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Sparky
Valued member
Its £151 both ways for my wife and myself, takes about 2 hours from London St Pancras.
The prices vary a lot though, they are different from day to day.
The prices vary a lot though, they are different from day to day.
sl
BHR Clinic Patient Advisor
Hi BM
I will shortly do a more comprehensive post as to the connections here from Airports and train terminals but a taxi from the Eurostar Station to our clinic takes approx 7 minutes and 10 to 12 Euros depending on traffic. I walk it in 25 mins every month and it's literally a straight road then a right turn at the end and you are there. Sat-nav not really needed.
Stephen
I will shortly do a more comprehensive post as to the connections here from Airports and train terminals but a taxi from the Eurostar Station to our clinic takes approx 7 minutes and 10 to 12 Euros depending on traffic. I walk it in 25 mins every month and it's literally a straight road then a right turn at the end and you are there. Sat-nav not really needed.
Stephen
Bigmac
Administrator
Staff member
Thanks Sparky and Stephen.
bm.
bm.
NotBadHairUK
Valued member
This is a great thread... wishing you the ultimate results I'm sure u'll be very happy when your all done and seeing the results of this HT. Good luck and all the best.
Masher
Member
Well done on taking the plunge dude and good luck with the procedure!
Have fun mate.
Mash
Have fun mate.
Mash
Sparky
Valued member
Well my first repair surgery with Dr Bisanga is complete.
I arrived at BHR at 10.00am.
I then had to fill out my consent forms, which took all of 2 mins.
At about 10.30-45 I went into Dr Bisnaga's office to have a brief plan of action discussion.
Then I had to get changed into a surgical gown and take my shoes off and put on blue shoe covers.
Then Steve took my wet and dry pics.
Next Dr Bisanga shaved my hair at the front where he was taking away the mis-angled grafts, and around the scar at the back.
Next into the operating room where I had to get a blood test because my GP wouldnt sign the form so that I could get it done in the UK for free grr.
I was given what I think were some antibiotics, some tylenol and some lovely Valium that I had to put under my tounge, I was chilled out before the Valium but afterwards I was extremley chilled in a good way
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Next onto the numbing of the front of my head where the bad grafts were going to be removed. Wasnt that painful but I definatly felt it!
Cue Dr Bisanga to come in and remove a load of mis-angled hairs from the front. At the begining I though we were goin to take out 500 but in the end it was only 150ish. 49 of these were comprimised and couldnt be re-used, but thats understandable.
Then my front fue holes were stitched to allow for no scarrring or invisible scarring if you like.
Turn onto my front next for sorting the scar out that has plagued me for so many years. Dr Bisanga extracted 518 grafts from both sides of my donor area via fue, which I must say is a pushover compared to strip. Each time that he uses his fue tool you hear a small crunching sound, not a scary sound by the way.
Then I had my scar area numbed which was more painful than the front but well managable. Dr Bisanga then made all the recipient slits for hairs to go into.
First tech to start inserting these grafts was an American chap called Leaf, who was a very nice guy. Next up were 2 American girls, One of them was called Denise and her nickname was DK and the other girl walled called Mindy. I also has a cute Australian girl keeping me company which was nice.
I had them all calling me Sparky aswell, as its a real life nickname.
I was in the chair for 7 hours give or take.
Graft count:-
1 hair 110
2 Hair 218
3 Hair 190
4 Hair 0
Graft count doesnt include the mis-angled grafts taken from the front which was 150, 49 werent able to be used.
My Hotel was great I was on the 7th floor with a balcony.
I would suggest bringing your own food though because it cost me 24 euros for 2 bowls of pasta a water and a glass of wine.
I can honestly put my hand on my heart and say that I had a fantastic time at BHR and cant recommend them highly enough.
All the staff were great, and although I was in the chair for 7 hours, it didnt feel anywhere near that long, and I could easily of done double that.
Thanks to everyone at BHR.
I just look forward to good growth now, and my next procedure in Feb next year which should also be my last.
Sparky
Pics to follow when I get sent them and have had time to photoshop my face out.
I arrived at BHR at 10.00am.
I then had to fill out my consent forms, which took all of 2 mins.
At about 10.30-45 I went into Dr Bisnaga's office to have a brief plan of action discussion.
Then I had to get changed into a surgical gown and take my shoes off and put on blue shoe covers.
Then Steve took my wet and dry pics.
Next Dr Bisanga shaved my hair at the front where he was taking away the mis-angled grafts, and around the scar at the back.
Next into the operating room where I had to get a blood test because my GP wouldnt sign the form so that I could get it done in the UK for free grr.
I was given what I think were some antibiotics, some tylenol and some lovely Valium that I had to put under my tounge, I was chilled out before the Valium but afterwards I was extremley chilled in a good way
.Next onto the numbing of the front of my head where the bad grafts were going to be removed. Wasnt that painful but I definatly felt it!
