I'm sure some of you have experienced some sort of hair loss as you get older. Mine slowly started when I was in university but it was very slow. It was until my mid 30's where it started to get noticeable and then when the pandemic hit it just accelerated. I believe going on anxiety/depression medication increased that hair loss. I plan to get off the prescription medication and stick to micro dosing mushrooms soon.
When I started to look at how much a hair transplant is in Canada (18k for 2000 grafts) i didn't care about hair that much to pay that price tag. It wasnt until I started chatting again with someone i know and they told me they got their transplant in Istanbul, Turkey for a fraction of the price. His head of hair looked so good that I told myself that for the price, its worth it. I paid 2350 GBP plus the cost of flight.
It all felt pretty surreal. You send pics over whatsapp to a clinic rep and you just book a time to come in and then the process starts. The clinic had my flight info and had a driver pick me up from the airport to take me to a fairly nice hotel. I couldn't sleep due to the time difference and I was pretty nervous having to travel alone and do a surgery like this, just didn't know what to expect. The next day they picked me up from hotel and took me to the clinic where the doctor started to analyze my hair and making suggestions on what to do. They drew the hairline i wanted on an then shaved my head.
I heard the numbing of the head was painful but they ended up putting me under with no extra charge, so i didn't feel a thing. They woke me up in the middle of the procedure to feed me lunch and then put me out to finish it. The whole process took about 7 hours and they did 4000 grafts. They drove back to the hotel where my head was bandaged up. I took the time to just relax and recover. Alot of people in the hotel where walking around with their heads done so it felt pretty normal there. I was picked up the next day to go for my first wash and have a look at how it was healing. Everything went well so they drove me back to the hotel. I stayed a few days to explore the city and on the day I was leaving they picked me up and drove me to airport.
Overall, it was a very easy process and I would recommend anyone who is considering transplant to look at this route. Their tech and low price def makes it attractive. If you have any questions about it , shoot me a PM and i'll be happy to answer.