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Dr. Koray Erdogan
Kucukbakkalkoy Mah. Atilla Ilhan Cad. No: 29 ATASEHIR - ISTANBUL In ASMED Surgical Medical Center we aim to assist and inform our patients from the very first moment of contact by providing them with accurate scientific information. That same assistance and care is provided throughout the surgical procedure and post-operative period. We are internationally recognized as one of the most experienced clinics in the field of hair restoration. As pioneers in the area of health tourism in Turkey for over a decade, ASMED has performed surgery daily on patients from throughout the world.THE ASMED CLINIC ASMED is a five-story surgical medical facility and hospital, the only in the world on its kind to be totally dedicated to hair restoration. The clinic is located in the modern district of Atasehir, Istanbul, the new center for finance and medicine in Turkey. Each room is functionally optimized and decorated having a great attention to detail. Within the clinic’s facilities is a fully equipped hair salon, a cafeteria and private suites for our patients.
The clinic has 4 fully functional operating rooms where hair transplantation is performed by using only the finest surgical tools, the most advanced magnifying lenses and the most comfortable operating chairs. All surgeries are done in a highly professional environment that offers as well the highest safety and sterilization standards. The quality of the operation is warranted through a scientific work system, a highly professional team and deep artistic vision. 
MEDICINE OR ART? During the pre-operatory consultation, Dr. Koray will perform a scientific analysis of the characteristics of the hair and the patient’s alopecia to create the best plan for the imminent and possible future operations. A study of the facial characteristics will be done with the goal of creating the most suitable aspect according to his necessities and personal features.
Numerous psychology and neurological studies are demonstrating how one person’s hairline has a deep influence on facial identification and, as consequence, on the perception other individual have. Because of this it is extremely important to give value to the aesthetical features of the patient creating the most balanced hairline design.
During the surgery the each extracted graft is carefully checked in order to be selected and distributed over the balding areas according to precise technical criteria. Through this great attention to detail in every phase of the surgery we can offer the most natural reconstruction of the patient’s hairline.
THE -DES- MANUAL FUE EXTRACTION TECHNIQUE
Generally speaking, FUE extraction consists of the “one by one” extraction of the little organs that produce hair: the hair follicles. They are extracted from the back and lateral areas of the patient’s scalp (the “donor area”), with the aid of a medical tool called a “punch”, a cylindrical blade having a hollow central part whose diameter may vary from 0.6 to 1.00 mm. Then, they are artistically implanted in the balding parts, which are getting the name of “recipient area”, to create a new frontline and to improve the density of the existing hair. Punches can be manual or electric (micromotor). Choosing one extraction method or the other depend on the preferences of the physician but we believe manual FUE is offering the best overall performance.
The main advantages of the FUE procedure in comparison to FUT (also known as “strip”), the other popular hair transplant technique, are:
• No linear scarring. Patients are able to wear their hair very short or shaved without limitation.
• FUE surgeries are far less invasive than “strip”, with better and faster healing.
• Differently from the “strip”, FUE does not increase the overall scalp tension.
• FUE homogenize the general hair appearance. As a consequence by increasing the hair density over the recipient and decreasing it over the donor area. This way more aesthetical final outcomes are obtained, with the “illusion” of a higher recipient density.
At the ASMED clinic, the Manual Punch is exclusively used to extract the follicular units from the patient’s donor area. The instrument is primarily composed of two parts; a metal handle to which a cylindrical blade is applied, designed by Dr. Koray and having a hollow central part with a diameter between 0.6 and 0.8 mm. Graft extraction is performed through the DES Manual FUE, an exclusive FUE technique created and patented by Dr. Koray Erdogan.
The main features of the DES Manual FUE are:
• It is performed in a sitting position with local aesthesia, instead of a prone position. The donor area’s skin is stretched manually and this allows for a more precise reach of the follicles by the extractor.
• During the surgery, patients are able to read, watch movies and have a conversation with a personal assistant.
• Allows for better hand sensibility by the FUE extractor once the Manual Punch penetrates the skin, which is a fundamental feature in order to adjust to the follicle’s anatomy.
