Anonymous

So I had the FUE transplant operation this week and this is my experience and i will try to give details as much as possible. First i arrived at Turkey one day before my operation so that i can have a day to rest and kick out the jet lag. When i arrived at the airport gladly they provided a pickup from the airport. The driver was Syrian and was very friendly to talk with and i had a really nice chat with him about the city where to go and all. we had to make a quick stop in the hospital to make blood tests before i go to the hotel. The process of the blood tests was short and painless.

Arrived at the hotel (Naz City Hotel) checked in and frankly speaking I was astonished by the luxurious way the hotel looked like. The only drawback I want to mention is the staff at the hotel till this point were a little bit messy like for example, they didn’t provide me with the info. To how to access the wifi, if there’s a breakfast included and at what time is it. I kinda felt they’re rushing through the procedures because of the frequently checked in patients. So I took a little rest then kicked off to check the beautiful city and it is quite pretty. I went to taksim square, a place called “sultanahmet” had lunch there and a couple of photos for memories and to post on instagram :).

Next day I was told to be there at 11 am so that we start the op. At that time. Gladly also the hotel is providing shuttle services to and from the hospital and to and from Taksim square also which is really nice (that also makes the process of finding an available shuttle at the time you want a little bit difficult because of the frequent patients staying at the hotel also). Arrived at the hospital met the lady I had speaking to on WhatsApp and she was really nice and friendly. After around an hour I went to the operation room where I’m going to have the transplant. First persons I met in the room were two ladies which I knew later are the nurses or medical technicians who will be doing the whole procedure. Let me stop here to say that at this level no one speaks to you any longer as the nice lady I met outdoors is gone and I went inside the operation room the two ladies who don’t speak English at all. then the doctor came in to speak to me and I had a chat with him for around 30 seconds then he vanished from the room and let me alone with the Turkish ladies. At this moment I felt a little bit ignored. After that, we started the op.

First the shave your head then I figured out on my own that they will be taking the grafts at this moment from the back of my head which is a process took approx. 2 and a half hours. About the pain you will feel it for around 15 mins in the start then I just gets easier and all you should do is just lay steady there. Took a little break after that we discussed which areas are we going to plant the grafts in. So the ladies started working again and the doctor is gone again after another 30 seconds chat. Started planting the grafts in the front side of my head and the Turkish chatting is continued between the nurses for another 3 hours. Started at 12 pm I finished around 6:20 pm and then I took off as I was at this point quiet exhausted and wanted to rest.

Let’s take another break here and say that till this moment no one told me how many grafts have we planted and what to expect from the OP. I took off to rest using the free shuttle service they provide back to the hotel. Spent the night a little bit rough as I had very noisy neighbours who kept me awake for a while even though I asked the receptionist to talk to them to lower their voice but after three times he told me there’s nothing he can do. Anyways went to sleep and woke up the next day with some blood on the mattress and pillow and some pain and headache I took off again to the hospital to remove the bandage covering my donor area. It was short and painless and at this point, I knew that we successfully have planted 3500 grafts and hopefully it will look good after some recovery. We discussed the process of recovery and what to be done exactly after the procedure day by day and that was really nice. As I had to leave on that day back to my home country. Back to the hotel then took some rest then to the airport with the driver.

Overall i like the clinic. They have done a pretty good job and I can feel the results will be good. There’s a little bit of ignoring once i stepped in the operation room and the hotel staff could be nicer and more organized but what really matters is what they mastered. Which is cleanliness of the hospital the hospital nurses who are clearly knowing what they’re doing and the management staff who helped me through the process from the beginning. So i’m giving it a 4 star and hopefully the results are going to be satisfying. Will update this periodically with my haor condition every once in awhile. Thanks.

John Peter