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37 y - FUE 5000 Grafts- Grade 6 hair loss- Dr.Tugrul Maral - Turkey, TR

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Hi guys, i started loosing hair significantly 5...

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meldesoke
WORTH IT$2,350
Hi guys, i started loosing hair significantly 5 years ago, now my top head is with few hairs left :), after deep thinking and a lot of hesitating i decided to get hair transplant in Turkey. for years i'm collecting data from internet and recently i met one person (by chance) who had the operation (it seems will done,but this was a couple of months after he had it and i never met him again to follow up). i phoned a couple of persons who have done the operation (throw mutual friends). the thing is i'm too much hesitating specially for which center should i deal with, after contacting a few clinics i decided to make it in Dr. Maral klinik in Turkey after i read a positive feed back from this glorious site,i contacted them, sent photos and agreed for the cost and every thing, the last step is to make my booking and fly to Turkey (i'm planning after 3 weeks) but i'm still afraid from the risks , what is your advice guys, is it worth the risk? what is the maximum risk should i prepare myself to? what is your satisfaction about this clinic?any body shares his result after 5 or 7 years ! finally i will share my experience supported with photos when it comes true :) hopefully . (excuse me for my bad English)

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Tugrul Maral, MD

Tugrul Maral, MD

Plastic Surgeon

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January 12, 2016
I will let u know soon enough
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January 12, 2016
thanks Jayben , i'm looking forward for your trip details.
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January 12, 2016
wish you good luck
January 13, 2016
Thank u. I'm a little worried when I get back for work though. Need to figure it out soon. But I keep telling myself next year at this time all will be good and if I would have waited I would have told myself should of done it back then. So in ready and going and this is for next year
January 13, 2016
You will be fine. I had a procedure @ Maral Klinik Dec 17, almost 4 weeks ago and recovering nicely. They are very experienced and do several procedures a day. Very pleasant people. Follow simple instructions and you will be back to your normal routine in 7-10 days.
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January 13, 2016
thank you, i hope you will get the look you wish,
tell me are they doing any blood test before the operation?
January 13, 2016
From the commercial clinics My opinion is that the clinic DR Maral is the best
Has a good team of technicians are working on intervention
From the clinic they do doctors recommend Dr. Ali Emre Karadeniz
Do not worry, I think it will be fine to be patient this is a long process than a year until a true result
Good luck
May 22, 2016
Considering Dr k and Dr moral can u clarify your statement on Dr k. I don't understand. Thanks
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February 23, 2016
Hi Meldesoke.
I think you need not to worry. You have chosen a great clinic. I am now 15 months after 4900 grafts with Maralklinik and all is great.There are lots of good reviews on this site of the clinic. Please read my review on here.I have answered lots of guys questions over the last year or so and it will give you a better idea of how the whole thing goes .They run a very tight operation and really look after you. Best wishes DerekLucan
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February 24, 2016
Thank you dereklucan, i already made it and i will upload photos very soon.
March 13, 2016
How many days to complete growth
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March 14, 2016
ONE YEAR
UPDATED FROM meldesoke
15 days post

Finally i did it :) Day -1 arrival day 18/02/2016

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meldesoke
Last Friday 19 Feb'16 i had my operation done in Maral Klinik, the internet in the hotel didn't help me to write my review,
I just returned home and i will start with many thanks to @Gmang85 & @bazberlin for their great reviews which actually helped me a lot taking my decision actually their reviews is a documentary reference for who ever want to go with HT.

So in this day i arrived in Ataturk airport 02 PM, the driver was waiting with a friendly smile for me and another two gentlemen who arrived very soon and he took us to the hotel which is small but very clean and lovely only the internet service was not that good, and the district (Levent) is very near to a subway station and some shopping malls also, and he told us that he will pick us tomorrow morning around 9AM to the clinic to proceed with the operation.
so i didn't waste time, picked a map from the hotel and immediately went out to Taksim square roaming around till 10 PM
Here is some photos for arrival and pre operation.

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June 2, 2016
i am looking in to HP but im not so sure how safe it is to travell to turkey at all
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June 3, 2016
I'm not sure, for me i'm from middle east so it's not a big problem to travel from a hot area to another :)
October 25, 2016
DUde, honestly bro LOOKS GREAT MAN I WISH I HAD TO MONEY AND DON"T WANNA GO TO TURKEY BUT MAN YOU LOOK GREAT !
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October 26, 2016
Turkey, Istanbul is a great place, i'm planning to go again may be next summer.
UPDATED FROM meldesoke
15 days post

So today is day 0 - Operation Day 19/02/2016

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meldesoke
i wake up 8AM had a good breakfast in the hotel restaurant and waiting till the nice driver Mr. Sivas who came on time with his smile and picked me along with another two young men to the clinic which is only 5 minutes away from the hotel.
01-every one in the clinic received us with a smile make us feel comfortable, i finished the paper procedures and paid then i met Dr. Tugrul Maral and he explained and answered all my questions cleared all my doubts , and he draw an initial hair line and he took some photos pre operation.
02- they take off my shirt & gave them my belongings to keep it and I wore the operation robe
03-the only mistake i did is that i didn't keep my mobile and headphone, so i have been tortured with 7 hours of Turkish songs which i don't understand but any way it kept the technicians in a good mode :)
04- they shaved my head to zero then i lied on my face and receive dozens of local anesthetic this was the only painful part of the operation that day - the pain can be measured like 5 from 10.
05-after that a team of two persons with assistant of another one start removing Follicles from the donor area it took around 02 hours
06- the technicians work with confidence that you can feel how professional they are, always asking how i feel and always care about my comfort.
07- after finishing removing Follicles a nice lady came to draw the final hair line according to the number of follicles they extracted, then i turned to lay on the back and another team start drilling holes in the receiving area for another one and half hour
08- after this stage they stop for a short break, i took my lunch.
09-final stage of the operation took around 2.5 to 3 hours where a team of three persons proceeds carefully with the transplantation of the follicles in the receiving area .
10- finally after around 6 hours they finished and cleaned the donor area and covered it with a bandage
11- i did't feel pin immediately after the operation, but after 06 hours i start feeling the donor area burning. and this was expected.
12-they give me some kind of support neck to help me sleeping with my back 45 degrees up but actually i hardy slept a couple of hours this night .

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June 20, 2016
Best of luck man
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June 21, 2016
Thanks :)
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July 23, 2016
Good review. Nice that you were able to have 5000 grafts!
I'm hoping that my results will be in line with yours (10.6.16 was my Maralklinik date night!).
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August 17, 2016
I love Dr. Tugrul Maral i had performed all my hair line and eyebrows there im very thankful for all the turkey was very friendly with me i ❤️ maral klink