Dr. Hakan Doganay
Founder and lead surgeon·AHD Clinic (AHD Hair Transplant Clinic / legally AHD Polikliniği)
Türkiye
Background
His site states he founded AHD Clinic in Antalya, Turkey, in 2003, and graduated from Selcuk University's medical faculty in 1993 1. Its clinic-branded bio describes public medical postings between 1993 and 2009, including primary care in Antalya and emergency medicine at Serik State Hospital, before he resigned in 2009 to work full-time in hair transplantation 6. His site says he also operates at Lara Anadolu Hospital in Antalya 1.
Procedures and techniques
The clinic states Doganay moved from FUT in 2003 to FUE in 2005, describing him as an early adopter of the DHI pen-implanter technique in Turkey 1. It now uses DHI exclusively for implanting grafts, offering shaven and unshaven transplants for men and women, beard and mustache transplantation, body-hair donor grafts, eyebrow transplantation, and correction of prior unsatisfactory transplants 6. FUE extraction uses 0.7 to 0.9mm punches with transection rate limited to 1 to 2% 4. Sessions are capped at 2,000 to 2,500 grafts within eight hours, and beard hair covers a donor shortfall for about one in five patients, chest hair for roughly 2 to 3% 7. Candidacy is screened on donor capacity, age, and genetic factors, with unlikely-to-be-satisfied patients told so rather than operated on 7.
Pricing
Citing Turkish legal regulations, the site states it does not publish specific price figures online 3. Its all-inclusive package is described as covering the DHI procedure, a consultation with Doganay, a 3-day stay at a 5-star hotel, and VIP transfers between airport, clinic, and hotel 7. It states it has never issued a "warranty certificate" to a patient, saying such documents have no standing in genuine medical practice 7.
Booking and aftercare
The site offers a free online consultation to build a treatment plan 2. For the initial assessment it asks for scalp photos or a video consultation, then follows a four-step process: consultation to confirm candidacy, pre-arrival lab work and shaving, the operation, and post-operative support running through one year afterward 7. Aftercare is described as pain relievers, antibiotics, and a special shampoo in a complimentary kit, with ongoing WhatsApp, phone, or email contact 7.
Credentials and memberships
Doganay is listed in the IAHRS directory of hair restoration surgeons 8. His site states he obtained a Medical Aesthetic Specialist Certificate through Ministry of Health-run courses in 2004, and is a founding-member contributor to the Turkish Association of Hair Transplant Physicians 1. He does not appear in the ABHRS, ISHRS, or FUE Europe directories checked for this profile.
Sources
Facts on this page were compiled from these pages, checked July 2026. Archived copies are kept for every citation.
- 1. https://www.drhakandoganay.com/en/dr-hakan-doganay/
- 2. https://www.drhakandoganay.com/en/
- 3. https://www.drhakandoganay.com/en/hair-transplant-prices/
- 4. https://www.drhakandoganay.com/en/fue-hair-transplant/
- 6. https://www.ahdclinic.com/hakan-doganay-md/
- 7. https://www.ahdclinic.com/
- 8. https://www.iahrs.org/hair-transplant/hakan-doganay
What patients say on reddit
85 people shared their experience with Dr. Hakan Doganay across 110 reddit threads between 2015 and 2026. Every graft count, price and verdict is linked to the original thread.
- male 4,500 grafts surgery 2026
- donor area looking great source ↗
- staff answered questions within minutes source ↗
- hairline/temples differ from designed plan source ↗
- usual clinic location closed without notice source ↗
- stopping minoxidil pre-op lost him progress source ↗
Prestigious_Bowl_716 had a hair transplant (FUE, plus stem cell therapy and PRP) at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul around 2026-01-06, paying 5360 EUR, with later updates describing 4500 grafts (3300 to the hairline, 1200 to the crown); the clinic's usual location had closed for renovation without prior notice, moving his surgery to a partner clinic. Early on he was mixed, writing 'the hairline and especially the temples still looking different from what Dr. Hakan has designed,' while saying he'd wait to see how it evolved, and he noted losing prior minoxidil progress after stopping it before surgery. By month 3 he reported the 'donor is looking great,' and continued posting through a month 4 update with no complications mentioned, though he never gave an explicit final verdict on his earlier hairline/temple concern.
