Dr. Firdavs Ahmedov
Head of Doctors and hair transplant surgeon in a multi-doctor clinic·Smile Clinic
Istanbul, Türkiye
€5,790 Fixed package · Cost detailsBackground
Dr Firdavs Ahmedov is the head of doctors and a hair transplant surgeon at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul, Turkey 12. His bio says he joined the clinic in March 2021 1. It says he was born in 1984, grew up in Khujand, Tajikistan, and earned his medical degree at Ege University 1. The bio says he has worked in hair transplantation since 2015 and has performed more than 3,500 procedures 1. Before Smile, it lists hair transplant posts in independent practice, at Medicana Health Group and at Actual Clinic 1. It lists Tajik, Russian, Persian and Turkish as native languages, and English as a professional language 1. Smile Hair Clinic lists five doctors, and he sits on its medical editorial board 23.
Procedures and techniques
His bio lists sapphire FUE, DHI, micromotor and manual graft extraction, revision and female hair transplants among his areas of expertise 1. The clinic's package cards show who performs which steps 4. In the Diamond package, consultation, planning, hairline design and sapphire incisions are done by one of the two founders or by Dr Ahmedov as head doctor 4. In all packages, implantation is listed as done by surgical technicians 4. The cards do not say who performs the extraction 4. The clinic says each of its doctors accepts a maximum of two patients a day 4.
Pricing
The clinic publishes fixed package prices in euros and says graft count never changes the price 4. The Diamond package, the only tier that names Dr Ahmedov, costs €5,790 4. That tier may instead be performed by Dr Gökay Bilgin or Dr Mehmet Erdoğan 4. The Gold (€2,390) and Platinum (€3,290) packages are planned by two other doctors at the clinic 4. The clinic says every package includes PRP, blood tests, medication, hotel nights, VIP transfers and one year of follow-up 4. Diamond adds exosome therapy, a three-month hair care kit and three nights in a five-star hotel 4. The clinic says flights and anything unrelated to the procedure are not included 4.
Booking and aftercare
The clinic offers a free consultation through an online form 5. It says a case manager and a surgeon review the patient's needs and prepare an evaluation report 5. All packages include a one-year care plan 4. The clinic says a patient experience specialist follows hair growth for 18 months after surgery 5. No guarantee or waiting time is published 4.
Credentials and memberships
Sources
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What patients say on reddit
29 people shared their experience with Dr. Firdavs Ahmedov across 46 reddit threads between 2022 and 2025. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.
- 4,800 grafts surgery 2022
- Team looked after me very well source ↗
- Smile were incredible as results show source ↗
- Hairline straight but very solid source ↗
- Daunting and scary source ↗
- Unsure if paying extra for incisions was worth it source ↗
This user had 4,800 FUE grafts at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul with Dr. Ahmedov in 2022 for 2,600 euro, covering surgery, hotel and transfers, with flights extra. He paid a little extra to have the doctor do the incisions, and said he could not say if it was worth it; two nurses removed follicles and all three implanted. The day took about 8 hours, with breaks as his blood pressure rose from nerves. At 16 months he said Smile were incredible as the results show, and he later called the transplant daunting and scary but said it works. He says he is not an employee or ambassador of the clinic, but appeared in its shorts.
3 threads they wrote in
- Apr 2024 22 months since the photo that changed it all ↗
- Oct 2023 16 months. Life changing ↗
- Feb 2023 My journey so far. 4800 FUE, smile hair clinic, Istanbul. Dr Ahmedov ↗ removed on reddit
- male NW5-6 4,400 grafts surgery 2023
- mostly happy and more confident source ↗
- staff explained everything before, during, after source ↗
- density a little thin at one year source ↗
- only partial crown coverage source ↗
- pimples in donor area source ↗
The user, Norwood 5-6 beforehand, had 4,400 grafts with Dr Ahmedov at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul in spring 2023, choosing the Platinum package at 3,290 euro with his own flight paid separately. Over a year he went from happy at 3 months to saying at 8 months that density doesn't seem great, and at one year that he is mostly happy and more confident though density is a little thin. He was told upfront the crown would only be partly covered and that a second operation may be needed, which he does not currently plan.
