Dr Taleb Barghouthi - 3863 - crown/midscalp and front third refinement

[Pete2.]

Hi all, I thought I would share my experience and details of my recent surgery with Dr Taleb Barghouthi working out of Westminster medical group London uk.

first of all a bit of history as this is my third hair transplant with the first 2 strip transplants being carried out by Dr.Feller in New York.

I first started noticing hair loss at about 21 (now 43), and started to do my research on this and other forums.

i started taking Proscar which had slowed/halted further loss but after a few years on that I felt I was losing ground and switched to Dutasteride up until around 2013 at which point we and my partner started to try for a child and I decided to stop the meds just to be and the safe side and regrettably didn’t get back onto the meds until April thisyear.

i am currently taking oral finasteride 1mg and oral minoxidil 2.5 mg daily with no side effects at all.

Transplant history:

Transplant 1 (Feb 2006): 2600 grafts strip placed into the front third.

transplant 2 (Feb 2008): 2800 grafts strip placed into the crown, midscalp and refinement to the front third adding density and a small temple closure.

Transplant 3 (Oct 2024): 3863 grafts fue into the crown, midscalp and front third again to add density and reconnect where I have lost native hair.



I am extremely pleased with the work carried out by Dr Barghouthi and the team at Westminster medical group and they made the 2 day op a very comfortable and friendly experience.

Dr Barghouthi did all of the extractions and incisions and the 6 technicians worked in teams of 2 to add the extracted grafts which I thought was a great way to do it as they would do 20 minute stints as to not get too fatigued.

To finish it has been a long awaited surgery which I have been wanting to do for the last decade, but with kids and a busy schedule I thought it was finally time to get it done.

 

[Bigmac]

Hi Pete2, I hope you're in good health etc. It has been a long time since I've seen you on the forums. Dropping the meds is a common thing quite a few people do, and then regret it later. Hopefully, you can regain some ground with your new regimen.
Dr Barghouthi`s work looks very good. Getting nearly 4000 grafts this time is excellent. The placement looks good, and it should restore you to a full looking head of hair. It is good to hear the whole process went smoothly.
I see your strip scar stretched a bit, mainly on the right side. Was it a tight closure as i can see some of your follicles/hairs are growing at slightly upward facing angles? Have you any plans to address the scar?
In your pre op design I see they marked out all the way along your hairline but only the middle was transplanted. Did the doctor have a change of placing strategy for you?
Thanks for sharing your story with us. I’ll look forward to following your progress.
All the best.
Bm.

 

[Pete2.]

Hi Bigmac, yes it’s been quite a few years indeed since being on the forums.

Yes the strip scar from my second strip had stretched a fair bit and we did talk about either doing a scar revision or adding grafts into the scar.
On the day we decided to leave the scar as 1. By doing a scar revision it could possibly increase the width and secondly I didn’t want to waste circa 400 grafts into the scar via fue as I don’t cut my hair short enough for it to show and I can generally get away with a no5 guard with no problems.
Although I am going back soon for smp into the scar to camouflage it some what.

As far as the hairline I was happy with the density of the hairline except the centre forelock as with my previous ht’s only a few grafts were placed into this area as it was still fairly strong back then, therefore I only ever wanted the central area and where the temples had become disconnected sorting out to evenly distribute my remaining donor throughout my mid scalp and crown.

 

[Bigmac]

Smp into the strip scar will help conceal it, maybe some beard grafts as well. I had beard from under my chin put in one of my scars, they grew in great.
Sounds like the grafts were distributed wisely. I think you will be happy with the result.
If you can remember, how do you compare FUE to your strip surgery?

 

[Mandingo]

It looks like sweet work.

 

[Pete2.]

Smp into the strip scar will help conceal it, maybe some beard grafts as well. I had beard from under my chin put in one of my scars, they grew in great.
Sounds like the grafts were distributed wisely. I think you will be happy with the result.
If you can remember, how do you compare FUE to your strip surgery?

I may go down the beard graft route for the scar but I will see what the outcome of the smp is and go from there.
From memory there wasn't a great deal of difference between my strip and my recent fue op other than the healing is much better/quicker with fue for obvious reasons.

