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Hi all, I wanted to document my recent experience. Hopefully this will be useful to follow as covers a range of things I know people are interested in:
crown transplant, oral minoxidil user, combination of Bisanga AND Kostis and beard hair. So hopefully an interesting or helpful thread, and hopefully for me help me through the coming months of recovery and hopefully growth!
so the stats:
i am 37 I have had two previous FUE with Prohair Clinic Belgium (they now focus on SMP as the lead doctor retired). These totalled 6k grafts and covers front then the rest in two separate ops 10 years ago. These were successful from my perspective, but ten years on I had least any native hair I had then (not any meds until recently) and wanted another transplant.
Long story short I had several consultations remotely from recommended doctors and travelled to Belgium from uk in April for a face to face consultation with BHR. Having done allot of research BHR we’re my number 1 choice. Dr Bisanga was unable to be there (family emergency) and I was offered the choice to change date or see dr Kostis, I was happy to proceed with Kostis.
After having 6k grafts in my previous surgeries I was keen to understand what was possible and in a detailed consultation with dr Kostis these were my results:
Hair Character - Straight
Hair Thickness - Very Fine
Donor Density - 70/70/80 (average - 73FU/cm2)
Hair Groupings - Mainly 1 and 2 hair grafts
Pattern of loss - If no previous surgery, likely a NW7 progressive pattern
i was very surprised when The doctor suggested I had in the region of 4-4.5k scalp grafts in the bank and a good beard and 2 separate surgeries were discussed to address frontal third density and the crown. The crown bothered me the most and as all my hair in the front was transplanted hair (so pretty safe) we agreed on a plan of 2.5k scalp and 500 beard to address the crown. After this we would review to see what was achievable with the remaining donor. Oral minoxidil was recommended to reduce miniaturisation of my donor and strengthen overall all my hair ready for surgery.
with my very fine hair and hair groupings I knew that this is still an illusion of dentistry even at that graft number due to the actual number of hairs we’d get and diameter of each.
i won’t go through the whole day and build up but happy to answer questions, what I will say is Ian the patient liaison is superb and tbh a big reason for me picking Bhr as I had offered from several very good clinics (obviously and the drs and the rep was my no1 reason!) but he was so detailed and responsive. The in person consultation for me with dr Kostis was critical as if I’d have been told what I was told without an in person using microscopes etc I would not have believed it.
i was offered dr kostis and bisanga as a pair or you can have either on their own all at different price structures. This is made very clear. I was very comfortable with dr kostis and trusted the partnership which I believe is the package offered initially to most now.
on the day (Monday 25th July) It was not easy I won’t lie as was there from 730am until prob 930pm but the whole staff were amazing both drs and all the technicians who worked so hard with no breaks. The anaesthetic was allot more painful than I remembered! But it’s a means to an end! Bisanga I believe did all my incisions and kostis all the punching extractions. The same tech team is used regardless of dr choice which was a great point made by Ian as they play such an important role.
we ended with 2500 scalp and 700 beard and I could t be happier with my choice of clinic. Obviously no results and I have to trust the reputation of the clinic here.
id like to thank them all as hardly got to see them all before I left as it was so late but after spending 13 hours solid with them, they were lovely people and made me feel very relaxed and safe. We even had a few laughs at times!!
here are my immediate post opp crown and day after the donor. I will share all the official pictures from the clinic when I receive them and will share pre opp below as well again official pre opp will follow.
and breathe! If anyone wants details of the day etc I am happy to answer but didn’t want to give my life story.
crown transplant, oral minoxidil user, combination of Bisanga AND Kostis and beard hair. So hopefully an interesting or helpful thread, and hopefully for me help me through the coming months of recovery and hopefully growth!
so the stats:
i am 37 I have had two previous FUE with Prohair Clinic Belgium (they now focus on SMP as the lead doctor retired). These totalled 6k grafts and covers front then the rest in two separate ops 10 years ago. These were successful from my perspective, but ten years on I had least any native hair I had then (not any meds until recently) and wanted another transplant.
Long story short I had several consultations remotely from recommended doctors and travelled to Belgium from uk in April for a face to face consultation with BHR. Having done allot of research BHR we’re my number 1 choice. Dr Bisanga was unable to be there (family emergency) and I was offered the choice to change date or see dr Kostis, I was happy to proceed with Kostis.
After having 6k grafts in my previous surgeries I was keen to understand what was possible and in a detailed consultation with dr Kostis these were my results:
Hair Character - Straight
Hair Thickness - Very Fine
Donor Density - 70/70/80 (average - 73FU/cm2)
Hair Groupings - Mainly 1 and 2 hair grafts
Pattern of loss - If no previous surgery, likely a NW7 progressive pattern
i was very surprised when The doctor suggested I had in the region of 4-4.5k scalp grafts in the bank and a good beard and 2 separate surgeries were discussed to address frontal third density and the crown. The crown bothered me the most and as all my hair in the front was transplanted hair (so pretty safe) we agreed on a plan of 2.5k scalp and 500 beard to address the crown. After this we would review to see what was achievable with the remaining donor. Oral minoxidil was recommended to reduce miniaturisation of my donor and strengthen overall all my hair ready for surgery.
with my very fine hair and hair groupings I knew that this is still an illusion of dentistry even at that graft number due to the actual number of hairs we’d get and diameter of each.
i won’t go through the whole day and build up but happy to answer questions, what I will say is Ian the patient liaison is superb and tbh a big reason for me picking Bhr as I had offered from several very good clinics (obviously and the drs and the rep was my no1 reason!) but he was so detailed and responsive. The in person consultation for me with dr Kostis was critical as if I’d have been told what I was told without an in person using microscopes etc I would not have believed it.
i was offered dr kostis and bisanga as a pair or you can have either on their own all at different price structures. This is made very clear. I was very comfortable with dr kostis and trusted the partnership which I believe is the package offered initially to most now.
on the day (Monday 25th July) It was not easy I won’t lie as was there from 730am until prob 930pm but the whole staff were amazing both drs and all the technicians who worked so hard with no breaks. The anaesthetic was allot more painful than I remembered! But it’s a means to an end! Bisanga I believe did all my incisions and kostis all the punching extractions. The same tech team is used regardless of dr choice which was a great point made by Ian as they play such an important role.
we ended with 2500 scalp and 700 beard and I could t be happier with my choice of clinic. Obviously no results and I have to trust the reputation of the clinic here.
id like to thank them all as hardly got to see them all before I left as it was so late but after spending 13 hours solid with them, they were lovely people and made me feel very relaxed and safe. We even had a few laughs at times!!
here are my immediate post opp crown and day after the donor. I will share all the official pictures from the clinic when I receive them and will share pre opp below as well again official pre opp will follow.
and breathe! If anyone wants details of the day etc I am happy to answer but didn’t want to give my life story.
