Clinic profile · partially verified
Dr. Serkan Aygın Clinic
Istanbul, Turkey
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Editorial summary
Dr. Serkan Aygın Clinic is a higher-volume, multi-doctor and multi-team clinic in Şişli. Current clinic material clearly assigns hairline design to Dr. Serkan Aygın and describes physician-led planning. It does not establish that he personally performs extraction, Sapphire channel creation or DHI implantation for every patient. Extraction and implantation are supported as assigned team stages; patient-specific operator names and continuity are not routinely disclosed in the reviewed public material. The clinic publishes an approximate €2,500–€5,000 Sapphire FUE range and a broad package, but not a fixed technique-by-technique tariff. Exact typical daily volume, maximum volume and simultaneous-team count are not published. Trustpilot currently withholds the profile rating because of a guideline breach and states that it removed a number of fake reviews; THI does not infer who created them or treat the platform action as a clinical-quality measure. The THI score remains withheld pending calibration of the planned 25-clinic cohort.
At a glance
Structured facts
- Location
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Profile verification
- partially verified
- Commercial relationship
- No commercial relationshipPublisher declaration
Declared by Turkey Hair Index on .
Read the commercial disclosureRecorded separately and never used in score calculation.
- Patient volume
- Not confirmedNot independently confirmed
The clinic presents itself as a large, multi-doctor and multi-team operation and publishes clinic-level historical patient totals, but no current typical daily range, maximum cases per day or simultaneous-team count was found. Historical totals cannot be converted into a daily estimate.
Sources:[1][9]
Procedure roles
Who Actually Performs the Procedure?
- Consultation
- The official package describes a hairline-design session with Dr. Aygın. Current patient reports also describe meeting him for design or planning, but the duration and surgery-day presence vary by account. (Dr. Serkan Aygın, Clinic medical team)Third-party source
This supports a planning role, not continuous personal care or physical performance of every surgical stage.
Sources:[3][11][9] - Hairline design
- Current official package and Sapphire pages explicitly assign hairline design to Dr. Aygın. (Dr. Serkan Aygın)Clinic confirmed
This is the clearest physician-specific responsibility in the reviewed material.
Sources:[3][4][11] - Planning
- Clinic material describes donor assessment and physician-led direction, angle and distribution planning. It does not publish a patient-by-patient allocation table. (Dr. Serkan Aygın, Clinic medical team)Clinic confirmedSources:[7][5][6]
- Incisions / channels
- Not confirmedNot independently confirmed
The Sapphire page explains channel creation with sapphire blades, but does not promise that Dr. Aygın physically creates every patient's recipient sites. Confirm the named channel operator for the exact booking.
Sources:[4][9] - Extraction
- The reviewed workflow supports team extraction; Dr. Aygın personally performing extraction is not established as the standard pathway. (Assigned technical or medical team, Patient-specific operator not published)Third-party source
The clinic does not publish a complete technical roster or a patient-specific extraction assignment before payment.
Sources:[4][11][9] - Implantation
- The clinic's DHI material describes grafts being loaded into Choi pens and placed according to a doctor's plan; its female-transplant guide says the medical team can create the opening and place the graft with the implanter. (Medical or technical team, Direction and angle planning)Clinic confirmed
This does not establish that Dr. Aygın physically implants grafts or identify the operator for each patient.
Sources:[5][6]
Workflow
Daily Patient Volume
- Reported range
- Not confirmedNot independently confirmed
The clinic presents itself as a large, multi-doctor and multi-team operation and publishes clinic-level historical patient totals, but no current typical daily range, maximum cases per day or simultaneous-team count was found. Historical totals cannot be converted into a daily estimate.
Sources:[1][9]
Before treatment
Consultation & Planning
- Doctor consultation
- YesThird-party source
The package includes a hairline-design session with Dr. Aygın; consultation scope and surgery-day access should be confirmed in writing.
Sources:[3][11] - Video consultation
- Not confirmedNot independently confirmed
A routine named-doctor video consultation was not established in the reviewed sources.
Sources:[3] - Photo assessment
- YesThird-party source
Remote photographs support preliminary planning and do not replace in-person medical assessment.
