Upcoming repair for a bad hairline and patchy donor (September 2023)

[Faisal Alsubaie]

Hello everyone,

First of all I would like to use my first words to thank @Melvin- Moderator for this useful platform. After spending hours and hours of reading threads I believe that this platform will definitely be the complete library for hair-loss patients.

Now lets get right into the subject.

I would like to share my story to help others similar to my case. Please excuse my poor English as it is not my first language and I will try my best to choose the right words for you all to understand while reading my case.

I had a hair transplant procedure (first ever hair transplant surgery) done back in October 2022 in Kuwait (the orange clinic) to restore my pushed back hairline. Please see below my before and after pictures.

The reason I choose to go for a hair transplant was to lower my hairline as I start noticing at my late 20s that my hairline pushed backwards and progressed pushing backwards every year. I wasn’t aware and educated enough in this field of hair restoration to choose the right doctor or clinic. So I made a non-rational decision and went for it because the clinic was the closest to me and price was affordable in addition to the phone calls i used to receive from them every day telling me to come and do the surgery because thats how they do to mess up people heads.

During the surgery the number of grafts were not specified or maybe specified to me verbally during the consultation day but I don’t recall an exact number. Plus no paperwork were given to me before or after the surgery to specify the number of grafts. However, the surgery was done in two days from 7am to 3pm and I would assume they’ve took around 5000-6000 grafts from my donor in total in those two days (maybe half of the grafts been damaged during the extraction because they took more than they implanted). The complete procedure wasn’t done by a doctor instead was done by two technicians. No micro scope was used to sort grafts. Long story short It was a total mess all I can remember (i wish I could cleanse that two days from my memory). Now at almost 10 months after, I can say that I am not happy with my overall result and i regret my decision so badly. I am 31yo patient (soon 32) not on any hair loss medications neither before or after surgery.

More Details of surgery:
1- it was an FUE procedure done in two days from 7am to 3pm , 1st October and 2nd October 2022.
2- extraction and implanting done by technician only not by a doctor unfortunately.
3- name of clinic is P*d*a Clinic based in Kuwait (the orange one, they operate also in Dubai and Qatar).
4- some hair angles placed very low on forehead in wrong directions especially in the temples.

Overall 10 months result:
1- good density at frontal scalp.
2- bad hairline shape (has doubles and triples and even more at some areas) and placed very low on forehead.
4- too many wrong angles of hairs in the implanted area and especially at temples.
3- Donor area has some over harvested patches.

 

see my donor progress pictures below.

Now I am booked in for repair surgery early September 2023 with one of the best Doctors in this field (if not the best)🙏🏻 to extract some of the grafts placed low on my forehead and repair some of the donor patches. After the repair session i will update you all with pictures to show you the result of the repair and also share my experience and review.

 

 

[HappyMan2021]

Your "Before" pictures were totally fine!!!! Yes you had the faintest bit of temple recession, but it actually looked really good/natural/genuine. You had just the right amount of temple recession that it actually complimented you I'd say. 

All you needed was to hop on Fin and you'd be done 🤷‍♂️

Oh well, whats done is done and I'm glad you are now on the repair path. 

Which doctor is doing your repair?

[Faisal Alsubaie]

 @HappyMan2021 I’m not sure if I can mention the Doctors name here in this post without his consent. I will update you all later after the repair session. 

[RTC]

Mashallah you have amazing hair quality brother. Hope it goes well for you bro

[Rawkerboi]

You never need Hair Transplant in first place. Your Hairline was perfectly normal and your temples were slightly receded.

I am quite shocked to hear that 5,000 to 6,000 grafts were taken out. Please do confirm first how many grafts were planted.

 

 

[Faisal Alsubaie]

@RTC thank you bro 🙏🏻 

[Faisal Alsubaie]

@Rawkerboi i made so many bad decisions in my life and this is one of my worst. At least i learned from it and now others read my story might re-consider before doing the same.

[Faisal Alsubaie]

I will confirm the number of grafts extracted/implanted one i see my doctor soon. @Rawkerboi

[gojnasv2]

Who are you planning to do the repair with?

[aykay7]

Please share who you are planning to do the repair with, some of us might have a similar situation as you. Or dm works too  

Also how do you plan on repairing the donor patches? With implanting over them?

Edited August 4, 2023 by aykay7

[Gatsby]

Your hair looked ‘natural’ and fine pre op. But we all make mistakes and I’ve made worse ones. Put it behind you and good luck with your repair surgery. 

[lunchables]

Hope everything works out with the repair! You have great donor hair.

[Faisal Alsubaie]

@gojnasv2 @aykay7 @Gatsby @lunchables for somehow i can not use direct messaging here. Anyhow please follow me i will post again probably by early September after my correction surgery. Will try to include all details possible and answer all your questions. Many thanks to you all.

[mavigo]

@Faisal Alsubaie Sadly I can relate, my first HT at Holt Hair Restoration was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I hope others can learn from me as well. You live and you learn. 

[Faisal Alsubaie]

Here are new photos of my donor after i cut my hear short. You can see clearly how some gaps and defined lines showing where the the grafts been taken next to each other in big numbers where they did not care about creating gaps/lines and scars.

[Faisal Alsubaie]

And here also from front my hairline looks a bit better when I shaved the wrongly placed grafts that been placed very low. Hopefully after they’re removed my hair line will look much more better. (Zoom in the hairline to see the shaved parts)

[Melvin- Admin]

You have amazing hair quality, seriously top notch can’t wait to follow your progress.

[Faisal Alsubaie]

@Melvin- Moderator thank you Melvin your words means a lot to me. I will do my best to update every now and then to give you all clear picture of my journey.

[Faisal Alsubaie]

This is right after the correction Surgery with Dr. Bisanga, puchout unwanted grafts in the hairline and placing it be h in the donot. I’m 

[Faisal Alsubaie]

  

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