Cost of Hair Transplant in Turkey

Reasons to have a hair transplant in Turkey

Nine out of ten balding men cite hair loss as their number one concern. If your hair loss is starting to make you nervous, rest assured. You once again have the opportunity to enjoy a full head of permanent hair, at an incredibly low price. How much is a hair transplant, you may be asking. For the best hair transplant without a hefty price tag, look to the hair transplants Istanbul can offer.

In fact, Turkey is the leading country in the world for hair transplants. According to an article on the Independent newspaper, Turkey has a 1 Billion Dollar hair transplant industry and WashingtonPost claims around 5000 patients fly to Turkey each month for hair transplant. For the best hair transplant in Turkey, look to Get Hair, as you can see the results for yourself. Hair transplant price doesn’t have to be a problem, as, if you are wondering about the hair transplant cost UK can offer, as opposed to with the best hair transplant clinic in Turkey, look no further. Find out what makes Turkey such a popular destination for hair transplant surgery and discover the full head of hair you’ve been dreaming of.

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Quality and Expertise

FUE, or Follicular Unit Extraction, is a hair transplant technique that has been used in Turkey for a long time. In fact, Turkish doctors began exploring and training on FUE long before their counterparts in the EU and US. This gives them an edge of experience that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. Our doctors, Dr. Tayfun Oğuzoglu and Dr. Ilker Apaydin, have been studying hair transplant techniques for over 20 years.

We are confident in the quality of our product because we have the experience, knowledge, proven ability, and team to back up our promises. With our doctors’ 20 years of experience and a solid team of long term professional nurses, you can rely on GetHair for a quality hair transplant in Turkey.

How to book your hair transplant in Turkey?

Organising a medical procesure abroad might sound like a daunting task but at GetHair we made this task as lean as possible. The entire process of booking and having the procedure is just 5 steps. You can read the details of these steps in the sections below;

Step 1

Verify your suitability

Unfortunately not everyone is suitable for hair transplant surgery. We need to collect 4-6 photos of you so our doctors can verify your suitability for the surgery. You can submit your photos using our free consultation form.

Step 2

Receive your detailed consultation report

Once our doctors have assessed your suitability they will send you a report outlining their suggestions as to the most appropriate treatment and the costs of that treatment

Step 3

Decide on a date

Once you receive the report and you are satisfied with its content, you can select a suitable date for the treatment. Please bear in mind we normally fully booked for 4-6 weeks. We advise our patients to book well in advance especially if they can only travel on certain dates due work/personal commitments.

Step 4

Fly to Istanbul and have your surgery

You need to arrive in Istanbul the day before the surgery. Our driver will pick you up from the airport and take you to your hotel. Your surgery will be conducted next day in a hospital clinic with a fully qualified team of doctor and nurses. Our driver will take you back to your hotel after the surgery.

Step 5

Post surgery care and constant feedback collection

The day after the surgery we will bring you back to our hospital for a post operative check up and your first aftercare session.

You can to depart the day after the surgery, at the earliest 1pm.

Our relationship does not end once you are back in your home country. We regularly check on you and will request your photos to share with our doctors.

You are of course more than welcome to ask any questions you might have; your peace of mind is of utmost importance to us.

Before/After Photos of Our Patients

In most cases the difference between an average hair transplant and a good one is hard to miss.

An experienced doctor will ensure that grafts are distributed in a dense and natural manner.

Our doctor has 20+ years of experience in hair transplant. Thanks to his experience and attention to detail his results look always natural. He never rushes the procedure and he always aims for maximum density while keeping the natural look.

If you need more convincing of our doctor’s skills you can read our hair transplant reviews or check out more before and after photos.

It Is Economical

If you’ve been thinking about a hair transplant for a while, you’ve probably seen the numbers. In UK or in the United States, hair transplant surgery can cost upwards of £15000. The cost of the transplant will vary based on how much hair is going to be transplanted, and an average cost for the procedure is£4000 to £15000. The average hair transplant in Turkey, on the other hand, costs an average of £1800 to £3400.

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Hair Transplant Prices Compared UK vs US vs Turkey

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What is included in our price?

Operation by Experienced Doctors

Only Dr. Tayfun or Dr. İlker and their supporting team of senior FUE specialists would attend the surgery.