Sources:[9][7]
People
Surgical Team
- Doctors
- Dr. Serkan Aygın — Lead physician and hairline designerPublicly documentedSources:[2]
- Roles
- Dr. Serkan Aygın: hairline design and physician-led planning, Medical doctors: assessment, direction and supervision, Technical or medical team: extraction and graft handling, Medical team: DHI opening and placement with Choi implanters, Coordinators: remote intake, travel and communicationClinic confirmed
These are role groups, not a complete named roster or a patient-specific assignment.
Sources:[3][5][6] - Team members
- Not confirmedNot independently confirmed
A complete current roster of extraction and implantation operators, their credentials and the operator assigned to each patient was not found.
Sources:[1][6]
Assessment
Donor Management
- Published information
The clinic publishes digital 3D donor analysis, donor-density assessment and graft planning. Independent reports include high-graft and body-hair cases, but these self-selected examples do not establish a safe graft ceiling, donor-outcome rate or suitability for another patient.
Third-party sourceClinic planning disclosures are specific, but independent evidence remains self-selected and cannot establish clinic-wide rates.
Sources:[7][13][10][12][14]Published planning tools: Clinic material describes digital 3D donor analysis, donor-density assessment and individualized graft planning.
Sources:[7]Body-hair capability: One patient report describes a 6,200-graft procedure using scalp, beard and chest donor sources; this is a patient account, not a clinic-wide outcome claim.
Sources:[13]Outcome limits: Mature patient reports include positive results, while other reports raise planning or donor concerns. No audited donor-depletion or graft-survival dataset was identified.
Sources:[10][12][14]
Treatment scope
Procedures
Costs
Pricing
- Pricing evidence
- EUR 2,500–5,000 — case-specific price; scope variesPublicly documented
The clinic publishes an approximate Sapphire FUE range rather than a fixed technique-by-technique tariff. Patient-reported prices around €3,800 are context, not a universal clinic price. Confirm the final plan, operator allocation, add-ons, cancellation terms and total before travel.
Sources:[3][4] - Other inclusions
- Hairline-design session with Dr. Serkan Aygın, Three hotel nights, VIP transfers, Translation, blood testing and medication, PRP and postoperative wash, Twelve-month follow-up, Clinic-stated eighteen-month warrantySources:[3][4]
- Last checked
- Source
- Dr. Serkan Aygın Clinic official 2026 package and Sapphire pages
After treatment
Aftercare
- First wash
- A postoperative wash is included in the current official package description.Clinic confirmedSources:[3]
- Clinic follow-up
- The package includes a postoperative wash and follow-up pathway.Clinic confirmedSources:[3]
- Remote follow-up
- The official package states twelve months of follow-up.Clinic confirmedSources:[3]
- Medications
- Medication is listed among current package inclusions.Clinic confirmedSources:[3]
- PRP availability
- YesClinic confirmed
PRP inclusion does not establish improved outcomes for an individual patient.
Sources:[3] - Follow-up duration
- Twelve-month follow-up; clinic-stated eighteen-month warrantyClinic confirmed
Warranty eligibility, exclusions and remedy should be obtained in writing.
Sources:[3]
Editorial assessment
What Stands Out
- Hairline design by Dr. Serkan Aygın is stated consistently in current clinic material and supported by patient accounts.
- The clinic publishes a current Sapphire FUE range and a detailed package including hotel, transfers and twelve-month follow-up.
- Clinic material describes digital 3D donor analysis and donor-density planning.
- Independent evidence includes mature positive cases as well as material complaints rather than one uniform outcome direction.
Editorial assessment
Things to Consider
- This is a team-executed model. Dr. Aygın's hairline and planning roles are clearer than his physical role in extraction, channel creation or implantation.
- Patient-specific extraction, Sapphire channel and DHI implantation operators are not routinely named in the reviewed public material.
- Exact typical daily volume, maximum volume, simultaneous-team count and doctor coverage remain unconfirmed.
- One September 2026 prospective patient alleged a major on-site plan and price increase and chose not to proceed. This is a single report, not evidence of a systematic practice; final price and staged-treatment terms should be confirmed before travel.