7 threads they wrote in
- May 2026 Consultation for HT ↗
- Apr 2026 My Experience at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul - Month 4 Update ↗
- Mar 2026 My Experience at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul - Month 3 Update ↗
- Mar 2026 My Experience at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul - Month 2 Update ↗
- Jan 2026 My Experience at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul ↗ removed on reddit
- Jan 2026 My experience at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul ↗ removed on reddit
- Jan 2026 My Experience at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul ↗
- male 2,650 grafts surgery 2024
- thrilled with the results source ↗
- highly recommends the clinic to others source ↗
- doctor did an amazing job source ↗
- doctor made a great job source ↗
Regular_Control_6621 had 2,650 FUE grafts (Choi Implanter Pen) at Doctor Hakan Clinic in Istanbul, Turkey, deciding in July 2024 and having surgery that month, paying 3,000 USD. Across a string of updates he was consistently positive, calling himself 'thrilled with the results' at 6.5 months and stating 'I highly recommend Doctor Hakan Clinic to anyone considering a hair transplant'; by his final update at 10 months post-op he summed it up as 'The doctor made a great job.' No complications were reported at any stage.
7 threads they wrote in
- May 2025 My hair transplant journey: 2,650 grafts implanted at Dr. Hakan’s clinic – 10 months post-op. ↗
- Feb 2025 My Hair Transplant Journey: 2,650 Grafts at Doctor Hakan Clinic – 6.5 Months Post-Op ↗
- Feb 2025 My Hair Transplant Journey: 2,650 Grafts at Doctor Hakan Clinic ↗
- Feb 2025 My Hair Transplant Journey: 2,650 Grafts at Doctor Hakan Clinic ↗
- Feb 2025 My Hair Transplant Journey: 2,650 Grafts at Doctor Hakan Clinic ↗
- Feb 2025 FUE Hair Transplant: 2,650 Grafts with Dr. Hakan Clinic. ↗
- Feb 2025 FUE Hair Transplant: 2,650 Grafts with Dr. Hakan ↗
- 4,300 grafts surgery 2025
- friendly and efficient operation source ↗
- density beat his best pre-transplant hair source ↗
- unsure how present surgeon was during harvest source ↗
- happy with results months later too source ↗
u/FatThumbs40 had roughly 4,300 FUE grafts with Dr. Hakan in Istanbul in 2025, paying $4k including hotel and transportation. At his one-year update he described the operation as 'friendly and efficient' and said 'Super happy I did it,' noting that by month 5 his density had 'eclipsed my best hair days pre-transplant' — though he admitted it was 'hard to say how much he was around' during the multi-hour harvest handled by a rotating team. In an earlier comment on a different thread he reaffirmed that he 'went to Dr. Hakan last April and am happy with the results too.'
2 threads they wrote in
- 4,500 grafts surgery 2024
- happy with early results source ↗
- paid more than local Turkish clients source ↗
- very happy with results at 4 months source ↗
- hairline not as dense as hoped source ↗
- felt misled about who'd perform surgery source ↗
- happy with results at 16 months source ↗
u/stanix46 had FUE surgery in October 2024 at Dr. Hakan Clinic in Istanbul, receiving 4500 grafts for a stated 3600€ (covering up to 5000 grafts); he separately noted paying 3500€ 'for the surgeon only' and hearing that a Turkish client paid only around $1800, suggesting international patients are charged more. He posted updates from 6 weeks through 16 months post-op, consistently reporting satisfaction ('looks great so far' at 6 weeks, 'very happy' at 4 months), though at 10 months he said the hairline wasn't as dense as he'd like, especially in harsh lighting. By his final 16-month update he confirmed he's happy with his results overall, while also noting that Dr. Hakan personally handled only the hairline while his team did the extraction and rest of the implantation — something he says wasn't made clear at his consultation.
