Guides, comparisons and honest answers about treatment in Istanbul — written by the clinicians who do the work.
There is no upper limit worth mentioning. The lower limit is not about age but about whether your loss has stabilised.
Learn moreIt is real, not marketing — but it caps graft numbers and the package costs more, which is the trade-off nobody advertises.
Learn moreRepair work is possible more often than people fear — but the honest first step is measuring what donor is left.
Learn moreIt does not grow hair. For a shaved look, a depleted donor or camouflaging scars, it can still be the better answer.
Learn moreTransplantation only solves one of them. Diagnosing the other five first is what separates a clinic from a shop.
Learn moreSplitting a large case is not a failure or an upsell — it is what protects graft survival and donor reserve.
Learn moreArrival and analysis, operation, first wash and fly home — with the parts that surprise people flagged in advance.
Learn morePrint it, send it to three clinics, and compare the replies. The ones that answer in specifics are the ones worth visiting.
Learn moreAround 80% of the stomach is removed, leaving a tube of roughly 100–150 ml. Here is what that means at the table, month by month.
Learn moreA leak is ruled out before you leave the operating room, with a dye or air test through the new sleeve — and then confirmed by two to three nights of observation.
Learn moreYes, they are for life — not for the first year. The operation bypasses exactly the stretch of intestine where iron, calcium and B12 are absorbed.
Learn moreMost medicines still work, but three groups need reviewing before you travel: extended-release tablets, anti-inflammatories, and drugs with a narrow safe range.
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