I'm from Turkey AMA

[Turk]

Hello all. I've been lurking in these forums for months now I just thought it was time to stop by and say hi.

 

As the title says I'm from Turkey. And since Turkey is a such a popular destination for hair transplants due to its cheap prices for you (f***ing TL currency). I've noticed a lot of you guys are coming here to get your scalps ruined by butchers ()

 

Fear not From now on I'll be answering all your questions with honesty. You can pretty much ask about anything about Turkey that you wonder.

 

So if you have any questions just shoot

[ej]

Which clinic do you work for ?

[Turk]

Which clinic do you work for ?

 

Sorry I thought I mentioned it in my original post; I do not work for any clinic or doctor.

 

I'm just a regular guy from the maaad city Istanbul

 

I also had a hair transplant 2 months ago that's why I've been lurking in HT forums here and there

[ej]

Cool, I thought the `AMA` was the name of a clinic

 

Where did you go for your procedure if you do not mind me asking ?

Did all go ok

 

Thanks

[Turk]

Cool, I thought the `AMA` was the name of a clinic

 

Where did you go for your procedure if you do not mind me asking ?

Did all go ok

 

Thanks

 

I went to Dr. Tayfun Oğuzoğlu.

 

It's been only 2 months so there is nothing much to tell but I am not happy so far because I've made a huge mistake by getting an aggressive hair line. It looks too straight.

 

It's mostly my fault because I wanted it. But I believe as an experienced doctor he should've advised me better and stop me.

 

If i only knew all these things about HT I know now I would've never wanted it this way. Unfortunately I've done most of my research after my HT

 

I know I will need a second operation in the future because my hair loss is slow but not stabilized yet so I've been doing a lot of research. I've seen tens of hair transplants (good and bad) of most Turkish doctors/clinics.

 

So I am here to share precious information about Turkish docs/clinics since I'm such a nice guy

[matt3480]

Ok?

 

So you had a transplant just two months ago (with someone no one has heard of) but are here to apparently give out good advice? What value is that?

[Turk]

Ok?

 

So you had a transplant just two months ago (with someone no one has heard of) but are here to apparently give out good advice? What value is that?

 

I don't claim to be a HT expert or anything. But I believe I can provide useful information about Turkey/İstanbul and Turkish doctors/clincs since I've been researching some time now. I

 

I've seen hundreds of results in Turkish forums which most of you have not heard of. When someone asks for a Turkish clinic, I can provide result photos from other networks etc.

 

I've noticed some people have been victims of marketing here. So why not help to prevent more people from getting hurt?

[superdudeo]

I don't claim to be a HT expert or anything. But I believe I can provide useful information about Turkey/İstanbul and Turkish doctors/clincs since I've been researching some time now. I

 

I've seen hundreds of results in Turkish forums which most of you have not heard of. When someone asks for a Turkish clinic, I can provide result photos from other networks etc.

 

I've noticed some people have been victims of marketing here. So why not help to prevent more people from getting hurt?

 

So who would you recommend?

[Turk]

So who would you recommend?

 

Depends on what you are looking for. If your hair loss isn't that bad and you are only looking to restore your hairline or fill your crown; I would definitely recommend Dr. Keser. He will probably reject you if your hair loss is bad though He does not use any technicians and does it all by himself. Time consuming, but worth it.

 

If your hair loss is bad then I would say go with ASMED. Dr. Erdoğan is a master FUE surgeon and from what I've seen he has a fantastic staff. Their extractions are super clean. They work with very high numbers but still leave you good looking donor. Dr. Erdoğan's results speak for himself. I think most of you are aware of him anyway. I think both Keser and Erdoğan are fantastic doctors but they work in very different ways that each other. I respect them both very much.

 

If your donor isn't really strong then you could consider HLC Clinic. They are good at BHT. Also another good thing about this clinic is they are responsible of their work. I've hear of them giving full refunds after bad hair transplants. It is very rare in Turkey. I also think Doğanay is good with implanter pen and BHT. But I've read horror stories about him here so...