17 threads they wrote in
- Mar 2024 1 yr Dr Ahmedov(Smile) ↗
- Jan 2024 Dr Ahmedov (Smile)- 10 months ↗
- Dec 2023 9 months - Dr Ahmedov (Smile Hair Clinic) ↗
- Dec 2023 Pre HT Pics (Dr Ahmedov, Smile) ↗
- Dec 2023 8 months - Dr Ahmedov (Smile Hair Clinic) ↗
- Oct 2023 Almost 7 months- Smile Hair Clinic Dr Ahmedov, 4,400 grafts ↗
- Oct 2023 6 months update(Dr Ahmedov, Smile Hair Clinic) ↗
- Aug 2023 4.5 months Dr Ahmedov,Smile Hair Clinic ↗
- Jul 2023 A week short of 4 months, Dr Ahmedov, Smile hair clinic ↗
- Jun 2023 Aygnin Clinic or Vera Clinic or SMILE Clinic (Yes, I'm aware their Hair mills) ↗
- Jun 2023 1 week shy of 3 months- Dr Ahmedov, Smile Hair Clinic, 4,400 grafts ↗
- May 2023 2 months progress. Dr Ahmedov Smile Hair Clinic ↗
- Apr 2023 4 weeks progress part 2 Dr Ahmedov (Smile, Istanbul) ↗ removed on reddit
- Apr 2023 4 weeks progress part 2 Dr Ahmedov (Smile, Istanbul) ↗
- Apr 2023 4 Weeks Progress - Dr Ahmedov (4,400 grafts)- Smile Hair Istanbul ↗
- Apr 2023 2 weeks post op - Dr Ahmedov, 4400 grafts ↗
- Apr 2023 Resubmission after removal: 9 months update. Dr Ahmedov, Smile Hair Clinic. 4350 grafts in front and crown. On oral fin, min & biotin. ↗
- male 21 yo 2,700 grafts surgery 2024
- worried about lack of density source ↗
- losing a lot of hair with each wash source ↗
- gaps between grafted and native hair source ↗
- some multiple follicles in first line source ↗
The user, a 21-year-old man, had 2,700 grafts in the frontal area at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul on 22 January 2024 for €3,290. He says Dr Firdavs Ahmedov did the planning and incisions while two young technicians did extraction and implantation over 8 hours. At 13 to 17 days he gave no overall verdict; he was in the shock loss phase and worried about density, gaps between grafted and native hair, and some multiple follicles in the first line.
3 threads they wrote in
- male 3,900 grafts surgery 2023
- everything amazing and professional source ↗
- staff explained steps, super patient source ↗
- happy with graft placement after scabs came off source ↗
- everyone very nice, airport and hotel transfers handled source ↗
- worried about donor area source ↗
Successful-Aside6962 had surgery at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul on 17 November 2023, naming Dr Firdavs Ahmedov and Dr Ali Osman Soluk with technicians, and reports 3,900 grafts (3,600 from the donor area and 300 from the beard for the crown). He says the platinum package cost about $5,000 USD including flight, hotel, transport and surgery. In his posts up to nine days after surgery he said "everything was amazing and profesional" and was happy with graft placement, though he was worried about the donor area and the doctor mentioned a possible second surgery for density. No later result update is given.
4 threads they wrote in
- Nov 2023 UPDATE! Scabs are off after 8-9 days after surgery. ↗
- Nov 2023 Post-op pictures of hair transplant done in Turkey Istanbul 🇹🇷 ↗ removed on reddit
- Nov 2023 Hair transplant in Istanbul ↗
- Nov 2023 Post-op pictures from Istanbul Turkey Hair Transplant 🇹🇷 ↗
- NW5 4,600 grafts surgery 2025
- treated very nicely, fast responses source ↗
- surgeon in and out 20+ times source ↗
- no obvious overharvesting in donor source ↗
- little swelling and no bleeding source ↗
jexun had 4600 grafts over 6-7 hours at Smile Hair Clinic in Turkey in July 2025, on the gold package, with Dr. Ahmedov. At day 5 and about a week out they call it an amazing experience, with little swelling and no obvious overharvesting, and say that if regrowth goes as planned it was a 10/10. It was too early to judge growth, and other commenters in the thread disagreed about Smile in general. No price is given.
