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darkandcumbrian
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Hi all.
I had 3500 grafts with Dr Devroye on 9th November 2017 and I have to say that it has already proven to be a life changing experience.
My hair began receding at age 18 and I am now 49. In my 20s I tried minoxidil but was allergic to it and began taking finasteride in 2004, which has worked well. By 2011, however, I began to research surgery as the frontal section of my scalp was continuing to recede and, after a couple of false starts with other surgeons, I finally booked a procedure with Dr Devroye after visiting him for a consultation in 2015 and being impressed with his common sense advice, professional approach and willingness to answer all my questions.
I was feeling positive when I arrived in Brussels prior to my surgery as I had waited so long to finally rebuild my hairline and the pre-op consultation went well. We agreed on a new hairline which was age appropriate and Dr Devroye also suggested that the recipient area was shaved. I had originally planned to leave my hair as it was in the recipient area and ask Dr Devroye to work around it but when he explained that optimum density could only be achieved with a shaved recipient area and the practicalities of seeing where to place the incisions I decided to think it through overnight, he also gave me the option of cutting my hair short but not shaving, there was no pressure.
In the morning I decided that, for the money I was spending, it made sense to get the best result possible and so I went for the shave, it was an excellent decision in my view.
The surgery began with a large number of injections to numb the donor area but I can honestly say that I didn't feel pain during the removal of the donor strip, it was no different to being at the dentist, but much more exciting! Dr Devroye then made the incisions and this was also a largely pain free process although I did need a top up of anaesthetic at one stage. The planting of the grafts was done with military precision by his excellent team and the day flew by. I was given both lunch and an evening meal at the clinic and spent the night there with my girlfriend spraying the grafts every 30 minutes during the first night.
As I wasn't going back to the UK for another three days, Dr Devroye kindly allowed me to stay at the clinic which meant I received excellent after care and regular clean ups of my scalp, the whole team really incredibly helpful and I felt like part of their community rather than just a paying customer. The whole experience was an absolute pleasure and I would recommend Dr Devroye to anyone looking for a highly professional surgeon with a huge amount of skill in both donor removal and incision placement but most of all with patient care skills of the very highest order. I attach my photos and will post some more at the three month stage. The last four are around 1 week post surgery. I am now on the shedding phase but I am not concerned at all as everything so far has happened exactly how Dr Devroye had predicted and I am happy to trust in his instructions and experience and enjoy the growing phase rather than worry about it.
PRE OP PICTURES
DONOR AREA SHAVED AND DONOR SCAR CLOSURE
POST OP PICTURES
I had 3500 grafts with Dr Devroye on 9th November 2017 and I have to say that it has already proven to be a life changing experience.
My hair began receding at age 18 and I am now 49. In my 20s I tried minoxidil but was allergic to it and began taking finasteride in 2004, which has worked well. By 2011, however, I began to research surgery as the frontal section of my scalp was continuing to recede and, after a couple of false starts with other surgeons, I finally booked a procedure with Dr Devroye after visiting him for a consultation in 2015 and being impressed with his common sense advice, professional approach and willingness to answer all my questions.
I was feeling positive when I arrived in Brussels prior to my surgery as I had waited so long to finally rebuild my hairline and the pre-op consultation went well. We agreed on a new hairline which was age appropriate and Dr Devroye also suggested that the recipient area was shaved. I had originally planned to leave my hair as it was in the recipient area and ask Dr Devroye to work around it but when he explained that optimum density could only be achieved with a shaved recipient area and the practicalities of seeing where to place the incisions I decided to think it through overnight, he also gave me the option of cutting my hair short but not shaving, there was no pressure.
In the morning I decided that, for the money I was spending, it made sense to get the best result possible and so I went for the shave, it was an excellent decision in my view.
The surgery began with a large number of injections to numb the donor area but I can honestly say that I didn't feel pain during the removal of the donor strip, it was no different to being at the dentist, but much more exciting! Dr Devroye then made the incisions and this was also a largely pain free process although I did need a top up of anaesthetic at one stage. The planting of the grafts was done with military precision by his excellent team and the day flew by. I was given both lunch and an evening meal at the clinic and spent the night there with my girlfriend spraying the grafts every 30 minutes during the first night.
As I wasn't going back to the UK for another three days, Dr Devroye kindly allowed me to stay at the clinic which meant I received excellent after care and regular clean ups of my scalp, the whole team really incredibly helpful and I felt like part of their community rather than just a paying customer. The whole experience was an absolute pleasure and I would recommend Dr Devroye to anyone looking for a highly professional surgeon with a huge amount of skill in both donor removal and incision placement but most of all with patient care skills of the very highest order. I attach my photos and will post some more at the three month stage. The last four are around 1 week post surgery. I am now on the shedding phase but I am not concerned at all as everything so far has happened exactly how Dr Devroye had predicted and I am happy to trust in his instructions and experience and enjoy the growing phase rather than worry about it.
PRE OP PICTURES
DONOR AREA SHAVED AND DONOR SCAR CLOSURE
POST OP PICTURES