 

Last and least I believe Dr. Pekiner is a promising doctor also but he needs to prove himself since he just left HLC Clinic and now working on his own. I like his work. He works real clean and he does everything by himself just like Dr. Keser. I think he has potential to be a top fue surgeon but only time will tell.

 

Those are just my honest opinions.

Edited March 3, 2018 by Turk

[HARIRI]

Dear Turk

 

Merhaba, I like your message as you mentioned good names. However what do you think of Dr. Serkan Aygen. I have seen loads of outstanding live results, also one of the good ex technicians of one of the recommended Turkish doctors in this community worked with Serkan lately and said loads of great stuff about him.

 

My cousin has reached to 9 months post OP and amazed me with the quality of his transplant, I was blown away really. However he insisted that Dr. Serkan works on him personally.

[Turk]

Dear Turk

 

Merhaba, I like your message as you mentioned good names. However what do you think of Dr. Serkan Aygen. I have seen loads of outstanding live results, also one of the good ex technicians of one of the recommended Turkish doctors in this community worked with Serkan lately and said loads of great stuff about him.

 

My cousin has reached to 9 months post OP and amazed me with the quality of his transplant, I was blown away really. However he insisted that Dr. Serkan works on him personally.

 

Hello Hariri! Merhaba dostum. I've heard of Serkan Aygın but I've not seen many of his work therefore I do dot have much to say about him. He is not very popular in Turkey amongst Turks. I think he gets lots of Arab and Italian patients. Correct me If I'm wrong but as far as I know doctor himself does not do much in the surgery and let his technicians do the work.

 

That being said he has many impressive HTs at the bellicapelli (italian) forums. U might wanna check it out

 

Hariri, I'm happy you stopped by and said hi. I've been lurking for a long time and I'm aware of your HT journey. I'm very curious about repair HTs and I've read about your journey here. You are a true HT vet.

[HARIRI]

Glad to hear that. Its good to educate many international patients about Turkish HT. It could be state of the art however these package hospitals fool around many of them by advertising their accommodation and VIP services where the surgeon is almost unknown. Many bad names came to my ears from Arab victims such as Estethica.

 

There are top class doctors but quiet expensive for a Turk citizen such as Koray Erdogan (KING OF FUE) which is only 2.5 euro per graft. However there are some good clinics which charges 1500 euro per session with good technicians such as Serkan Aygin and I heard Cosmedica from some few friends.

 

The problem is there are no strict regulation in Turkey that seperates the good from bad. However keep it up TURK in order to clean the Turkish HT image which was ruined by some of these unethical clinics. Hope HTN helps to bring more names into the recommended list from Turkey especially Istanbul.

 

By the way enlight us more about HLC clinic. Do they have a branch in Istanbul? I have heard that they charge 3.5 euro per graft!!! which is 1 euro more expensive than the great Koray Erdogan! However It seems like a hidden gem based on your recommendation!

[Turk]

Spot on Hariri! You are right about about pretty much everything you said. There are a few good clinics charge as less as €1500 per session run by technicians. But cosmetics or not this is a serious surgery and I believe doctors must do the most work. This is why I'm only recommending doctors. But I know few technicians that are more talented than actual doctors as well. Though it just doesn't seem right for me to make such recommendations.

 

By the way I've seen few people from here went to IOH Clinic. All the work is done there by technicians and price is quite high for it (€1.5 per graft). And I've seen only bad results from them. They are very problematic when it comes to refunds as well. I could go on and expose all the bad shit about most clinics in Turkey here but I don't want to get myself in legal trouble later on over nothing. So I'm not going into details much

 

About HLC; I should've mentioned that they are based in Ankara and they don't have branch in İstanbul. As far as I know they charge €2.5 graft. Maybe €3.5 is their BHT price? Anyway I would rate them below Dr. Keser & Dr. Erdoğan. I believe these two are the true pioneers of HT in Turkey. Everyone else here comes after them not before. If I was willing to spend €2.5 per graft I would've definitely went to ASMED but If they rejected me due to weak donor? Then I would've definitely taken my chances with HLC. You should check their videos on Youtube.

