I had a hair transplant 10 months ago in smile hair clinic in istanbul I stayed at the same hotel as yourself elit world great place no regrets 👌 wish you all the best

Hello Amit, My name is Char. Thanks for the positive feedback on the procedure. I will be having mine next Tuesday and I’m a nervous wreck… Im very excited but nervous at the same time… Is there any way I can chat with you outside KZfaq? Thanks again

@@patholmes6897 hey mate i'm in for my surgery next friday and i'm too very nervous and anxious.

@@wizdom237 I know man… I think my nerves are getting the best of me OMG lol

​@@patholmes6897 hi man! Sorry for the late reply! I have a one on one service that's linked on my channel banner if you want to discuss more about a hair transplant!

wow that is such a compliment! really appreciate that! thank you!

thanks man appreciate that!! Hope yours is gonan look great in time too!

What's your full hair loss protocol?

@@Merth667 2.5mg oral minoxidil, 1mg finasteride, and once a week nizoral shampoo

congrats on getting yours done too! best of luck with your recovery as well!!

thank you!! hope your hair growth is going well too!!

hard to show online how sore those first needle injections are.. makes me wince when I think back now.

appreciate that! thanks man! Glad you enjoyed the video :D

appreciate you!

hey mate. how was your experience at vera? i'm there next friday for mine and i'm proper nervous and anxious 😂

How was it?

How much is the cost?

glad you enjoyed the video!

Thanks man! Hope your growth comes along good as well!

yes its the second time for me! and i agree the needles were still as excruciating, it does not get easy the second time around lol. But yes, worth it in the long run. Thanks again for wathcing the videos!

happy to help!!

yeah turkey is a great alternative to save cost!

thanks for watching all the vids! really appreciate it! I feel ya, its a tough commitment, but if you see a window for yourself definately do consider it!

I just went for this procedure to Vera Clinic 2 weeks ago. You shouldnt worry about it being another country, etc. The process is pretty straight forward and convenient - as seen on the video. It is worry free. It is obviously pretty painful during the local anesthesia part and first few weeks are pretty uncomfortable and irritating after the procedure. Have to take care of your new grafts, sleep is tough, head swelling, pain, itching, tough to go out in public, etc. Regarding doing this during Christmas week, I would not suggest it. When I was there in September, I learned that it was off season and they did 13 clients that day. They told me it would go up to 25+ a day during winter months. The ladies that planted my hair, also said that during those peak months, they work up to 16 hours. I think it is natural for people to not be as sharp and perhaps make mistakes during long hours of work. IMHO, I would do it during the summer slow season to get the best possible care.

haha thank you!! lots of people have told me this 🙈

Cost and quality. No clinic in US can have that sort of volume of customers due to insane costs. Since they dont get traffic they cant be really that good. It is like a professional athlete for surgeons. Practice and repetition allows those guys to get better at their craft. In the US, there are a ton of clinics and none of them get that much traffic. From what I have heard and people that I know who have done HTs in US, no comparison. Turkey is the way to go. FYI, I just did this procedure in the same clinic with the same doctor as well. I was traveling with my buddy - both from US - and he had the first done in the US - it was his second HT. No comparison!

@@cobrachannel100Definitely understand where you coming from. After getting mines done (still early) but I wish I would’ve went over seas.

appreciate you!

they were! im doign a video about that soon!

haha thanks alot of people have told me the same tbh. I guess i'll rock the shaved look until i get my hair back for now! :D

haha thank you!!

thanks man! I am curious too. only time will tell! i'll keep updating the channel of my progress as well

hotel was great!

the harsh UV lights form the sun can affect your newly implanted grafts at the beginning of your transplant. i'd recommend to let your scalp heal fully (which is 2-4 weeks after your procedure), and then you'll be a little less worried about any harsh sunrays beaming over your head! best to be cautious!

fair point! I am planning ot keep my hair out longer at the back as I have in previous times, so i guess time will tell. and thanks!! i saw some of your vids too, your hair is lookin good bro!

will do in a future video!

none of that is mandatory. You can have a HT and take no medication. You will retain your transplanted hair but your original hair could still face thinning and balding though. So you may end up with patches. Otherwise, a lot of people dont take any meds whatsoever, especially, if one gets a HT after the balding/thinning has stopped for example - like later 40s, etc.

@cobrachannel100 your transplanted hair will thin and eventually fall out from the DHT if you do not take the medication. The moment you walk out of the surgical room n Turkey you're handed tablets.

@@feedapony BS. I just walked out and nothing was handed to me. Transplanted hair is from your donor area. It will thin out in exactly the same manner as if it had been left in donor area. That hair is not subject to different behavior just because it has been moved. It is the same hair you had in donor area.

