Hair Transplantation in Turkey

Hair transplantation can be defined as ‘the permanent solution for hair loss’. A hair transplant operation can be expressed as; a microsurgical procedure that is performed in a hospital surgical setting. The concept ‘microsurgical operation’ implies that; a hair transplant procedure will be carried out with minimal surgical intervention unlike traditional surgery.

A hair transplant operation, is an effective and permanent solution for individuals experiencing ‘male-pattern baldness’ which is also referred to as androgenetic alopecia. Apart from these, individuals who have scars or have lost hair due to various kinds of hair diseases can also safely undergo a hair transplant surgery.

Thanks to the use of sedation given under the direct supervision of our Anesthesiologist, you will no longer feel any pain during the administration of local anesthesia prior to the hair transplant procedure. As a consequence, you will be having a more comfortable and pain-free hair transplant experience. Even though hair transplants are generally considered as painless procedures, this new method will help our patients who suffer from needle phobia, to feel at ease, allowing them to relax during the procedure. Owing to this, the level of pain that was currently at minimum is now completely eliminated.

What is Sedation?

Sedation is the action of producing a state of calm or sleep under controlled sedative drug administration, monitoring the depth of sedation with the types of drugs used and the amount given tailored specifically to each patient needs.

Do I Have to Receive Sedation?

Sedation is efficient and safe even in young children and as we previously mentioned, it assures the patient a discomfort free hair transplant procedure with zero pain. But then again, we continue to offer hair transplant procedures without sedation for patients who do not prefer. sedation to be administered.

Hair transplants have come a long, long way since the early days, but it wasn’t until the mid 1990’s that hair transplantation started to take shape, being performed with techniques that are practised today worldwide.  Hair transplants conducted with the FUT technique during the nineties, has been replaced by the FUE method which was developed in the early 2000s and introduced in 2005.  Even though the technique has been in continuous development with some further refinement, the basic principles of FUE remain the same.  Today, the technique continues to be regarded as the gold standard of hair transplant surgery.

The most advanced technique in hair transplantation is the FUE technique.

Today, people experiencing hair loss can be provided with natural looking hair with the latest modern technique FUE, the gold standard of hair restoration.

The main difference of using the FUE technique for hair transplantation, is that it leaves no scars and its recovery time is shorter. The success of the operations has also increased as a consequence of the advances in medical devices utilized in the FUE technique. FUE technique can be performed with a variety of different instruments. As a consequence of this, the technique is known with a few different names.

Hair Transplantation Techniques

• Classic FUE (via micro motors)
• Robotic FUE
• DHI technique (FUE performed with Choi implanters)
• Sapphire FUE (FUE performed with Sapphire blades)

As an example, a FUE hair transplant that is performed with sapphire blades, which has been introduced recently, delivers more successful outcomes. This generally is because the incisions created by utilizing blades that are made from smooth sapphire crystals, heals faster and leaves only a barely visible scar.

For men planning on undergoing a hair transplant, body hair is considered as a third source of grafts recipient. If grafts extracted from the back of the head and from the beard area are still not sufficient for coverage, among other options, chest hair can be considered as a good alternative source of hair follicles in hair transplantation. There are 2 underlying reasons why body hair is considered as the 3’rd additional donor source in hair transplantation.  The first reason is; body hair grafts, particularly chest hair, have a similar structure as beard grafts; they are thick and contain one or two hairs. As for the second reason; as the anagen phase of body hair is much shorter; body hair grows shorter. This being said; hair grafts obtained from the chest cannot be used in front hair restoration.

Patients have achieved natural, successful and satifactory results with ‘Hair Transplantation’ performed at Meditouriss. If you are considering a hair transplant or would like to obtain more information on hair transplantation, do not hesitate to contact us.

Process of Hair Transplantation

Every technique used in hair transplantation share basic principles.These principles are:

Harvesting Hair Follicles

Ensuring a significant aesthetic success during the process of harvesting the hair follicles is due to the distinctive aspect of the FUE technique. It is this innovation that has made FUE popular and preferred over FUT. The FUT technique involves removing a small strip of tissue from the back of the head and extracting the individual follicular units from this strip, whereas in FUE, each follicular unit is individually taken directly from the scalp through small circular incisions. By this way, the risk of injury is eliminated.

Depending on the length of each follicular unit it is important to utilize needles that have a diameter of 0,7 mm to 0,8 mm or if the follicular unit grafts contains 3-4-5 hairs needles with a diameter of 0,8 mm should be used. The sharpness of the needles as well as being only for single-use, are the elements that have a considerable impact on the operation’s success. Another important factor is to extract hair follicles with precise accuracy so as to avoid any follicular damage. For example; if the person who is having a hair transplant has very curly hair, by using a curved punch called u-graft during the process of extracting follicular units, the risk of follicular damage can be eliminated. All of these elements are refinements planned by the doctor prior to the operation, which are tailored specifically to each patient’s condition.

Recipient Site Preparation

In the classic FUE technique the incisions are created by utilizing steel blades. With these slit blades, the incisions should be created with precise accuracy, considering the natural direction of hair growth. This will allow the transplanted grafts to grow out at their natural direction.

While making slits in the recipient area, it is very important to follow the direction and angel of the existing hair in that region.

FUE technique utilizes steel blades for creating incisions in the recipient site. During the operation, after hundreds of incisions have been created, these steel blades should be replaced with new ones. On the other hand, such a problem will not be encountered with sapphire FUE blades, because they are smoother and sharper. For each patient, according to hair follicle thickness, just a few blade tips will needed. Once again, the blades should only be used on an individual patient during a single procedure.

Transplanting Hair Follicles

The final stage, which is transplanting the hair follicles; is the process of transplanting the follicles one at a time at an angle of 40-45 degrees, within the incisions that have been created at directions that enables accurate placement. All three phases have certain specific technicalities and the most important technicality within all stages is certainly experience.
FUE is a hair transplant technique that doesn’t leave any marks or require any stitches.

FUE performed with sapphire blades; a method that is regarded as the advanced version of Follicular Unit Extraction also known as FUE technique, is conducted at Meditouriss.