give me a natural looking hairline with good density. 

[Britanium]

5 minutes ago, Adek said:

Thank you. He said that the donor is good and that he can comfortable extract 3000 grafts without overharvesting and keeping goof donor management. I told him that the donor management is important to me. He also assured me that the 3000 will allow him to give me a natural looking hairline with good density. 

Sounds like perfectly fine planning to me, Dr Yaman has been evolving his techniques/equipment in recent times, I have followed his work for over a decade and he’s as good as any other of the affordable options.

Edited May 31, 2023 by BRITA-XL

[duckling]

With yaman you get occasional bad cases. With turan and gur thats little less. Yaman is a good budget option if turan and gur are unable to take your case. Donor area can be only checked properly in person. But when they are unable to do so and there are even small red flags regarding your donor not being good then they deny you surgery which is not bad and understandable as they also dont want to leave you in worse condition than before HT and their reputation comes 1st for them. So try to get more opinion on your donor locally and try to contact more surgeons and see if majority of them deny you HT.

[duckling]

7 minutes ago, Adek said:

Thank you. He said that the donor is good and that he can comfortable extract 3000 grafts without overharvesting and keeping goof donor management. I told him that the donor management is important to me. He also assured me that the 3000 will allow him to give me a natural looking hairline with good density. 

3000 grafts is good enough for NW3 and unless donor is very poor they can surely take that much amount. But still i suggest getting more opinions, even if you dont want to get surgery from them just contact those good clinics and see what qoute you get.

[Adek]

41 minutes ago, duckling said:

With yaman you get occasional bad cases. With turan and gur thats little less. Yaman is a good budget option if turan and gur are unable to take your case. Donor area can be only checked properly in person. But when they are unable to do so and there are even small red flags regarding your donor not being good then they deny you surgery which is not bad and understandable as they also dont want to leave you in worse condition than before HT and their reputation comes 1st for them. So try to get more opinion on your donor locally and try to contact more surgeons and see if majority of them deny you HT.

Thank you, and yes I have contacted quite few doctors now and only Turan backed down. Fmfidnt have the chance to speak to Gur yet. 

[Adek]

40 minutes ago, duckling said:

3000 grafts is good enough for NW3 and unless donor is very poor they can surely take that much amount. But still i suggest getting more opinions, even if you dont want to get surgery from them just contact those good clinics and see what qoute you get.

Yes, the rest of clinics I talked to like Cosmedica, Yavuz or HLC estimate between 3500-4000 grafts safely, so 3000 makes me feel quite comfortable. I asked the question as I am close to going for it and want to feel safe and comfortable making that decision. 

[duckling]

if possible do upload a pic of donor (only if comfortable). Maybe people here can also try to analyze it. ( the analysis obviously you wont and shouldnt take into consideration when going for HT and input from surgeons you will weigh more) but maybe some positive feedback about it may make you feel better and people might give good suggestions. You have already heard the opposite from turan so dont think it can hurt more hearing bad feedback about it either.

[Adek]

Yeah sure that makes sense. And also  no one said anything bad about Yaman thus far so, that s good, it does making me feel better indeed. 

[deepthoughts1]

hey can you show me the area where you're balding and looking to get transplants on? I'm also considering Yaman 

[mr_peanutbutter]

On 5/31/2023 at 1:28 PM, Adek said:

Hi there, so I was initially going for Dr. Turan, but once he heard that the donor area may not be easy to work on and that their might be a risk of a higher than normal (normal for them, i.e. 0.17%-0.33%) transection rate he backed down. He also gave me a super low number of grafts during the initial assessment less than 2000 (I think it was 1750 tbe), and I am well in my N3. Dr. Yaman proposes 3000 and feels confident about the procedure. Can I feel safe going to Yaman? Should I think of someone else instead? My budget is limited. Thanks for the feedback in advance.  

why is there a risk of higher transection rate

[Adek]

1 hour ago, mr_peanutbutter said:

why is there a risk of higher transection rate

I'm not really a doctor... can't tell you for sure. What I feel is that Turan don't feel confident that's all really. Yaman on the other hand feels very positive about the procedure, hance the initial question: can i trust him? Can I feel safe going to him? 

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

@Adek,

Did Dr. Turan see you in person?  I only ask because sometimes a surgeon will determine that a patient is not a good candidate after evaluating them.  This can also happen if the doctor attempts to perform a few extractions and fInds it more difficult due to some physiological issue such as “soft skin”, etc.

i don’t know anything about Dr. Turan specifically so everything I am stating is generally speaking.  But usually, like Melvin said, if a doctor. is telling you you’re not a good candidate, there’s probably a good reason. Doctors don’t typically turn down patients unless there is a good reason.

Best wishes,

Rahal Hair Transplant

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

@Adek

If the doctor did not see you in person, I too would be curious to know why the doctor felt you’re not a good candidate or that the transaction rate would be higher than normal.

Like I said, this can be determined by seeing a patient in person and evaluating the scalp and even attempting a few extractions. I know this happens at our clinic on rare occasion due to some physiological factor but again, it is very rare.

Rahal Hair Transplant

Edited June 7, 2023 by Rahal Hair Transplant

[Adek]

2 hours ago, Rahal Hair Transplant said:

@Adek,

Did Dr. Turan see you in person?  I only ask because sometimes a surgeon will determine that a patient is not a good candidate after evaluating them.  This can also happen if the doctor attempts to perform a few extractions and fInds it more difficult due to some physiological issue such as “soft skin”, etc.

i don’t know anything about Dr. Turan specifically so everything I am stating is generally speaking.  But usually, like Melvin said, if a doctor. is telling you you’re not a good candidate, there’s probably a good reason. Doctors don’t typically turn down patients unless there is a good reason.

Best wishes,

Rahal Hair Transplant

Well he didn't see me in person and like I said before, he was the only one to make such judgment. I talked to more than a dozen doctors. Yaman feels most trustworthy to me, hence my original question... 

[slartibartfast]

What's your medical regimen?