UK FUT with D Krishnan Ziering

[dean200180]

Thanks so much for the reply Lee. You've put my mind at rest. All booked in so I hope I have as successful transplant as yourself.
All the best,
Dean.

[DEllis]

Thanks so much for the reply Lee. You've put my mind at rest. All booked in so I hope I have as successful transplant as yourself.
All the best,
Dean.

I found this as I'm booked in for FUT with Dr Krishnan in January(and getting understandably apprehensive). How are you getting on?

[dean200180]

Hi DEllis,

Sorry for the late response. Whole experience has been positive so far.

On the day of procedure I met straight away with Dr Krishnan and we discussed and mapped out the hair line. Then I went to the surgery room which was a little smaller than expected but was made to feel comfortable and given the TV remote to watch Netflix. They examined the back of my hair for the density of the follicles and then I was injected with the anesthetic to numb the area. Then Dr Krishnan cut the strip and sewed me back up. All over in about 15 minutes. His team went to work on the grafts while Dr Krishnan made the incisions.
We then had a break for lunch which was a very dry ham sandwich which was brought to me in the surgery room. Probably the worst part of the day as I didn't have an appetite and was keen to get the procedure done.

After about 45 minutes his team of 3 people started inserting the grafts, each one asking another team member for 1's, 2's 3's and 4's. This was relating to the number of hairs per graft as they were working their way from front hairline backwards. I am thinning through the centre but they were only able to put a few in the spaces available as current hair follicles still existed and by putting new follicles there, they could damage the existing ones, thus having a negative effect.

Dr Krishnan was working on another patient in another room on the afternoon while his team were inserting the grafts. He came in 2 or 3 times to see how they were getting on.

At the end of the process Dr Krishnan came back in to see the final result and he seemed happy. I was a little unsure on the hair line as it appeared to be slightly less on the right side so Dr Krishnan made a few more incisions and inserted a few more grafts that were left over.
The whole process lasted from 7am until 5:30pm when I left. I had approx 2250 grafts.

I went back the following day for a hair wash. First 3 - 4 nights i slept upright in bed with a travel pillow. Swelling was pretty bad all over my face. I can't remember the time scale of the swelling but whatever there guidelines are for it, it was bang on. As soon as it peaked on the day they said it would, it started to go down and was more or less gone within 3 - 4 days. It was pretty bad though so expect this especially if you are having hairs put in across the hairline.

I used the solution spray provided every hour on the grafts and the scabs dried. I did notice a lot of dry skin flakes in my hair which was quite annoying. Once I could touch the grafts after 5 days and gently washed these out with shampoo.
I was off work for a week and wore a hat for the first week back.

The grafts all fell out after about 4 weeks. I am now 16 weeks post op. Grafts started appearing sparsely around 12 weeks and for the past 2 weeks it seems they have really kicked in. Still a long way to go and a lot still to show signs of growing but what is there is definitely a positive sign. I'm due to go back at 6 months for a follow up chat to see how I'm getting on. Not sure if they will contact me or I have to contact them. I've not been in touch since I contacted them about the dry skin which they said was normal.

All in all I'm glad I went to Zeiring. I took me 5 years to build up the courage to do it but I have no regrets.

Best of luck with your procedure. Let us know how your experience goes.

Merry Christmas!

Dean.

[DEllis]

It turns out that I don't get notifications, so sorry for not replying sooner.

Thank you for the detailed description, I really appreciate it. I'll report back on how I get on.

Thanks, and Happy New Year!

David

[adam5189]

DEllis how did your procedure go? i have just booked FUE 2500 graft with Dr Krishnan in April. Its took me a few years to get the confidence to go for this and a whole lot of research. Im really curious to hear about your experience and see how it all went?

[DEllis]

DEllis how did your procedure go? i have just booked FUE 2500 graft with Dr Krishnan in April. Its took me a few years to get the confidence to go for this and a whole lot of research. Im really curious to hear about your experience and see how it all went?

Hey, adam5189! I was going to post a little further down the road, as its very early days, but I must say the experience so far has been pretty good.

I had my FUT last Thursday 10th Jan, so as of writing this, its not even been a week - meaning I'm still very much in the early recovery period and still a bit sore on my donor area and my face is still a bit swollen. However, the day of the procedure went really well and I was made to feel very comfortable by Dr Krishnan and his team who really know their stuff.

To be honest, most of my experience mirrors that of Dean who detailed it brilliantly above (Thanks again Dean!) so I'm not sure I can add a whole lot more at this stage. I know you're going for FUE which is obviously a bit different, but I think you'll be in good hands.

The worst parts for me were the injections (after that it was painless) and a lack of proper sleep the first night. Nothing so far has been really that bad though.
As Dean said above, the swelling can be pretty severe, but its only temporary, and a small price to pay, I reckon!

Hope your procedure goes well, and let us know here!

Oh and make sure you get a travel pillow - its a godsend!

David

[Gower]

Hey, adam5189! I was going to post a little further down the road, as its very early days, but I must say the experience so far has been pretty good.

I had my FUT last Thursday 10th Jan, so as of writing this, its not even been a week - meaning I'm still very much in the early recovery period and still a bit sore on my donor area and my face is still a bit swollen. However, the day of the procedure went really well and I was made to feel very comfortable by Dr Krishnan and his team who really know their stuff.

To be honest, most of my experience mirrors that of Dean who detailed it brilliantly above (Thanks again Dean!) so I'm not sure I can add a whole lot more at this stage. I know you're going for FUE which is obviously a bit different, but I think you'll be in good hands.

