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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 »

ribosometronome wrote: post #105
brightball wrote: post #63

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Felt more like an upsell. Maybe predatory was the wrong word.

Did they require it be through them? Fin is pretty cheap as far as meds go. Unless you're already at full Norwood VII pre-transplant, you have hair that you'll continue to lose post-transplant. Being on the medications that help stop that in its tracks will mean a better looking long term result and keep you from having to undergo future transplants.

>Unless you're already at full Norwood VII

I was at "80% hair loss" and they pretty much just carpet bombed my scalp. Looks great now, no meds.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by thenews »

ortusdux wrote: post #54
moduspol wrote: post #49

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I had three done in the states and I'm happy with them, but it's tough to argue it was necessarily worth the increased price.

What was the cost? I've heard it's cheaper to fly to Turkey.

if i recall, it was costing $8-$11 in US compared to 3-5eur per graft in turkey 2-3 years back.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by hermitcrab »

__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?

Some people look great bald. Some don't. I am in the latter group, so I'm hoping not to go bald! If I do, I will probably buy a beret.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by IncreasePosts »

gacgacgac wrote: post #115
jnwatson wrote: post #100

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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?

Is it a right of any nation to assert what other nations call it? Can America ask China to stop calling them 美国 (Měiguó) and call them the USA?

The problem with the turkey rebranding is that it was a mere orthographic update, but it is using orthography that is very non standard(whatever that means for English), including using a diacritic rarely seen in English.

I could get behind it more if they completely changed the name, like a when Swaziland switched to eswatini. But for now, you can pry turkey from my cold dead hands

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by IncreasePosts »

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #118
trallnag wrote: post #117

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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).

Most men won't care if hormones on their scalp are suppressed

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by IncreasePosts »

__turbobrew__ wrote: post #82
endemic wrote: post #76

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If it makes someone feel better about themselves, why not?

The question is why do people feel bad about themselves? Everyone gets old, it is part of life. Why can we not accept that?

Because society (random people you interact with) treats you differently depending on your physical characteristics. And dealing with a bunch of people who are mean to you for no real reason is harder psychologically to deal with than dealing with a bunch of people who are nice to you for no reason. Ask any person who was overweight and lost weight whether they noticed strangers being nicer to them after their weight loss.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by IncreasePosts »

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

Is your hair thinning again, or is it just the angle between the last two pics?

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by asdff »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #107
asdff wrote: post #102

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The irony is that none of this stuff actually works as intended. Plastic surgery is obvious. Lip injections are obvious. Leg lengthening, I mean have you seen the proportions after?? Hair transplants too. If the most wealthy people getting these procedures look botched, what hope does anyone have really. Also, are we acting like steve jobs wasn't still a handsome man with his grey thinning head? It doesn't come from…

> Plastic surgery is obvious Survivorship bias, you only notice the plastic surgery that isn't good. Most of the time it's invisible, your brain doesn't process the individual change, you just get the sense that the person looks better/less tired/more put together. >Lip injections are obvious Same phenomenon, but even if they are obvious some people like that aesthetic, in the same way that dyed hair/painted nails ar…

Everyone looks great if they live healthily and groom themselves. No one is actually an ugly duckling.

>If we all die after 80 or so years then what's the point of doing anything? Why get a job, why put any effort into personal grooming?

Because you want to be fit and healthy? All these surgeries are orthogonal to that. Every surgery is risky even medically necessary ones. You shower and groom yourself to prevent skin issues. You work out to simulate the hunter gatherer lifestyle your body is adapted to in the modern society which does not sufficiently pressure these adaptions. This stuff is your oil change and tire rotation. It is maintenance really. These surgeries are not maintenance however. It is like ricing the civic while it burns oil and the transmission makes scary sounds.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by Daishiman »

lifestyleguru wrote: post #91

I don't understand how can you trust these foreigners-oriented clinics in counties with otherwise miserable healthcare. These clinics are not an exception from dysfunctional healthcare system, they are the very result and fruit of it.

Turkey has reasonably good health care by any metric, what are you talking about?
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