What you are comparing
~2,500 GRAFT FUE, TYPICAL CASE Turkey
n=3 ISTANBUL CLINICS + 2023 REGULATION Korea
STATUTORY PUBLISHED FEE SCHEDULE + THE MEDICAL SERVICE ACT Who may legally perform the extraction
Certified assistants THE 2023 REGULATION §9(3): ONLY CHANNEL-OPENING IS RESERVED TO A PHYSICIAN; §9(6) LETS ONE DOCTOR COVER FIVE ROOMS
The surgeon only MEDICAL SERVICE ACT §27: DELEGATION TO NON-LICENSED STAFF IS PROHIBITED OUTRIGHT, NOT LICENSED
What the price is quoted per
Flat package FIXED REGARDLESS OF GRAFT COUNT; ONE CLINIC TO 4,000 GRAFTS
Per hair 1 FOLLICLE ≈ 2 HAIRS: A SEOUL 3,000 IS NOT AN ISTANBUL 3,000
Non-shaven option
Offered, at a premium U-FUE/LONG DHI $3,000–5,500, 1,000–2,000 GRAFT CEILING
A standard category SHAVEN AND NON-SHAVEN ARE LISTED AS SEPARATE STANDARD CATEGORIES DOMESTICALLY
Revision if grafts fail
Not published NO REVISION TERM ON ANY OF THE THREE PRICE PAGES CHECKED
Contracted AGREED IN WRITING BEFORE YOU TRAVEL: OUR OWN TERM, NOT MARKET DATA
All-in price, ~2,500 grafts
$2,720 MEDIAN ENTRY PACKAGE, HOTEL AND TRANSFER INCLUDED
$4,900–11,800 SURGERY ONLY: WE LOSE THIS ROW TO EVERY ASIAN MARKET EXCEPT JAPAN
1 : 5rooms one physician may cover at once; it is the law
The surgeon onlyin Seoul, where delegation is prohibited by law
6-month photofollow-up waived for medical tourists, by the same law
Why Turkey is cheaper Turkey's hair-transplant units regulation (Official Gazette 06.05.2023);
Cosmedica, Smile Hair Clinic and Dr. Serkan Aygin Clinic published price pages (n=3) (https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2023/05/20230506-11.htm), measured 2026-07-28. Turkish price: median of the entry all-in package advertised by Cosmedica (€2,550, to 4,000 grafts), Smile Hair Clinic (€2,390, fixed regardless of graft count) and Dr. Serkan Aygin Clinic (from $2,500).
n=3, collected 2026-07-28, converted at ECB rates of 2026-07-27. Legal rows quote Turkey's hair-transplant units regulation, Official Gazette 06.05.2023, articles 9(3), 9(6) and 10(3).
Korean price: one Seoul clinic's statutory non-covered fee schedule, 4,500-hair band (≈2,250+ grafts). n=1, and labelled as such. Packages and surgery-only prices are not like-for-like;
the row is presented that way deliberately rather than adjusted.
