NW 5/6 - FUEcapilar - Dr. Gokhan Gur (Gökhan Gür) - Appointment end of October 2023

[HairyFromTheBlock]

Hello everyone 😁

After 1 year of researching and thinking about it, I decided to get a hair transplant at 27 years old.

I‘m planning to write a proper journey post after surgery. But summarized:

1. I used finasteride 1mg a day for 2.5 years when my hairloss started at 19/20. Did not have any side-effects that I recognized. Slowed/Stopped hairloss.

2. Stopped fin at around 22 y/o because of fear of sides (probably stupid decision), started applying minoxidil, ran out of it and was travelling so didn‘t apply it for 2 months and then irregular min for 3 months. Hairloss came back.

3. Started using min every day and slowed it down a lot.

4. After looking at bodies of work, requested Pekiner / Bicer / Demirsoy / Gur / Turan / Yaman consultation. All of them friendly/good communication. Gur / Turan (FUEcapilar) stood out because they asked more questions and wanted particular videos/pictures.

5. I liked the hairline and pricing of Dr Gur 1.5 / graft in the VIP package where he does almost everything (because it was between pekiners 2.7/2.8 graft and the hair mills for 2000 EUR). I had to pay 500 EUR as deposit to secure the reservation, which is understandable.

6. Dr. Gur recommended I take at least a microdose of fin so I‘m taking 0.5 mg a day since 3 weeks and feeling fine. He thinks I‘m NW VI and we will not do the crown but do 3000+ grafts density increase and conservative hairline.

 

Okay my questions:

1. What do you think about my case?

2. Am I a NW 6? I would‘ve said 5 at first but not sure (and doesn‘t really matter in the end)

3. Are 3000-3500 grafts enough? I like that Dr Gur seems to be mindful of donor area health and rather conservative hairline, but on the other hand I feel like with my donor area is good enough do around 4000 grafts with a rather low hairline. (Pekiner said this in the consultation.)

4. Pekiner wanted to take 3000 from the normal donor area and 1000 from my beard. I thought it‘s a good idea (especially from the lower parts). Why don‘t others consider this?

 

Anyway happy to answer questions and update in a few weeks. I trust Dr. Gur and looking forward to the trip, operation and results! 🙏

Hope everyone has a great day 😎

[Melvin- Admin]

Are you on medication?

[HairyFromTheBlock]

Yes I‘m taking 0.5 mg finasteride a day since 3 weeks and applying topical minoxidil twice a day.

 

What do you think about my case and decision?

[donpizmeov]

At 27 you are still very young, and ideally with your extensive hair pattern loss already, you will need many grafts to get a decent coverage. You should be on medication for atleast a year before considering surgery to see if it could improve your situation and reduce the amount of grafts required to save them further down the road.

[Belve]

The conservative approach is good for your case. The transplanted grafts together with your native hairs will give you a nice coverage.
 

 Dr Gur is an an ethical surgeon and he wants to save donor for future use. 

Edited October 25, 2023 by Belve

[Gramatik]

Any update ? have you done your hair transplant with Dr Gur at the end of October like you said ?

[OleBaldy]

I had a hair transplant with Dr Gur October 26th. Very Happy with how it is looking so far.