A_4_Archan
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Myself Archan from India ..I am a new member of this forum..First of all I would like to thank all the members and owner and moderators of this forum for creating a place where people can find answers to their questions related to hair loss...its a good platform to get lots of knowledge regarding hair issues and surgeries and much more...i am a senior member of a forum called hair restoration network (hair transplant network)...i use to visit this forum to look at the results of some doctors for the comparison....
I recently had my hair transplant surgery with dr kongkiat laorwong from thailand so i thought of sharing my experience with him here on the forum so it may help someone someday....
Hotel :
I stayed at hotel "White Ivory Bed And Breakfast" which is fairly priced...less than 5 mins walk from the clinic...very clean...excellent staff...i lost my neck pillow somewhere at the airport and the manager gave me her newly bought unused neck pillow..so special thanks to her for being so nice...actually most of the thai people are very generous and kind and friendly....
Surgery Day :
I went to the clinic at 8 am
They did all the blood tests and checked my blood pressure and all and than Dr Laorwong came and checked my head and told me that i need around 6500 grafts for creating an illusion of full head of hair...i was expecting this quote as i believe that i will need somewhere around 6-7k grafts...he explained me about the options....he told me that i can go with fut+fue as i am high nw case and the combo would give more grafts but than i will not be able to keep buzz cut so i didn't take that option as i always keep buzz cut and if the surgery don't go well i may consider shaving off my head with a guard 1 and do smp...and the 2nd option was to go for 2 sessions of fue...1st session with around 3.5k scalp grafts and 2nd session with around 2k scalp + 1k beard grafts and I have chosen that option considering my requirement.So after 1 year I will go for a 2nd session of around 2.5k grafts for my crown
He than drew hairline and asked me if i am okay with that but i told him that i want to go for a conservative approach and dont want to lower my hairline and he quickly told me that it would be the best option if i don't be greedy for a lower hairline and take a conservative route as i may need more grafts in future so we went with that approach and than he gave me some antibiotics, pain killers and sleeping pill (though i didn't sleep throughout the procedure) and we went to the operation room and i laid down and he gave the anesthesia and than he started the extraction process...
All the extraction was done by himself using Trivellini Mamba punch (0.95mm) as he said many of my donor grafts are thick and lowering the punch size may risk in transection of the grafts...after completing all the extraction he asked me to have a break and offered me the lunch...then after maybe around 20 mins of lunch break we started the incisions process and that is also fully done by him...he created incisions from hairline to the mid scalp...after that they started the implantation using implanter pen ....there was a senior nurse who had an experience of more than 10 years with the same clinic and she specializes in implantation...she told me that she can even do the implantation using forceps if i wish that but according to her implanter pen is more safe and there is very less chance of damage to grafts so i agreed to that...50% of implantation was done by her and 50% was done by Dr Laorwong himself which was a great plus as there are very few doctors who get involved so much in implantation step too....so i was pleased to see that and he told me that he will do his very best to give me a good outcome...i liked that thing...i believe that there are lots of factors which affects the outcome but what we need is full on doctor's involvement and dedication to the patient to try and achieve the best outcome possible...so in my opinion he did his best for that part and i couldn't ask for more...in between i asked that if they could show me the hairline and they agreed to it and I told them that I needed a bit of correction and Dr laorwong happily agreed to that and did the changes.
Everything went on so smooth and i was happy for this and than they offered me some delicious snacks and juice and gave me the medicines and explained me how to take that....i stayed there for more days as he told me that it would be better if i stay and take LLLTP and head wash for next 4 days which will help in early recovery of wounds and also scabs will not be formed..its been a week and i am not experiencing any pain or amy discomfort at all but lets see how it goes after i complete my medicines course...infact i went for shopping the very next day of the surgery...i never felt like i had any surgery...
So i had a wonderful experience with the clinic and now the worst part (waiting part) started...This long wait really sucks big time...I will try to keep the forum well updated...
I am sharing my pics here..there are 2 sets of pics...one set of pics are clicked during planning stage and the other ones in which i am wearing strips shirt were clicked on the next day of the surgery when iw ent for my first wash...
