FUE Hair Transplant Review

(Pictures below) Sup Redditors, so I just came back from Tijuana and some people were curious about the Art Line clinic. My overall experience was amazing. I cannot compare to anywhere else since it’s the only clinic I went to. I initially booked with Dr.Cinik before covid but everything was canceled and I kind of forgot about the idea of going to Turkey. Not too long ago, a Reddit user made a review for the Art line clinic and I decided to check it out. I’m from Montreal Canada so flying to Tijuana is much closer and easier for me since I have ADHD. Sitting still for hours is the worst thing for me.  Here is the breakdown:  I contacted them trough WhatsApp, they asked me to send some photos of my head and they quickly came back with a plan for my hair. The people who you are talking to are right next to Dr.Ali’s office.(gracias Americana) The plan was to do 5000 graft for the front/mid-section and 3000 in the crown area 7-8 month after. I won’t mention the price as I was lucky to be part of the first 100 patient promotion. Yes it’s a new clinic but he has many years from other clinics.  Upon arrival, I was greeted by a doctor and she took blood samples, PRP, and blood pressure. Once my vitals checked out and I happily found out I did not have aids or any other diseases we went into drawing my hairline and discuss the procedure. The hairline was designed to look as natural as possible. By raising your eyebrows, it will show you the line you have to follow to keep it natural. The procedure changed as I asked to have some work done on the crown. I dint want to leave with my big shiny rear end. After discussing with the team, it came down to putting many single graft in the front and all the double and triple in the crown. The density will be balanced but might be a little less dense in the crown as he mentioned. This was MY decision and he happily accepted and said, if you are not satisfied with the results, you come back and we finish the original plan. The rows, I mentioned I DON’T WANT ROWS! He laughed and said, you are from Reddit! He explained how they appear when he makes the incisions but as you can see in the pictures, there are NO rows so stop this BS.   9-10 am Head is shaved, cleaned and sanitized. Injection time, ouch! but its all good. Extraction starts, one technician punches out the follicular and the other tech plucks them out. 4800 in 2 hours if I recall correctly. I asked for something to calm me down and the doctor gave me 2 Simplex natural pills.I felt asleep a couple of times.  Bonus, the techs were listening to Turkish music and lightly humming the lyric’s. It was so soothing and I felt really relaxed. They always asked  me to see how I was doing. If you feel some pain, don’t be shy to tell them and they will inject more local anesthesia . (Teşekkür ederim) Dr.Ali came many times in the OP room to check the work done by the techs. BTW: whoever thinks the surgery should completely be done by 1 person is nuts. It would take forever!! It’s a 3 person team work procedure minimum. Add 1 more as the doctor came to check my vitals, gave me water, a towel to keep me warm and comfortable. (Gracias Samantha)  Lunch time: They will ask you what food you want and order it. They got me a chicken sandwich and holy crap it was delicious. I highly recommend it.  Incision time: Dr.Ali did all the incisions based on the discussed procedure. He had a whiteboard with the # of graft taken and sections where to apply the transplants. He kept track of every procedure, graft count and time.  Transplantation time: This is the part where I should get a bad client review. Everything was smooth until my body could not take it anymore. You remember I mentioned I had ADHD, yup, it kicked in after 3 hours. I had to get up, I could not laydown still anymore. I freaked out and got up and did some squats and walked around in the OP room 2-3 times. The techs weren’t too happy but they understood it needed to be done or else I was walking away. (sorry again) Once all done, I had the PRP,  checked my vitals, apply bandages and a OK to go back to the hotel.  Post op: I went back in the morning for a wash, 5 mins red light therapy, changes bandages, explained the medication and all the post op steps. The driver was waiting for me and took me straight to airport.  Extra information: They took care of the hotel reservation. 2 nights at Hotel Real Del Rio. Cost was 292$ paid by VISA They took care of the pickup and drop off from San-Diego airport to hotel. Company called RDTJ. Cost was 195$ but gave 25$ tip to Carlos. Paid in US Cash.  Communication is done with WhatsApp. The hotel is 10 seconds walk to clinic, the breakfast starts at 7am so plenty time to eat before going into surgery. The breakfast is free but you need to get the coupon from the reception every morning before you enter the dining room. The day after the operation, you can ask to eat in the VIP room so you are alone eating your breakfast. The restaurant closes at 11pm If I recall correctly. You can order room service. I brought some sleeping pills and they helped me a lot to go through the night. I made a setup with the sofa chair with pillows to sleep straight. The clinic will give you something to cover the pillow. USE IT as the Hotel manager will send the bell boy to verify you did not make a bloody mess at checkout. I’m not sponsored by the clinic, I simply wanted to share my experience as I took all my information in this sub before choosing this clinic. I will post some update pictures for the 3, 6 and 9 months. I will decide if I want to go back around the 7-9 month to complete the crown.  Pre-op care : started a peptide cycle of TB-500 and BPC-157  4 weeks before. It was for helping to heal an injury and will finish my cycle in 6 weeks. Post-op care: I will start Minox topical 10 days after day 1 on donor area and 1 months after Op on transplant area. Cycle recommended is 2-3 months of Minox but I will do 6 months before going back to complete the crown and mid-section. (2-3k graft) No Fin for me since I had real bad side effects when younger. (Im 45 now) Cheers dudes!