City notebook

Hair transplantation in Istanbul: care, follow-up and costs

Before you pick a date, here are the questions we’d jot down about recovery, travel and care back home.

Methods and consultation

Ask how grafts would be collected and placed, who performs each step and why the clinician proposes the method.

Ask what FUE, FUT and DHI mean in your Istanbul quote, who performs each stage and what you can review with a UK clinician.

What a clinician may ask about the timing and pattern of hair loss and why the assessment informs the discussion.

The clinician’s role, the records that can accompany you home and what a follow-up plan may cover.

Understand who is responsible for assessment, procedure records and aftercare when reading a treatment plan.

Agree who can review you in the UK, what the Istanbul team will send and what you may need to pay for aftercare.

Check who receives scalp photos, which files are needed and whether consultation images can be reused or shared.

Check dates, angles and styling in hair transplant galleries, then turn the images into specific consultation questions.

What the procedure record, planned reviews and later observations can tell a clinician after you return home.

An editorial guide to clinical assessment, the surgical team, consent and responsibility for hair transplant follow-up.

How the written estimate, transport, accommodation and additional reviews contribute to the total.