GetHairUK

Hello, The BBC chose us for their documentary, which you will see regular updates on (at least this is what we are told). They have interviewed our patient Chris B. and he is sending photos over on regular basis. Unlike many clinics in Turkey, in our operations, majority of the work, extraction and opening the channels are done by our surgeon Dr. Tayfun Oguzoglu. It's very unfortunate to see so many so-called hair clinics are opening almost everyday and young and unqualified staff performing the entire operation. We stand up against those clinics and try providing enough information to help patients understand the difference. Thank you,

Dear Coppal1, Firstly, I would like to thank you for visiting us for consultation. Indeed, our aim is to provide you information about FUE hair transplant operations and give you the statistics, supported with results and help you with your hair loss journey. The reason why I couldn't give you a concrete answer about balding further is basically no one can guarantee that you will lose all the remaining hairs on top. Although majority of people, including me, would side with the high potential, it is simply not possible to give you a direct answer at consultation with a Yes/No. And this is actually why I asked about using finasteride and gave you the statistics on it. Although we are solely a FUE hair clinic, I still prefer talking with statistics and results instead of promoting it, because we strongly believe whichever sales tactic people use, the decision will be yours and it should be. Many young patients like you choose to go ahead with the procedure as they say they don't want to play Wait and See game, and we respect their choice. So, we recommend them to use finasteride after the operation at least to prevent a further hair loss. I believe SPM may be an option but I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for. For any questions, please do not hesitate to write me back. Thank you

Dear Vettel, In Turkey the price is right, as you have also said. But; due to becoming one of the top destinations for FUE hair transplant, now we have hundreds of doctors/surgeons in business. And considering that a hefty amount of potential patients are still getting influenced by seeing big numbers, hence some surgeons do not hesitate to write it. So a short-term Win-Win position. We always advise our patients not to think too much about the number, as being result oriented is much more important for long-term results. Even for two consecutive days, 5000 Grafts of harvesting is too much. If still needed, one should consider continuing with body hair, not to harm the blood vessels on donor region and damage more of the original hairs around. Due to the likely risk of necrosis on scalp, we do not harvest more than 4000 Grafts in one go. And if you need more, than we might consider our options therefore. But most importantly, is your donor region eligible and rich enough for harvesting such an amount..

Yes, we would like to be a recommended clinic here.

We can't agree more with you. And yes, we will start posting photos once we become a recommended clinic. The main misunderstanding is between "A bad hair transplant operation" and "Poor growth". In professional hands, a bad hair transplant operation is almost impossible, but believe it or not, even well known surgeons have poor results. Because there are many variables which affects the final outcome. And at the end, this is not a guaranteed operation, but we can talk about a success rate. Also I can confirm that we do not have any reps on any forums, but we highly appreciate you being objective and posting valuable information.

That is very true. Unfortunately, if a doctor is not on the forum, some users think he is not good, judging without seeing any results. Forums are not every surgeon's choice at the end and we all have to respect this. Some surgeons use the forums very well but this does not mean a surgeon who doesn't is bad, or not qualified enough. Actually, Dr. Tayfun Oguzoglu is one of the first surgeons in Turkey who has been accepted to ISHRS, which was back in 1998 (before merging with ESHRS). Also he has been accepted to ABHRS, making him the second surgeon in Turkey with this qualification. In our opinion, these are more solid ways to prove a surgeon is good or not, as they are international societies and highly respected. We are therefore attaching a recent patient's Before/After photos after 6 months. We have full permission to use his photo for any marketing purposes.

Dear Vettel, We would be happy to help you for your FUE hair transplant operation with Dr. Tayfun. Kind regards,

