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Guides, comparisons and honest answers about treatment in Istanbul — written by the clinicians who do the work.

Hair

Graft out-of-body time: the number that decides survival

Follicle survival falls measurably after roughly two hours outside the scalp. That is the real biological argument for DHI, not any claim about density.

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Beard transplant angles: why direction beats graft count

Facial hair leaves the skin at 15–25 degrees, scalp hair at 40–45. A surgeon who transfers the scalp habit to a face makes a beard that never lies flat.

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Shaving after a beard transplant: a week-by-week calendar

No blade, razor or trimmer for fourteen days. Trimmer with a guard at week three, foil shaver at week four, wet razor over the grafts only after six.

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Eyebrow transplant: choosing donor hair and drawing the arch

Grafts come from the nape, where hair is finest, and every one is a single follicle. Two hairs from one point is the classic giveaway of a bad brow.

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After an eyebrow transplant: trimming, taming, the first year

Transplanted brows keep the scalp growth cycle, so they need trimming every two to four weeks for life. Most patients learn this fact far too late.

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PRP preparation: why the centrifuge protocol decides results

PRP is not a product with a fixed dose. A single low-speed spin barely beats baseline; a double spin reaches three to five times platelet concentration.

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Stem cell hair therapy: what €600 can and cannot promise

What is sold as stem cell hair therapy is almost never cultured stem cells. It is your own blood concentrate, and that changes what it can honestly do.

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Hair

PRP around a hair transplant: the timing that pays off

Two sessions matter: the one on the day of surgery and the one at month three. Weekly injections through the first month add cost and no evidence.

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Aesthetic

Open or closed rhinoplasty: which one fits your nose?

Closed rhinoplasty leaves no visible scar but limits what the surgeon can see; open rhinoplasty adds a four-millimetre columellar incision and full access to the tip.

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Aesthetic

Thick nasal skin: why the tip takes longer to define

Thick nasal skin hides the cartilage work underneath. Definition still arrives, but it can take eighteen months instead of six, and the surgical plan has to change.

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Aesthetic

Septoplasty and rhinoplasty: why one operation, not two

A deviated septum is both a breathing problem and the structure that holds the nose straight. Correcting it separately means operating on the same tissue twice.

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Aesthetic

Preservation rhinoplasty vs classic hump removal explained

Preservation rhinoplasty lowers the bridge by taking bone from underneath and keeping the roof intact. It suits a smooth, regular hump — and it is not right for every nose.

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