Myself Archan from India ..I am a new member of this forum..First of all I would like to thank all the members and owner and moderators of this forum for creating a place where people can find answers to their questions related to hair loss...its a good platform to get lots of knowledge regarding hair issues and surgeries and much more...i am a senior member of a forum called hair restoration network (hair transplant network)...i use to visit this forum to look at the results of some doctors for the comparison....
I recently had my hair transplant surgery with dr kongkiat laorwong from thailand so i thought of sharing my experience with him here on the forum so it may help someone someday....
Hotel :
I stayed at hotel "White Ivory Bed And Breakfast" which is fairly priced...less than 5 mins walk from the clinic...very clean...excellent staff...i lost my neck pillow somewhere at the airport and the manager gave me her newly bought unused neck pillow..so special thanks to her for being so nice...actually most of the thai people are very generous and kind and friendly....
Surgery Day :
I went to the clinic at 8 am
They did all the blood tests and checked my blood pressure and all and than Dr Laorwong came and checked my head and told me that i need around 6500 grafts for creating an illusion of full head of hair...i was expecting this quote as i believe that i will need somewhere around 6-7k grafts...he explained me about the options....he told me that i can go with fut+fue as i am high nw case and the combo would give more grafts but than i will not be able to keep buzz cut so i didn't take that option as i always keep buzz cut and if the surgery don't go well i may consider shaving off my head with a guard 1 and do smp...and the 2nd option was to go for 2 sessions of fue...1st session with around 3.5k scalp grafts and 2nd session with around 2k scalp + 1k beard grafts and I have chosen that option considering my requirement.So after 1 year I will go for a 2nd session of around 2.5k grafts for my crown
He than drew hairline and asked me if i am okay with that but i told him that i want to go for a conservative approach and dont want to lower my hairline and he quickly told me that it would be the best option if i don't be greedy for a lower hairline and take a conservative route as i may need more grafts in future so we went with that approach and than he gave me some antibiotics, pain killers and sleeping pill (though i didn't sleep throughout the procedure) and we went to the operation room and i laid down and he gave the anesthesia and than he started the extraction process...
All the extraction was done by himself using Trivellini Mamba punch (0.95mm) as he said many of my donor grafts are thick and lowering the punch size may risk in transection of the grafts...after completing all the extraction he asked me to have a break and offered me the lunch...then after maybe around 20 mins of lunch break we started the incisions process and that is also fully done by him...he created incisions from hairline to the mid scalp...after that they started the implantation using implanter pen ....there was a senior nurse who had an experience of more than 10 years with the same clinic and she specializes in implantation...she told me that she can even do the implantation using forceps if i wish that but according to her implanter pen is more safe and there is very less chance of damage to grafts so i agreed to that...50% of implantation was done by her and 50% was done by Dr Laorwong himself which was a great plus as there are very few doctors who get involved so much in implantation step too....so i was pleased to see that and he told me that he will do his very best to give me a good outcome...i liked that thing...i believe that there are lots of factors which affects the outcome but what we need is full on doctor's involvement and dedication to the patient to try and achieve the best outcome possible...so in my opinion he did his best for that part and i couldn't ask for more...in between i asked that if they could show me the hairline and they agreed to it and I told them that I needed a bit of correction and Dr laorwong happily agreed to that and did the changes.
Everything went on so smooth and i was happy for this and than they offered me some delicious snacks and juice and gave me the medicines and explained me how to take that....i stayed there for more days as he told me that it would be better if i stay and take LLLTP and head wash for next 4 days which will help in early recovery of wounds and also scabs will not be formed..its been a week and i am not experiencing any pain or amy discomfort at all but lets see how it goes after i complete my medicines course...infact i went for shopping the very next day of the surgery...i never felt like i had any surgery...
So i had a wonderful experience with the clinic and now the worst part (waiting part) started...This long wait really sucks big time...I will try to keep the forum well updated...
I am sharing my pics here..there are 2 sets of pics...one set of pics are clicked during planning stage and the other ones in which i am wearing strips shirt were clicked on the next day of the surgery when iw ent for my first wash...