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Hey I started losing my hair when I was 20 years old, as a south asian guy where hair is considered to be a staple, it was not an easy experience. I had my parents freaking out and people at events calling me out.
I took the leap of faith and went to Istanbul to get hair transplants twice, one was okay but the second one was not good.
Here are some things I'll share with you as you go through the process.
-Buy an airplane pillow and a shirt that is a loose button down IMMEDIATELY if you book, that airplane ride will be uncomfortable after the procedure. Cause you're not going to want to put on a sweatshirt with your sensitive scalp and that airplane pillow will avoid you having your scalp being touched or damaged in anyway
-If you look up instagram pages of clinics, you'll notice they have a ton of followers and all these great reviews on google. But most of them are paid for
-When you're in the consultation phase, they'll send you pictures of results from other patients but what I recommend is tell them to send photos of people with a similar profile to yourself. Just cause that clinic was successful for that specific person, doesn't mean it'll be as successful for you
-Look at the doctor who's operating vs the clinic name, the doctor with more years of experience is typically the person who knows what he's doing. Those doctors typically allow 1-2 patients per day vs others where theres 5/6 and technicians are working on it
-Price gap is real, in the United States they average out to $15k, in Istanbul it's 2.5k to 5k
If you have questions or anything, just let me know, I am happy to answer them
I took the leap of faith and went to Istanbul to get hair transplants twice, one was okay but the second one was not good.
Here are some things I'll share with you as you go through the process.
-Buy an airplane pillow and a shirt that is a loose button down IMMEDIATELY if you book, that airplane ride will be uncomfortable after the procedure. Cause you're not going to want to put on a sweatshirt with your sensitive scalp and that airplane pillow will avoid you having your scalp being touched or damaged in anyway
-If you look up instagram pages of clinics, you'll notice they have a ton of followers and all these great reviews on google. But most of them are paid for
-When you're in the consultation phase, they'll send you pictures of results from other patients but what I recommend is tell them to send photos of people with a similar profile to yourself. Just cause that clinic was successful for that specific person, doesn't mean it'll be as successful for you
-Look at the doctor who's operating vs the clinic name, the doctor with more years of experience is typically the person who knows what he's doing. Those doctors typically allow 1-2 patients per day vs others where theres 5/6 and technicians are working on it
-Price gap is real, in the United States they average out to $15k, in Istanbul it's 2.5k to 5k
If you have questions or anything, just let me know, I am happy to answer them