mixed bad feelings,
UPDATE June 2026:
Two significant findings since my original review below:
1. The "doctor" I signed the contract with, Hüseyin Kaya, is publicly listed on Bookimed (the same medical tourism platform that promotes this clinic) as a dentist with 9 years of practice. He is not a hair transplant surgeon. He is presented across the clinic's marketing as "Dr. Hüseyin" or even "Professor Hüseyin", which obscures the underlying credential. This explains why he was not present on operation day.
2. Reading the negative reviews on Google carefully, the bait-and-switch pattern I experienced is documented across dozens of patients going back over a decade. Multiple reviewers describe the same scenario: meeting one doctor, surgery performed by women they had never seen, poor density 12 to 36 months later. Other reviewers also report inflated graft counts ("3500 promised, 2500 delivered", "5000 promised, 3000 delivered") and damaged donor areas. The clinic's response to severe complaints is a boilerplate accusation that the reviewer is "FAKE!" rather than engagement. The 5-star average is built largely on accounts with only one review on their entire profile, posted shortly after the operation when results temporarily look acceptable.
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My experiencewith Istanbul Hair Center is mixed/negative. I'm going to list just the facts objectively: I have been promised 3500/4000 fue, on my forehead and crown. After the transplant I had no way to understand how much I actually got.
I first met a doctor in their studio, with a reassuring manners and knowledge, I quickly liked him and the team and decided chose this clinic.
On the day of the operation, surprisingly the doctor was not present, he wasn't the one who operated me. I got the transplant done by 2 young foreign ladies.
After 9 months, I believe I lack density, the main part I wanted to fix was the forehead and I'm not satisfied.
In the crown area, even worse, it seems as if nothing has been transplanted.
The clinic won't answer from their official email, the post operation customer service is carried on via whatsapp, clearly not by a doctor but a middle person who answers in a condescending way, telling me just to wait. After 6 months I asked a direct question " can you confirm I still have not reached the desired density? " and the customer service avoided a straight answer, they said: "The hair growth process is going according to plan. The density of the hair and the result is good" Well I'm not sure about it.
I showed my photos to other doctors and I have been told that the desired density has not been achieved.
What really made me choose Istanbul Hair Center was the professional manner of the doctor ( who did not operate me ) and the extremely competitive price, 1000€. So I'm giving 2 starts , because I cannot say I did not get results. However, if I knew that I was going to be operated by some random person and that I wouldn't have achieved the promised density, I wouldn't have chosen this clinic.
If over the next few months something magical will happen and I will get the planned density in my forehead and crown, I will happily amend this reference and add my humble personal apologies.
Oh about reviews, mine got suspiciously rejected by google, and watch out for the short generic ones made by users with just 1 reiview😉
Feel free to contact me : alxdvc(at)gmail.com
19 września 2022
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