Istanbul’s hair transplant industry is expected to rake in $2 billion in 2022, up from $1.5 billion in 2019. In the first half of 2022 alone, Turkey has played host to more than 500,000 ‘hair tourists’, with hair transplant patients keen to put the pandemic behind them so they can get on with their procedure.
To me, these astronomic stats should ring alarm bells. Wouldn’t you wonder whether medical standards are being lowered in favour of profit in Turkey? To allow you to make a more informed decision, I’m going to set out everything you need to know about hair transplants in Turkey – the good and the bad.