Before My Surgery
Decide with confidence: candidacy test, graft calculator, techniques, cost and your 30-day plan before you fly.
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Patient Guide · Start my journey
Your Hair Journey, Step by Step
Your hair transplant has 4 stages and 15 stops, from deciding to month 18. Add your surgery date and we show you what to do today.
A hair transplant has 4 stages: deciding and preparing, surgery day (about 6 to 8 hours), the first 30 days of healing, and new hair from month 3 to month 18.
- 4 stages
- 15 stops
- 18 months
- 12-month WhatsApp follow-up
What Do You Need Right Now?
Pick what fits you today.
The 4 Stages
Each stage has its own page, with daily tasks you can tick and a printable PDF.
During My Surgery
Your surgery day hour by hour, from drawing your hairline to your first night at the hotel.
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After My Surgery
Dressing day, first wash, swelling, flying home, final wash on day 9 or 10, and back to normal life.
My Results
What your hair looks like at month 1, 4, 7 and 12, and the photos to send us.
Read more: When do you see final results? · Before & after photos
15 Stops
15 stops take you from your first question to your final result.
- 01 Am I a Candidate?
- 02 Getting Ready
- 03–04 Arriving in Istanbul
- 05 Designing My Hairline
- 06 My Transplant Day
- 07 My First Night
- 08 My First 48 Hours
- 09 Swelling & Flying Home
- 10 Scabs & Final Wash
- 11 Shedding & Daily Care
- 12 My 1-Month Check-Up
- 13 Month 4: New Hair
- 14 Month 7: Getting Thicker
- 15 My Final Results
We Stay With You for 12 Months
You send daily photos for the first 10 days, then check-ups at month 1, 4, 7 and 12, all on WhatsApp.
- Days 1–10 Daily photos
- Month 1 Check-up
- Month 4 Check-up
- Month 7 Check-up
- Month 12 Final check-up
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No patient portal, no app to download. Just WhatsApp.
Quick Answers
The four questions patients ask before they start.
1 What are the stages of a hair transplant?
A hair transplant has 4 stages: deciding and preparing, surgery day, the first 30 days of healing, and growth from month 3 to month 18.
2 How long does the whole hair transplant journey take?
Surgery takes one day, the scalp heals in about 10 days, new hair starts after month 3, and the final result shows by month 18.
3 How long do I need to stay in Istanbul?
Most patients arrive the day before surgery and fly home on day 3 or 4.
4 Do you follow up after I go home?
Yes. You send daily photos for the first 10 days, then check-ups at month 1, 4, 7 and 12, all on WhatsApp.
Medically reviewed by
Dr. Servet TerzilerAACI-accredited surgeon, inventor of the Robotic DHI machine, founder and president of TÜSATDER, ISHRS workshop alumnus (34.55 AMA PRA Category 1 credits), and the surgeon internationally referred to as the "Picasso of Hair."
Last medically reviewed:
This page is written according to current clinical practice and reviewed by licensed hair transplant surgeon Dr. Servet Terziler. This guide is built from our clinic protocol. The plan your doctor gives you always comes first.This guide is general information; the plan your doctor gives you always comes first.
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