• The penetration of the punch is always perpendicular, rather than oblique, then changing direction under the skin. This results on minimal trauma for the operated part and, as consequence, minor scarring over the donor area.
• This is leading to important benefits in the perspective of future surgeries, as well as visible benefits for the appearance of the donor area in case of the patient, in the future, desires to shave or cut his hair very short.
• Penetration of the skin is done through manual oscillation. Therefore, the hair grafts won’t be heated by the high-speed rotation of some models of powered systems.
• Provides high quality FUE grafts and consequently, the attainment of highly satisfying results for a broader number of patients.
• Allows for an accurate donor area management, with a homogeneous extraction and the reach of the parietal scalp (lateral sides). Therefore, a larger number of hair grafts can be extracted in the event of future operations.
During the whole extraction phase, an assistant operator will be checking and counting each graft by using a patented software. This is done with the purpose of creating personal statistics to be given to the patient as well as to be used by the clinic for future references.
The tiny openings that will host the extracted grafts will be created using exclusively the refined “Lateral Slit”, the coronal incision technique. The procedure allows to reply the correct hair direction, to optimize the hair transplant density and to efficiently work in between the native hair by respecting the existing hair follicles and offering a more homogeneous and natural outcome.
THE ASMED TEAM The friendly ASMED staff is composed of over 40 employees working full-time to provide expertise in every aspect of its offerings.
ASMED’s customer assistance and welcoming department is composed of a multi-lingual staff that is always ready to help and support patients in their respective native languages of English, Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, German, Russian, Swedish and Arabic. Assistance is provided before, during and after surgery as well as during working hours and 24/7 for any emergency. Patients are closely followed post-operatively and throughout the regrowth process and the Staff is readily available to help and assist with any questions or concerns.
Dr. Koray Erdogan, the principal physician at ASMED, is recognized as one of the foremost experts in the FUE Hair Transplantation technique worldwide. He has been active as a hair surgeon for more than 15 years, and is presently participating as a guest member of the faculty and lecturer in various academic institutions and during the main international congresses on a constant basis. For a decade, he has performed surgery daily on patients from throughout the globe. Because of this he has a lot of experience in dealing and optimizing the physical and physiological features of the patients.
Working directly alongside Dr. Koray Erdogan is a medical team of 5 other specialized doctors, including two anesthesiologists, a dermatologist together with 20 experienced nurses. The whole ASMED medical staff received extensive top-level training in the area of hair transplantation and sustained the American Heart Association (AHA) training, therefore has been approved and qualified by such association. In addition, the team updates its knowledge annually through continuing education offerings and specific training along with attendance at every major hair restoration congress that takes place worldwide.
THE COSTS FOR THE OFFERED SERVICES Medical services
• Operation Price: 2.5 Euros / Graft
Operation performed by -DES- Manual FUE.
• Surgical Package (Mandatory): 240 Euros
ATP* – Hypothermosol** graft solution, ATP* Spray, Hairixin shampoo, Hairixin lotion antibiotics, medical ice, special cap, pillow, low level laser therapy.
• PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma, Optional): 300 Euros
Concentred Platelet and growth factors gel. The treatment is used to limit the possible side effects from the operation such as redness, desquamation, optimizing the recovery time after the operation.Transfers and accommodation services
• ASMED Luxury Suite: 120 Euros / Night in single room
Accommodation inside of the clinic in ASMED private suites.
• Associated 5 stars hotel Radisson Blu Asia: 80 Euros / Night in Single room, 95 Euros / Night in Double room
www.radissonblu.com/hotel-istanbulasia
• Transfers by ASMED minibus (Optional): 120 Euros
All the necessary transfers between the airport, the clinic and the associated hotel Radisson Blu Asia.*ATP: Liposomal Adenosine Triphosphate, is the cell's primary FUE. Use of liposomal ATP was shown to enhance grafts survival and graft quality when used as and additive to the grafts solution and as post-operative spray.
**Hypothermosol: an hypothermic (low temperature) solution with the addiction of powerful antioxidants, having the pour pose of extending the life of tissues and organs while outside the body. It is used as standard in our surgeries to preserve the follicular units grafts while waiting for placement into the scalp.
Edited by asmedfue - 20/11/2014, 11:20
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