Hair of Istanbul Review
Hair of Istanbul Hair Transplant Comprehensive Review
HOI Hair Transplant Clinic Score
Pricing
Pre-Surgery, Consultation and Booking
Facilities and Accommodation
Physicians and Staff
Surgery Methods and Doctor Involvement
Post-Surgery, Instructions and Aftercare
Online Reviews
Before and After Photos
Pricing: 1/5
Transparent pricing is available.
Detailed all inclusive packages are listed.
Aftercare medications, and shampoos are included in the price.
A fixed price for a single surgical session.
The premium package is affordable (Price < 3000€)
In the modern world, prospects expect everything about the companies to be as transparent as possible.
However, we couldn’t find official information about Hair of Istanbul’s pricing, making us question whether the clinic offers different hair transplant prices to other customers. Comments and reviews of many patients seem to validate our dynamic pricing hypothesis, and based on online reviews, here’s the estimated pricing for Hair of Istanbul:
Hair of Istanbul Pricing Table
| per Graft | 2500 Grafts | 4000 Grafts | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUE | $1.60 | $4000 | $6400 |
The details of Hair of Istanbul hair transplant packages are not provided. We only know they offer all-inclusive packages with:
- VIP transfer
- 3 nights 5-Star hotel accommodation
- Medication, shampoos, and aftercare kits
- Translator
Travel costs to Turkey are not included in all-inclusive packages. A patient purchases flights.
Hair of Istanbul determines the price based on the condition of the patient. Scalp/skin condition, graft and follicular units’ count, diseases, bald spot, and donor zone health are determining factors changing the cost. They define criteria for the optimal result and quote accordingly. Let us remind you that most Turkish hair transplant clinics follow a fixed-price policy for maximum hair grafts.
For a regular patient with moderate AGA progression, the cost of a hair transplant in Hair of Istanbul is around 5000-6000 US Dollars. So, the average price in HOI is 2x higher than Turkey’s average.
Pre-Surgery, Consultation and Booking: 3/5
Scalp condition improved with pre-op instructions for the best result.
1-1 online consultation with the doctor is available.
Detailed hair loss and transplant report provided. (+)
English-speaking customer success and sales specialists available.
Detailed information of phases provided.
They provide pre-op recommendations in pre-op consultation to improve scalp condition for the best hair transplant result. We think a hair transplant operation is not a 1-day job; it has a preoperative period starting with initial consultations and the postoperative period affecting the survival of healthy hair follicles and thus the final result.
Before arriving at the hair clinic in Istanbul, you have no chance to meet with the doctor online, and the clinic does not provide such a service. You need to wait until you arrive at the clinic to meet the surgeon.
Hair of Istanbul asks for your head’s pictures and videos to give you a hair transplant report and quote. They get back to you with more information, including hair transplant eligibility, graft count, and quote.
Keep in mind that if your hair is weak and donor capacity is low, the clinic may not accept you because the operation will be less likely to succeed, which may hurt Hair of Istanbul’s reputation. So, your hair loss degree (or androgenic alopecia progression) and Norwood hair classification type determine your eligibility.
The support crew of HOI speaks 6 languages. So there won’t be any communication issues before, during, and after the hair restoration operation.
Hair of Istanbul’s hair transplantation stages is not provided online. A detailed explanation would be great to inform prospective customers, so they will know what they will experience.
Also, HOI asks for a deposit which is not refundable in case of cancellation.
Facilities, Services, and Accommodation: 5/5
Transfers are done with a VIP van.
5- star International Hotels included.
3-night accommodation included.
Operation rooms in hospitals/clinics are top-notch.
The hotel and clinic are in the central location.
When you arrive in Istanbul, the clinic’s representative welcomes you and takes you to your VIP transport. The clinic makes sure that the patient never feels alone in a foreign country.
The first destination is the 5-Star international hotel. The clinic provides a three-day accommodation which includes a rest day. The extra night provides a good environment for your body to recover from the stress caused by the surgery.
Hair of Istanbul Clinic is state-of-the-art with modern technologies and equipment. The exterior and interior design shows the sign of excellence and luxury. It’s very hygienic and clean and ready for real surgery.
