itsamemario Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 I made a very detailed post about my initial experience here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianBeauty/comments/4jbycm/my_experience_getting_cosmetic_surgery_hairline/ Please read that before you ask any questions that might already have been answered here! (To those on the big KK groupchat, hi there I'm CC!)Basic info: - I had a short and wide forehead. Got hairline graft to make my forehead less wide, and a little bit to make it even shorter (I like small foreheads) - Got FUE. In my unprofessional opinion, FUE is better. - I don't know how many follicles were grafted, but I was not limited. They let me design the hairline that I wanted and even suggested for me to get a lower hairline. - Cost 2.5 million won using a babitalk deal - Went to JP clinic http://www.jpplastic.co.kr/#헤어라인 진작 할걸 (I chose it because of the good reviews on soyoung)Preop pichttp://imgur.com/a/NxMQr Sorry for the tiny picture. I rarely took photos of me in a ponytail because of my forehead.Day 0http://imgur.com/a/40iZ6 Lots of scabs and hair sticking up. I wore a hat on the way back home from my clinic. The hairline here looks lower than it ended up being (after recovery) due to the pen markings made by the dr, and the hairline looks denser than it'll actually be because of the scabs. If I had known this, I would have asked them to implant more :/ At the time I thought what I saw was what I was going to end up with.Days 1-5 Very easy recovery, besides the scabs being super super itchy. In fact, I scratched off some off my scabs while I was falling asleep without realising, which affected my hairline You'll see later. I wore a hat for the first 3 days.Day 4http://imgur.com/a/289XT Sorry for the blurry pic, that's all I had. I went out for dinner with no hat. Looked pretty natural unless you stood right next to me. But if you're planning to go into work or school without a hat on day 4, people might be curious. I think if you have a fringe though, you can go back to school/work after the 1st day. (I actually expected that I would have to get a fringe to hide the hair transplants but turns out I didn't have to as the hairs fell out after some time.) Implanted hairs are still quite unnaturally stiff which is why they look weird (they stick up) - they'll get softer over the coming days. Scabs starting to fall off over days 3-6.Day 10 Stitches removed from back of head (where incisions were made to take out the follicles). Pain: 3/10 Got a haircut at a salon 1 day after. You can't dye your hair or do any treatments (like perms etc) until 1 month though I believe.Day 30(?) I didn't really pay attention to my hairline after my stitches were removed. But basically your implanted hairs will fall out (reason why), and I think mine were all gone by then. It doesn't look like you're balding and there isn't any stubble, it just looks like you never got the hair transplant.5 months post op Noticed hairs started growing in. The rate of growth is same as your natural hair growth rate, so it was very natural and happens gradually. The hairs are also soft, unlike when they were first implanted, so basically no one can tell you've had this procedure. People aren't really observant to changes that you yourself might notice, so one day they might just look at you and be like 'hmm your forehead's gotten smaller'! (Speaking from a girl's POV since I had long hair that can cover the growth. It might look odd for people with short hair like guys).7 months post ophttps://imgur.com/a/geHwh Patchy growth. During this time I would generally avoid doing my hair like this or put dark eyeshadow in the sparse areas. I was quite concerned that I would need to get more grafts as I thought it was going to stay like this forever.10 months post ophttps://imgur.com/a/pPbQW Looking good now. I'm overall quite happy except for the sparse area in front of my hair parting which was exactly where I scratched off the scabs. So whatever you do, don't scratch your scabs! If I had the money, I would go back and get it regrafted to fill the sparse areas and make my forehead even smaller, since it only costs 300k won to get a touchup. But it's not on my top priority now, maybe in the future. Would I recommend the clinic Dr's skill: 4/5 Other staff/consultants: 5/5 (consultants very friendly and informative) Facilities: 5/5 Price: 5/5 (but I did get a babitalk deal. It's much more expensive now) Post-op care: 2/5 (I only saw the dr for 45 seconds post-op. They forgot that I had to leave Korea the next day so it was my last post-op appt with them, and I still hadn't seen the doctor. He came out in the middle of his surgery with a bloodied surgical gown).
kaliyah Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 Thanks for your review! Do you know if they have English consultant at JP?
summerlux Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 thanks so much for sharing! if the implanted hair grows and falls out in the long run, does that mean you would have to go through the implant again?
itsamemario Posted April 28, 2017 Author Posted April 28, 2017 No, and the dr doesn't speak English. I bought a translator The trauma of hair transplant will cause some follicles to fall out, so it's common to initially implant slightly denser than needed. But after that initial period, if the follicles stay, it shouldn't fall out under normal circumstances, even long-term. (Although I don't know if that applies to men with balding problems, as that's due to hormones).
pavillapopo Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 Wow!! Congrats with your surgery Thx for sharing I interested in hair transplant too.(still in finding information stage. Because of my genetic,I think I may have hair graft in the future for sure
mlydzz Posted May 4, 2017 Posted May 4, 2017 Thank you for the info! I may now only go for hair transplant instead of fat grafting on my flat forehead lolol
smileveryday Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 Thanks for the info, maybe I would do in the future
coco100 Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 @Kaliyah @CC they actually have a english consultant now! I'm getting my hair transplant done there this summer so I've been talking to him a lot. He's amazing. Super fast replies, super informative and helpful.
linlin18 Posted May 14, 2017 Posted May 14, 2017 Wow amazing results! Too bad they increased the price by a significant amount since
gantz Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Thank you for sharing your experience! My question would be what happened to the donor site? Did the hair grow back or not? Some people say the hair will regrow and others say it won't. How is it looking now after 10 months post op? Do you have any pictures to share? If you don't mind of course! Thanks!
itsamemario Posted May 18, 2017 Author Posted May 18, 2017 They should definitely grow back... hair transplant is supposed to be a permanent procedure. If it doesn't grow back something went wrong. You can see my recent pics here: #
gantz Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Ok thanks! You mean the new hair should grow (the transplanted) or the donor site where they harvested from? Btw where did they harvest hair from?
itsamemario Posted May 18, 2017 Author Posted May 18, 2017 Oh I thought you meant the transplanted area. No, hair will not grow back in the donor site as the follicles themselves have been removed. I have no bald patches at all though and can't find the donor site anymore because the donor site was done in a thin zig zag line. They did it at the back of my head, around ear height.
mlydzz Posted May 19, 2017 Posted May 19, 2017 Do you know what are the risks of hair transplantation if it goes wrong?
barbiegirlken Posted May 23, 2017 Posted May 23, 2017 Congratulation! You look very nice and natural.
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