I coordinate medical trips to Istanbul full-time, including hair transplants.
The article nails the core tension: Istanbul offers genuinely world-class FUE/DHI procedures at USD 2,000–4,500 all-inclusive, while the same surgery runs USD 15,000–25,000 in the US. The savings are real.
But the risk the article hints at is also real. The industry has grown so fast that outcome consistency now depends entirely on who you trust to pick your clinic. Volume does not equal quality.
What most people don't know: the difference between a great result and a botched one is usually not the surgeon — it's whether someone vetted the clinic's actual medical standards before you booked.
I personally inspect every clinic I work with, show patients the full cost upfront, meet them at the airport, and stay reachable through recovery. Complication insurance is included.
Happy to answer anything about how this actually works on the ground — which clinics to avoid, what questions to ask, how to spot a package deal that cuts corners.
