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Avoid TRANSEST - Turkey
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Avoid TRANSEST. This place is a farce. The cost is...
mikejaycooperMay 19, 2015
$10,000
Avoid TRANSEST. This place is a farce. The cost is more than DOUBLE from what they tell you!
They promise you that the procedure will cost you 1590 €. With free room (for 2 days only) and transportation to and from the airport.
What they don’t tell you is that you have to come back for another session in 6 months for another 1390 €.
If you bring a companion, for the 2 trips (from USA) that you are required to make, the cost of clinic fees, flights, hotel, transportation and living expenses, you are looking at almost $10,000.
The coordinator named Aytac (pronounced I-Touch) is simply interested in your money - nothing else!
So he starts by collecting the 1590 € in cash, or roughly $1,800. By the time you are finished, they charge you additional 250 €, or about $280. Then he charges you for 2 room nights if you have a companion, 80 €, about $90.
So at the clinic, they tell you that they will only transplant part of your head. They never tell you that before you leave your country. And that you have to come back for another procedure in 6 months, for another 1390 €, and of course another flight and expenses. I checked with ALL other patients I met and they all said they were told the same. No one gets a complete transplant in one session. Everyone was disappointed.
The procedure is unnecessarily painful for the first 15 minutes. They could use more advanced methods of numbing the sensitive head area, but they poke you almost 100 times with injections of anesthesia. The method is horrendous. There were no introductions of who the techs are. I never even met the “doctor” if they ever had one.The technicians are simply zombies poking away at you without asking if you feel okay or not. If you ask them anything, they have learnt one line: “don’t understand”. By the time they are done with you, it’s 9 hours on the table.
After the procedure at the clinic, you come back the next day to take off the bandage and then you are on your own! I had to find a cab back to the airport, since their driver never showed up
I almost missed my flight waiting for him - he never even called even after confirming the night before. After reaching back home in the USA, I tried to contact Aytac, but he never answers your calls or texts. He is done with you!
There are other places in Istanbul that offer similar transplant services that might be better. You might want to check first. You can google others but make sure you read reviews and…..AVOID TRANSEST !
They promise you that the procedure will cost you 1590 €. With free room (for 2 days only) and transportation to and from the airport.
What they don’t tell you is that you have to come back for another session in 6 months for another 1390 €.
If you bring a companion, for the 2 trips (from USA) that you are required to make, the cost of clinic fees, flights, hotel, transportation and living expenses, you are looking at almost $10,000.
The coordinator named Aytac (pronounced I-Touch) is simply interested in your money - nothing else!
So he starts by collecting the 1590 € in cash, or roughly $1,800. By the time you are finished, they charge you additional 250 €, or about $280. Then he charges you for 2 room nights if you have a companion, 80 €, about $90.
So at the clinic, they tell you that they will only transplant part of your head. They never tell you that before you leave your country. And that you have to come back for another procedure in 6 months, for another 1390 €, and of course another flight and expenses. I checked with ALL other patients I met and they all said they were told the same. No one gets a complete transplant in one session. Everyone was disappointed.
The procedure is unnecessarily painful for the first 15 minutes. They could use more advanced methods of numbing the sensitive head area, but they poke you almost 100 times with injections of anesthesia. The method is horrendous. There were no introductions of who the techs are. I never even met the “doctor” if they ever had one.The technicians are simply zombies poking away at you without asking if you feel okay or not. If you ask them anything, they have learnt one line: “don’t understand”. By the time they are done with you, it’s 9 hours on the table.
After the procedure at the clinic, you come back the next day to take off the bandage and then you are on your own! I had to find a cab back to the airport, since their driver never showed up
I almost missed my flight waiting for him - he never even called even after confirming the night before. After reaching back home in the USA, I tried to contact Aytac, but he never answers your calls or texts. He is done with you!
There are other places in Istanbul that offer similar transplant services that might be better. You might want to check first. You can google others but make sure you read reviews and…..AVOID TRANSEST !
Replies (101)
May 20, 2015
You are jucgıng before u have the results you have no ıdea how thıs process runs your space ıs huge ur donor ıs less we dırect u for the best results u could have ın your sıtıatıon , ıf we would do 1 sessıon for you densıty wouldnt make u happy at all , over 4000- 4500 greft 1 sessıon ıs the maxımum can be done for a patıent , when u have the second sesıon your haır loss problem wıll be sorted for lıfe tıme , you are wrıtıng such a revıew wıth no sense at all , we feel good what we serve you wıll see that 8 months later , and ıf you put your real name and pıctures so we can all see your transplant and also prove that you re real , we are always back up what we do ıf there wıll be any mıstake we always correct as long as the patıent ıs not mean ..
