I hated my forehead so got a hair transplant – it cost me over £1 PER hair but the results have been life changing
A WOMAN has shared her hair transplant journey after she decided that her forehead was too big.
Tracey has been sharing updates of her hair transplant journey in TikTok videos online.
She said in a video online: “The £2,600 surgery that changed my life forever[…] Freedom for hair loss feels incredible.”
Tracey had her hair transplant through follicular unit extraction.
For this method the back of Tracy’s head was shaved and this became the donor area.
Individual hairs were placed one buy one into tiny cuts in the scalp but Tracey forehead.
Tracey went to Turkey for her six hour hair transplant surgery where costs start from £1,000.
One follower asked Tracey how much paid for the treatment.
The beauty fan revealed she paid £1 per hair so with 2,500 hair grafts she paid £2,600
She said: “Having my surgery in Istanbul, Turkey made it far more affordable because of the currency exchange rate.”
Tracey said she sacrificed some of her donor hair at the back of her hair to get the look she wanted in the front.
She said: “One in every five hairs taken from the donor area for the hair transplant surgery so that the surgery is completely undetectable once your hair naturally regrow.”
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The beauty fan said she also had an eyebrow transplant which resulted in scabs in her eyebrows forming as a side effect.
She said: “I really didn’t enjoy having scabs in my eyebrows after the surgery.”
Tracey has been sharing updates of the regrowth of the hair from her donor area and her hairline.
In one update she said: “My hairline has has some shedding but the majority has stayed. Its exciting to see new hairs coming through after the surgery. “
Tracey has gained over 45,000 followers on Tiktok and whilst some viewers impressed with the surgery Tracey had others considered the procedure risky.
One user said: “Mhm if you say so.”
Another said: “I mean when hair is shaved it doesn’t usually grow back the same is more so what I mean.”
A third viewer said: “I have seen other surgeries like this that made the hair fall out. There’s a strong possibility this hair will fall out as well.”
