What is hair transplant?
Hair transplant or hair restoration is a surgical, minimally invasive procedure used for male and female baldness treatment. The operation also restores beard hair, eyelashes, eyebrows, chest hair, and helps to make scars after the surgery or accident less noticeable.
For the hair transplant procedure, the doctor removes grafts (hair follicles) from the donor site and plants them to a recipient site – the balding part.
How does hair transplant work?
Hair transplant helps to renovate the balded areas with healthy growing hair.
During the procedure, the doctor replaces the grafts from the hair-breading part of the scalp to a balded area. In 2-3 weeks, the planted hair falls out, but the follicle stays in the same place.
In 8-12 months, the healthy, natural-looking and permanent hair starts growing.
What are the methods of hair transplant?
- FUE (Follicular Hair Extraction) – one of the most popular hair transplant methods in 2019. For the procedure, the doctor uses micro blades, which are a grain of sand size, to avoid scars and provide fast recovery for the patient (3-5 days).
- Sapphire FUE is a kind of FUE hair transplant. The main difference with FUE is in the use of special sapphire tip, which makes even smaller and more accurate punctures, than a steel one. Sapphire FUE costs more than a traditional FUE but gives faster recovery opportunities.
- DHI (Direct Hair Implantation) – an advanced and new method of hair restoration. For the DHI procedure, the doctor uses a special implant pen called CHOI. This device allows to combine grafts collection and planting. It reduces the procedure time and enables to perform surgery without prior shaving. The doctor plants new hairs among the existing ones.
- Robotic hair transplant is the procedure performed by the ARTAS system. The manual hair transplant (commonly FUE), in combination with the ARTAS, gives a better result. The system consists of robotic arms and cameras, which assist the doctor during the procedure. This method reduces human error and provides a faster recovery for the patient.
- FUT (Follicular Unit Transplant) – the traditional method of hair transplant, which becomes less popular these days. For the procedure, the doctor uses the linear strip from the back of the head as the donor site. FUT is the cheapest hair transplant method among others. However, the technique leaves the significant scar on the donor area, and the recovery after the procedure takes around 2 weeks.
Who are the best candidates for hair transplant?
- People ages 18 or older
- men with a genetic baldness
- women with thinning hair and alopecia
- people with scars after surgery or accident.
Hair transplant can't be performed for:
- people after chemotherapy
- people who don't have enough grafts
- people with keloid scars.
Is hair transplant safe?
The hair restoration surgery is usually a safe procedure when performed by a qualified and experienced doctor. But the risk of allergic drug reaction and duration of the healing process are very individual. The results of the medical evaluation can predict some risks, and some of them are common to every invasive procedure – infection, excessive bleeding, and grafts rejection.
What is the recovery time after hair transplant?
The recovery time after hair transplant depends on the chosen technique. On average, after the FUE, DHI, and robotic hair transplant, the recovery time is 2-5 days; than the patient can return to work. ISAPS recommends patients to return to strenuous activities in 5-10 days after the procedure.
After the FUT hair transplant, the recovery takes up to 2 weeks.
How much is hair transplant?
The average price of a hair transplant procedure depends on a chosen country.
In the USA and Great Britain, the hair transplant cost ranges from $4,000 to $20,000 per procedure.
The price in Europe is lower – on average $7,200in Germany.
But, hospitals in some countries provide special offers — hair transplant packages. It's an excellent opportunity to get the cheapest hair transplant and save money.
A hair transplant package is provided by the Bookimed partner clinics worldwide.
In Turkey, the average cost of a hair transplant package is $1,950; in South Korea is $6,500, and in Poland — $4,500.
Where to do the cheapest hair transplant?
The cheapest hair transplant package is provided in Turkey — the minimum price is $1,150, and the maximum is $3,150. The average cost for the hair transplant in Turkey is $2,050.
What does a hair transplant package include?
The hair transplant package is a set of services that the patient needs for surgery abroad.
The main advantage of the package is the fixed price. The package offers may vary according to the clinic, but commonly they include:
- consultation with the doctor
- medical tests
- the procedure itself
- pre- and postoperative consultation
- medication
- transfers
- accommodation
- 24/7 Bookimed assistance.
The package can include even more additional services, such as language assistance and meals. To know more about package offers, fill the form on Bookimed.com, and our medical coordinator will give the full info and help you to choose the most affordable one.
How to choose the best hair transplant clinic in the world?
When a patient chooses a best hair transplant clinic, it is necessary to pay attention to:
- Accreditation and certification. The best hair transplant centers in the world have numerous awards that prove their competence. Among them are JCI (Joint Commission International), certificates from global esthetic committees (ISHRS, ISAPS), other authoritative organizations and editions (for instance, IMTJ, GHA), etc.
- Doctor’s expertise. The top hair transplant centers employee only the best specialists. Pay attention a doctor’s CV, their membership, education, portfolio. It will help to predict a final result.
- Success rate of the procedure. The best hair transplant clinics often provide 94-95% success rate of the procedure.
- Hair transplant options. The best hair transplant is performed using FUE (Follicular Unit Extraction) technique and its modification. It is a safe and effective option which does not leave scars or other defects. Among the most popular FUE modifications are robotic, bio, and organic. All these allows providing the best hair implant operation.
- Additional services. World’s best hair transplant clinics provide not only high-qualitative hair procedure but other services. Among them are language assistance, transfer, coordination during the medical trip. All these make a patient feel comfortable.
How much does hair transplant cost in best clinics?
- Adem&Havva Medical Center (Turkey) – packages from $1,700
- Estetik International (Turkey) – packages from $2,450
- SmileHair Clinic (Turkey) – packages from $2,050
- San-Medical Hair Transplant Center (Poland) – procedure from $4,500
- Seoul Queen Plastic Surgery (Republic of Korea) – procedure from $3,900.
Where are the top hair transplant centers in the world located?
Due to a high popularity of hair plantation, more and more plastic surgery clinics all over the world offer this procedure.
Nowadays, among the primary destinations for hair transplant according to Bookimed patients' opinion are:
- Turkey
- India
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Poland
- Ukraine
- Switzerland.
Scroll down to find more pros and cons of each country. It will help you to choose the best clinic for hair plantation.
Where can I get the best hair implant procedure in the world?
The choice of the best place for a hair transplant is individual for each patient. Some people do not want to travel far to receive a procedure, some — look for affordable hair plantation without quality loss, and the location of a hair transplant center is not their priority. Due to this, Bookimed has selected several hair transplant clinics which offer the best hair implants in the world at the affordable price and excellent quality:
- Estetik International Clinic (Turkey) — a top choice among international patients. Over 85,000 hair transplants performed. World's top hair transplant surgeon, Dr. Bulent Cihantimur, heads the clinic.
- Dr. Turowski Hair Restoration Clinic (Poland) — the best choice for patients who want to get a robotic hair transplant. The head of the clinic is Dr. Gregory Turowski, a world's pioneer in robotic hair transplant.
- JK Plastic Surgery Center (South Korea) — No. 1 clinic in South Korea for hair transplant, the success of the procedure is 98%.
Fill in a form on Bookimed website to book one of these best hair transplant clinics in the world.
Where is hair transplant in Asia performed?
Thailand, India, and South Korea are among are among the best statess in Asia to get a hair transplant. We've also included Turkey here as a part of Asia and Europe. The comparison below is based on data provided by Bookimed partner clinics.
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