4 threads they wrote in
- Feb 2026 Hair Clinic Advice: FUE Capillar / MedBlue / Dr. Hakan Clinic ↗
- Aug 2025 10 month Post-OP ↗
- Mar 2025 4 month update - 4500 grafts ↗
- Nov 2024 6 weeks Post-OP 4500 Grafts ↗
- 5,100 grafts surgery 2025
- glad he went, pain now gone source ↗
- procedure was extremely painful source ↗
- lead surgeon only did hairline, briefly source ↗
- could get head washes/follow-ups anytime source ↗
- result came out amazing, compliments often source ↗
- clinic overharvested grafts beyond what agreed source ↗
u/SillyLittleWinky had 5,100 grafts at Dr Hakan Clinic, Istanbul, paying $3,700 cash — the clinic harvested and grafted roughly 600 more grafts than the 4,500 originally agreed, without raising the price. Before booking, he'd weighed Dr Hakan against Dr Juan Couto's FUEXPERT Clinic in Madrid but passed on Couto over a multi-year wait and a higher quote ($15,500 for 3,500 grafts). He describes the procedure itself as extremely painful, with the lead surgeon designing only the hairline before another doctor completed the implantation, but at four months post-op says 'Overall glad I went. The pain is gone and I'm not bald anymore,' also reporting elsewhere that the result 'came out amazing' with frequent compliments.
10 threads they wrote in
- May 2025 Before/after. Dr Hakan Clinic, Istanbul. ↗
- May 2025 Four months post surgery. ↗
- Jan 2025 Dr Hakan clinic Scabs off ↗
- Dec 2024 Hairtransplant Dr Hakan Clinic ↗
- Dec 2024 Thoughts on Dr. Juan Couto ↗
- Dec 2024 My experience with Dr Hakan Clinic - Instanbul. 3650 grafts. ↗
- Nov 2024 Dr Hakan Clinic Istanbul ↗
- Nov 2024 Number of grafts, and stem cells. ↗
- Oct 2024 Megasessions ↗
- Aug 2024 5000 grafts Dr Hakan Clinic İstanbul 3 days post op ↗
- 4,000 grafts surgery 2024
- happy with results at one year source ↗
- clinic contact patient and nice source ↗
- needs second surgery for crown source ↗
- worried about density at one month source ↗
- post-op wash felt really scary source ↗
u/Left-Video-5034 had a 4000-graft procedure at Dr Hakan's clinic in 2024, paying 3600 USD for the surgery plus 600 for hotel and 200 for anesthesia (4400 USD total). At day 3 they described the donor area as tender and swollen but not painful, calling the post-op wash 'really scary' though manageable; by one month they said they were 'making myself be optimistic' despite lingering density worries. At their one-year update they reported being happy with the results, noted the procedure itself was 'done by techs' rather than Dr Hakan personally, praised the clinic's WhatsApp communication as patient and nice, and mentioned a second surgery for the crown area was scheduled next.
3 threads they wrote in
- Dec 2025 Dr Hakan clinic one year update ↗
- Nov 2024 Dr Hakan Clinic Istanbul ↗
- Oct 2024 Healing day 3 Dr Hakan clinic Istanbul ↗
- male 38 yo NW2 2,400 grafts surgery 2025
- very happy with hairline design and density source ↗
- graft angle probably not 100% source ↗
- donor area healed with virtually no scars source ↗
- chose clinic for natural hairline designs source ↗
- reported zero side effects from medications source ↗
u/Joshua_Klein1900, a 38-year-old male starting from Norwood 2, had a DHI transplant with Hakan Doganay's clinic in Turkey in January 2025 (around 3,000 grafts per his earlier updates, 2,400 per his latest); no price was disclosed. Across updates at 4, 4.5, and 6 months he consistently reported being pleased, saying at 4 months 'I m very pleased so far:-)' and choosing the clinic because 'they do very natural hairline designs,' with zero side effects from his post-op medication regimen. By 6 months he called himself 'very, very happy, especially with the natural design of the hairline, the slight widows peak, and the overall density,' noting density kept improving between months five and six and the donor area was healing with virtually no visible scars, though he flagged that 'the angle of the transplanted grafts is probably not 100%.'
