CLINIC RECORD · ISTANBUL-CARE issued 2026-07-08 · v1
Istanbul Care, Istanbul
Ataşehir · FUE / DHI · medical-travel company
Hair restoration · FUE / DHI / Sapphire
Not named
FLAGGED
with a caveat Measured · 82%
M1 · Facility & health-tourism licence 2 · 20%
UNVERIFIED Only a generic 'contracted surgeons in internationally accredited hospitals' claim is made, and the About page shows illegible certificate images with no authorization number, so accreditation disclosure is weak and the score sits low. source ↗ · provisional
M2 · Operating surgeon named + verifiable 2 · 22%
UNVERIFIED Four 'surgeons' are named but with abbreviated surnames (Dr. Asil B, Dr. Tuğba H., Dr. Ayşenur K., Dr. Merve S.), so they are not identifiable or directory-verifiable, pulling the score low. source ↗ · provisional
M3 · Technique disclosure 3 · 10%
UNVERIFIED FUE, DHI and Sapphire FUE are listed as distinct services with marketing-level protocol detail, holding it at mid-band. source ↗
M4 · Claim / graft honesty 2 · 14%
UNVERIFIED An unconditioned 'lifetime guarantee' and a flat fee 'up to roughly 5,000 grafts' pull the score low, though there is no 'unlimited' or '100%' language. source ↗
M5 · Price transparency 5 · 8%
UNVERIFIED Prices are published — FUE Sapphire $1,990, Organic DHI $2,290 and Gold DHI Ultra $2,490 — with itemized inclusions and 6/12/24-month financing, giving full price transparency. source ↗
M6 · Aftercare & revision policy 3 · 8%
UNVERIFIED A written recovery timeline, one PRP and 12-month WhatsApp follow-up are offered, but there is no written revision policy and the 'lifetime guarantee' is never defined, keeping it at mid-band. source ↗
Editorial · 18%
E1 · Professional corroboration 1 · 6%
UNVERIFIED editorial — No ISHRS, ABHRS, IAHRS or FUE-Europe claim or directory match exists, so society corroboration is absent. source ↗
E2 · International-patient path 4 · 6%
UNVERIFIED editorial — Thirteen languages, an English coordinator and translator, 24/7 support and 12-month post-op WhatsApp follow-up are offered, but consent is not documented, keeping it below top. source ↗
E3 · Operator transparency 2 · 6%
UNVERIFIED editorial — It trades as 'Istanbul Care', self-described as a 'medical travel company' using contracted surgeons in accredited hospitals, with an Ataşehir address and '3 branches worldwide' but no legal-entity number and no named partner hospital, holding the score low. source ↗
Focus: medical-travel / package operator · -5 to the composite
Health-tourism licensed: caveat
Operating surgeon named: caveat
In register scope: yes
Clinic operating: yes
What this register does NOT measure We do not rate the result of a transplant, a surgeon's skill, graft survival, complications or "who's better". We verify structural facts: the health-tourism authorization, the operating surgeon, the technique, the claims, the prices, the aftercare — and where something is unconfirmed, we say so.