Dr Erkan Demirsoy, Istanbul

CLINIC :

• Dr. Erkan Demirsoy has been performing hair restoration surgery for 24 years.
• He started with STRIP technique and in 2005 he switched to FUE
• Member of the ISHRS (The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery).

INTERNATIONAL PATIENTS :

• online consultation and cost estimate, transfers, translation.
• Patients 25 years and older only
• agency in Germany (Health Travels)

PRICES : minimum cost 3,600€, add 350€ for transfers and 2 nights at hotel

• Dr Demirsoy doing all extraction: 1.80€ / graft (up to 4000 grafts / session)
• Dr Demirsoy sharing extraction with his senior nurse: 1.5€ / graft
• Nurses performing all extraction: 1.2€ / graft

In all packs, Dr Demirsoy makes the consultation, the planning of the surgery, the hairline design and he opens the channels, while the team inserts grafts into the incisions

All packages include post-op medication (antibiotics and painkillers), special shampoo, seawater spray, and Panthenol spray.

FUE : MANUAL or AUTOMATED :

• Dr. Demirsoy does not operate on patients under the age of 25, who must wait until they are older, so that their alopecia is better stabilized
• He asks all his young patients to take Finasteride, to stop the progress of alopecia before the transplant
• He is not making surgeries to patients over 60-61 (operative risk)
• Planning of hair transplantation, hairline design, graft extraction and channels opening are performed by dr Demirsoy. 
• He places emphasis on slow and meticulous working for natural and high-performance results.

Preparation : Prior shaving of the hair, anestesia

Extraction :

• Micro punches of 0.7 - 0.9 mm diameter
• 2000-4000 grafts can be extracted with a motorized micro punch in one session
• Up to 1000-1500 grafts with a manual punch

Implantation : incisions, and placement of grafts

High density (dense packing) with 30 - 40 grafts per cm2.

The procedure takes approximately 6-9 hours, breaks are taken during the day.

During the operation you can listen to music or watch TV.

EYEBROWS :  400-700 grafts, depending on each patient.