 

Esthetica is notorious but there are waaay worse trust me Such as Arena Med.

[mikeyhwk]

Always good to have a new member and one from a country so heavily asked about. Sounds like your thoughts are much the same as the consensus that already exists on this forum, Erdogan and Keser are the premier surgeons and then it gets riskier from there but it'll be great to have you as a resource as you'll probably see more of the work first hand from all these Turkish clinics than many of us would get to. Pekiner is going to be an interesting name to follow, I haven't seen a lot of his work but his reputation is building. Have you seen many of his patients in person? if so what did you think of his work and design? there are few clinics doing bodyhair and he offers it so he could be an affordable option for many considering that route one day.

[Turk]

Always good to have a new member and one from a country so heavily asked about. Sounds like your thoughts are much the same as the consensus that already exists on this forum, Erdogan and Keser are the premier surgeons and then it gets riskier from there but it'll be great to have you as a resource as you'll probably see more of the work first hand from all these Turkish clinics than many of us would get to. Pekiner is going to be an interesting name to follow, I haven't seen a lot of his work but his reputation is building. Have you seen many of his patients in person? if so what did you think of his work and design? there are few clinics doing bodyhair and he offers it so he could be an affordable option for many considering that route one day.

 

Hi mikey thanks for the warm welcome.

 

Pekiner's work reminds me of Keser. As far as I know, he worked with Keser before HLC Clinic. So It's quite possible he learned a lot of things from him.

 

I think he started his own clinic like 5 months ago so I've yet to see his 'finished' work. I've seen only one of his clients in person and he looked fine for just 4 months. There are few other guys at bellicapelli forums who had their HT's done by him. They are updating their situations monthly. You could keep an eye of his work at there.

 

It's too early to speak about his success rate but he looks very promising. I guess only time will tell.

[HARIRI]

The only issue with Dr. Keser as he was rejected by HTN was because of his manual extractions outside universal donor area. I hope he resolved this issue as it was quite serious though.

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/139030-potential-recommendation-dr-abdulmuttalip-keser-turkey.html

 

PS. I have never heard of Dr. Resul Yaman!!! Has anyone experienced his work?

[Turk]

The only issue with Dr. Keser as he was rejected by HTN was because of his manual extractions outside universal donor area. I hope he resolved this issue as it was quite serious though.

 

http://www.hairrestorationnetwork.com/eve/139030-potential-recommendation-dr-abdulmuttalip-keser-turkey.html

 

PS. I have never heard of Dr. Resul Yaman!!! Has anyone experienced his work?

 

Thanks Hariri! It was an interesting read. I didn't know Dr. Keser had that kind of issue before. Quite shocking. Really suprised me. Never seen him doing it on Turkish patients :eek:

 

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with Dr. Yaman He has a few cases in these forums though.

 

By the way if you don't mind me asking; I couldn't find your photos after you had surgeries with Dr. Doğanay & Dr. Karadeniz. Have you not posted them like you did with Dr. Rahal?

 

I think I might have to follow the same route as you did in the future...

 

I've had my HT 2 months ago but I am already regretting it. Hairline is too straight and a little (less than a cm) lower than it should've been. Even though it's a very minor problem and I have yet to see any results I'm sure I will not be happy in the end. Besides I can already see they have planted some doubles on my hairline... F**** techs I'm telling you

 

In the future I might try electrolysis to reshape it. Or just pluck it till unwanted hairs die. They say plucked hairs grow back. But few years ago I got rid of my widows peak just by over-plucking it. I think it works with me :confused:

 

Anway the looks of our hairs probably don't mean much to people around us but only us. I'm a perfectionist just like you. Hell I might be even obsessive!

 

Anyway... I've been wondering why you went with FUE instead laser or electrolysis for your graft removals.

 

Are you happy with the results?

Edited March 8, 2018 by Turk