Hair transplant diary (ongoing)

Michaela Deep Igloo wrote: »

Hey.
I went to cosmedica in Istanbul Turkey and have great results. 7 months in and things looking great. €2550 for up to 3 nights in a hotel and up to 5000 grafts.

Gentleman Off The Pitch wrote: »

No, taking Fin is not a requirement in order to get a hair transplant but it is encouraged in most cases, especially in younger patients, in order to slow further loss. An additional reason that a hair transplant doctor may encourage its use is that if taken for a period prior to the transplant sufficiently long for the drug to take effect, if the patient is an excellent responder it may reduce the amount of grafts required for an acceptable result, or encourage the doctor to be more aggressive with placement knowing that the patient responds well to the drug or even, to be more cynical, simply because if taken at the time of the transplant will add to the perception of a successful result.

Note however that the efficacy of the drug tends to decrease over the years with time, so any expectation that Fin plus hair transplant means sorted for life is a misguided one.

I see that you take Saw Palmetto which is a DHT inhibitor like Fin, if you are worried about taking Fin, asking yourself why you don't feel the same about Saw Palmetto would be worthwhile in my opinion.

Just FYI one of the top clinics in the world were providing their patients with topical fin, https://hassonandwong.com/topical-finasteride-solution-prescription/ with a view to minimizing side effects but I have no knowledge of how successful it is in that regard and whether it is as effective as normal Fin wrt to slowing hair loss

Transplanted hair itself is not necessarily immune to MPB. Youre reliant on the doctor accurately determing the safe zone from which to extract donor hair but they cannot predict with 100% certainty the extent of your safe zone in say 20 years time, but top doctors should be able to minimiize these risks, which obviously are higher with FUE than FUT. Another, probably less likely possibility is, if your hairloss is more diffuse in nature then donor hair from within the safe zone may later miniaturise, but again hopefully top doctors would be able to recognize/predict this

With respect to getting a hair transplant and choosing a doctor, this is an absolute minefield in my opinion and even in 2018 getting a hair transplant is still a very big gamble for many reasons, not least achiveing a good result initially is not guranteed and even if a good result is achieved how will it look 10 years later? Will you have sufficient donor hair/cash etc. for further work if needed?

I'll try to reply with more information in a later post if you're interested but for now, with respect, I suspect that based on your questions you have a significant amount of research to do before deciding to go ahead with a transplant. Just my opinion, I mean no offence, it's just that you really do not want to rush into this and make some bad decisions that can have life long consequences

paulinhio wrote: »

boetstark wrote: »

Main concern regarding fue is Over harvesting of grafts. Reputable surgeons wont promise you unlimited graft numbers. I believe for average guy with a thick growth on donor area is 3500 to max 4000.
I got 3850 and not one single mark on my scalp. Definitely go for it.

boetstark, fair play you've gotten excellent results so I'm gonna consider your Dr. Yavuz too! That other list of Docs I just posted was who Joe Tillman said should only be considered in Turkey. And I've seen other 'experts' on the interweb saying by paying around €1800/€2000, you won't get a good job. But, congrats - your hair looks great.

Heiser wrote: »

How do I post photos from my phone?