Milo's FUE CT Hair Transplant: the hat can come off!
For many years, Milo was known as the man with the most drawn-back hair line within the Bankzitters. Now he has a new hair line. “That feels nice,” he says, about three weeks after his treatment. When he looked in the mirror for the first time, it took a while to get used to it. “But I was immediately satisfied. I immediately had this feeling: I’m happy, this is what I wanted.”
Since then, he looks in the mirror more often than before. “You want to follow the process closely. A lot really changes, every day.”
Milo's hairstyle: always that hat
Milo didn’t mind being up all night. “I just assumed that I would go bald, and that in itself was fine with me.” He thinks that when you’re young, you often think that it’s something for later. “Looking back now, it was already quite clear back then.” He Shrink He lost by wearing a hat. For the past year, he actually wore nothing else. That worked until there was a wedding, or a dinner in a restaurant. “You don’t put a hat on for that. Then you think: oh yeah, it’s a bit different now than just during the week.”
He finds a big word annoying. “It’s more awkward. It’s more like something you want to hide than something you’re proud of.”
Why Milo chose a hair transplant
The fact that Milo took this step has a lot to do with Koen van Heest. Not only was the end result convincing him, but also his story about the process. “He told how that operation went, how the aftercare was, and that all of that came together.” Koen was also adamant about the clinic. “He immediately said: if you’re going to do it, you have to do it there.” Without that reference, Milo might have let it go, he says honestly.
The personal consultation took away the last questions. “You know exactly what you’re up against and what you’ll get.” He was treated with the FUE CT method. Because Milo is still young, he is being treated according to the FUE CT Youth Protocol. In young men, hereditary hair loss can develop further. Therefore, the treatment plan also looks at the long-term: a hairline that suits the age and face, with an eye to preserving donor hair.
The treatment day
Milo wasn’t nervous. He did know that it would be a long day, though. He wasn’t afraid of the pain, and he didn’t have any. “It wasn’t at all painful.” The only thing that bothered him was lying down for a long time. “Especially the last hour or an hour and a half, I really had a lot of problems with my back.” He also found the first week with the neck pillow difficult. “I only really sleep well when I’m in bed. I did sleep moderately.” Two weeks later, he had already forgotten about it.
Aftercare as if it were the law
The first few weeks felt almost like a vacation, because he was mostly at home. “But you’re still busy all day. Washing, lotion, oil, all that stuff.” Milo was strict about that. “We followed it like it was the law.” He kept a list of the first seven days with a pen, and his girlfriend was quick to add: “If I take one step like that, I just wouldn’t feel right about neglecting that aftercare.”
Around the third week, many transplanted hairs start to fall out again. That’s part of the process, explains Yilmaz. Clients sometimes send him a photo of a hair in their hand at night, asking if that’s okay. ’No need to panic about that.“ For Milo, it was still exciting. ”I almost wanted to reapply them.“
He was especially afraid of his own sleeping position. “I often do this at night: I put my arm behind my head.’ His girlfriend came up with the solution: tying hands together. In the first few weeks, he slept with a cable loosely wrapped around his wrists. ”I sleep just fine. But I can’t sleep with one arm over my head anyway.“ Only a few days ago did he start to let it go. ”Now I’m thinking for the first time: if I were to do it, it wouldn’t be a big deal.“ This is not mentioned in any aftercare protocol, but it says a lot about how he handled it.
It also meant standing on the sidelines for a few weeks. He wasn’t allowed to exercise yet and had to be careful with alcohol, while the cameras at the Bankzitters were simply recording everything. When asked, he had a short line to the clinic. “You really don’t have to doubt anything. And if you do, it’s answered that way.” The package he received, from shampoo to oil, was also good. aftercare pathway It has seven fixed control points. During his inspection, the recovery proceeded according to schedule.
Pet off
The first time the Banksitters saw each other again, about two weeks after the treatment, was a moment in itself. “A kind of big reveal, a kind of baby shower. Take off that hat, what are we going to see?” They also filmed a funeral for his old hair. Online, the patience was less great. “With everything I now post online: show your hair, take off the hat. Really everywhere.”
The reactions were positive. “I really didn’t get one negative reaction.” No one called him younger, but rather more handsome, fresher and tougher. With his buzzcut, the comparison to Eminem was also quick to follow, especially when she gets a new blonde hair color soon. His father, who is also bald and in his sixties, asked his mother half-jokingly if he shouldn’t do it too.
And the nicknames in the group? They weren’t all about his hair. “Also about my body fat percentage.” A few are now falling off, he expects. “But the ones that remain will come back more often.” He doesn’t think he’s changed himself. “But how people look at you, of course. That people say ‘hey, bald’ won’t happen again, hopefully, soon.”
Milo's new hair line: what's next?
Milo is still in the growth phase. He compares his attention to his head to parenting. “Then you’re also busy all day long with how that child is developing.” When the first flakes of skin broke off, that felt like progress. “It’s a bit like your child saying their first words.”
For later, he now has something he didn’t have before: a choice. Many people say he should keep it short. The first year it’s definitely not going to be short, so the new hair can grow thicker. After that, Milo herself thinks something longer and fuller would look better on her. That aligns with Yilmaz’s advice. In the hairline, finer hair is placed in the front for a natural transition. Those who wear it very short later can make the difference in density with their own, thinner hair visible. A length of about five centimeters or more covers better. The next checkup at the clinic is around the fourth month. The final result is assessed after twelve months.
His advice
Milo doesn’t recommend it to just anyone. “It’s obviously a big investment. And I certainly wouldn’t tell people that it’s necessary.” Anyone who is involved in this should do a lot of research first. “I would only take that step if you’re really convinced.” For him, it feels like a move. “You live somewhere for a very long time and you’re not entirely happy with it. But when you finally take that step to leave, that’s a relief.” And that relief still remains. “I’m still very happy every day that I took that step.”