2 threads they wrote in
- male 3,000 grafts
- surgeon who's amazing source ↗
- very happy with Smile Clinic source ↗
- shock loss fell out as warned source ↗
SnooDonuts9235 had FUE of about 3,000 grafts including the crown with Firdavs Ahmedov at Smile Clinic in Istanbul, paying around £2000 with hotel and transport (later saying £2200 for the gold package, flights not covered). In a one-year post, they said "Dr. Firdavs Ahmedov was my surgeon who’s amazing." They described the expected shock loss at about two weeks, a cap for roughly eight weeks, and a clinic that asks for photos monthly. A commenter criticised the low, broad hairline design as not planned for future hair loss.
1 thread they wrote in
- Aug 2023 1 year post Hair Transplant before and after. What level of shedding is normal ↗ removed on reddit
- 1,500 grafts surgery 2024
- Could not be happier with crown result source ↗
- Service at Smile clinic amazing source ↗
- Shock loss in donor, grew back after month 3 source ↗
SurveyMindless3687 had 1500 grafts in the crown with Dr Ahmedov at Smile clinic in Istanbul in 2024 for 2300 GBP and posted a 6-month update. They say they couldn't be happier with the result and that the service was amazing. They had shock loss in the donor area that grew back after month 3 and can't be seen. They acknowledge some call Smile a hair mill and say they only had a hair mill budget.
1 thread they wrote in
- Dec 2024 6 Month update ↗
- male 19 yo surgery 2024
- can't say anything bad about experience source ↗
- donor is great source ↗
- slight shock loss in donor early source ↗
- technicians do half the work in Turkey source ↗
At age 19 he had a transplant with Dr Firdavs Ahmedov at Smile Hair Clinic in Turkey in 2024 for around 2,500 euro and a little under 3,000 grafts, after about two years on finasteride and oral minoxidil. At 4.5 months he said he could not say anything bad about the experience so far and that his donor was great, after slight shock loss in the donor area in the first two months that thickened back. He cautioned that in Turkey technicians do half of the work and you only learn who you get on the day, advising a package where the doctor does the incisions. In another comment he said he did not know if he was one of those who got good doctors, naming Dr Ahmedov, but his donor was fine so far.
2 threads they wrote in
- 4,000 grafts surgery 2025
Old-Self34 posted about an hour after an FUE procedure at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul with Dr Ahmedov, in January 2025, with photos, saying they would keep everyone updated. When asked, they said it was 4000 grafts. They give no verdict, price or details of who did which step, and no later update appears.
1 thread they wrote in
- 2,100 grafts
- hairline has no density source ↗
- noticeable rectangle in donor area source ↗
- fewer surviving grafts than promised source ↗
- clinic stops responding after poor results source ↗
- clinic refused to acknowledge the work source ↗
Candid-Image3941 reports 2,100 grafts at Smile Hair Clinic, where Ahmedov did the incisions and technicians did the rest; no date, technique or price is stated. They estimate hair survival at 60-70% and describe a hairline with no density and a donor area with a noticeable rectangle or barcode-like scarring. They say the clinic told them to wait 12 months and then would not acknowledge the work, and they went elsewhere for a second transplant. Their verdict is that they would not go back, even if paid.
2 threads they wrote in
- male 4,350 grafts surgery 2022
- happy with how it looks source ↗
- early grower, crown still thickening source ↗
- flat rate rather than per graft source ↗
- original surgeon unavailable for his date source ↗
- hoping hair thickens over coming months source ↗
The user had 4350 grafts (about 1,000 in the crown and 3,350 in the front) with Dr Ahmedov at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul in 2022, paying a flat EUR 2,690 for the Exclusive package (an earlier post gives EUR 2.8K including an Ozone Therapy option). He was originally booked with Dr Erdogan, who could not make his date, and chose Ahmedov instead of taking a refund. At 6 months he was happy and hoping for more thickness; at 9 months he wrote he was happy with how it looks and did not plan another procedure soon.
2 threads they wrote in
- 25 yo 4,000 grafts surgery 2023
- Really like the hairline design source ↗
- Feels better going out without a hat source ↗
- Feels lucky with the donor area source ↗
- Describes the clinic as a hair mill source ↗
No-External465, aged 25, had about 4000 grafts with Firdavs Ahmedov at Smile Hair Clinic in Istanbul in May 2023 for 2400 EUR, chosen because it was more budget friendly, and posted at 5.5 months. They say they really like the hairline design and feel much better going out without a hat, and feel they got lucky with the donor area. They call the clinic a hair mill and were asking whether the crown will fill in; they may consider a second session after at least 12 months.
1 thread they wrote in
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