Hair Transplantation · Istanbul
Hair transplantation redistributes follicular units from a finite donor area to planned recipient zones. Suitability, safe harvesting, hairline design and the likely future pattern must be assessed together.
Photographs can support an initial orientation. They cannot determine diagnosis, safe graft number, technique, hairline or outcome.
Quick Orientation
A physician-defined framework
Duration, anaesthesia, extent and aftercare are not fixed package statements. They are tailored after findings, safety and the operation plan are clear.
Follicular units are transferred from a suitable donor area to planned recipient zones. Harvesting amount, distribution and recipient surface are therefore planned together; a target number alone does not describe the quality of the plan.
The specific anaesthesia and medication plan follows the medical history, examination and personal safety. Allergies, pre-existing conditions and regularly used medicines are reviewed by a physician in advance.
Planning, harvesting, preparation and implantation create a multi-hour process whose duration varies individually. Tissue protection, safe breaks and a controlled approach matter more than the shortest possible treatment time.
Initial checks, care instructions and follow-up after returning home are defined before surgery. The contact route, planned photographic checks and action for unusual symptoms are clarified before departure.
What Is a Hair Transplant?
Purpose and limit
Suitable follicular units are harvested and placed according to a long-term design. Existing hair loss and donor biology continue independently of the procedure.
A natural-looking plan is an individual medical and design objective, not a guaranteed outcome.
Who May Be Assessed?
Suitability is not a photo diagnosis
Age or a visible empty area alone does not establish suitability. Reasons to proceed, defer or decline are discussed explicitly.
The diagnosis and course support a surgical option.
Rapid, patchy, inflammatory or scarring findings need diagnostic priority.
Surgery may be declined when safe harvesting cannot support the requested aim.
Physician Assessment
Five levels before the operation plan
History, scalp, donor reserve, recipient area and long-term priorities are considered as one system.
Onset, pace, family history, health, medicines and earlier treatment.
Miniaturisation, inflammation, scarring and hair-fibre quality.
Density, calibre, distribution, safe harvesting and future use.
Area, existing hair, direction, transition zones and priority.
Proceed, modify, defer, treat another condition or decline surgery.
Hairline and Long-Term Planning
Design within biology
Immediate density is not the only objective. Facial proportions, native direction, donor resource and the possible future pattern constrain the design.
Hairline, frontal area, mid-scalp and crown are not automatically treated equally.
Angle, curl, calibre and transition are planned for the recipient zone.
Harvesting distribution matters as much as the extracted number.
A plan should remain coherent if untreated hair continues to change.
Recipient priorities are balanced against the donor resource that may be needed later.
The largest possible session is not automatically the safest or most natural long-term plan.
FUE and DHI
Extraction and implantation are separate decisions
FUE describes follicular-unit extraction. DHI commonly refers to implantation with a pen-like device; it is not a universally superior operation in itself.
Follicular units are harvested individually according to donor mapping and safe distribution.
Recipient sites define angle, direction, spacing and distribution according to the hairline and zone plan.
An implanter may assist placement in selected zones, but design, sites, handling and team workflow remain decisive.
The appropriate extraction, site-making and implantation sequence is finalised after personal examination.
Procedure
A planned surgical sequence
Details vary with the personal operation plan; this overview is not a fixed protocol or a promise of duration.
Examination, consent, photographs, donor map and recipient plan are reviewed.
The surgical field and agreed local anaesthesia plan are established.
Follicular units are extracted according to safe donor distribution.
Angle, direction, spacing and tissue considerations follow the design.
Handling, direction and recipient-site protection follow the agreed operation plan.
The areas are reviewed and the written aftercare and contact route are explained.
Istanbul Journey
Plan care before travel
Flights, accompanying support, washing, swelling, access to urgent care and follow-up are considered before the operation date.
History, photographs, current medicines and logistical constraints are organised.
Suitability and the operation plan are confirmed before proceeding.
Early checks and individual restrictions are explained before departure.
Images, symptoms and planned review points connect care over time.
The medical practice and the surgical location are not conflated in wording or organisation.
The exact allocation of tasks and the physician-led steps are explained clearly before the procedure.
Review preparation, examination, procedure day, return travel and cross-border follow-up together.
Risks, Limits and Alternatives
Informed consent before surgery
Bleeding, infection, swelling, altered sensation, scarring, poor growth, unnatural distribution and donor depletion are considered in the personal context.
Bleeding, infection, inflammation, pain, swelling and delayed healing can occur.
Variable growth, visible scarring, poor direction or an incoherent hairline may require review.
Diagnosis, observation, medication, clinical care, camouflage or no surgery may be preferred.
Seek urgent local medical care for severe or rapidly worsening symptoms; do not wait for an online reply or return travel.
Recovery and Follow-Up
Healing first · hair cycle later
The personal aftercare plan takes priority. Timelines vary with procedure, healing, hair cycle and individual findings.
Touch, washing, sleep position and activity follow written instructions.
Crusting, redness and temporary shedding are reviewed in context.
New growth begins gradually; timing, calibre and maturation vary between people and treatment zones.
Transplanted and existing hair, donor appearance and future loss are considered together.
Use agreed photographic views and contact routes; arrange local care when examination cannot wait.
The Doctor Aslan Approach
Medical position
Surgical responsibility means declining an operation when diagnosis, donor reserve, expectation or follow-up cannot support a coherent plan.
The cause and course are assessed before drawing a hairline.
Safe distribution and future options come before a target count.
FUE, site-making and implantation tools serve the surgical design.
Return care is organised before the procedure begins.
Related Hair Information
Six working review pages
These are distinct assessment and treatment routes, not a ranking or recommendation.
Understand how previous surgery, scarring and remaining donor reserve change revision planning.
Open page →02ShavingReview when reduced shaving may or may not fit a safe operation plan.
Open page →03PatternSeparate diagnosis, donor stability and existing hair before surgery.
Open page →04Facial detailUnderstand single-hair selection, flat angles and long-term grooming.
Open page →05Facial hairCompare skin, donor match, facial zones and direction planning.
Open page →06AnalysisUse standardised imaging as support for assessment and follow-up.
Open page →Next Step
Organise first · decide in person
Suitable photographs and health information can prepare the visit. They do not establish diagnosis, surgical suitability, graft number, technique or outcome.
Do not send urgent or highly sensitive medical information through an open contact channel.