Hello everyone. I'm here to talk about my hair transplant surgery performed with Dr. Mehmet Demircioglu at Diamond Hair Clinic. For 10 years I have been experiencing hair loss when I decided to have my first hair transplant in the country where I live, Brazil. I was not satisfied with the result in the medium term and decided to do another one, however with much more research and knowledge on the subject (knowledge I lacked in the first surgery to choose the right doctor). I started an endless search on the internet to find a clinic in Turkey that was fit for what I wanted. This was one of the most difficult stages. There are many clinics in Istanbul. Pictures of doctors as if they were movie stars with a team of 50+ people. Why does a hair transplant doctor need such a large team? And why celebrity pictures of doctors? That didn't sound right. The more you search the more clinics with “superprofessional” sites appear to you. I chose a selection of some clinics to read reviews of all. I think I read 400 more reviews. In many clinics, what I could understand, the doctor said good morning and his team was responsible for the rest of the operation, so the clinic is named with his name but he did not perform the surgery, seriously? Any chance of feeling comfortable with the surgery being done without doctor's supervision, or worse, by a team that we do not know if they are graduated doctors? It was then that I managed to get to the Diamond Hair clinic, because I read a review of a person on a hair transplant forum. This person said that, of the few doctors that he knew who actually did the surgery, one of them was Dr Mehmet. I did the research under the name of Dr Mehmet and arrived at the Diamond Hair Clinic website. I started to read all the doctor's reviews, because I was not willing to risk surgery again to go wrong. What first caught my attention was that Dr. Mehmet saw one patient a day, that is, you had exclusive care. What was to be obvious when you choose the doctor to perform your surgery is that he really does, but it is not what happens most of the time. The surgery I chose in Brazil was not performed by the doctor, but by his team (I don't know if they were doctors) and he disappeared at the end of the consultation. This is more normal than you might think in these hair transplant “factories” in Turkey. Some clinics give you the option of having the surgery done by the doctor himself, but at twice the price. I talked to Dr Mehmet's team via WhatsApp, sent photos of my hair and got the budget. I liked the response and the treatment received and scheduled the surgery for September 21st. The total cost of the surgery included 3 days in a hotel on Taksim Square and transportation from and to airport as well as to clinic. I arrived on September 20 in Istanbul and transportation was already waiting for me at the airport. You speak directly to the driver and he gives you the instructions to find him. On September 21st, I went to the clinic, the driver showed up at the door at 7:40 am, as the coffee at the hotel starts at 7:00 am and they recommend a good breakfast, without rush. I met Dr Mehmet in his office and we had a conversation for 1 hour to talk about the doubts and the design I would like for the transplant. In this part, he explains how the surgery is performed and explains the Sapphire Fue Hair transplant technique. We agreed in 6500 grafts, as I had a lot of hair in the donor region, which gave me the capacity for this extraction. Dr drew on my head what he considered to be a natural hairline as well as an analysis of symmetry of the face, where he states that his forehead has to be equivalent to approximately 1/3 of the face. The surgery is performed in 3 parts. Extraction, incision and implantation. The extraction consists of removing the tufts of hair from the donor region. The incision, the most important part, is where Dr Mehmet makes the holes in the scalp of the head where the grafts will be placed. The incision angle as well as the distribution of the holes will represent the future of your capillary appearance. It is important that this part is done by a doctor, as there are blood vessels in your head where I feel comfortable only if a doctor does this job. That's why my relentless search for the doctor who actually does the surgery. After the incision comes the most time-consuming part: implantation. This part took about 4 hours. During the three stages of the surgery, his team performs the extraction and implantation, which is a more mechanized process and Dr Mehmet performs the incision. Throughout the surgery, Dr Mehmet is present for supervision and control. I entered the operating room at about 10:00 am and left at 11:00 pm. It is a tiring surgery for everyone, so much so that Dr and his team have surgery one day and rest the next. At the end of the surgery, Dr Mehmet gave me his personal number, where we exchanged messages. He asks that for 10 days you send a picture of your head every day, and for a year and a half you send pictures of your head every week. He is always ready to answer your questions no matter how basic. This is a doctor for patient care, which you can count on. After 2 days you go back to the hospital and he removes his bandage and personally teaches you how to wash your head. You receive a Shampoo and Vitamin Kit for use up to 6 months after surgery. He explains each step of the process. I hope I have collaborated so that others can find the answers they need in this review. Many thanks to Dr Mehmet and his team