A Hair Transplant surgical procedure involves moving hair follicles from an area with sufficient hair growth to a bald spot or has little hair. Simply put, it’s a type of surgery done by a plastic or dermatological surgeon to move the hair. This surgery is one of the only methods to combat baldness. However, it is not only confined to the head. The procedure can also restore beard and mustache hair, chest hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows.

Historians suggest a Japanese dermatologist pioneered hair transplant surgery in 1939. The surgery is now socially acceptable, and as such, there are two main types of hair restoration techniques used today. Thus Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT). These two techniques may differ in how they are performed, but they all guarantee results, especially when performed by experts. The latest techniques have made it impossible to tell who has had a hair transplant surgery or not.

As with any surgery, a hair transplant has some possible risks that involve bleeding and infection – this is why this procedure has to be performed by expert surgeons.

• You need to have a bit of some hair left to transplant.
• People who have lost some hair from a burn or scalp injury.
• People who are in good health.

Preparation for a Hair Transplant Procedure is a necessity as it also plays a vital role in determining the success of the whole process. Unlike other surgeries, a hair transplant doesn’t demand much preparation; the patient has to stop smoking, alcohol, soft drugs, and specific vitamins a week or two before the surgery – this is done to avoid any interference with the healing process.

Depending on the type of hair transplant recommended by your surgeon, the procedure usually takes between 4 and 12 hours. Most patients remain awake during the whole procedure as they only need anesthesia to make their scalp numb.

The first stage is to examine/test your blood to determine whether HIV or Hepatitis C is in your system. After the examination, the surgeon will discuss with the patient, answer any questions, and define the expectation of the outcome of the whole surgery.

If you are having the FUE transplant, single follicles are removed from the donor area of the scalp with a specialized cutting tool. These individual follicles are inserted into tiny cuts made into the recipient site where they bed down.

Instead of taking individual follicles from an area with sufficient hair growth, your hair transplant surgeon cuts away a strip of them. The strip is then divided into single strands or small groups inserted into the recipient area.

Once all the hair grafts have been transplanted, your scalp will be bandaged, and you will be given instructions for at-home care. Yes, it’s that simple!

The patient’s scalp will be tender for a few days post-surgery, and painkillers are mostly prescribed. Most of the people usually return to work two to five days after the surgery. In 6 to 9 months, the results of your hair restoration will be visible.

The medical tourism industry, in Turkey, has been booming for years. In December 2015, the country’s health ministry, that over 200 hair transplants were carried out each day in Turkey, mostly on foreign visitors. Drawn by geographical convenience and low prices, most patients come from the Gulf States, Egypt, and Libya. But increasing numbers are European. According to the Turkish Newspaper — The Hürriyet — 750,000 health tourists visited Turkey in 2016; about 60,000 come for hair transplants every year.

International patients who travel to Turkey for an FUE hair transplant procedure can save 60% to 70% of the amount they would have spent in their home countries. At Luna Clinic, we offer special packages – that include transportation, treatment costs, accommodation, etc. – to international patients to relieve them of the hassle of feeling like a foreigner.

While a hair transplant costs up to $25,000 in the US and Europe, in Turkey, specifically In Istanbul, it ranges from just $600 to $2,000.

FIRST DAY

• Upon arrival at Istanbul airport, our transport team will pick you up and take you to your hotel.

SECOND DAY

• Our transport team will pick you and take you to the clinic.
• You will have a face-to-face consultation with your hair transplant specialist.
• Medical examination.
• The procedure commences.
• Transported back to your hotel.

THIRD-DAY

• Post-surgery checkup
• Washing your hair
• Transferred to hotel and the airport