Turkey, Istanbul

Smile Hair Clinic | Hair Transplant in Turkey

4.7
Excellent
42 reviews
1 hospital accreditation of quality

About the clinic

2018
Year of foundation
18
staff
6
doctors
18
beds
5000
patients
2000
Operations per year

Smile Hair Clinic is a specialized hair transplant clinic in Istanbul, Turkey. It all started with Dr. M. Erdogan and Dr. G. Bilgin's passion for advancing hair transplantation. With years of experience in FUE hair transplantation techniques, they established Smile Hair Clinic in 2018, setting a new standard in medical aesthetics.

Since then, Smile Hair Clinic has been a global benchmark for best-in-class hair transplantation clinics in the region. It has already served over 10,000 gentlemen. Many authorities, including the BBC Healthcare Tourism Documentary Series, have recognized the clinic's reputation.

The Smile Hair team utilizes the Micro FUE method to perform hair transplants of up to 4,000 grafts, leaving no scars on the skin. Patients from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, Germany, and the UAE choose this clinic for hair transplants.

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Treatments prices in the clinic

Last price update — 29.04.2024. Prices can be changed depending on the medical case and doctor's recommendations.
Plastic Surgery
treatment
DHI hair transplantation Price on request
Hair transplant $1890 - $2690
Eyebrow transplantation Price on request
Beard transplant Price on request
FUE hair transplant $1890 - $2690

Clinic Doctors

hospital accreditation of quality

Turkish Medical Association
TR, Turkish Medical Association certificate for Smile Hair Clinic | Hair Transplant in Turkey

Smile Hair Clinic | Hair Transplant in Turkey: more details about the clinic

Turkey, Istanbul

Smile Hair Clinic is located in the financial district of East Istanbul. A team of 100+ well-trained staff members works in an elegant, high-tech 10-floor building. The quality and excellence of hair transplantation operations performed at Smile depend on intensive training procedures. Every team member at Smile is tested by TrueTM Philosophy success criteria.

Founders' top priority consists of three critical components:

  1. aesthetics — extremely natural-looking hair is one of the top pursuits at the operations;
  2. the ultimate comfort of the patient during and after the operation;
  3. the total transformation of the patient in the long run.

Approach & Techniques

Up-to-date scientific advancements support aesthetic techniques. The first critical step is extracting correct grafts from the donor area. True Planning helps determine the exact number of grafts needed, select them carefully, and avoid over-harvesting. A common myth in transplantation is that extracting more grafts guarantees success. The Smile Hair team believes this is incorrect. The key principle at Smile Hair is planning the selection of the correct grafts from the donor area in the first place. True Planning also ensures that the donor area stays resourceful if the patient needs another transplantation operation in the long run. During extraction, specialists monitor the fractal rates to ensure the extracted graft is high-quality and healthy.

Another critical step is planning the transplantation area by arranging single, double, and triple grafts to sustain the natural and thick look. Scientific studies have shown that it's unnecessary to transplant large numbers in specific areas. Therefore, planning the correct angles and planting the correct grafts in certain areas is much more effective than merely increasing the number of grafts.

Considering that every patient has a unique facial structure and different skin tones, it is essential to plan according to their facial features. At this step, the canals' parameters are crucial for success. These parameters are the direction, angle, and depth of the canal. They should be in harmony with patients' existing hair. Determining the correct depth of the canal results in the healthy growth of new hair.

Hair transplantation surgery is all about sustaining a natural look, seamless transitions, and correct shading. Local experts combine this art with scientific principles, physics, and mathematics.

Highest Grade Medical Operation Standards

At Smile Hair Clinic, the patient's benefit comes first. Therefore, it never promises unrealistic results or creates unreachable expectations.

Smile Hair Clinic practitioners are there to understand the patient's expectations, find the best possible solutions, and be ready for all possible complications. According to the AHA (American Heart Association) guidelines, the entire team receives recurrent training on emergency life support.

Smile Gentle Care

Specialized Smile Hair assistants are assigned to patients when they first contact the clinic via Bookimed.com, and there's always someone to support them during the entire process. The services include translation in all languages, hotel reservations, airport pick-up and drop-off, visa consultancy, transfer, and comprehensive support on the operation day.

