Injections improve hair that still exists. They do not create follicles where there are none left. Everything worth knowing about this treatment sits on the right side of that line.
What is sold under the name stem cell therapy is almost never cultured stem cells. Here, and in the large majority of licensed European clinics, it is anautologous concentrate: your own blood processed for platelets and growth factors, sometimes combined with a micro-graft suspension or a mesotherapy cocktail.
Cultured stem cell products for hair loss are not an approved routine treatment in the jurisdictions we work under.We do not offer or import them, and a clinic that advertises them should be asked for the marketing authorisation in writing.
Thicker shafts, a longer growth phase, less daily shedding, and a better environment around freshly transplanted grafts. Patients with early diffuse thinning, or telogen shedding after illness, surgery or childbirth, gain the most. That is real and measurable.
Regrow hair on skin that has been smooth for years. Once a follicle has fully miniaturised and the tissue around it has fibrosed, there is nothing left to stimulate. It also does nothing about the hormonal driver of androgenetic loss, so on its own it slows a process rather than halting it.
We measure with a trichoscope at consultation and count miniaturised against terminal hairs in the area worrying you.
Every recommendation is written down before you travel, so you are not deciding in a chair with a needle already prepared.
PRP is not one product. The platelet concentration you end up with depends on the tube, the spin speed and the number of spins, and those choices differ enormously between clinics offering what looks like the same treatment at the same price.
A single low-speed spin yields a thin preparation that is easier and faster to produce. A double-spin protocol concentrates platelets several times above baseline and takes longer.Ask which protocol is used and how many spins; if the answer is vague, the treatment is being sold rather than planned.
These three do different jobs and are not alternatives to one another. A plan that includes only the one the clinic happens to sell is not a plan.
Used alongside surgery, the value of injections is in supporting the field the grafts are going into and the native hair between them, not in improving graft survival itself. The timing matters more than the number of sessions.
We plan it as a course around the operation rather than as a single shot on the day, and we review at three months. If the trichoscope does not show a change by then, we say that too.
Most patients need between 2,500 and 4,500 grafts. A receding hairline usually takes 2,000-3,000; hairline plus crown 3,500-4,500. The exact number depends on your donor density and the area to be covered. Send two photos and our specialists give you a graft plan free of charge.
Sapphire FUE opens micro-channels with sapphire blades, then places grafts. It covers large areas densely in one session and is the standard choice for most male cases. DHI Choi implants each follicle directly with a pen, giving maximum control of angle and depth; it suits hairline detail, women’s cases and unshaven treatment.
Yes, when it is done in a licensed hospital by a specialist team. Swedish Clinic holds Temos international accreditation and a Health Tourism Authorisation Certificate from the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health. Transplanted follicles come from the permanent donor zone, so they keep growing for life. We back this with a lifetime growth guarantee.
The procedure is performed under local anaesthesia. You are awake, comfortable and can watch a film or talk with the team. Only the first injections are felt. Most patients describe mild tightness for two or three days afterwards, managed with simple painkillers.
Transplanted hairs shed in weeks 2-6. This is normal. New growth starts around month 3, becomes visible at months 6-8, and the final density arrives at 12-15 months. Every before/after photo on this page was taken 9-15 months after the operation.
Plan 3 days: arrival and analysis on day one, the operation on day two, the first wash and aftercare briefing on day three. The operation itself is outpatient, no hospital stay, and you can fly home the same evening on day three.
Lower running costs, favourable exchange rates and very high volume, not lower quality. Our surgeons perform hair transplants daily, use the same sapphire blades and Choi implanters as European clinics, and work under international accreditation.
Yes. VIP airport transfers, a translator in your language and help with hotel booking are included, so you can focus on the treatment, and enjoy Istanbul between appointments.
Beginning, middle and end of one twelve-month course. The middle frame is the one that is normally left out.
The full twelve-frame sequence, including the weeks he looked worse than before he started, is on the hair page.
Your country code fills itself in. A surgeon reads them and replies with what is realistic, including when the answer is no.
