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    Joe, thanks again for your time. I suppose I won't know the true extent of my donor area until I see a specialist. But as you say, I don't want to waste my donor all on the crown. Despite the pictures, I am getting quite diffuse on the rest of the scalp, therefore I want to be conservative.
    From your experience, what sort of graft number would you recommend? If currently had quotes for 800-1500, 1000 and 2000.

    Does anyone have any experience with Dr Ozgur in Turkey?

    Thanks

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    The problem is that you have dark hair and pale skin so coverage can be risky due to the contrast. Regardless, I think that maybe 1500 grafts would be safe estimate with the true threshold of acceptability for you being plus/minus a few hundred grafts.

    Have you considered shaving your head instead? Going the other direction may give you some relief and you might actually like the look.
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    When you say shave do you mean to a grade 1, 2 or even shorter. The problem is with being this pale I believe it could make me look ill lol. However, you have now started me thinking about it.

    I have now got quite a few responses from doctors:

    Dr. Maral - Turkey
    800-1500 grafts

    Dr. Doganay - Turkey
    2000 grafts

    Dr Oktan - Turkey
    1000 grafts

    Dr. Karadeniz - Turkey
    Waiting for a response on number of grafts however received a rough price

    Dr. Bisanga - Belgium
    1500-1800 grafts
    Wants to view the donor area first to determine grafts available

    Dr. Feriduni - Belgium
    Told me to wait as afraid of wasting too many grafts in crown, however mentioned that he thought I had good donor

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    Quote Originally Posted by mic28 View Post
    When you say shave do you mean to a grade 1, 2 or even shorter. The problem is with being this pale I believe it could make me look ill lol. However, you have now started me thinking about it.

    I have now got quite a few responses from doctors:

    Dr. Maral - Turkey
    800-1500 grafts

    Dr. Doganay - Turkey
    2000 grafts

    Dr Oktan - Turkey
    1000 grafts

    Dr. Karadeniz - Turkey
    Waiting for a response on number of grafts however received a rough price

    Dr. Bisanga - Belgium
    1500-1800 grafts
    Wants to view the donor area first to determine grafts available

    Dr. Feriduni - Belgium
    Told me to wait as afraid of wasting too many grafts in crown, however mentioned that he thought I had good donor

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    If you're thinking about it then do yourself a favor and keep thinking about it. I mean shorter than a 1 guard because you want to minimize the contrast between areas that have hair and those areas that don't (the crown). The lower the contrast the less likely the crown will stand out. You may be pale now, and your scalp will be more pale than the rest of your body at first, but after you try shaving it then it will get some color to it and it just might look great.

    Try to imagine having one thing to take care of each day, keeping your hair shaved. That's it. The anxiety about people seeing the bald spot on an otherwise healthy looking head of hair may just fade to a bad memory and no longer be a weight of burden. It could be an entirely liberating experience as it has been for others that have decided to eliminate the problem in this manner. There is no risk AT ALL in shaving your head. None. You'll be saving thousands of dollars and you won't potentially have a life long regret to live with. Worst case scenario? You don't like it and you grow your hair back in a few months. At the very least it will be one thing to mark off of your list as possible methods to deal with your issue and then you can move on to find something else that may work for you without having to wonder "what if I had just tried shaving my head to begin with?".
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    hi mic28 no I did not have a hair transplant with Koray Erdogan and to be honest have never had a hair transplant done on me I'm 37 and will one day I live in texas so ive never even gone to turkey but I follow these threads and posts a lot and I also look at the weekly shows from joe and spencer very good info by the way but joe did some type undercover thing in turkey and it opened my eyes of whats happening over there and I'm sure in other places also including here in the usa so be careful!!now the reason i mentioned Koray Erdogan was because of how much experience he has with fue and he is recommended by the American hairloss association and he is in turkey wich is where you want to go also in my opinion very affordable compared to usa and Canada now the reason is affordable is because how much people earn outhere wich is like 400 dollars a month so if its 2.50 a graft in turkey that's like top of the line doctor you have to be real careful and research a lot of i myself have done a lot of it i live in texas and very soon i will visit arocha in Austin,also great info joe you keep doing that man because people need to know whats going on with all this doctors wich by the way theres THOUSANDS OF THEM!!! yea very scary stuff that needs to be exposed!

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    I think my problem is that I'm pale all the time lol. Definitely unsure about pulling of baldness. Especially since I have the option against it. Got another couple of quotes back. Very seriously considering Dr Erdogan as I've heard great things about him and he is approved by IAHRS.

    Thanks Cheke I will let you know if I book in with him

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    I can understand what you are facing now. You need not to feel embarrassing in front of society. If you are going through some financial problems, you can go for hair transplant in Turkey. You can get experience surgeon at affordable cost.

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    Quote Originally Posted by poorva View Post
    I can understand what you are facing now. You need not to feel embarrassing in front of society. If you are going through some financial problems, you can go for hair transplant in Turkey. You can get experience surgeon at affordable cost.
    You don't want to be going for a HT somewhere because its cheaper

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    Hi Joe,

    What are your thoughts are Dr. Karadeniz? I noticed you used to work with him in the past?

    Has anyone on the bald truth had a transplant from him?

    Thanks in advance

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    Quote Originally Posted by mic28 View Post
    Hi Joe,

    What are your thoughts are Dr. Karadeniz? I noticed you used to work with him in the past?

    Has anyone on the bald truth had a transplant from him?

    Thanks in advance
    Dr. K is a good guy, always worth talking to him. Look for "Suarez". He had FUSS with him several months back.
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