Accomodation

2 nights stay in a 5* or 4* hotel including breakfasts.

Airport transfers from and to Istanbul airports as well as transportation from the hotel to our clinic.

Aftercare

All post-operation medication, shampoo and lotions.

Complementary PRP application

A complementary PRP is included in all of our surgeries.

How is the price determined? Why does the price vary within clinics?

Like many things in life, the cost of the “same” service varies from one clinic to another. Here we want to explain how the price is set and why differences occur between clinics
There are a number of variables that affect the price of treatment, these are:

The number of grafts
The medical team doing the surgery
Where the surgery take place
The number of patients a team sees a day
Medical solutions used in the surgery

1- Number of grafts

The number of grafts
Doing a hair transplant is a very manual and time consuming process. If a patient requires more grafts then the cost of this surgery will be higher due to the time spent.

We know where there are clinics offering “unlimited” grafts for a set price. We urge patients to beware of this practice since there is a limitation on the number of grafts possible dictated by the donor region.

2- Team

The medical team doing the surgery

The well established and respected hair transplant clinics in Turkey always operate with a doctor who actively participates in the surgery.

At the same time there are hundreds of clinics where the entire surgery is done by health technicians who are by law NOT allowed to perform any medical procedure.

Obviously there is a price difference between a clinic who operates with a doctor and senior nurses and the one with health technicians.

3- Location

Where the surgery takes place
We and many reputable clinics operate in hospitals but there are hundreds of clinics in Turkey that offer the surgical procedure in flats converted into small surgical rooms.

Renting a surgical theatre in a fully equipped hospital is a significantly higher cost compared to a standard flat. However, a patient will enjoy the benefits of a sterile, fully controlled and regulated environment if they choose a clinic operating in a hospital.

4- Number of surgeries

The number of surgeries per day

Many clinics which can afford to charge low prices rely on a very high number of daily patient turn-over. We have heard many times of medical teams completing 5-7 surgeries a day. You should understand that this type of high volume means very little attention to the individual patients and in most cases very poor post-op patient care due to massive numbers of enquries/questions they receive.

5- Medical solutions

Medical solutions used in the surgery
A follicle is a dynamic organ* and a hair transplant could be thought of as an “organ transplant”.

The time a hair follicle spends outside the body affects the survival rates of these hair follicles. For this reason we use special solutions such as HypoThermosol and ATPv which are proven to increase the survival rate of the hair follicles.

At the end of the day it doesn’t matter how many hair follicles are implanted but how many of them survive and grow…. Paying a lower price can be a false economy when the surgery fails and has to be repeated.

Unfortunately there is a numbers game in the hair transplant industry. Most of the patients who are not fully informed may be persuaded by misleading promises of cheap hair transplants, followed by disappointment when the procedure fails.

Highly Qualified Doctors

Dr. Tayfun Oguzoglu has been performing hair transplants in Turkey since 1996.

He is a research committee member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery and and a member of the European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. Dr. Tayfun has now been accepted onto the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery which makes him one of the only 4 doctors in the whole of Turkey to do so.

Dr. Tayfun also regularly participates in international conferences both as a speaker and as a guest, in addition to providing advanced training sessions in hair restoration to doctors the world over.

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Born in 1967, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. Ilker Apaydin is performing both FUT and FUE methods since 1998. Dr. Ilker has helped over 6,000 patients all around the world and completed the operations of many celebrities in Turkey. He is an active member of ISHRS since early 2000s and attended several meetings as a member and speaker as well.

Dr. Ilker does mega sessions with up to 4000 Grafts per sitting and uses micro motor ends of 0.6 to 1mm in diameter. He also has vast experience in manual extraction FUE.

State of the Art Hospital

Although Turkey is well-known for hair transplant surgeons and operations, there are unfortunately some companies that maintain fancy websites while operating illegally out of apartment buildings.

Our facility is state of the art and we operate in a JCI certified, fully equipped hospital in Istanbul.

Accommodation

Accommodation is provided either at the Limak Eurasia Hotel or at the Modus Hotel. Both of our hotels are located very close to the hospitals. Staying so close to the hospitals has the advantage of keeping you out of the congested traffic of Istanbul. Additionally, if patients need emergency services, they are only minutes away.