Also, the clinic is COVID-19 pandemic ready and is pretty safe for the virus. The clinic is also a Turkish Government and EU-approved hospital with its own hair transplantation rooms with comfortable hair transplant chairs.
The clinic is located in Bakirkoy Istanbul (European Side), which is close to Ataturk Airport but very far away from Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) on Asian Side. Also, it is close to tourist destinations such as Sultan Ahmet, Hagia Sophia, Kadikoy, and the city center.
These facts cause patients to give positive reviews about Hair of Istanbul’s facilities, transfer, and accommodation.
Physicians and Staff: 3/5
A dermatologist or plastic surgeon is available.
An anesthesiologist for sedation is available.
The surgeon has done over 1000 hair transplants.
3 or more technicians/nurses are part of the operational team.
English-speaking physicians and staff.
We have no information about dermatologist or plastic surgeon availability.
Dr. Erkan Caymaz and Hair of Istanbul are mentioned together, and his specialty is Emergency Medicine. We believe the hair restoration doctor should be a dermatologist or plastic surgeon, and that’s a minus for Hair of Istanbul.
Also, it is reported in many sources that they select patients; if your donor area is weak, they may not work with you. They choose people with high donor density. And many patients complain about rude responses from the clinic.
See other hair transplant clinic’s PSR scores:
Surgery Methods and Doctor Involvement: 2/5
A doctor performs & supervises all operations.
Bio-enhancements are used for harvested graft preservation.
Only one patient a day accepted / No simultaneous operations.
Needle-free local anesthesia and sedation are available.
Laser-assisted hairline drawing and telogen/miniaturization check.
They perform at least 10 surgeries a day. And they don’t have that many hair transplant surgeons. It is called “hair mill” in forums and review websites.
It has 75 employees. One technician group will do your surgery, and you have no idea which group does the best. Randomly assigned newbies may ruin your hair.
For the amount of money HOI asks, a patient can be the only one and get all the attention of the real dermatologist or plastic surgeon in other hair clinics.
The clinic conducts blood tests before the procedure to ensure a patient does not have diseases like HIV.
There is no mention of bio-enhancement in online resources, and we didn’t get an appropriate answer when we reached the clinic. Therefore we assume they don’t use such products to boost graft survival rate.
A symmetrical hairline is drawn using a laser-assisted device. Also, a needle-free local anesthesia dermojet is used in operation.
Hair transplant techniques used in Hair of Istanbul Clinic are regular FUE (done with lateral slits), sapphire FUE (done with sapphire tipped blades), and DHI FUE (Direct Hair Implantation, done with an implanter pen).
Artas Robotic Hair Transplant Surgery and FUT (Follicular Unit Transplant) hair transplant method is not used in HOI hair restoration surgery.
Post-Surgery, Instructions and Aftercare: 2/5
Regular post-op doctor consultations are provided.
Re-operation guarantee or lifetime warranty available.
Online post-op instructions are easily accessible.
Post-op ATPv spray provided for increased graft survival.
Medications and shampoos are available.
A Post-op checkup is done the day after the surgery, bandages are removed, and the first hair wash is done with a special shampoo. The client is taught critical post-op recovery and healing procedures (or instructions). Specialist doctors and hair care specialists prepare these procedures according to your hair health and skin/scalp quality. However, there is no easy way to reach these instructions online.
Hair of Istanbul provides you with the best hair care products in cooperation with Loreal to boost transplanted hair and beard growth. Also, high-quality shampoos such as Davines and Kerastase are recommended to achieve better eyebrows, beard, and hair growth.
The clinic contacts the patient regularly after the operation to monitor the healing process.
Post-op ATPv spray, which is generally recommended to be used 2 days after hair transplant treatments to provide energy to hair follicles, is not provided by the clinic. The post-op ATPv spray is considered a bio-enhancement, and the clinic does not employ bio-enhanced hair transplant procedures, as we mentioned earlier.
Online Reviews: 4/5
The clinic has over 500+ online reviews.
Negative reviews are positively handled.
Independent review website ratings 4.5+.
Video testimonials of actual patients are available.
High satisfaction rate.
| Website | Trustpilot Reviews | Google Reviews | Trustindex Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review Count | 16 | 587 | 659 |
| Review Rating | 4.5 ⭐ | 4.8 ⭐ | 4.8 ⭐ |
The clinic has many reviews, which is good for prospects who want to do a lot of reading before deciding.