Step-by-step guide to the future journey:

  • Every hair transplant inquiry is assigned to Bookimed and Smile Hair Clinic case managers, who oversee the entire process.
  • The case manager sends a Medical Evaluation Survey to collect the patient's information and expectations, including photos.
  • The case manager and the surgeon overview the patient's demands and expectations, execute pre-planning, and prepare the Evaluation Report.
  • The case manager submits the treatment plan to the patient and finalizes the commercial agreement with the patient.
  • The case manager assists the patient with every step leading up to the operation day in Istanbul, including travel information, visa, booking, hotel, and transfers.
  • Operation day: bilingual guest relations specialists welcome the patient and guide them through each step of the process.
  • Pre-operation briefing: the doctor briefs the patient early in the morning about the procedures they will undergo.
  • True Planning: the hair transplant surgeon conducts hairline planning before the operation.
  • Operation: medical doctors and the healthcare team perform all operations at Smile Hair. 
  • Post-operation: the team controls the patient's final check-up.
  • After discharge, the patient is assigned to and introduced to a Smile patient care specialist who will be responsible for monitoring their hair growth over the next 18 months. These specialists are experts in hair growth observation and work closely with doctors to ensure healthy growth.

The Patient Experience Department manages the Smile Gentle Care Program under Smile Hair Clinic Corporate Management Standards. Smile Hair Clinic's patient-first attitude guarantees patients' satisfaction.

TrueTM Philosophy

Smile Hair Clinic has built its approach to hair transplantation around the TRUE Philosophy, which is based on the brand's core values: Analysis, Accomplishment, and Advancement. When the founders established Smile, they believed these values would help them become the region's most recognized hair transplantation clinic. These values have shaped Smile Hair Clinic's standards and philosophy for hair transplantation.

TrueTM Philosophy consists of four key aspects:

True Planning

At Smile, every procedure begins with analysis. The True Planning technique helps achieve natural-looking transplantation results. Examining the data before making a decision is a key step in hair transplantation.

During the True Planning stage, doctors thoroughly examine the donor area. Smile believes that defining the appropriate number of grafts for each patient depends on the doctor's skill and passion for hair design. After the donor area examination, the transplantation area is planned using the prior examination data. Then, the doctor draws the hairline with the help of special tools that ensure optimal and natural results.

True Hair Line Design

Hairline design is key for natural-looking hair transplantation results. The True Hair Line Design procedures prioritize placing single hair follicular units on the front lines to maintain aesthetic proportions and appearance.

The front-line drawing considers angles to ensure hair grows naturally, preserving the masculinity of the hairline. This approach includes sensitive calculations of facial proportions. Additionally, designing a hairline while considering the patient's age is essential. Aging is a natural process, so natural-looking hair transplantation should be in harmony with the patient's age.

True Execution

The operation day is a key milestone for a successful transformation. Smile Hair Clinic recruits, trains, and manages highly skilled medical experts, confirming that they meet ISHRS criteria.

True Innovation

Smile's medical experts and consultants are always searching for more effective ways to perform hair transplant operations. The inclusion of the Sapphire Transplantation technique in all operations is one of the brightest manifestations of True Innovation.

All team members at Smile Hair Clinic are trained following the TrueTM Philosophy and regularly tested by its success criteria. The three elements of the True Philosophy guarantee that all the processes at Smile conform to industry standards.

Additional services
Transfer
Airport to clinic
free
Clinic to airport
free
Language assistance
Available
free
Accommodation
Hotel (apartments) near the clinic, billed daily
Requirements for admission
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Cash
Credit cards
Age
18 - 65

Patient reviews

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Smile Hair Clinic | Hair Transplant in Turkey overall rate includes
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Facilities
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Language assistance
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Support

john • Hair transplant
United States of America

Nov 25, 2021
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It's almost unbelievable that I was able to get such high quality work for a very low cost
Went from america to have hair transplant and i was nervous because it was my first time over seas. everything went very well, Smile Clinic has friendly and professional staff. I am one week post surgery and the transplant looks promising. It's almost unbelievable that I was able to get such high quality work for a very low cost Read more less
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Very satisfied so far

