Hello all,
Yesterday I had my first hair transplant procedure with doctor Emrah Cinik in Istanbul. The day prior I landed after a 24 hours travelling from New Zealand. I was promptly picked up by a nice gentleman and driven to my hotel. Nice hotel however all the tv channels were turkish haha.
Next morning I was picked up at 7am sharp along with two other patients. Was met by a nice young lady and eacorted to see doctor Cinik, he is very friendly and welcoming, he consulted with me until we were both happy with the new hairline.
I was then taken to the operating room and my head was shaven the surgery began. The anesthetic was injected, quite painful but after 10 minutes I felt nothing. So that was fine. The nurse and technician extracted the grafts which took about 2 hours, they were friendly and spoke some english too.
Then we had a small break & Dr Cinik then came and began opening the canals. This took an hour or so then the nurse & technician inserted the grafts. This took about 2 hours aswell. After the surgery I felt very faint and the nurses gave me some orange juice which helped a lot.
After surgery I was given some medication and taken back to my hotel, was quite painful for first few hours though was fine after. The next day I was picked up & had my bandages removed & Dr Cinik reviewed my final result, he was pleased with the surgery & thinks my result will be very natural
Overall I'm very pleased with the whole experience and would recommend Dr Cinik's clinik for anyone looking at having a hair transplant.