How many grafts were transplanted and where did they come from?

5,300 grafts in one single-day session: 4,400 harvested from the scalp donor area at the nape and sides, and 900 from the beard under the chin. Placement was 600 grafts into the frontal sapphire-channel strip that forms the hairline, 2,700 across the frontal zone behind it, and 2,000 across the mid-scalp.

Why was the crown not transplanted, and what was done there instead?

The donor supply available in one operation was not large enough to cover the bare front, the thinned mid-scalp and the crown. The front is the priority because it frames the face, and grafting into a crown that still carries native hair also risks shock loss of that hair. The crown and the upper vertex were treated with exosome therapy in the same session instead of receiving grafts.

Did the crown improve even though it received no grafts?

Yes. In the eight-month top-down photograph the crown is visibly denser than before surgery. Two things in this case could contribute and cannot be separated in a single patient: the exosome therapy applied to the area, and the increased local blood supply that follows implantation in the neighbouring zone. It is an observation from one case, not proof that exosome therapy regrows hair.

Was this a mega session?

No. The graft number is high, but the harvest came from the ordinary scalp donor area supported by beard grafts, and the whole procedure was completed in one day as a single standard session — not a multi-day or staged mega session.

What does a hybrid Sapphire FUE and DHI technique mean?

Two placement methods in one operation. The first 600 grafts of the hairline were placed into channels opened with a sapphire blade, which gives the most exact control of angle and direction on the line that frames the face. The remaining grafts were placed with the Choi implanter pen, which is faster and handles grafts less over a large surface.

Why use beard hair for a scalp transplant?

Because the scalp donor area alone could not safely cover this surface without over-harvesting. Beard grafts are thicker than scalp hair, so they add visual density efficiently — but for that same reason they were kept out of the hairline and placed only in the mid-scalp, behind it.

Is eight months the final result?

No. Transplanted hair keeps thickening and maturing to roughly twelve months, and in some cases longer. These photographs were supplied by the patient eight months after surgery, in September 2026.

5,300 Grafts + Crown Exosome Therapy: 8-Month Result

Case study: 4,400 scalp and 900 beard grafts placed across the frontal zone and mid-scalp in one single-day hybrid Sapphire FUE and DHI operation on 19 January 2026, with the crown left untransplanted and treated with exosome therapy instead — 8-month photographs.

Over de kliniek

Sule Hair Clinic is een door artsen geleide haartransplantatiekliniek in Istanbul, Turkije. Dr. Enver Kayıkçıoğlu verricht persoonlijk alle Sapphire-kanaalincisies in de haarlijn. Medisch directeur dr. Enver Kayıkçıoğlu draagt de volledige chirurgische verantwoordelijkheid en voert de eindcontrole op kwaliteit uit. Anesthesioloog dr. Zafer Ersin Ünlüer verzorgt de anesthesie en de peroperatieve monitoring, en Şule Ölmez doet de consulten voor het haarlijnontwerp. We houden het aantal operaties per dag bewust zeer beperkt, zodat elke patiënt de volledige tijd van het senior team krijgt, hebben 30.000+ consulten uitgevoerd en ons graftbehandelingsprotocol met Hypothermosol-koeling beschermt de vitaliteit van de grafts. All-inclusive pakketten starten vanaf €2,990 en omvatten operatie, hotel, VIP-transfers, medicatie en 12 maanden nazorg; vluchten zijn niet inbegrepen. Google-beoordeling 4,9 uit 1.700+ reviews. Goedgekeurd door het Turkse ministerie van Volksgezondheid · bij USHAŞ geregistreerde aanbieder van gezondheidstoerisme.

Adres: Yeşilpınar, Çay Sk. No:2, 34065 Eyüpsultan, Istanbul, Türkiye. Telefoon: +90 555 233 78 95. E-mail: info@sule-hairtransplant.com.

5,300 Grafts + Crown Exosome Therapy: 8-Month Result

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