Cue Dr Bisanga to come in and remove a load of mis-angled hairs from the front. At the begining I though we were goin to take out 500 but in the end it was only 150ish. 49 of these were comprimised and couldnt be re-used, but thats understandable.
Then my front fue holes were stitched to allow for no scarrring or invisible scarring if you like.
Turn onto my front next for sorting the scar out that has plagued me for so many years. Dr Bisanga extracted 518 grafts from both sides of my donor area via fue, which I must say is a pushover compared to strip. Each time that he uses his fue tool you hear a small crunching sound, not a scary sound by the way.
Then I had my scar area numbed which was more painful than the front but well managable. Dr Bisanga then made all the recipient slits for hairs to go into.
First tech to start inserting these grafts was an American chap called Leaf, who was a very nice guy. Next up were 2 American girls, One of them was called Denise and her nickname was DK and the other girl walled called Mindy. I also has a cute Australian girl keeping me company which was nice
. I had them all calling me Sparky aswell, as its a real life nickname.
I was in the chair for 7 hours give or take.
Graft count:-
1 hair 110
2 Hair 218
3 Hair 190
4 Hair 0
Graft count doesnt include the mis-angled grafts taken from the front which was 150, 49 werent able to be used.
My Hotel was great I was on the 7th floor with a balcony.
I would suggest bringing your own food though because it cost me 24 euros for 2 bowls of pasta a water and a glass of wine.
I can honestly put my hand on my heart and say that I had a fantastic time at BHR and cant recommend them highly enough.
All the staff were great, and although I was in the chair for 7 hours, it didnt feel anywhere near that long, and I could easily of done double that.
Thanks to everyone at BHR.
I just look forward to good growth now, and my next procedure in Feb next year which should also be my last.
Sparky
Pics to follow when I get sent them and have had time to photoshop my face out.
bullitnut
4 awesome repairs with SMG
glad everything went well, cant wait to see the pics, im really happy for you after all this time it must be a great feeling
Z
zionaxel
Valued member
Pleased it went well,nice bit of info too..all the best.
Sparky
Valued member
How long will my old strip scar remain pink, now that it has been grafted?
sl
BHR Clinic Patient Advisor
Hi Sparky
Good seeing you and glad it was a pleasant experience. We enjoyed having you here.
Regarding your question, normal recipient areas can take a couple of weeks for redness to subside. Being scar tissue there could be a possible difference in that there is usually less vascularity and therefore reduced blood flow. Aloe Vera will assist healing and I advise it after a couple of weeks post surgery, taking MSM tablets can also help skin healing, but you will find the pinkness will subside naturally as time passes.
Good seeing you and glad it was a pleasant experience. We enjoyed having you here.
Regarding your question, normal recipient areas can take a couple of weeks for redness to subside. Being scar tissue there could be a possible difference in that there is usually less vascularity and therefore reduced blood flow. Aloe Vera will assist healing and I advise it after a couple of weeks post surgery, taking MSM tablets can also help skin healing, but you will find the pinkness will subside naturally as time passes.
Bigmac
Administrator
Staff member
Glad it all went great for you Sparky,I`m looking forward to seeing your pictures.
Cheers bm.
Cheers bm.
Sparky
Valued member
Just given my hair its first very gentle wash with the isobetadine that BHR gives you when you have had an HT with them, well I say I washed it, it was the missus really.
Just want to add I havent used any pain killers at all after the surgery, things are a bit itchy (I dont scratch!)but thats it.
Got a lot of downtime to get past now as my hairline was partially shaved to get at the mis-angled grafts, so its going to take a while for that to grow back at half an inch a month. It will only be 2 inches long when I go for my final surgery in Feb next year and it will all be shaved off again. Luckily at the moment I have a ton of hair on top which is about 3 inches long so I can hide anything thats been done.
Also discovered from this surgery that my scar does have stitch marks which had pissed me off a bit because I didnt know it had them. Stupid Wellsbourne.
Just want to add I havent used any pain killers at all after the surgery, things are a bit itchy (I dont scratch!)but thats it.
Got a lot of downtime to get past now as my hairline was partially shaved to get at the mis-angled grafts, so its going to take a while for that to grow back at half an inch a month. It will only be 2 inches long when I go for my final surgery in Feb next year and it will all be shaved off again. Luckily at the moment I have a ton of hair on top which is about 3 inches long so I can hide anything thats been done.
Also discovered from this surgery that my scar does have stitch marks which had pissed me off a bit because I didnt know it had them. Stupid Wellsbourne.
NotBadHairUK
Valued member
Good healing and good to hear everything went so well!
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Sparky
Valued member
There was only one scar, I have got pics now, will post when I have resized them. Wasnt exactly a straight scar though, a bit up and down all the way along, not a consistent size. Hopefully there will come a point after this where it will be hard to find.
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Sparky
Valued member
Sparky
Valued member
You have prob seen way worse but this one is on my head, or hopefully "was on my head"
Sparky
Valued member
Gonna get a load of shots posted at the weekend, dont really have the time until then, but rest assured it will be done.
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