Chad K • FUE hair transplant
United States of America

Nov 5, 2022
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"All in all I’m really glad I went to Smile Hair Clinic
Smile was great happy I went there. I know I was super nervous because it was my first time in a new country all the time zones were you know seven hours or eight hours difference from where I live Michigan and I knew it was gonna be a little bit painful but I had no idea what to expect and what they say you know it’s a little cheaper if you pay cash but I wasn’t willing to take that much cash with me because I didn’t know what to expect so I paid the extra 10% with my card but I’m really happy I went to the specific clinic it was very professional and they take your blood they put in a little IV thing in your arm they test you for HIV hepatitis B and hepatitis see and as long as you’re clean and good to go you get the procedure when they administer the Novocain in the back of the head it was fucking painful painful as fuck like on a scale of one to 210 it was 10 on a scale of one to 10 pain scale it was probably a 9 1/2 but it only lasts you squirm you know like I flexed my arms and I sat there and I just just took it you know like they did it quick and before you know it your endorphins are kicking in and your your your head is numb completely numb and as soon as your head is completely numb the they pump in a little bit of saline to swell it up a little bit I think that’s what they were doing I don’t know I took a video while they were doing it but I couldn’t even feel what they were doing that point it was completely numb and then there’s like five or 10 minutes of pain in the beginning after that it’s you feeling you can just hear like will you be be be like these little noises cutting into your scalp but it doesn’t hurt it is it was actually quite relaxing and they gave me some kind of anti-anxiety which was great and then after the extraction part of the procedure was done you roll over and lay on your backThen they gave me some intravenous painkillers but almost just put me to sleep basically but it was kind of enjoyable and you know before all that we went back-and-forth a few times on what I wanted to hairline to be they wanted it to be a little more conservative than I wanted it to be a little more aggressive on and we kind of met in the middle we decided on a hairline that would’ve been good that was good I mean anyway they weren’t as for going to the hotel I recommend getting the five get the five star hotel pay the extra money for her four-star hotel was just like any other hotel I could’ve been in it was I didn’t like it and so I actually transitioned over to the five star hotel which was fantastic fantastic it had just those huge buffet the breakfast potatoes amazing the dish the whole house the hotel experience was great go with a five star hotel pay the extra money get the premium package and if they had any issues I just text them over WhatsApp and they were great at communicating sometimes it took like an hour or so to communicate so you know make sure you do you know let them know in advance if you need to change anything sorry I just give them a little bit of a heads up before you change anything I changed my flights a few different times on the way home because there was an issue with the Turkish airline and so I went with Lusitania I’m doing speech to text so there’s probably a bunch of weird little typos in here but you get the gist of it anyway yeah I know I am I got to the airport at like 5 o’clock took me like an hour to kind of navigate how to get out of the airport him and then at the soon as you get out of the airport there’s a little spot like with a number mine was number 35 and you walk over there andAnd they have a list of names on it and you just show them and tell them your name and they bring you a walk you to the van and there was one other guy from the hair clinic I’m waiting in the van and then the traffic was kind of crazy took us like two hours to get to the hotel or at least that was the first hotel and once I saw the first hotel which was a five star one I knew that was the one I wanted to stay in fired up calling and making a reservation there the next day and then I told the hair clinic that I wanted that bad place because I felt more comfortable there when they were cool they just added it into the price of my procedure because I was already paying for extra hotel days if I was gonna stay an extra day so they just gave me that five star hotel for free and you know the day they pick me up at the airport we went in we had our consultation which was pretty quick it was more just like test to make sure you don’t have any disease figure out your hairline and then start All in all I’m really glad I went to smile hair clinic I’ve got good recommendation so far I’ve it’s only been a week since I’ve had my procedure and I could barely tell that I had it done I mean except where the hairline is all new and there’s some scabs but yeah very professional but yeah very professional gosh darn speech to text doesn’t pick up all the words and I’m too lazy to text them all right now so you’re getting the little bit of a scramble text version but yeah great clinic I would recommend it to more people and if I could redo everything and start over I would probably still choose the same path I would just get the five star hotel right away and an extra night because it’s nice to spend an extra night Read more less
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Yea

Salah ellaz • Hair transplant
Vietnam

Sep 13, 2019
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Thank you so much for looking after me guys Sal from Sydney Australia
I am a business Man And the way Smile Clinic looked after me So extremely professional I would like to thank every single one of the staff on the professionality they showed I am so happy with the result of my hair transplant I would certainly recommend them to anyone Thank you so much for looking after me guys Sal from Sydney Australia Read more less
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Yes I was very satisfied with their service very very professional

Jozef • Hair transplant
Slovakia

Feb 13, 2020
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The doctor was very thorough and knowledgeable
Everything was ok very nice people Read more less

Сергей • Hair transplant
Estonia

Jun 15, 2022
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All liked it
All liked it. The doctor and staff are trustworthy. The room was comfortable. The operation took place under pleasant music, which was turned on by one of the girls of the staff (my team). Read more less