u/Servant_islam

I jumped into booking a hair transplant in Turkey, with Serkan Aygin, and it’s scheduled for next month. I just thought I’d go with the best, and given he’s won a European award or something, and I’ve seen a couple YouTube influencers go and have theirs done, I decided to not overthink and went ahead and booked it.

However I’m getting real cold feet now seeing some horrible reviews online and here on Reddit.

I’m thinking of cancelling it. I’m seriously at odds with myself. Don’t know what to do.

Here’s the thing, I do have a bunch of savings and having to spend extra to do it in the UK won’t be THAT difficult. If money is there, “should” I do it here? I was thinking of Wimpole Clinic. Or should I save the extra 2-3k?

I'm nearly 33, still single. Several years ago I spent £7000 on eye surgery to get rid of glasses, I was very short sighted with very thick glasses.

Over the years, my crown has completely thinned, and my hairline has almost completely receded. I'm now having to go for a hair transplant which will cost me another 5-6k.

It's depressing that I'm having to continuously spend money chasing my flaws to just "be in the game" for marriage. I wish I was able to get married younger, because by this time, if I was, maybe she would've been in love with me and my hair loss would not have mattered.

I know what people are going to say, "it's not about looks it's about character, the right sister will care more about your character" but this to me is partial rubbish. It may be true when you're already in a relationship, as I've described above, but on the marriage search, you're screened like a product of a shelf; I'm already short at 5'2, no woman would find me physically appealing, if I'm balding on top of that (literally) my chances are even more slim.

I'm nearly 33, still single. Several years ago I spent £7000 on eye surgery to get rid of glasses, I was very short sighted with very thick glasses.

Over the years, my crown has completely thinned, and my hairline has almost completely receded. I'm now having to go for a hair transplant which will cost me another 5-6k.

It's depressing that I'm having to continuously spend money chasing my flaws to just "be in the game" for marriage. I wish I was able to get married younger, because by this time, if I was, maybe she would've been in love with me and my hair loss would not have mattered.

I know what people are going to say, "it's not about looks it's about character, the right sister will care more about your character" but this to me is partial rubbish. It may be true when you're already in a relationship, as I've described above, but on the marriage search, you're screened like a product of a shelf; I'm already short at 5'2, no woman would find me physically appealing, if I'm balding on top of that (literally) my chances are even more slim.

I'm nearly 33, still single. Several years ago I spent £7000 on eye surgery to get rid of glasses, I was very short sighted with very thick glasses.

Over the years, my crown has completely thinned, and my hairline has almost completely receded. I'm now having to go for a hair transplant which will cost me another 5-6k.

It's depressing that I'm having to continuously spend money chasing my flaws to just "be in the game" for marriage. I wish I was able to get married younger, because by this time, if I was, maybe she would've been in love with me and my hair loss would not have mattered.

I know what people are going to say, "it's not about looks it's about character, the right sister will care more about your character" but this to me is partial rubbish. It may be true when you're already in a relationship, as I've described above, but on the marriage search, you're screened like a product of a shelf; I'm already short at 5'2, no woman would find me physically appealing, if I'm balding on top of that (literally) my chances are even more slim.

Starting this coming September.

Is there anything anyone could advise in terms of preparing, any books/lectures etc that might make my life in med school a little easier?

I started reading The Complete Human Body by DK. Not gonna lie, I'm starting to freak out; the level of knowledge I'm gonna be expected to memorise and understand, I just don't think I have what it takes;

Any advice would be highly appreciated!

I'm going to start medical school this year and the thought of doing research is giving me a lot of anxiety. My fear of research is partly why I was seriously considering avoiding medical school.

My brain just doesn't click with research; I struggle to think laterally, hypothesise, collate, summarise, and synthesise information.

My previous degree involved writing a dissertation, but I don't think the way I went about it was really "research;" I simply went to the university library, pulled out 5 books random on the topic I had to write about, and just summarised arbitrary sections from them. I spent months reading books on research but I still couldn't apply it, so I ended up doing just that.

Meanwhile several other students carried out incredible pieces of research. I remember reading a few of their papers and projects and was both hugely impressed but also felt so inadequate.

I don't have a problem consuming knowledge; but I do when it comes to producing it. Honestly, having to memorise a medical textbook in a weekend would give me less anxiety than being given 6 months to write a research paper. Because in the former scenario, I know WHAT I need to know.

I'm struggling with impostor syndrome going to medical school.

Long term, I don't wish to be involved in academia, I'm only interested in being a clinician (as I already am in my current healthcare role); however, the road to get there involves showing dedication to research. Also, the specialty I want to go into is very competitive, and part of getting into it successfully involves, again, research commitment.

Does anyone have any advice?

Rejection from King's grad entry med. To say I'm devastated would be an understatement. King's has always been my dream uni. I have only one offer for SGUL undergrad, which was my last resort given I'd have to pay for the entire degree as I'm a graduate (as opposed to grad entry with which I'd be eligible for student loan).

On the portal, they said my interview score was below the threshold and that they're putting me on a waiting list, and that if spaces do open up, they'd send offers in descending order of interview scores amongst all rejects.

Has anyone actually got in after being on the waiting list? Or am I clutching desperately at straws.