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🛡️ Safety Guide

Unlike marketing, we present real risks and failure cases too. (Sources: press, academic, regulators)

Fatal outcomes — In 2023, six UK nationals reportedly died after procedures in Türkiye. Cases of wound infection → sepsis → multi-organ failure have been reported.

🇰🇷 Korea — Ghost Surgery

A well-known surgeon consults and anesthetizes, then someone else operates while the patient is unconscious. An estimated ~100,000 affected 2008–2014; after the Kwon Dae-hee case (2016), operating-room CCTV became mandatory in Sep 2023 (a world first). Still, caution with low-cost, high-volume facilities targeting foreigners.

🇹🇷 Türkiye hair transplant — "Wild West"

Procedures by unlicensed/unsupervised technicians, many patients per day (mega-sessions), permanent damage from donor overharvesting, bait & switch (consultant ≠ operator), and overblown advertising.

Aftercare gap

About 20% of surgical outcomes depend on aftercare. If the surgeon is in another time zone or the clinic disappears, care is impossible — and complications after returning home mean re-treatment costs at home.

✅ Pre-decision checklist

✓Surgeon's credentials & who actually operates (consult ≠ operator)
✓Accreditation (JCI/KAHF/NABH) & license
✓Operating-room CCTV consent (Korea)
✓Whether an aftercare plan (remote follow-up window, complication cover) is stated
✓Price inclusions/exclusions, as-of date, refund-scheme changes (e.g. Korea VAT removal)
✓Review verification level (transaction-verified vs marketing)
✓Visa, stay, insurance, no-show policy