- Trustpilot withholds the profile rating because of a guideline breach and states that it removed a number of fake reviews. THI does not infer authorship, treat every review as unreliable or convert this into a clinical-quality score.
- The clinic's 98% growth and 100,000-plus patient statements are clinic claims; no independently audited methodology or outcome dataset was identified.
Editorial assessment
May Suit
- People comfortable with a multi-doctor, team-executed pathway and who value Dr. Aygın's hairline-design role.
- People who want hotel, transfers, first wash and a stated follow-up period included in a travel package.
- People willing to obtain stage-specific operator, graft-plan and final-price commitments before traveling.
Editorial assessment
May Not Suit
- People seeking one named physician to perform extraction, recipient-site creation and implantation from start to finish.
- People who require a published low-volume or one-patient-per-day model.
- People who require an independently audited success rate, donor-outcome dataset or fixed technique tariff.
Evidence log
Sources & Verification
Numbered links on structured facts lead to the corresponding entries below. A citation identifies the supporting material; it does not independently verify a claim.
- [1] Dr. Serkan Aygın Clinic official websiteClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked
Supports clinic-published scale, multi-doctor structure and outcome or patient-volume claims. Historical totals and promotional percentages are not independently audited.
- [2] Official biography — Dr. Serkan AygınClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked
Supports the clinic-published medical education, dermatology training and hair-restoration timeline. It is not independent registry verification.
- [3] Official 2026 hair-transplant package pageClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked
Supports current package inclusions, Dr. Aygın hairline session, three hotel nights, transfers, medication, PRP, first wash, twelve-month follow-up and the clinic-stated warranty. Terms are time-sensitive.
- [4] Official Sapphire FUE pageClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked
Supports the approximate €2,500–€5,000 range, package context and hairline-design attribution. It does not name the physical channel operator for every patient.
- [5] Official DHI method pageClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked
Supports the clinic's DHI and Choi-pen description. General surgeon-led language does not identify the physical operator for a particular patient.
- [6] Official female hair-transplant guideClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked
Describes the medical team using DHI implanters to create openings and place grafts according to a doctor-led plan. It does not provide patient-specific names.
- [7] Official donor-analysis and planning articleClinic website · Publicly documented · Not independently confirmed · checked
Supports clinic-published digital 3D donor analysis and donor-density planning descriptions. It does not independently validate patient-level delivery or outcomes.
- [8] Trustpilot — Dr. Serkan Aygın ClinicThird-party publication · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked
Trustpilot currently makes the rating unavailable due to a guideline breach and states that it removed a number of fake reviews. The notice does not establish authorship, clinical quality or the reliability of every review.
- [9] Prospective-patient report: on-site plan and price changeThird-party publication · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked
A September 2026 account alleges that a remote plan and price changed materially after arrival and that Dr. Aygın would not see the patient on surgery day; the patient cancelled. It is one allegation, not proof of a systematic practice.
- [10] Patient report: 5,080 grafts at ten monthsThird-party publication · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked
A self-reported ten-month case stating 5,080 grafts, €3,800 and medication use. It is useful case context but cannot establish a clinic-wide outcome rate.
- [11] Patient report: one-year result and physician contactThird-party publication · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked
A self-reported one-year case describing substantial Dr. Aygın involvement while explicitly characterising that involvement as exceptional or fortunate. It must not be generalized to every patient.
- [12] Patient report: mature result using scalp and beard donor hairThird-party publication · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked
A positive mature self-report describing approximately 4,000 grafts and scalp plus beard donor use. It does not establish prevalence or causation.
- [13] Patient report: 6,200 grafts from scalp, beard and chestThird-party publication · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked
An early-stage self-report describing scalp, beard and chest donor sources and responsive postoperative communication. It is too early for a mature outcome assessment.
- [14] Patient discussion: mixed eight-month outcome evidenceThird-party publication · Third-party source · Partially verified · checked
A mixed patient discussion including an eight-month dissatisfaction account. Timing and self-report limitations prevent a clinic-wide conclusion.
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