 

[Bigmac]

Sounds good. Let us know how the SMP goes once you have it. I was similar to you, the FUT healing wasn't an issue.

 

[Rolie]

Hi all, I thought I would share my experience and details of my recent surgery with Dr Taleb Barghouthi working out of Westminster medical group London uk.

first of all a bit of history as this is my third hair transplant with the first 2 strip transplants being carried out by Dr.Feller in New York.

I first started noticing hair loss at about 21 (now 43), and started to do my research on this and other forums.

i started taking Proscar which had slowed/halted further loss but after a few years on that I felt I was losing ground and switched to Dutasteride up until around 2013 at which point we and my partner started to try for a child and I decided to stop the meds just to be and the safe side and regrettably didn’t get back onto the meds until April thisyear.

i am currently taking oral finasteride 1mg and oral minoxidil 2.5 mg daily with no side effects at all.

Transplant history:

Transplant 1 (Feb 2006): 2600 grafts strip placed into the front third.

transplant 2 (Feb 2008): 2800 grafts strip placed into the crown, midscalp and refinement to the front third adding density and a small temple closure.

Transplant 3 (Oct 2024): 3863 grafts fue into the crown, midscalp and front third again to add density and reconnect where I have lost native hair.



I am extremely pleased with the work carried out by Dr Barghouthi and the team at Westminster medical group and they made the 2 day op a very comfortable and friendly experience.

Dr Barghouthi did all of the extractions and incisions and the 6 technicians worked in teams of 2 to add the extracted grafts which I thought was a great way to do it as they would do 20 minute stints as to not get too fatigued.

To finish it has been a long awaited surgery which I have been wanting to do for the last decade, but with kids and a busy schedule I thought it was finally time to get it done.


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Hi Pete.
Thanks for sharing. I am quite new to this and still finding out as much as I can. Are these last few pics your before or after shots? Apologies, I have just started on my journey. Thanks, Rolie.

 

[Pete2.]

Hi Rolie, sorry yes they are a bit misleading but the last 3 pics are pre op pics taken approx 2 weeks before my op.

 

[Rolie]

Hi Rolie, sorry yes they are a bit misleading but the last 3 pics are pre op pics taken approx 2 weeks before my op.

Great, thanks Pete. Good luck with the procedure. Please do share some photos in the months to follow.

 

[Pete2.]

Hi guys, I am now just over the 2 week post op point and all is going very well.
i have attached some current pics now that most of the scabs have been washed away.

i will be having my first session of smp added to theprevious strip scar next week so i will add an update of the outcome once completed.

 

[MaxMidlander]

Nice update. I look forward to seeing how this looks in time. Happy growing as they say !

 

[Bigmac]

Healing looks good and right on track.
The SMP should help a lot to conceal the scar.
I’ll look forward to seeing it.

 

[Pete2.]

Hi Guys, I have just passed the 2 month mark and I am well and truly in the ‘ugly duckling’ phase!
I have just had my second smp procedure completed into an old strip scar and I am very happy with the outcome (slightly darkened pigment at the moment but it will settle down in a week or so) I have also trimmed the back and sides to a number 3 guard to see how far I can go without seeing the previous strip scar from my surgery back in 2008.
all in all happy so far and I cannot wait for this phase to be over.

 

[Bigmac]

Healing looks right on track. This SMP session looks very good. The scar is concealed very good. Thanks for the update.

 

[Im new here]

The SMP does look good nice improvement

 

[Bigmac]

How’s it looking Pete?

 

[Pete2.]

How’s it looking Pete?

Hi Bigmac, all going well. I will be 4 months post op this Sunday so I plan to do an update then.

 

[Pete2.]

Hi guys, it will be exactly 4 months tomorrow since my ht.

All going ok and I am starting to see some progress.
I feel on the whole I am a slightly slow grower but it is improving month on month so I just need to be patient.

Let me know what you think so far.

 

[Bigmac]

Looking good at 4 months. The growth looks pretty even. Your donor has recovered and looks good at the length you have it. I`d be pleased with this progress so far.
Thanks for the update.