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How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm »

smalltarget wrote: post #106
olalonde wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holding up pretty well. Here's a picture from yesterday: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olalonde/olalonde.github.c... . The transplant was in 2021.

Looks great! So you get the procedure, and then what happens after? Whats the recovery process like?

It is mostly a waiting game. The first month is about cleaning the scabs off your scalp and keeping away from the sun and certain activities while the hair follicles anchor and the scalp heals. Your hair will go through an initial 'shock' phase where it falls out but enters a normal growth cycle.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by stavros »

smalltarget wrote: post #109
stavros wrote: post #69

I did one in Thessaloniki, Greece eight years ago. Here's a photo album of me before, during, after, and recently: https://immich.home.stavros.io/s/transplant

Thank you for sharing. I asked this of another commenter - but whats the post-procedure process like?

It was painful for a day or two, and I couldn't touch my scalp at all for a few days, I had to sleep on a rolled-up towel. That's it.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by atleastoptimal »

ibero wrote: post #104
atleastoptimal wrote: post #94

It is a huge unspoken reality how much one's physical appearance affects the way they are treated, their life outcomes, and ultimate success in social/romantic relationships. Hair transplants, leg lengthening, plastic surgery, etc. will all explode over the next decade as AI erodes humans' ability to be successful via their industry and intellect.

i do not think this is unspoken.

I agree, but admitting the shallowness of the general human populace seems to be a moderate social taboo. You can get away with contextualizing it in a way that equivocates the nature of the phenomenon, but addressing it too directly seems to get pushback.

Saying

>I'm getting a hair transplant because I want to feel better about myself

Is received much more favorably that

>I'm getting a hair transplant because people are mean to bald people and I would downgraded a few points in implicit social status and general treatment if I were to exhibit male-pattern baldness.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by gacgacgac »

jnwatson wrote: post #100
gacgacgac wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes? The country is named Türkiye, we should use that name? The etymology here is interesting and has a looooong history. The country has officially been named Türkiye for over a century.

And Germany's official name is "Bundesrepublik Deutschland". I get to call it Germany though.

Has Germany said they should be called Deutschland by English speakers?

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by macintux »

__turbobrew__ wrote: post #67

Why are so many people brainwashed to think baldness==bad? My hair really started to go down around 30 years old and am going to have to shave my head at some point, but who cares? Why does it matter?

Speaking as someone who's been shaving for 20 years now, it is bad.

More sun exposure, less cold protection.

It has benefits too, but it's overall harmful.

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Post by trallnag »

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #103
toomanyrichies wrote: post #97

I had mine done in Rio de Janeiro, not in Turkey, but I understand the costs are similar for both. I had 2 sessions performed 6 months apart, total cost of about USD $5,000. In the US it might have been $20,000 or more. Each session was about 10+ hours, but with the local anesthesia it went by surprisingly quickly. I take dutasteride and apply topical minoxidil daily. This was in 2023, and I'm largely happy with the…

>I take dutasteride and apply topical minoxidil daily. This is so extremely harmful. I wish you the best of luck. Edit: To whoever I upset, yes it is harmful to suppress your sexual hormones daily. Originally it was never intended for hair loss but for prostate cancer until Merck & Co. figured out they could market it as a 'hair loss pill'. You will find the popularity of fin/dut inflated on Reddit these days as (pai…

Not everyone is affected by the side effects you are mentioning. If 100 % of men were experiencing them I doubt Dutasterid would still be such a popular drug for bph

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm »

trallnag wrote: post #117
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I take dutasteride and apply topical minoxidil daily. This is so extremely harmful. I wish you the best of luck. Edit: To whoever I upset, yes it is harmful to suppress your sexual hormones daily. Originally it was never intended for hair loss but for prostate cancer until Merck & Co. figured out they could market it as a 'hair loss pill'. You will find the popularity of fin/dut inflated on Reddit these days as (pai…

Not everyone is affected by the side effects you are mentioning. If 100 % of men were experiencing them I doubt Dutasterid would still be such a popular drug for bph

Let me be clear: hormone suppression is not a "side effect" it is the effect. Ironically, the side effect is the hair growth.

Edit: systemic effect is not 0% even with topical, enters your bloodstream nonetheless. To respond to the guy marketing below (HN limiting replies).

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by [deleted] »

n64controller wrote: post #41

Wayne Rooney lost his strength, motivation and creativity directly after his hair transplant. Some speculate the pills you need to take forever afterwards mess up your hormones. It's not worth it just to look good for women and "impressing" other people. His body turned into a fat womens body.

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