Coordınator Transest
Aytaç Karadut
September 25, 2015
Hi Dr. Ayse,
I have one straight forward question i want to ask if i may, who is going to do the hair transplantation proccdure is it only you Dr Ayse ÖZTÜRK and Dr Doç. Erdogan ÖZTÜRK only? and how do you manage when you have so many patient? Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Dawit
I have one straight forward question i want to ask if i may, who is going to do the hair transplantation proccdure is it only you Dr Ayse ÖZTÜRK and Dr Doç. Erdogan ÖZTÜRK only? and how do you manage when you have so many patient? Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Dawit
September 30, 2015
I'm sorry but I went to Transest in June and dr ayse does not do the operations!
With mine it was a young male dr and all I can remember him doing was draw my hairline
The rest was done by three young girls!
With mine it was a young male dr and all I can remember him doing was draw my hairline
The rest was done by three young girls!
October 22, 2015
Please post your pictures and detailed info how was your operation. Do you recommned Transest? Thanks
November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015
December 15, 2015
This is a lie the day I was there there was 7 patients treated in one day. How I know this is I was there all day . And people were in and out of the room who were having less grafts them me . Also never saw any doctors only techs. ESP no lady doc ayse that everyone speaks about
May 20, 2015
One of the review of Transest ı copy and paste for you so you can see the dıffrence ,
"I am absolutely stunned about how good it turned out"
"I am absolutely pleased by their service as they genuinely aim to give you the maximum grafts possible when others would probably have not given such an effort and amazing result. The coordinator Mr Aytaç and the whole team there are willing to give the very best of themselves and they do. I felt that all of them were enjoying their work and focus on the result without counting the hours.
It's been only 4 days, but I am absolutely stunned about how good it turned out. Natural look, follicle density as tight as it gets and state of the art airline. The precision of the surgeon is impressive. I was looking for the best and I am very satisfied. The very reasonable price is an extra bonus, including transfers, hotel and it's hassle free!"
Treatment Received : Maximum density FUE
Total Amount Paid : €1,690
December 15, 2015
I think you write your own good reviews . This place is for customers and patients to review not for you to review your one business
October 2, 2016
:-) I agree. Why would a patient write "...including transfers, hotel and it's hassle free!" or use words like "absolutely stunned". I think someone is self-reviewing but overdone it.
May 23, 2015
Yes, I agree with you. Once they are done, they do not care. The other thing is that, the the technicians do almost the whole work. Thats kind of funny. They only do FUE without understanding your needs, as STRIP/FUT can be more beneficial for some patients. Having said that, some patients need second procedure anyways, and strip/fut method keeps you more donor hair for future sessions. The reason why you had to get your cab to airport was, because they had other priority clients they had to deal with. Your results may be better than your customer experience, so You should just be patient and wait for your hair to grow. After all, only dr. Erdogan, Doganay and Karadeniz are recommended in Turkey.
May 24, 2015
No. I am not doing some commercial for any of the doctors, as I mentioned. I just told like it is written in ***Third Party Link Removed***You can check if you are on the list. I understand that Ayse Özturk should be the surgeon, but there are some incidents that where client did not even see Ayse on the surgery. How do You comment that? Ayse should be the hair transplant surgeon. But people have said that they havent even seen her. I still think you will make customers happy with the results, as you give max grafts and etc, but why do technicians do the work if Ayse is the hair translant surgeon as described. The main argument is not that your work quality is bad, but why is not the surgeon doing its work.
December 15, 2015
I found the same things guys. Never saw ayse only the techs did all the work not asking me once if I was okay or what I wanted.
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Aytec is rude and out for money and that's it . Keep away I have been there and I can tell you from experience how me shouted and made my girlfriend cry cause she felt threatened by him. Is this how a good business acts
Old
Aytec is rude and out for money and that's it . Keep away I have been there and I can tell you from experience how me shouted and made my girlfriend cry cause she felt threatened by him. Is this how a good business acts
Welcome to the community, thank you for sharing your experience with us here at RealSelf. What method of transplant was performed and how many grafts total? Did you go back for the second surgery? How do your results look, do you have any photos to share with the us?