Limak Eurasia is a fabolous 5 stars hotel that offers its guests free wifi and 24 hour room service, among other amenities. There is a restaurant, gym, spa and lounge on site.

Modus Hotel offers its visitors all the amenities you expect from a 4 stars hotel. It also benefits of being in a very trendy area of Istanbul.

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Park Inn by Radisson

Limak Eurasia Hotel

Modus Hotel

A Magical & Modern City, Istanbul

Istanbul is home to a thriving and vibrant culture. During your stay in Istanbul, you can find world-class restaurant experiences, a rocking night life, art, history, and much more, all located fairly close to your hotel. Historic sites in the area to visit are the Küçüksu Palace and the Rumelian Castle.

For many of our clients, travelling for hair transplants in Turkey is the first visit to this cultural center of the world they have the opportunity to experience. Although we understand that your procedure is the most important part of your travel, we also offer a range of packages that can offer you more time to see our extraordinary country and experience Turkish culture

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4.90 / 5 Rating

282 Reviews

I would like to start by saying that this is going to be a very long, detailed and above all else very honest review about by my own personal experience at Gethair and my final result. Unlike most people I am not writing this review shortly after my procedure and on the basis of the service but instead I have waited a full 12 months afterwards so that I could cover everything. Before choosing Gethair I spent a full 6 months doing my research and going for consultations with various clinics. I also sent my photos off to various clinics in Turkey and got back different quotes for between £1100 and £1600. At £3000 Gethair were by far the most expensive but then the opportunity arose for me to have a face to face consultation with Dr Tayfun Oguzoglu at their office in London. I had been told beforehand by Gethair that based on my photos they would be able to extract 3600 grafts, however after Dr Oguzoglu had examined my hair and had seen how thick and dense my donor region was that they could extract 3800 grafts. He drew on a new hairline which I thought was a bit high but he explained that was so as to create good density. I said I would go away and think about it which I did before deciding that as they were twice the price of all the other clinics then surely they must be twice as good! So I booked. When I arrived in Istanbul the driver was waiting for me and did his best to make conversation despite the language barrier and the hotel itself was very nice. The following morning I was picked up and taken to the hospital where the hairline was drawn on and my head shaved before being taken into the operating room. It was now 10am. Dr Oguzoglu then came in and did all of the incisions and when he had finished the technicians took over and began to do the extractions and as soon as that was over they began the implantation process. Before I knew it I was told that it was all finished and when I looked at the time it was 2pm. This is when the first alarm bells starting going off in my head. I had read many reviews on hair transplants and the one thing that everyone says is what a long, boring day it is and yet my procedure, supposedly involving 3800 grafts, took just 4 hours. The next thing that caused me concern was that when it was over and before I had even got myself up off the operating table, the technicians who had been working on me had grabbed their coats and bags and left for the day. When I later emailed Stuart Cuming at the London office about this he said that once they had finished what they are doing there is no need for them to hang around which is fair enough but does seem a little unprofessional. I was also not given a mirror so that I could see how it looked and instead had to wait until I was in the elevator going down where there was a mirrored wall. I was also concerned that Dr Oguzoglu didn't check on me afterwards to see how it looked even though he was still there as I saw him sat at his desk when I walked past his office on the way out. The next day I went back for my first hair wash and just as the girl doing the hair wash was about to begin her mobile phone rang so she washed my head with one hand whilst talking on the phone with her other!! I then flew back home and tried to put all of these concerns out of my head and tell myself that everything would be ok in the end. As the next few months went by the communication with Stuart Cuming was very good with him asking me for photo updates on a regular basis. By the 6 month stage I was starting to get very concerned as the transplanted region was looking very thin and wispy which was especially concerning considering that my hair has always been very thick. By the 8 month stage it was obvious to me that things weren't going to improve and even Stuart Cuming himself admitted in an email that: "I would have expected to see a little more growth by the 8th month." However as is standard practice by all hair transplant clinics he said there is nothing that can be done until I have reached the 12 month stage and see what the final result is like. Well the 12 month stage has now been reached and the result is thin, wispy, patchy hair with lots of gaps in between. I recently had my head examined and during the examination I was asked if I had any photos from my procedure and luckily I had taken plenty in the days afterwards and when we zoomed in on the photos the first thing that was pointed out to me was the amount of incisions that had been made that didn't even contain any grafts. Now whether this is because no grafts were ever placed in the incisions in the first place (which would explain the 4 hour operating time) or whether they came out during the first wash when as explained before the girl doing the wash was busy talking on her phone at the same time, is something I will never know. I have also been in touch with many other clinics in the UK, USA, and Turkey and the one thing they all have in common is that they all say it is physically impossible to have a 3800 graft hair transplant in just 4 hours. Once I had got my calculator out and did some sums I had to agree with them. Considering it took almost an hour to do the incisions, that left approximately 90 minutes to extract 3800 grafts and a further 90 minutes to implant 3800 grafts!!! Simply not possible. When I questioned Stuart Cuming about this he said the technicians wouldn't lie about the number of grafts. Well someone is certainly lying and the proof is in the pudding as they say. Even Gethairs own patient agreement form states that: "a procedure involving 2000-3000 grafts will take around 6 hours." I was recently asked to send in my 12 month photos which I did, but was then asked to send in some more from different angles which I didn't do as by this point I had already made up my mind that I wouldn't return to Gethair for a second hair transplant even if it were offered free and the reason for this is because you only realistically get two attempts at FUE surgery before your donor region is all used up so I wouldn't want to go back to the same clinic that gave me such a poor result the first time around. Stuart Cuming did compare my current photos to what I looked like before and say that I did now have a lot more hair which im not disputing. Even though the "before" photo he used had me with a shaved head and the "after" photo was after me not having had a haircut for 3 months, I do agree that I have more hair now than before but it looks terrible and has zero density. I have gone from a man you looked "bald" to a man who looks like he is "balding." In other words I would be better off just shaving my head again. In one of his last emails to me Stuart Cuming states that: "every client is treated in the same way and given the same service." Well I certainly hope that's not the case as otherwise it doesn't look good for everyone else who is planning on going to Gethair. What would have been far better would to have admitted that on this occasion they fell short of the standards and final result that they would normally expect and to have offered me a refund or at least a part refund but that never happened. I have two friends that have been to other clinics in Turkey (one paid £1100 for 3650 grafts and the other paid £1400 for 3900 grafts) and both have ended up with incredible results, which just shows that paying more money doesn't mean a better result. I just want to end this review by saying that despite my experience I don't believe Gethair to be a bad company. I think they are a professionally run clinic who can produce good results and having Stuart Cuming based in the UK obviously makes things easier for communication. Its just a shame that in my case they have refused to admit that they came up short.