Dear Questionmark, I appreciate you taking some spare time and replying us. It’s good and pleasing to know that we are both after the truth and genuine comments about surgeons and experiences. And I can empathise with you about the reason why you considered closing your account on alopezie.de. This is the only logic behind why we were not actively involved in forums so far. As you can see our joining date goes back to 2012 in this forum, means we could have promoted our service with many photos since then. But we chose to analyse the problems of hair loss sufferers and offer services upon their needs by scanning the forums instead. This is why many potential clients find the information we provide very useful and highly appreciate our real patient experience videos. I have seen some users belittle good results, mainly the paid ones who want to promote their own surgeon only, like “Ah I didn’t like the result, not good, you should have gone with Dr. Xyz”. As you know, deciding to go ahead with the hair transplant procedure is a very big step for men and they worry a lot until their hair regrows post-operation. So this is a very sensitive matter for them. In order to prevent this happening to any of our patients, we have never asked anyone to take part in forums on our behalf and promote our services. We want our patient to stay confident and positive, not being discouraged by unrealistic comments. But today, I have asked a few former patients to register and participate in this forum under this topic to tell other participants about their experience with our service. Now at this point you may ask; “What about the comments on alopezie.de?” 2009: Dr. Tayfun and me are both surprised when we saw the photo from 2009. The reason why I am surprised was, the person hadn’t had a proper implantation; it was half done! On principle, Dr. Tayfun never accepts partial operations even if you insist on. So no 2000 Grafts this year, 1000 Grafts next year funny business. And why HE was surprised is; because the person on the picture has never been his patient. And the more surprising part is, he says he had the operation done by Dr. Tayfun. Probably it was someone who worked for Dr. Tayfun before and wanted to earn commission by finding clients for him on the forum, and thought it would be a good idea to share a photo. 2013: This is very unfortunate for Dino. Because he was a real patient of Dr. Tayfun with good results. But apparently, he couldn’t answer questions more clearly, as he was supposed to. I am feeling sorry for him because I read many comments judging him slightly harsh on that forum. But he could defend himself with more physical evidence, like more photos. I can’t blame him; forums are not everybody’s cup of tea and can get tense easily. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. But to prove that he was a real person, we will upload more photos of him on this forum soon. Though, I cannot comment about the other people who used his pictures, as we have no knowledge about it. We are suspicious of Dr. Tayfun’ s past partners, who might have wanted to take advantage of a good result by using both his name and their clinic’s name (at that time) as they also have the originals. But as I haven’t seen a concrete proof about those messages on that forum, I do not wish to accuse anyone of this at the moment. 2014: As far as I could find (there is only one topic in which his name is indicated in 2014 on that website), his name is mentioned with the hospital he is associated with, but no patient experience or whatsoever, just random information about where he performs the operations. I understand your frustration and annoyance on this matter though. And I agree that we should fight against fake accounts, unreal pictures, etc. But you shouldn’t accuse a highly qualified surgeon due to several distorted comments, proven you have no experience with. It mustn’t be that easy to scare others away. Yes, he should have defended himself maybe. But as he had no interest in that forum previously, he wasn’t even aware of the content until recently. Also, he is not obliged to be on any website either. And he barely has German patients, and is not focused on German market. As promised, you will hear more about our services soon.

Dear Questionmark, I am the Country Manager of GetHair in UK. I would like to write an answer in regards to your recent comments about us. First of all, I want to stress that GetHair is not owned by any surgeon and completely a separate entity, established to offer FUE hair transplant operations mainly for clients from the UK. I would like to emphasise neither GetHair nor Dr. Tayfun Oguzoglu had worked with the company called Beauty Travels24 in the past or present. When I read your next sentences, regarding fake accounts, I was quite shocked. Just to be 100% sure, I have searched the entire alopezie.de forum and there are only two topics where Dr. Oguzoglu’ s name is mentioned. In the whole forum, only in “2” topics. Saying he had unethical advertisements, fake accounts, stolen pictures therefore doesn’t make any sense at all, compared to the volume of topics in the forum. Do you honestly believe a hair surgeon performing operations since 1996 (and ISHRS member since 1998) would upload 3-4 photos only and they will be fake? You say you have seen many destroyed hairs and wasted donors. You weren’t a patient of Dr. Oguzoglu, didn’t even meet with him once. So where have you seen them? Online? Which website? Did the patients take their donor photos especially (instead of transplanted regions) and upload? But I also agree with you at a point that, there are many fake accounts, or paid hitmen of some surgeons you mentioned here. Actually, this is one of the main reasons why we, as GetHair, stopped working with one of the surgeons you have written above, just because he asked us to create many accounts. As we believed this is utterly unfair for clients who suffer from hair loss, we refused and ended our partnership. I find it very unfortunate of you saying; “why even wasting thoughts on this clinic”. You did not benefit from any of our services, not even contacted us once about your hair loss problem. But you comment as you have a good knowledge about our operations and us. Did you know that we are the only clinic in Turkey which constantly receives testimonials on a 3rd party website, which we have no control over. This is how transparent we are. Frankly speaking, your comment looks like an unethical advertisement of other surgeons over another, and totally misleading other genuine users here by disparaging about GetHair and Dr. Oguzoglu, with lack of enough opinion.