Regular Member blubber Posted October 7, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 7, 2023 (edited) Hey guys. On 01.10 it was time for me and I landed in Ankara. The driver was already waiting for me and took me to the hotel. I had booked the Green Park Hotel. Fortunately, it wasn't very warm in Ankara during my stay, otherwise the lack of air conditioning would have really upset me. Otherwise, the hotel was okay and the food there was also quite good. I was picked up from the hotel at 8:30 and driven to the clinic, which was only 2-3 minutes away. They prepared breakfast for me and I had a short break in the waiting room. Afterwards I met Dr. Pekiner who discussed my medication with me. He asked about the hair situation in the family and what I wanted. When we were done, the hairline was drawn, wiped away, redrawn, etc. That took a while. Dr. Pekiner then asked for my opinion and we agreed on a graft number of 2300. It was important to me that it be somewhat denser than the standard, about 60 square cm. The hair was shaved off and photos were taken. After my short modelling career, the anaesthesia started. The whole thing did hurt a little, but it was bearable. On the first day, 754 FU were transplanted. The second day was divided into 2 sessions. In the first session 867 FU were transplanted and in the second 689. 2310 in total. After we finished the second day I got out of my retirement and we took another round of pictures. On the third day I went back to the clinic to talk to Dr. Pekiner about the days and weeks afterwards. I was given cream and saline solution and aspirin as a blood thinner. Dr. Pekiner expects a good result and everything went smoothly. I found the team to be very friendly and professional. Now I hope everything goes fine and I can look forward to my new hairline. By the way, 2500-2800 grafts were suggested to me at first but the whole thing was reduced to 2300 as already written above. Unfortunately, I find myself thinking again that maybe I should have lowered the hairline a bit more. I still think it was the right decision to follow Dr. Pekiner's advice tho. You can find my original post on HNR here Edited October 7, 2023 by blubber 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted October 8, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted October 8, 2023 Does the air con still not work at Green park hotel lol? I had like 2 visits from the maintenance guy there, we had to communicate through google translate He never fixed it I just gave up and left the windows open to stay cool. Work looks good please keep us updated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Belve Posted October 8, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 8, 2023 Good luck 🤞 the work looks perfect ! dr Pekiner is one of the best doctors for creating natural and very dense hairlines.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted October 9, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) On 10/8/2023 at 11:38 AM, Spring15 said: Quote Does the air con still not work at Green park hotel lol? I had like 2 visits from the maintenance guy there, we had to communicate through google translate He never fixed it I just gave up and left the windows open to stay cool. Work looks good please keep us updated Well, it worked but just warm air. I had luck that we had just 20-21 celsius at the time. I will update you guys for sure. Next update should be on Friday, 10 days post surgery. Lets see If I can get rid of all the scabs till then Edited October 13, 2023 by blubber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FUEnator Posted October 10, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 10, 2023 This is actually very healthy approach by Dr. He didn't scam you, and he harvested enough for the area you needed. You are going to be super happy of it. Granted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member RTC Posted October 10, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) Pekiner is fantastic. If I had a DeLorean I would have chosen him for my first procedure and would probably be done with all of this for a good decade at least. Good luck Edited October 10, 2023 by RTC 1 Hattingen September 2023 - Punchouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor A_4_Archan Posted October 10, 2023 Valued Contributor Share Posted October 10, 2023 You have chosen a good doctor ..his hairline work is amazing and i am sure you will get a good dense natural outcome...best of luck ..Happy growing and keep updating brother .. 1 Check Out My Hair Transplant Journey --> My Thread 3611 FUE Grafts With Dr Kongkiat Laorwong | Norwood 5 | 2nd May 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member receedinglegend Posted October 11, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2023 are the scabs off now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted October 11, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 hour ago, receedinglegend said: are the scabs off now? Not yet. Hope I can get them off till Friday. I will post new pictures then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted October 11, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 11, 2023 19 hours ago, FUEnator said: This is actually very healthy approach by Dr. He didn't scam you, and he harvested enough for the area you needed. You are going to be super happy of it. Granted Oh, for sure. At no point did I think that he was trying to scam me in any way. As I said, he was very kind and professional. He actually subtracted all of the hotel costs which was a nice surprise. The German assistant told me, that they will only subtract 250€ for the hotel but he did more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted October 13, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) Hey guys, so we are 10 days post surgery and I took some new pictures. Most of the scabs are gone by now and I think that everything looks quit nice What do you guys think? Edit: Got a message yesterday from the german assistant if everything is going fine. Nice gesture to ask Edited October 13, 2023 by blubber 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted October 13, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 Yes very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member receedinglegend Posted October 13, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) looking fantastic mate. you planning on letting it all grow out so the native hair covers it while in ugly duckling? or shaving it all down? Edited October 13, 2023 by receedinglegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted October 13, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 2 hours ago, receedinglegend said: looking fantastic mate. you planning on letting it all grow out so the native hair covers it while in ugly duckling? or shaving it all down? I dont know yet. When is it safe to shave down the hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Hairwolf Posted October 13, 2023 Senior Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 36 minutes ago, blubber said: I dont know yet. When is it safe to shave down the hair? 1 month mate looks really pristine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member receedinglegend Posted October 13, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) @blubber from Pekiner's post care instructions: (which you should also have 😆) Quote In case of a visit to the barber in the first 3 months, the use of a shaving machine or a trimmer on the recipient area should be avoided. Only cutting carefully with scissors is allowed. assume this means you're ok to shave the native/donor area though. personally I'm going to just let my hair grow for the first 4 months and wear a hat, by month 4/5 I think my native fringe will be long enough to cover the new whispy recipient hairs and be pretty subtle. Edited October 13, 2023 by receedinglegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member zepruska Posted October 13, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 13, 2023 That hairline is gonna look awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FUEnator Posted October 14, 2023 Regular Member Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/7/2023 at 5:08 PM, blubber said: Unfortunately, I find myself thinking again that maybe I should have lowered the hairline a bit more. What's the height of the hairline? From eyebrows to the new hairline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted November 3, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 3, 2023 One month Update: Hi guys, just a quick update. 1 month has now passed and as you can see, a lot of hair has already fallen out. I think it started really noticeably in the 3rd week. Otherwise there's not much else to report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted November 3, 2023 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 3, 2023 On 10/14/2023 at 5:03 PM, FUEnator said: What's the height of the hairline? From eyebrows to the new hairline 6cm, I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FUEnator Posted January 5 Regular Member Share Posted January 5 On 11/3/2023 at 3:02 PM, blubber said: 6cm, I think Can you update with your 3 month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DavidSheer Posted January 6 Regular Member Share Posted January 6 Excellent work ! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member blubber Posted January 6 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 6 Hey guys It's now been 3 months. Fortunately, the itching is completely gone now and so far the growth looks really good. What do you think? Sorry for the not so good pictures^^ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maorizio Posted January 7 Regular Member Share Posted January 7 This is just the beginning, it will look awesome judging the post op pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valued Contributor Gatsby Posted January 7 Valued Contributor Share Posted January 7 @blubber that new growth is starting to come in nicely now. This is going to be a great year for you! 👊🏻 GATSBY 'UNPLUGGED!' 15,671 (3 surgeries) Grafts FUE+BHT Dr. Sethi Eugenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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