stewyd

Hi guys Just signed up to this website, but I have been a long time voyeur of this network and firstly would like to thankyou all for your unknowing help in the last 4-5 years, So I am currently sitting in a hotel room in Istanbul 2 hours after my FUE surgery, and to be honest I couldn't be happier, firstly I have read older posts in this forum, I would like to clear something up, I know turkey very well, from a culture, language and custom point of view, I would like to state that ?1 sterling normally equates to 3.3 Turkish lira and cost of living wise 1Tl equates to ?1 so a transplant cost in Turkey costs ?2000 it equates to 6.3-6.5 thousand lira, so you get the same treatment equivalent to ?6500 in the uk, I hope this makes sense best way the explain it is that a bottle of coke in uk is ?1 in Turkey is 1TL, So anyway I booked through longevita, I was very sceptical at first but after many emails, phone calls and skype sessions I was sold I payed ?2000 including surgery, transfers from airport to hotel and return to airport and flights, I arrived in Istanbul last night, the longevita man was there waiting to pick us up (me and wife) dropped us at hotel, today we woke up had a lovely breakfast included in hotel and caught a taxi to clinic (26TL=?9.8) When we arrived at clinic we were asked to sit and wait, we waited for 15mins and our surgeon arrived, I had my consultations and my new hairline was drawn all very clean and proffesional, the whole time the longevita rep and translator was with me, I will skip over the surgery as this was all as normal, very good and very informative, they provided me with lunch and water, to be honest I fell asleep during the surgery, which should tell you it was very painless, after the surgery I was given medicine through an IV, I have to go back tomorrow for checkup then fly back to the uk in the afternoon, I would like to add that longevita is a middleman for the clinics in turkey they do what they say they will, with regards to earlier posts I clarified with my surgeon how many grafts would be taken and how the hair would be inserted, they were great throughout, also I would like to add if anyone wants any more information or if I have missed anything please feel free to mail me no problem I know how much of a jungle it is out there and remember chin up !