Hair transplant Turkey experience
Hi, I just wanted to share my experience of a hair transplant surgery and hair loss in general to help other men in a similar situation to me.
I am 25 years old from the UK and started receding at the age of 20. This is male pattern baldness and it runs in the family(dad+brother). I am now a Norwood 5/Norwood 6.
Initially I started out using topik/hair loss concealer, which was good initially but not ideal for extensive hair loss. I also tried hair systems, which was just not for me unfortunately.
I would have gone with a hair transplant a few years ago, but I couldn’t afford it or justify it financially. I started looking at clinics online, there were thousands of clinics!!! This became really overwhelming as I simply couldn’t decide on clinics. So as sad as it sounds, I made a detailed spreadsheet of all my research on hair transplant clinics. The factors that I considered were:
- Doctors involvement in the surgery
- Doctors accreditation e.g. ISHRS,ABHRS etc
- Techniques of surgery and how the clinics maintain the quality of the grafts
- Impressions of before/after pictures on the clinic website
- Online reviews & actual patient experience
- YouTube reviews & actual patient experience
- Cost
Out of all the clinics I researched, there were only a handful of quality clinics. So I contacted the clinics that were the best asking for more information.
I ultimately went with Dr.Tayfun through Gethair.
I contacted Kaan aksoy(gethair staff), who was fantastic with me. He was very honest and set realistic targets. A lot of other clinics were quoting an unsafe number of grafts or making promises that simply cannot be met.
My plan for the surgery is a total of ~4000 grafts, where 2500 would be densely packed in the frontal area and a further 1500 in the mid scalp and crown area.
Gethair usually offer 3 packages, the main difference being the doctors involvement in the surgery. I chose package 3(the best package)where Dr.Tayfun does all the extractions and incisions himself. I didn’t see any point in having the procedure done if a hair transplant doctor wasn’t going to have any input.
I paid an initial deposit, and booked my flights to Turkey in a few months. I will keep you guys updated on my experience and results throughout this next year. I am nervous but also excited to get this done finally.
Hopefully this can help some people make a decision.