Bisanga Kostis BHR 1500 FUE NW2 Blond Hair

[rorito]

Hello everyone, readers lurking in the shadows of this forum, it was time for me to contribute while infinitely thanking this forum, which for me is the only source of accurate and valuable information to form an objective opinion about a surgeon.

I'm 29 years old, and I've realized since I was 25 that my temples have been slightly receding and have continued to do so. It's a slow and slight loss, but it really upsets me. I love my hair very much, and since I was 14, I've been complimented on its beauty. It truly is a part of my personality. However, it's been taking longer and longer to style my hair and to be satisfied with how I look when I get out of the shower. The idea of getting a hair transplant has grown increasingly strong until January 2023, when my wife told me, "Enough, make an appointment."

I immediately turned to the BHR Bisanga Kostis clinic for obvious reasons: for me, it's one of the best in Europe, if not the best.

I filled out their form, and being naturally impatient, I called 3 days later. My first contact was with one of the clinic's French-speaking advisors, Lina, a super pleasant and professional woman who saw my file and told me the doctor would get back to me very soon.

A few days later, the clinic offered me a face-to-face appointment around the end of May.

My first meeting with Dr. Bisanga was very friendly, and he confirmed my fears: indeed, I have androgenetic alopecia, certainly very mild, but definitely present. The good news is that my donor area is excellent, and I have a density of 90 on the sides, and I will need 1400 grafts for a 32 cm² area (if my memory serves me right).

Won over by the doctor and his team, I took a quick tour of the clinic and made up my mind: I scheduled an appointment for August 25th.

On the day, I arrived at 9 a.m., did a bit of paperwork, then had a recap meeting with Dr. Bisanga and sketched out the hairline. I had a photo session and met Dr. Kostis, who's also very friendly (everyone is friendly at this clinic). He laughed when he saw my hair and didn't quite understand what I was doing there, and then we got started! It was a real symphony where everyone knew their part by heart. Kostis would be the main surgeon for this procedure, and Dr. Bisanga would make the holes to receive the grafts. The rest of the team are hair transplant veterans; the least experienced, so to speak, has 8 years of experience with the doctor, while the other 2 nurses have been working with him for 20 years.

Regarding the pain of the operation: unless pain is subjective, the anesthesia injections hurt, but I would rate it a 4/10 on the pain scale; it's quite bearable.

For the rest, I practically slept through the entire operation. The meal was very good, and being naturally impatient again, I ate very quickly, and we got back to work just as fast.

The operation ended at 4:40 p.m., and that was it.

For a little info, I think the team had a hard time finding single-graft hairs.

Regarding the after-sales service, Lina was truly outstanding, always quick to respond, and even called me on Day 10 to check if all the scabs had fallen off, asking for photos to verify properly.

This experience at BHR was genuinely a 10/10, a smooth journey with a professional team.

Thank you for reading. Now for the photos.

[sl]

Thank you for this extensive write up and kind words. The work is clean as always and you are healing very well. Anything you need, let us know. 

[HHH]

You have lovely thick hair naturally man, looking forward to seeing this develop! Work looks great, just do us a favour and update until the 12 months although I imagine way before then you'll have completely put hair loss behind you👍🙏

[JasonElva1990]

What was the pricing?

[rorito]

Thank you all for your kind comments. I am confident about what comes next. Until it has grown, we can't be sure of anything, but I think I've done everything possible to maximize my chances. Just so you know, I even continue to sleep with a travel pillow to ensure that my recipient area doesn't experience any friction. I don't even wear a cap, it's too risky, lol. And I will diligently update my journey, as I like to give back what I have received. Regarding the price, it's €4 per graft

 

[FortunatePatient]

Have you sheed yet? Was you central donor the back harvested at all? Cause it doesn't look like from the post op pics.

[rorito]

Hi Fortunate, 

At the moment, the implanted hair hasn't fallen out yet. I'm on day 25, so in 5 to 10 days, i'll see if i lose any hair. For the back side, Dr Bisanga only took hair from the side. 