3 threads they wrote in
- Jul 2025 Hair Transplant 6 month update ↗
- May 2025 Hair Transplant Update 4,5 months post op ↗
- Apr 2025 4 month Update ↗
- 800 grafts surgery 2015
- grafts taken almost exclusively from the sides source ↗
- scarring wasn't just unavoidable FUE source ↗
- clinic slow to respond during distress source ↗
- far worse than prior surgeon, "night and day" source ↗
- SMP improved the visual situation significantly source ↗
OP (u/Aromatic-Whole5236) had 800 FUE grafts with Hakan Doganay at AHD Clinic (Antalya) in 2015, after a prior, better procedure with Dr. Feridouni. OP reports the grafts were taken almost exclusively from the sides, leading to overharvesting and scarring they say wasn't just "unavoidable FUE." Raising the issue with the clinic was "incredibly difficult" with weeks-long waits despite being in clear distress, and though SMP later improved the visual situation significantly, OP calls Doganay a "butcher" and says he should be "well and truly avoided."
1 thread they wrote in
- 5,000 grafts surgery 2025
- impressed by natural hairline design source ↗
- impressed by professionalism of the team source ↗
- anaesthesia injections were most annoying part source ↗
- lying down that long was uncomfortable source ↗
- no pain during the operation itself source ↗
OP had a hair transplant at Dr. Hakan's clinic in Istanbul in 2025, an 8-hour procedure with a 'V shape' hairline design, paying $4,500 for 5,000 grafts. In an early post-op update, they said they were 'impressed so far by the natural hairline design and the professionalism of the team,' reporting no pain during the operation itself though the anaesthesia injections and prolonged lying down were uncomfortable. In a later follow-up thread sharing results photos, OP did not give an explicit verdict and did not respond when commenters asked about their clinic experience or whether they'd recommend it, though other commenters described the visible results as neat and good-looking.
2 threads they wrote in
- 4,700 grafts surgery 2024
- team very caring and professional source ↗
- worried seeing no growth for 3 months source ↗
- happy so far, excited for final result source ↗
u/Chance_Shopping_6839 had a 4700-graft hair transplant at Dr Hakan Clinic in Istanbul in 2024, paying 4200 EUR (no accommodation needed). Right after the procedure they called it 'a really great experience,' praising the team as caring and professional throughout. At the 4-month mark they were initially worried after seeing no growth for the first three months, but the clinic told them growth starts by month 3 and that the visible result was 'just the beginning and not even the half' of the final outcome; as of that update they say they are 'really happy so far and excited to see the final result.'
3 threads they wrote in
- Feb 2025 4700 grafts at Dr. Hakan Clinic ↗
- Feb 2025 4700 grafts at Dr Hakan Clinic ↗
- Feb 2025 Hair transplant experience ↗
- female 4,200 grafts surgery 2024
- couldn't be happier with the results source ↗
- clinic staff were genuinely kind source ↗
- stayed extra days for post-op check source ↗
- highly recommends Dr. Hakan source ↗
- Dr. Hakan personally designs hairlines himself source ↗
- WhatsApp replies usually under 24 hours source ↗
Testypoppy86 had a 4200-graft procedure with Dr. Hakan (Dr. Hakan Clinic) in December 2024, paying a total of $4350. At 9 months post-op she said "9 Months in and I couldn’t be happier with the results!", crediting genuinely kind staff and Dr. Hakan personally handling the hairline design, and noting the clinic had her stay extra days afterward for a wound check and first cleaning. She separately recommended him to another prospective patient, adding that WhatsApp responses were usually under 24 hours.
2 threads they wrote in
- Sept 2025 Hair Progress ↗
- Sept 2025 Nervous and have 2 clinics in Mind ↗
- NW5 5,100 grafts
- result was night and day source ↗
- no noticeable scarring despite large extraction source ↗
- considering returning for more grafts source ↗
u/Otherwise-Engine3567, starting at Norwood 5, had 5,100 grafts done at Dr Hakan Clinic in Istanbul for $3,700 total. They called the result 'night and day' and said the clinic 'did AMAZING,' noting no noticeable scarring on the sides despite a large extraction. They're considering returning for another 2,500 grafts in a few years and contrasted the value against a US doctor, whom they estimated would charge around $40,000 for a 'mediocre' outcome by comparison.
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