You wouldn’t go to Bulgaria for Botox or Fiji for a face lift, so why would you think about Turkey for a hair transplant? The usual answer is because it’s cheap. Not because the results are better or because the technology is the most advanced – just because you can save some money.
At Hair Technology International we don’t do transplants – we never have. But having helped people with hair loss and thinning hair for over 25 years, we are ideally placed to offer advice to anyone considering this as an option. Often we will recommend that surgery isn’t the answer – usually this is because the person’s expectations are unrealistic and the amount of donor hair available means that they will never achieve the desired result. There is of course the risk that the person will go elsewhere and be told otherwise, but the motivation for this conflicting advice should always be considered. If you are being told that you can get a full head of hair from surgery, you are not being told the truth. Hair transplantation is merely redistributing the hair, not creating more.
Going back to the clinics overseas, the further flung centres often advertise online using price as the main and only selling point. At Hair Technology International, we often see people who are either thinking about having hair restoration surgery abroad or, worse still, people who have had surgery and regretting it!
So why is surgery cheaper abroad? Often because of lower standards in safety, poorer trained staff and older techniques. If this sounds like worth risking we would strongly suggest you think again. Remember that by their very nature, hair transplants are totally visible. If they go wrong, the results are for life!
Transplants for the right person can be life changing. Transplants done badly or for the wrong person can be life damaging. The important thing is to get the full facts before making any life changing decision when it comes to surgery. For this reason we are always happy to offer advice, totally free of charge and without any form of commitment. Call or email us and we will be happy to help.