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Afro Hair Transplant in Turkey Treatment
Length of Stay in Hospital: 1 DAY
Transplant Duration: 5 TO 6 HOURS
Anesthesia: LOCAL ANESTHESIA
Recovery Duration: 3 DAYS
Scarring: NO VISIBLE SCARS
Success Rate: 98%
Treatment Details
Afro hair transplants have been growing in popularity over the years. The process for this procedure is the same as with any kind of hair transplant. The idea is still the same – transplanting hair from a donor area to a bald area of the hair.
Two methods are used to perform Afro Hair Transplant. The first technique is known as FUT (follicular unit transplant), and the second method is called FUE (follicular unit extraction). Both Afro-Caribbean men and women can undertake Afro-hair surgery if suitable.
What are the Benefits of an Afro Hair Transplant?
Here are some of the benefits of this procedure:
- Natural Hair Regrowth.
- Minimal Downtime.
- Swift recovery period
- Pain and Scar Free.
- Cheaper in the Long-Run.
- Short Waiting Period
Ideal Candidates for Afro Hair Transplant
- Individuals with enough hair left to transplant.
- Anyone who has a hair loss problem (whether it’s due to a burn or scalp injury).
- People with good hair density.
- Individuals who are generally healthy and with no chronic disease.
How to Prepare for Afro Hair Transplant
Like any other surgery, every patient who is about to have a hair transplant in Turkey has to prepare for it.
Preparation for an Afro Hair Transplant procedure is a necessity as it also plays a vital role in determining the success of the whole process.
Unlike other surgeries, a hair transplant doesn’t demand much preparation; the patient is advised to stop smoking, alcohol, soft drugs, and specific vitamins a week or two before the surgery. This is done to avoid any interference with the healing process.
How an Afro Hair Transplant is Performed
Depending on the type of hair transplant recommended by your surgeon, the procedure usually takes between 4 and 12 hours.
In most cases, as the surgeon performs the surgery, patients remain awake during the entire process. Surgeons give them local anesthesia to make their scalp numb – and this also makes them so comfortable during the procedure.
The first stage is to examine/test your blood to determine if there is HIV or Hepatitis C in your system. After the examination, the surgeon will discuss with the patient, answer any questions, and define the expectation of the outcome of the whole surgery.
If you are having the FUE transplant, single follicles are removed from the donor area of the scalp with a specialized cutting tool. These individual hair grafts are then inserted into tiny cuts made into the recipient site, where they bed down.
However, with the FUT surgery, instead of taking individual follicles from an area that has sufficient hair growth, your hair transplant surgeon cuts away a strip of them. This strip is then divided into single strands or small groups inserted into the recipient area.
Once all the hair grafts have been transplanted, your scalp will be bandaged, and you will be given instructions for at-home care. Yes, it’s that simple!
Afro Hair Transplant Recovery Timeline
Considering that FUE hair transplant is a minimally invasive procedure, the recovery period is short and fast.
Donor Area: Expect the donor area to be wholly healed three days post-surgery. But the re-growing of hair in that same area will be visible after ten days.
Recipient Area: It takes between 3 and 7 days for the recipient area to heal completely.
You can resume your regular workout routine seven days after the surgery.
Afro Hair Transplant Cost In Turkey
Compared to clinics in countries like the UK, the US, Canada, and Germany, the cost of having an Afro hair transplant in Turkey is relatively low. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that the quality of the procedure is compromised. Turkey has a common standard of living compared to the above countries, which means that services such as health are inexpensive.
International patients who travel to Turkey for an Afro hair transplant procedure can save 60% to 70% of the amount they would have spent in their home countries.
At Dr. Vivo Hair Transplant Clinic, we offer special packages – that include transportation, treatment costs, accommodation, etc. – to international patients to relieve them of the hassle of feeling like a foreigner.
Afro Hair Transplant in Istanbul
The medical tourism industry has been booming in Turkey lately. In December 2015, the country’s health ministry, that over 200 hair transplants were carried out each day in Turkey, mostly on foreign visitors. This shows how popular Afro Hair Transplant is in Istanbul.
Drawn by geographical convenience and low prices, most patients come from the Gulf States, Egypt, and Libya. But increasing numbers are European. According to the Turkish Newspaper — The Hürriyet — 750,000 health tourists visited Turkey in 2016; about 60,000 come for hair transplants every year.
Your Itinerary Travel to Turkey
First Day
Upon arrival at Istanbul airport, our transport team will pick you up and take you to your hotel.
Second Day
- Our transport team will pick you up and take you to the clinic.
- You will have a face-to-face consultation with your hair transplant doctor.
- Medical examination.
- The procedure commences.
- Transported back to your hotel
Third-Day
- Post-surgery checkup
- Washing your hair
- Transferred to hotel and the airport