Dr Bisanga... BHR Xxxxxx:
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Dear Fabio,
Thank you for your email and pictures.
You are only 27 and not using any hair prevention medications, you must understand hair loss is progressive a hair transplant is not a cure, it only replaces lost hair and the donor will run out, so if your hair loss progresses it may not be possible to give hair line to crown cover.
Due to your age and no meds the doctor has recommended a conservative approach to your hair line design, not flat line and no closed temples, this is to preserve your donor for future loss and also give you a balanced hair line in relation to future loss. The doctor would recommend around 2000-2200 grafts plus or minus dependent on the final design, your hair characteristics and the quality of your donor hair.
For this size procedure either Strip or FUE is suitable, most of the time we would recommend FUE due to the relatively small graft numbers and allowing you to shave close if you so wished. FUE requires us to shave the donor area for the best extraction and harvesting, it is a slow process and your procedure would be scheduled over 2 consecutive days, so your stay in Brussels would be 3 nights, arriving the day before and leaving the day after. It will be necessary to also shave some of your frontal hair to ensure we cover any weak hair in the process and create a natural blend between the native and transplanted areas.
You will suffer from a little swelling above the eyes from the procedure, this is common temporary, normally no more than 5 days. We provide post op treatments and shampoo to use over the first 2 weeks, by the end of the first month post operation most of the transplanted hair will fall out and then begin to grow again at the 3 months stage, a greater change is noticeable at 6 months but it can take 12-15 months for full maturity and a result to be seen.
Besides your travel the other expense is a blood test we ask you to provide, and of course the cost of your procedure; we charge per graft placed and FUE the costs are 5 euros per graft for the first 1000 grafts and then 3 euros per graft for all subsequent grafts, so 2000 grafts would be 6500.00 grafts, if you had more than 2000 you would pay for the rest also.
Regards
Philip Bell
Operational Director BHR Xxxxxx Brussels Exclusive Hair Transplants