The worst parts for me were the injections (after that it was painless) and a lack of proper sleep the first night. Nothing so far has been really that bad though.
As Dean said above, the swelling can be pretty severe, but its only temporary, and a small price to pay, I reckon!

Hope your procedure goes well, and let us know here!

Oh and make sure you get a travel pillow - its a godsend!

David

I’ve also just had a hair transplant with Dr Krishnan the day after you funnily enough on the 11th! Had 2,000 grafts using FUE put into my crown. Overall experience was great. Only painful part was the anaesthetic injections but after that you don’t really feel anything. Haven’t noticed any swelling, not sure if it because I only had grafts in my crown and not my hairline. Now it’s just playing the waiting game! Also, like David said, a travel pillow comes in very handy

[adam5189]

Cheers fellas, your responses are much appreciate puts my mind at ease. i hope you both get the results you hoped for! If either of you have any photos you dont mind sharing please feel free to contact me on a.gardner89@icloud.com

[leemanuel]

Hello all - I’m looking at PRP....

Thought I’d come back here first, but may start a separate thread (what would you recommend)?

I’m kinda 6 years down the line from my FUT with Dr Krishnan at Ziering and have absolutely no regrets... that said I’m also 6 years older and have noticed my crown (whilst strategically covered with the way i brush my hair) is sparse and my hair line is thinking additionally as my job has changed, I’m now more conscious of the FUT scare at the back of my head.

I’m taking the steps of a PRP course and wanted to know if your would be interested in me documenting the journey? Happy to share the real process, unfiltered pictures etc. If that would help? I’m very conscious that when i joined the forum 8 years ago... we had limited real world information on UK surgeons and this thread seems to have helped some of you.

Let me know your thoughts.

[DEllis]

I’d be really interested in it. I’ve been thinking about a second procedure specifically for my crown, as Dr Krishnan suggested that the focus should be on the hair line when I had my transplant. I know absolutely nothing about prp.

[RinzlerAM]

Hi Leemanual. Just to let you know I've been reading your thread on Dr Krishnan, and it appears it's the only major thread of discussion (on the Internet) I can find on his work. Thank you so much for documenting your journey from as far back as 2012, and also thank you for coming back on here yesterday, it's nice to know the thread is still alive after 8 years. Your commitment to the cause is greatly appreciated.

Regarding the PRP, I think it's a great idea to document it. I'd like to see how it progresses for you!

I also have some questions if I may:
1) Did you place all of your 2750 grafts for the frontal hairline 1/3 with Dr Krishnan?
2) If so, did you feel his graft number recommendation of 2250 frontal and 500 Crown was too conservative?
3) I recently had a consultation with Dr Krishnan at the Hillside Hair Clinic in Nottingham (where it seems he moved to from Zeiring?) and he suggested 2000 grafts for my frontal 1/3. I've contacted around 50 of the world's top doctors and the general consensus has been 2000 to 4000 for the frontal third. He wasn't happy when I suggested increasing the graft number to 2500, which is fair because he said I didn't need it.
4) What did Dr Krishnan say your max number of donor grafts available were before you had the surgery?
5) Can you let us know how you chose Dr. Krishnan, over other doctors, such as Dr. Lupanzula, Dr. Erdogan etc.?
6) Do you feel the hairline design made by Dr. Krishnan has that artistic edge? I know this is subjective, but essentially I mean, do you like the design, can you style it well, do the hairs follow the natural angles of the surrounding hair?

As I mentioned, I really appreciate how far this thread spans on your case and his work. Some people have said they've been a patient of his, however not with many before/after pictures. In fact, unfortunately, I have desperately struggled to find more than a handful of high-definition, in-focus before/after pictures of his work (not just under a clinic brand). I know he is a very qualified and very capable surgeon. My concern is that we only get one shot at this. So I'm torn on picking between Dr. Lupanzula (who thrives on transparency of his work online) and Dr. Krishnan.

Apologies if I've said anything out of place, I'm not 100percent on the rules of posting on here, but most of the above is anecdotal and I have met with Dr. Krishnan.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond to this, looking forward to hearing from others!

FYI, I'm 31yo, male, NW4-ish, thin straight hair type.

[leemanuel]

Hi there

Honestly i was in your position - such little info out there and all of the after photos on line are well positioned and not raw and honest.

I chose Ziering to start with as i did some research and was then comfy with Steve who was the sales rep guy. for me Dr Krishnan had decent on line comments (but nothing detailed). But when i met with him again i was impressed by his honesty:

1, he spoke to me about my concern areas (crown and hairline for me) and was honest about what i could expect for my budget.
2, he was the one who suggested more at the hairline, but was keen to keep an age appropriate hairline lol and a smaller number at the crown
3, I don’t recall the actual numbers but do recall Dr Krishnan saying he had harvested what he expected so guessing that’s the 2750

But yes the hairline being natural really was one of his main focus areas - i was very much “just pack them in please”. But he was very realistic and now as I’m in my 40’s its really something that i look back on and appreciate his honesty and guidance on.

Here is the hairline now.

Hope that helps - I’m going for my first PRP on the 12 April (first date we re open again in the UK). So will start a post in the PRP section and again will be a very honest thread.

[leemanuel]

Hi all - I’ve now started my PRP journey on the following thread.

https://www.baldtruthtalk.com/threads/38789-PRP-Journey-Honest-and-open-experience-UK?p=284168#post284168

[leemanuel]

Pro session 1 completed, I’ve posted some images in the prp thread

https://www.baldtruthtalk.com/threads/38789-PRP-Journey-Honest-and-open-experience-UK?p=284168#post284168