Written by the AfroHairClinicTurkey editorial team, drawing on the clinical experience of our medical team · Last updated September 3, 2026 · How we write and check this
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The single most common worry we hear isn’t about pain, or price, or even results. It’s this: will the surgeon in the photos be the one holding the tools on the day, or will I meet a technician I’ve never seen before?
It’s a fair worry. It happens often enough in this industry that it has become the default assumption, and it’s one of the main reasons people end up needing revision work. So this page names the surgeons, says who does what, and tells you how to check any of it — including on us.
What we can show you about each surgeon
Counts from the claim register, not a summary written by hand. The second figure is the honest one: statements we hold but have not been able to check against a source, so they are not published anywhere on this site.
The surgeons
Ayhan Sever
Paramedic (Emergency First Aid)
Dr. Harun Eymen Alakaya
Hair Transplant Physician and Afro Hair Specialist
10+ years
Muhammet Aslıyüksek
Anaesthesia Technician
Tuğçe Arslan
Anaesthesia Technician
Who Does What on the Day
A hair transplant isn’t one task; it’s several, and they don’t all carry the same weight. in particular decides the angle, depth and direction every graft will grow in — get it wrong and no amount of graft survival saves the result.
At the clinic, channel opening is performed by doctors, specifically to keep angle, direction and consistency under surgical control rather than delegating it. Graft assessment happens under magnification before placement, which is what makes density planning something other than guesswork.
Ask us — or any clinic — to put the division of labour in writing before you pay a deposit. The specific question worth asking is not “is it doctor-led?” but “which of these steps does the doctor personally perform: donor assessment, , extraction, channel opening, ?” Vague answers to that question are informative.
One to Three Patients a Day
The other half of the same worry is volume. A clinic running fifteen people through in a day is not giving any of them a surgeon’s full attention, whatever the brochure says — and that model is exactly how technician-led work becomes the norm rather than the exception.
The clinic states that it treats one to three international patients a day on average, against a stated maximum capacity of ten. The average is the number that matters to you, and the gap between the two is worth asking about: the fewer people booked on your day, the more of your procedure a surgeon can be present for at the points that need surgical judgement. It also means dates are genuinely limited, which is worth knowing when you plan a trip — not as a pressure tactic, just as scheduling reality.
“Will a Surgeon Trained on Straight Hair Understand My Hair?”
This question comes up constantly among Black patients researching Turkey, and it deserves a straight answer rather than reassurance.
The concern is legitimate. A surgeon whose entire caseload has been straight or wavy hair is working from assumptions that don’t hold on coiled hair — the follicle curves beneath the skin, has to follow that curve, and hairline templates drawn for other features look wrong on yours. Someone learning that on your head is a real risk, and it’s how a lot of the repair cases we see were created.
What you should be checking is whether Afro-textured work is a named competency or an afterthought. On our team, Dr. Harun Eymen Alakaya is listed by the clinic as an Afro hair specialist, with Afro and curly hair graft direction and angle planning among his published areas of expertise. Dr. Mustafa Ayhan Balcı’s published expertise includes transplant planning and curly hair direction assessment.
That’s what it looks like when it’s a stated specialism. Ask any other clinic for the same, in writing, naming the individual surgeon rather than the clinic.
You’ll Be Understood
Patient coordinators at the clinic work with international patients in nine languages, so the , instructions and follow-up don’t get lost in translation. For a procedure where post-operative instructions genuinely affect whether grafts survive, that’s not a hospitality detail.
How to Check a Surgeon — Ours Included
Apply this to us and to everyone else you’re considering:
- Get the surgeon’s name in writing before you pay anything. Not “our medical team” — a name.
- Ask which specific steps that named person performs. Donor assessment, hairline design, extraction, channel opening, implantation — ask about each.
- Ask how many patients are scheduled the day of your procedure. The answer tells you how much of anyone’s attention you’re getting.
- Ask to see Afro-textured before-and-afters performed by that surgeon, at twelve months or later — not the clinic’s general gallery.
- Check membership claims yourself. The maintains a public directory at ishrs.org/find-a-doctor. Note that it lists Fellow and full members, so an absence isn’t automatically damning — but a presence is confirmation you didn’t have to take on trust.
- Notice who does your consultation. If every question about technique gets routed back to a price, you’re talking to sales, not medicine.
What We Haven’t Verified Yet
We’d rather say this plainly than let you assume it: the credentials on each profile are as stated by the clinic. We’re in the process of adding independent registry links to every profile, and until each one is confirmed, that distinction stands. Where a claim’s wording is ambiguous, we’ve left it exactly as issued rather than tidying it into something that reads better than it can be evidenced.
Ask About Your Own Case
If you want to know how a specific member of the team would approach your hair, ask before you book — not after. Send photos of your hairline and crown, and you’ll get an assessment rather than a quote.
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Frequently asked questions
Will the surgeon shown on the website actually perform my hair transplant?
Ask for the surgeon’s name in writing before paying anything, and ask which specific steps that person performs — donor assessment, hairline design, extraction, channel opening and implantation. At the clinic, channel opening is performed by doctors to keep angle, direction and consistency under surgical control.
How many patients does the clinic operate on per day?
One to three a day on average, against a stated maximum of ten. The gap between those two numbers is worth asking about, because the practical reason a surgeon can be present for the parts of a procedure that need surgical judgement is that not many people are booked on the same day.
Will a surgeon trained on straight hair understand Afro-textured hair?
Not automatically, and the concern is legitimate. Coiled follicles curve beneath the skin, extraction has to follow that curve, and hairline templates drawn for other features look wrong. Check whether Afro-textured work is a named competency for the individual surgeon rather than a general clinic claim.
How can I verify a hair transplant surgeon’s credentials?
Get the name in writing, ask which steps they personally perform, ask how many patients are booked that day, request Afro-textured before-and-afters by that specific surgeon at twelve months or later, and check membership claims against the ISHRS public directory at ishrs.org/find-a-doctor.
What languages does the team support?
Patient coordinators work with international patients in nine languages — English, French, German, Russian, Romanian, Italian, Arabic, Spanish and Turkish. For a procedure where post-operative instructions directly affect whether grafts survive, being understood is part of the clinical work.
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What is still unknown
These are gaps in the published research, not gaps in our reading of it. Each one is either stated as unresolved by a paper we have read, or recorded in our register as something we looked for and could not find.
- How much the curved path of a coiled follicle should change the angle a channel is cut at. That follicles curve beneath the skin is established; translating it into a planning rule is clinical reasoning, not a measured finding.No source we have read answers this, so we publish no figure for it.
If any of these has since been answered in the literature, tell us — we would rather update the page than defend it. Our verification record tracks what is still outstanding.