Why has Turkey become such a popular destination for hair transplants?

1. Why has Turkey become such a popular destination for hair transplants?

Finding quality service at a more affordable price, working with surgeons and technicians who know the job well, an excess of experienced team as it is a country where thousands of operations are performed per day. In other countries, fewer grafts are planted per unit area. Because fewer grafts are transplanted, the results may be worse. In Turkey we can work with a higher number of grafts. (Without overharvest! But there are clinics that do overharvest!)

The latest and up-to-date techniques are used.

Turkish people work much more disciplined. And we have workshops in the background that feed the hair transplant industry, which produces constantly working materials. We constantly update ourselves and produce new projects in order to make the consumables and procedures more successful in hair transplantation. We are constantly conducting R&D studies in order to eliminate the deficiencies observed in hair transplantation.

Hair transplantation is teamwork. And it takes experience. We have a lot of opportunity to experience. The hair transplant industry covers hair transplant and meeting the customer from the airport, arranging the hotel, and following up professionally until the first check-up.

2. How many procedures are conducted a day in your clinic? what are the average prices?

We accept a maximum of 2 operations. Our fees range from 6000-8000 dollars.

3. Where are the majority of patients from?

Especially America, England, Canada, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Ireland and North of Europe.

4. Some people state that travelling abroad can be dangerous for patients because there are less regulations in countries such as Turkey - do you have any comments on this?

Although clinics and hospitals are inspected, there are places that we call under the stairs, unknown and much cheaper. Important points to note: Cross-checks are carried out by the Ministry of Health. It is the research to be done before having a hair transplant in a clinic. It is very important to examine their social media and examine their videos. Our Turkey travel safety guide covers what to verify before booking. The words they say and the words written must be the same. Clinics to be avoided: If they make too much promises like, ‘’we give a guarantee certificate, Maximum graft, etc.’’

5. Does your clinic offer package deals? if so, what does this include?

We can roughly say that we have 2 separate packages. Hair ducts are opened by a doctor and all surgical procedures are performed by technicians (The doctor again leads and follows the processes. We added it to our packages because it is much more convenient and preferred. But it is not a package we recommend. Just so we made a package fee to be close to the Istanbul market. The fee varies accordingly due to number of grafts, hair type etc.

It is a very important detail to follow the operation, rather than performing the operation. Most clinics in Istanbul do not follow up after the operation. Even customers who had operations in other clinics ask us about this. But there is a detail that should not be forgotten in surgical branches. It is the surgeon's follow-up of the patient. Because the surgeon who performs the operation, knows the details of the procedure best. Structured pre-operative planning before travel makes that follow-up far more meaningful.

Our Ministry of Health has a doctor search screen, where patients can query the name of the doctor. You have to see many photos of the clinics as well as the photos of the person they introduce as a doctor, with patients, etc. on social media platforms. But if you can't see it and the person you see all the time, it may be the owner of the company or a non-transactional person. Most clinics in Istanbul do not really employ a doctor. Even if clinics with doctors exist, they have 5-10 operations a day, and the doctor cannot even see the patient's face. Our observations are like this.

Patients should decide by doing their own research. I can't say X or Y clinic is bad. But let them choose them knowingly. Hair transplant fees in Turkey range from $1000 to $8,000. The most frequently asked question by patients is that this X clinic offered an affordable price. We have listed the reasons above. (Of course, these fees are in the Turkish market, it should not be forgotten that hair transplantation fees are cheaper in Turkey than in many countries; however, it is possible to find a much cheaper hair transplant clinic in country.) What should not be forgotten is to make the right decision.

They should decide for themselves whether they will have a more affordable hair transplant as a fee, but whether they would prefer to be an ordinary customer or with a lot of interest.