@cobrachannel100 bullshit? Iv 3 mates who were ALL advises to take finasteroid before and after the surgery!!! And all went to different clinics!!! the donor hair CAN start to thin over time when DHT reaches the follicles! Donor hair is not immune to DHT.

wanted to cover up my crown! it was empty!

not entierly, but i feel much more prepared for whats to come (eg. shedding, aftercare)

@@amitposthair looking forward to seeing the next few videos. Did you buy anything different from Vera this time. I've followed alot of your routine. I'm on week 5

@@vimalpatel9480 the only different thing i bought this time around was the finasteride pills, mainly because i ran out haha. But i did pick up the serum and spray as well! I'll go through everything in the next few videos about this as well

@@amitposthair awesome man. I've got the serum and gf shampoo. Didn't buy that spray. May order some. I'm on growplex now once a day and serum at night. Usual vitamins as you took and also started finestride haha after saying I wouldn't for years

Any finasteride side effects guys?

they got about 4k grafts. I'll go into detail in my next vid

​@@amitposthair Thank you ❤

I think the first time i went i myself was too naive and shy to ask the appropraite questions. This time around, i made sure to clear all my doubts, and they were very helpful in that sense. But yeah if you dont ask questions, they'll just assume you're ok withe everything

thanks man! i added a very little bit on my hairline!

its given to everyone. i forgot the name of exactly what they gave me but they did say it was to reduce any anxiety or shock i would get while having the surgery just in case. And thanks for following along! glad you enjoyed the video

Thanks man! I got some of the medication from Vera! I'll go through it in detail in my next video!

@@amitposthair alrighty waitin for the next one!!

dont worry you got this!

they said that it was safer to split up two surgeries as i was a Norwood 6 and had alot of hair loss!

was originally from NY! currently living in the UK now! And yeah i'd recommend them, i still say they do a good job overall!

i got 4k grafts extract this time! it was spread out on my crown, midscalp and some on my hairline. I'll do the breakdown soon in another video but i agree, overharvesting was something i was worried about as well, but according to the doctor he said that as long as im keeping my hair out long on the sides and back, it wouldnt be a problem

my crown was still empty so i went back to finish the job! if you have extensive hairloss, 1 transplant will probably not be enough unfortunately

@amit. wow didn't know that thank you brother.

they did not! I think they've updated their packages since

i did not! i literally was sitting in my seat with my neck pillow and was very careful about my movements. I do recall maybe just wiping my forehead or back of my neck a little but my head wasnt that bad

thanks!! about 4k grafts this time

when i booked my first hair transplant, i booked it in octover 2021, and i decided to go at the end of feb 2022 (onlye becayse that was the schedule that worked best for me). For the second one, i booked it in january 2023 for an april 2023 slot (again because that was what suited me). I think just book a few months in advance and yo should be good regardless. The consultant will inform you if the period you're looking for is already booked up or not anyway

yeah its been a crazy turnaround but the results spoke for itself!

@@amitposthair I am leaving Wednesday to get it done. How long do you suggest one should stay in Istanbul after the procedure, so that it heals up a little before you get on the plane?

i talk about why i went in my honest review (again)! it's on the channel!

@@amitposthair thx buddy! Happy with results now?

@@AndreyNabutovsky extremely! My hair is finally back, couldn't be happier!

i am! I take oral finasteride, ive been on it for the past year with no side effects. you can try it and if u feel there are side effects you can always stop it after

@@amitposthair thanks man, ill keep watching your videos...greatl info

the first transplant only covered the hairline and midscalp, went back for a second to do the crown! they werent able to do the whole thing the first time due to the amount of grafts that was being extracted intially was high

i did at the clinic itself! they do it for u very briefly before the surgery

i got around 4k grafts on this one!

@@amitposthair I don't get how they can take so many grafts: they took 6100 on your first transplant, then 4000 on your second -is this the same as taking 10100 grafts all at once, as the hairs taken from the donor zone do not grow back? Do they not just do this all in one go as your donor area will look really bad missing 10.1k grafts at the same time, and instead split it up so that it looks not as bad during each separate recovery phase?

hey man! i do have a 1on1 consultation or you can drop me a message on my instagram (handle is in the banner), or email me at the email tahts in the info part of my channel! For the aftercarem i already havea video up on my channel showing what i did last time if that helps at all: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcx6lbqK0svUeo0.html

it was not offered at the time!

i would suggest not to, only because your head would have just gone through a traumatic experience, and you're going to want to rest after.

all the products I use is in the description of the video!

i'd say wait at least 6 months to a year! see how well your first transplant results are then proceed with a second if its needed!

you can start going after a month! Not sure why he would say a year later... but after a month is definitely fine!

they did! they added a bit at the hairline and midscalp. I'll go through that in more detail in the next video!

i waited a full year!

total combined of 2 hair transplants, 10100 grafts

I did not! just stayed at the hotel mostly, was hard to move around after the procedure as i did not want anything touching my scalp!

thats up to u but its not something they expect

yes it was! check out my 1 year review on my channel for the results!

i did not! honestly when i went i wasnt offered it. I chose the standard FUE sapphire package that i got last year, so i stuck with the same this time around

I got that one at Vera Clinic. It was $1K so it is definitely pricey as hell. I am not sure whether I will see any results from it. Like you said how to quantify those? In short, I came up to a conclusion -after also talking to other guys I met there - to not get any extra services, products they try selling while there. Just HT is what everybody should get and that is from what I have seen 2.9-3.2K euro/dollars. I got the oxygen thing and the stem cell and it was $1.5K extra. Looking back in a hindsight, I believe, it was a mistake. But, oh well...