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Hey Fellas,
As some of you know I went and had a transplant with Dr Cinik in Istanbul, Turkey on 28/3/17 so I thought I'd share how it went.
First of all I'm pretty sure I broke the record of number of flights taken to receive a transplant in another country, with an astounding three there and three back. Feels good to live in the middle of nowhere.
But once I finally got to Istanbul I went to the hotel transfers office, the dudes like "you already have hair why you here" , I'm a good Norwood concealer obv. Then someone came and drove me to the hotel, bit of culture shock, this city is busiest place I've ever seen.
Next morning, was picked up 7AM from the hotel, along with an Englishman & a Spaniard. We were greeted by a nice hostess, and taken down to have our bloods done then consultation with Dr Cinik. He drew my hairline, I asked to add some temple points, it looked good. Then he wanted to add 100 or so grafts to the top of my head and I was a bit sad because I thought my Crown was loyal.
After this, went upstairs where a technician & nurse shaved my head, when I looked in the mirror it was a hard pill to swallow. They then injected anaesthetic to my head, only really hurt when they did it on the top of my neck. Then they started extracting from my Donor, took them about 2-3 hours then we had a break.
Dr Cinik then came in & started opening my canals / channels, this took about 1-2 hours, a technician was also present, after the original technician & nurse came and inserted the grafts, Dr Cinik would check up on them every so often. This took about 2-3 hours, and it was all over. I nearly passed out when I sat up, they gave me some juice really quick and I managed to stay conscious. Had a small chat to the head technician who worked on me, she has been at the clinic 4 years, so obviously not an amateur.
Went back to the hotel after that, painful for the next 4-5 hours, then it wore off and I was able to sleep on & off. Only slept upright or with ringer pillow under my neck lying on my back.
Went back the next day, the assistants gave me some information & Dr Cinik evaluated my result and thinks it will turn out well.
I enjoyed my time there & am hoping for a solid result for a great price. Now pics.
One of my sides is receded more than the other hence the unsymmetrical laying of grafts
As some of you know I went and had a transplant with Dr Cinik in Istanbul, Turkey on 28/3/17 so I thought I'd share how it went.
First of all I'm pretty sure I broke the record of number of flights taken to receive a transplant in another country, with an astounding three there and three back. Feels good to live in the middle of nowhere.
But once I finally got to Istanbul I went to the hotel transfers office, the dudes like "you already have hair why you here" , I'm a good Norwood concealer obv. Then someone came and drove me to the hotel, bit of culture shock, this city is busiest place I've ever seen.
Next morning, was picked up 7AM from the hotel, along with an Englishman & a Spaniard. We were greeted by a nice hostess, and taken down to have our bloods done then consultation with Dr Cinik. He drew my hairline, I asked to add some temple points, it looked good. Then he wanted to add 100 or so grafts to the top of my head and I was a bit sad because I thought my Crown was loyal.
After this, went upstairs where a technician & nurse shaved my head, when I looked in the mirror it was a hard pill to swallow. They then injected anaesthetic to my head, only really hurt when they did it on the top of my neck. Then they started extracting from my Donor, took them about 2-3 hours then we had a break.
Dr Cinik then came in & started opening my canals / channels, this took about 1-2 hours, a technician was also present, after the original technician & nurse came and inserted the grafts, Dr Cinik would check up on them every so often. This took about 2-3 hours, and it was all over. I nearly passed out when I sat up, they gave me some juice really quick and I managed to stay conscious. Had a small chat to the head technician who worked on me, she has been at the clinic 4 years, so obviously not an amateur.
Went back to the hotel after that, painful for the next 4-5 hours, then it wore off and I was able to sleep on & off. Only slept upright or with ringer pillow under my neck lying on my back.
Went back the next day, the assistants gave me some information & Dr Cinik evaluated my result and thinks it will turn out well.
I enjoyed my time there & am hoping for a solid result for a great price. Now pics.
One of my sides is receded more than the other hence the unsymmetrical laying of grafts
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Yea I know .. like billion of questions. Sorry