 

 

[rorito]

Hello everyone, a little update. I'm on day 25, and in a few days, the implanted hair might start to fall out. Maybe it won't—it's in God's hands.

 

 

 

[FortunatePatient]

Thanks for the update. Probably not harvesting anything from the back makes sense for the hairline.  I think you may not shed at all. 25 Days without sheeding is a lot.

[stephcurry30]

If it hasn't shed by 4 weeks then you should be fine. 

Shed occurs during the 2-4 week peroid right?

[Raphael84]

One of the beauties of FUE surgery, is that it allows the doctor to “cherry-pick” the most suitable and appropriate hairs for specific areas of the restoration. This is essential for designing hairlines. The most appropriate soft and single hair grafts can be found in the parietal/temporal area of the donor (above the ear). This is one of the reasons why Dr. Bisanga will look to extract from this area. To be able to provide natural and optimal single hair grafts, as opposed to having to dissect thicker multiple hair grafts from the occipital to meet the necessary demands/count of singles for the hairline for example.

In terms of long term planning, the rear occipital donor area that was untouched in this surgery, is the area within the donor that presents the highest density, highest hair groupings and is the richest area of the entire donor. Leaving this area untouched allows thick multi hair grafts from areas with high density to be able to be best utilised if necessary in any future surgery.

Whilst all patients are unique, patients routinely experience shed in weeks 5 and beyond and so further shedding may still occur.

Thanks for such a great write up and impressive image quality.

Wishing you the best.

[Proportions]

Looking good. Are you on finasteride or minoxidil? 

[rorito]

Hello everyone,

A little update from the 2 months (exactly 62 days). I just came out of the hairdresser with a very short cut since I haven't lost too much hair and it is now undetectable. I'm already very happy with the result; it already gives me a full frontal hairline in just 2 months, which is already incredible. We'll see when it gets longer, but it’s already fantastic. I'll let you judge with the photos. I tried to take as many angles as possible and show hair up and hair down.

Have a great day everyone!

[Gatsby]

@rorito at the rate your hair’s growing your hair transplant will be complete by next Friday! 🤩👌Insane growth during the ugly duckling phase! 👍

[rorito]

Thx Gatsby, I’m really lucky 🙏🏻

[HairFunk]

Incredible growth so early on! Top marks for the super HD pictures also. Keep the updates coming

[Davies]

This should be a great result. Bravo 

[rorito]

Hey guys do you know how to update the title ? 

[mr_peanutbutter]

could you put your long hair over the receiving area directly after surgery?

 

looks fantastic so far

[rorito]

Hey mr peanut butter , a pic 10 days after surgery. 
 

thx for your comment. 

[SY7]

Did you have to take medication? Or not necessary yet?

[rorito]

Hello everyone, quick update on the situation. We are 4 months into regrowth, and everything is going smoothly. I wish you all a successful regrowth and a joyful holiday season!

[patronovski]

I ve looked some results of dr. Bisanga and all of them have big dots in de donor compared to other doctors. Is it me or does dr. bisanga use big punch for extracting hairs. I mean those holes will look like white dots after its healed.

[laverita]

Looking at this actual case and the photos then the question is answered, these are small with nice extraction pattern and also good to see a hair line is not harvested from the occipital only as many clinics seem to. He has also here patients who have had hair line punched out and healed well. If you shave short then more propensity to see scars and no surgery is scar free but even this case here shows the holes after surgery and no sign of large punches. 

 

 

Congrats to this patient for sharing his case and all the best for your growth!

Patient's own photo below. 

 

 

[Raphael84]

@roritoThank you for your write up and images. Very pleased to hear of your positive experience at the clinic and Lina and the team thank you for your kind words.

As have been touched on by @laverita, the day 3 photos that have been kindly shared show exceptional healing at such an early stage and the size of the extraction punches are clearly small with a real respect in terms of extraction management and space in between each extraction.

Without derailing a patient posted thread, any punch will be as small as possible whilst still ensuring complete encapsulation of the hair follicle. Using a smaller than required punch will transect hair and/or damage any essential connective tissue including stem cells which will then damage the graft.

@roritoI look forward to your further updates and wish you the best over the coming months.