UK FUT with D Krishnan Ziering

[joely]

Here are the hair line, temples crown and donor area taken today one day out from surgery

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Glad to hear everything went well Joely! Pictures look really good- I bet you're really pleased!? Is it all a relief that you don't have I do any waiting for the op now? Although I bet that waiting it replaced with the waiting for healing & then growth!

Thanks for the detailed review of the day, especially so soon after your op! I'm also having a similar amount of FUE grafts so it was really helpful to see the same surgeons work, especially knowing that I'll be in your shoes in 15 days!

Hope it's all progressing nicely and the days aren't dragging too much! I've registered with Netflix this weekend after your comments and will make sure I get a new ps game. It might help take my mind of the itchy scalp a bit!!

[C21]

How you getting on Joely? I'm on 12 days with my countdown. I'm strangely getting less anxious the closer the day gets! Are you still due to go back to work on day 13?

[joely]

C21, Things are good im a week out now, But this last week has been so boring, I had just been sat in watching tele then id go out the house about 10pm and just go walking where I live for an hour

donor area is pretty much 100% healed now unless you were inspecting it very closely you wouldn't know, Frontal third is looking good healing nicely I think by the time I go back to work which will actually be 15 days after that should pretty much be un noticeable looking face on atm its barely noticeable but I think my height helps me in that prospective, the crown however is taking longer so im not sure how im going to hide that I asked the clinic about aloe vera and they told me not for three weeks.

My advice would be to tell a few friends you are having it done so at least they can come over, I only told one friend who was pretty decent and came over, I ended up after three days telling my on/off GF and shes been really good about it and come over lots, twas even a bit of relief telling her so I don't have to avoid her for a couple of months. but my friends who don't know keep asking why im avoiding them and it doesn't feel good so definitely if like me you see lots of your friends id definitely tell them so they don't think you re being a dick.

The after care pack they give you is good, I followed it to the letter for the first six days I was getting abit worried as it looked awful but then on day 6 when you apply the conditioner before washing it normally lots of the scabs came of and it look a hundred times better.

Scalp hasn't been that itchy and iv generally been looking after myself with diet and mild exercise, will take some pics and upload them shortly for you

[joely]

Grafted hairs have not fallen much yet so when they do I don't know if that will expose more redness im hoping not as I have an internal job interview a few days after im back

[C21]

Yeah I can't imagine how hard it must be with nothing to do. I'm generally a really active person. Pretty much out every night after work at the gym or football training. If it's not that i'll be decorating the house or creating work to do so sitting around for 2 weeks is going to drive me insane!

Pictures look good for 1 week! The back looks hardly noticeable!

That was quiet interesting on the aloe vera point. I'd have been using it straight away otherwise!

A few weeks ago I couldn't tell anyone but I've actually told 2 close friends and two people at work. I was exactly the same in that I felt relieved telling them about it! It's kind of got the point now where I don't want to tell the world but I couldn't care what people think about it!

Yeah I've paid for the aftercare kit. It's all meant to help with the healing so it's good to know its money well spent!

[joely]

About 9 days of now is it C21?

Are you travelling far to Bromsgrove?

[C21]

Yeah 9 days. Really looking forward to it. I've only got 30/35 mins drive to Bromsgrove so not far at all. Just deciding between my family who can drop me off and pick me up both days!

The nurse called me last week and she said I'm booked in for 11am for the first day may be a late finish!

Pretty much got everything I need now so just waiting patiently for the day!

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Hi guys

Hi all,

I have been reading this thread for a while, but only recently was my account authorised to get involved in forums...

Firstly, I agree and support everything discussed about Dr Krishnan. I first visited Zeiring about a year ago where I was a about to handover my hard earned cash to a sales rep for a FUT procedure. Dr K popped into the room and looked at my thinning crown and suggested a course of propecia which was obviously a lot cheaper of a potential solution. He asked me to try for a year and to book an appointment at a later date to review my results. I respected DR K,s honesty as he explained that surgery should only be the last result. I went away and took propecia as directed over the course of the year, where I had some good results. My hair stopped thinning/falling out and I would I say I got about 20% re-growth.... (I'll post photos later). However, it was still not the results I wanted so I booked in with Dr K earlier this year for a consultation.

Upon seeing Dr K, he noted the results from propecia, but understood my concerns and agreed to undertake a FUE procedure for me of 1500 grafts to the crown area. I looked into FUT, but was concerned about the scar as I didn't want anybody to know I had had the procedure. I also wanted the option to keep my hair short at the back. Obviously something FUE would enable. During my discussion with Dr K, I also discussed the possibility of a few implants into my hairline, but again Dr K talked me out of this and said it was not needed as my hairline was good.

So..... I was booked in for a procedure early April.

On the day, I drove myself as I am not too far away from the clinic. On arrival at 7am, I was met by the nurse who completed all forms, ,took bold pressures etc and kindly arranged for some breakfast. By 8am, I was in theatre watching tv/dvd's with my procedure being undertaken.

At this point, I have to say that all of the nurses were absolutely fantastic. Made me feel completely at ease and answered any questions I had. Throughout the day of the operation, the only slight short pain that I had was the aenesthetic injections. Once this was done, I felt nothing at all throughout the day.

During the majority of the morning, I was sat upright with the incisions being made around my crown area. I wanted to keep the length of my hair on top for which Dr K agreed and worked around. I only had to shave my back and sides for the grafts to be taken. I liked this idea as felt that my skilled barber could blend in the back and top prior to me returning to work to disguise the fact I had had a procedure done.

At around 11am, all of the incision work had been undertaken and it was time to start taking the grafts. I was turned onto my front with my head through a hole in a massage like table. This was probably the most uncomfortable out of all the procedures, but again nothing painful apart from the anaesthetic injections. At around 3pm all of my grafts had been taken and had been prepped ready for implementation. I had lunch and a break form around a hour.

At 4pm I was sat upright with two nurses at either side then inserting the grafts which was the best bit as I was nearing the end of the procedure. At 7 pm I was finished and on my way home with my post care kit (Fully recommend) and medication.

The next day I returned to the clinic for my post care wash (optional) which was undertaken by a diferent member of staff. Again, service was fantastic and they answered all my queries, whilst also talking me through my post care kit. I spoke with Dr K briefly who analysed my crown and seemed happy.

I had only booked a week off work and was starting to get concerned that this was not long enough for the redness of the grafts to go down. However I slept as directed and followed the post care medication and washes as directed. The day before returning to work all of my redness had had completely disappeared and my barber had worked wonders blending the back and sides with the top. I was good to go. The day of my return to work, I sprinkled a bit of manager on top of my crown, which by the way was fantastic as the fibres had more hairs to 'cling' to. In fact it looked as if I had a full head of hair...... I'll post pics later. After worrying and being nervous, nobody had a clue about my procedure, they just commented that I had had a hair cut which was fantastic.

I am now 2 weeks post op and I am completely healed with my crown feeling stubbly from the grafts. Nanogen now applied to my grafts looks great, but obviously I am waiting for the true results to start coming 4 months and onwards.

As stated above, I will post pictures later, but from my experience so far, I could not recommend Dr K enough to anybody thinking about undertaking this procedure. I have friends who have also had the procedure and all they can say is ithat is life changing.

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12 months ago prior to my first consultation

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After 12 months of propecia as directed by Dr K and a day prior to FUE procedure

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Night following the procedure.

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Night following procedure at back. (Donor area)

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4 days post.

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4 days post (Donor area)