In August of 2025 I traveled from the USA to Turkey to undergo FUE hair transplant at Hermest Hair Clinic in Istanbul. My experience with them has been nothing short of spectacular. All of my questions were covered in great detail prior to my trip, and made me feel very comfortable with the long trip. When I arrived, I was very pleased with all of the transportation arrangements and hotel accommodations. My surgery day at Hermest was EXCELLENT!!! It was so nice to have my own personal translator who walked me through the whole day. The doctor and all the rest of the clinical team were very professional and put me at ease throughout the process. I just hit my 6 month mark since surgery, and I couldn’t be more excited to see the results over the next 6 months!
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4100 grafts FUE at Hermest in Istanbul - 6 month update!
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This guy had the opposite experience. Most of the reviews are good but this one would scare me away.
Terrible experience with Murat hair clinic. An unhygienic hair mill. My donor area has been completely over harvested, their hygiene and care during the procedure is shocking, they really don’t have a clue what they’re doing. Booked my procedure from the UK and the service on WhatsApp beforehand was fine, no complaints. Answered my questions and so I paid my deposit and flew out.
On the day of the procedure myself and four others were put in a waiting room and each told to fill out a form, basically stating that they won’t take any responsibility for anything if the results aren’t as expected. Fine, I’m aware of the risks and proceeded to the operating room. Then when it came to the consultation they didn’t mention anything about how many grafts they would expect to extract or how long the procedure should take. Just drew my hairline using freehand, no lasers or any other measuring equipment for symmetry. They began with the procedure and ended up extracting 6k grafts!! All in one sitting which is a complete no no! Firstly I was only a diffused thinner and by no means completely bald. I probably needed around 2-3k grafts max. Secondly due to extracting such a large amount and with the procedure lasting almost 12hrs straight, this has definitely caused over harvesting and now 4months post-op my donor area is still so thin and patchy and still has bumps and scars. I don’t believe they followed appropriate hygiene protocols and could smell cigarettes on some of the technicians as they went and came from smoke breaks. They made me eat my lunch (I’m sure better food is served in prisons) on the same chair I was being operated on. I could feel the technicians breathe on my open wounds on my scalp as they were operating, they had face masks but these were just dangling from their ears and not actually covering their nose or mouth. Nobody was assessing the extracted hair grafts under a microscope to ensure they were inserted in the correct direction and to ensure double grafts weren’t being out in the hairline. I have multiple double and triple hair grafts on my hairline which is something that should be avoided if you want a natural looking hairline. I would avoid this clinic at all costs. I’m sure there are some decent clinics in Turkey so do your research but this is not one of them. They cut corners and will extract as much as they can from your head because their philosophy is more is better and give no regard to the consequences that you’ll have to deal with afterwards.
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Terrible experience with Murat hair clinic. An unhygienic hair mill. My donor area has been completely over harvested, their hygiene and care during the procedure is shocking, they really don’t have a clue what they’re doing. Booked my procedure from the UK and the service on WhatsApp beforehand was fine, no complaints. Answered my questions and so I paid my deposit and flew out.
On the day of the procedure myself and four others were put in a waiting room and each told to fill out a form, basically stating that they won’t take any responsibility for anything if the results aren’t as expected. Fine, I’m aware of the risks and proceeded to the operating room. Then when it came to the consultation they didn’t mention anything about how many grafts they would expect to extract or how long the procedure should take. Just drew my hairline using freehand, no lasers or any other measuring equipment for symmetry. They began with the procedure and ended up extracting 6k grafts!! All in one sitting which is a complete no no! Firstly I was only a diffused thinner and by no means completely bald. I probably needed around 2-3k grafts max. Secondly due to extracting such a large amount and with the procedure lasting almost 12hrs straight, this has definitely caused over harvesting and now 4months post-op my donor area is still so thin and patchy and still has bumps and scars. I don’t believe they followed appropriate hygiene protocols and could smell cigarettes on some of the technicians as they went and came from smoke breaks. They made me eat my lunch (I’m sure better food is served in prisons) on the same chair I was being operated on. I could feel the technicians breathe on my open wounds on my scalp as they were operating, they had face masks but these were just dangling from their ears and not actually covering their nose or mouth. Nobody was assessing the extracted hair grafts under a microscope to ensure they were inserted in the correct direction and to ensure double grafts weren’t being out in the hairline. I have multiple double and triple hair grafts on my hairline which is something that should be avoided if you want a natural looking hairline. I would avoid this clinic at all costs. I’m sure there are some decent clinics in Turkey so do your research but this is not one of them. They cut corners and will extract as much as they can from your head because their philosophy is more is better and give no regard to the consequences that you’ll have to deal with afterwards.
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looks like you got a good resultI had none of those experiences.