They are not responding to reviews. We expect doctors to handle negative reviews since they put a question mark on prospects. Solution-oriented approaches to negative feedback are crucial to renewing the confidence in the clinic.
Some of the good reviews are as follows:
Some of the bad reviews are as follows:
Before and After Photos: 3/5
Before/After photos available.
Natural-looking results (especially hairline).
Graft survival over %90.
No overharvesting.
The surgery technique is indicated.
The clinic provided before and after patient pictures on its website and Instagram. Actually, the results seem to be great; hairlines, on which Hair of Istanbul focuses a lot, are dense and natural.
We don’t see mid-scalp and crown zones in photos. Considering the limited donor area and leaving room for future hair transplantations, the areas behind the hairline probably are less dense.
Graft survival rates are reasonable but not over 90%. The graft survival rate above 90% requires organ transplant solutions such as Hypothermosol, PRP, and ATPv injection into graft harvesting solution and post-op ATPv spray.
Conclusion
Hair of Istanbul Rating
The strongest side of Hair of Istanbul Clinic is how they present before/after pictures on their Instagram and website. Professional photos of the clinic with patients with significant hairlines are quite dramatic. Many customers choose them because they seem to get very high density in the hairline. We think that HOI performs successful operations with experienced surgeons.
The clinic’s equipment, interior, and exterior design are very modern and luxurious; the established look is reassuring.
They seem to achieve significant densities (they are proud about transplanting 6500 grafts per session on their website). However, male pattern baldness or Androgenetic Alopecia is a progressive condition, and most hair transplant patients require a second or third hair transplant surgery in the future. Clients should be careful about overharvesting in order not to face any issues in the future when they want a hair transplant operation again.
Another drawback of Hair of Istanbul Clinic is that it is considered a “hair mill” since they have many operating rooms and 75 personnel that accept many patients in a single day. And there is no info about the hair transplant surgeons/doctors doing operations.
Also, HOI may not have affordable prices compared to other Turkish hair clinics. However, the packages offered are all-inclusive, and the clinic does not incur extra costs.
Our objective rating for the clinic is 2.5/5.0 according to our Price-Service-Result (PSR) framework.
Finally, we leave the following question to you to answer and decide accordingly:
Would you undergo a real surgery in a clinic where the hair transplantation crew is unknown?
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Who is the doctor of Hair of Istanbul?
We’ve found no information regarding the Hair of Istanbul’s hair transplant surgeon. Even if we’ve contacted the clinic, they didn’t provide a name.
We think it’s essential to know the surgeon’s name to research previous hair transplant results and learn details of their hair transplant operation.
Prospects can only rely on the fame of the clinic and assume Hair of Istanbul Clinic has experienced doctors. But we think it is still risky.
Hair of Istanbul General Information
The clinic was founded in 2013 in Bakirkoy/Istanbul and serves many countries worldwide.
It has over 75 employees and performs at least 10 operations a day. The staff can speak 6 languages.
Since its foundation date, Hair of Istanbul Clinic has performed over 13.000 surgeries, and the number increases day by day. In the field of hair transplantation, this amount is really high.
The primary expertise of the clinic is FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction), sapphire FUE and DHI FUE. The clinic performs mega FUE sessions.
Hair of Istanbul’s Instagram account is trendy and has over 4 million followers, making them the hair transplant clinic in Turkey with the most followers.
FAQ
What is the hair transplant cost in Hair of Istanbul?
Hair of Istanbul all-inclusive hair transplant packages costs around 5000-6000 US Dollars for a patient with moderate Androgenic Alopecia progression. The cost is twice the cost of Turkish clinics on average.
Is Hair of Istanbul before and after pictures good?
The frontal hairline design and density are pretty good. However, mid-scalp and crown hair angles and coverage are not shared. A patient should contact the clinic to get photos from these angles.
What does the community on Reddit think about Hair of Istanbul?
Some people on Reddit recommend Hair of Istanbul, and some suggest staying away. There are also good before and after photos shared on Reddit. But, there are some critics of Afro Hair Transplant results.