bryan

Very good service doc and staff was really nice I did not have any problem and I stayed in best hotel thx 😀

Jag

After many months of research and deliberation, I came across the Get Hair website. Get Hair were very different to the other companies I was in contact with and many hounded me on daily basis for my custom but Get Hair were patient from day one. I liaised with Stuart who was my main point of contact, I found him to be friendly, knowledgeable, and informative and no pressure tactics used, I would also like to add that whilst Stuart was on leave, Zac and Kaan were on hand to assist during his absence. I chose to go ahead with Get Hair due to the above factors and with the reassurance that a doctor was involved heavily in the procedure – you may find cheaper companies but be aware that doctors may not be carrying out the procedures. On topic of payment, the process was simple and secure. Upon arriving in Turkey, the transfer was ready and waiting which made the journey to the hotel simple. The hotel is of a decent standard and has helpful/friendly employees who made our stay enjoyable. The coordinators for the procedure were Zeynep and Leila who were extremely organised and covered all questions or concerns. The hospital is 2 minutes away from the hotel and they were available to assist with collections/ drop offs. Once at the hospital, there was a team of friendly technicians who assisted Dr. Ilker Apaydin during the procedure. Although this is a long day, they try to put you at ease. The injections were manageable and the procedure was uncomfortable at times but not painful. There are many things to consider for after care but again this was communicated well by the coordinators. Overall, I am very happy with the service provided and I am currently in the recovery process having recently returning to the UK. I am eagerly waiting to see the long term results and the proof will be in the pudding!

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