Dr. Koray Erdogan

Dr Koray Erdogan earned his medical degree from Hacettepe University, completed his military service, then worked as an assistant in Marmara University's Thoracic Surgery department 1. In 2001 he founded ASMED, his own clinic in Atasehir, Istanbul 1. The clinic states he exclusively performs FUE transplants there alongside six other physicians 1. By 2004 he had developed a proprietary FUE extraction method the clinic calls the Sequential Technique 1.

ASMED states it uses only manual extraction, with inside-bevel punches from 0.6mm to 0.85mm, and says up to 1,000 grafts an hour can be extracted this way without damage 2. Recipient incisions are made personally by Dr Erdogan under loupe magnification using a lateral slit technique with custom-sized blades, and the clinic places single-hair grafts at the frontal hairline, which it says gives a natural, soft appearance 2. The surgical team then places the grafts with a tool Erdogan developed, the K.E.E.P. embedding placer, though the site does not name or credential the staff who handle extraction and placement 2. The consultation includes a microscope exam plus density and hair-diameter measurement, and the hairline is hand-drawn after evaluating facial structure, with the patient approving the design before it is finalized 2.

The clinic charges a flat €3 per graft, the same worldwide including the Turkish domestic market 3. It states the price covers the surgical facility, the consultation, the manual DES technique, hairline design, blood analysis and an ECG, anesthesiologist-managed pain control, microscope-based graft quality control, optional post-surgical LLLT, an after-care kit, and a native-speaking advisor 3.

The clinic offers a photo or in-person consultation, generally held in Turkey though it says it sometimes arranges these elsewhere 4. Patients return the day after surgery for a wash and check-up 2. A second procedure, if needed, is typically scheduled 12-14 months after the first so the surgeon can assess how the initial grafts grew before placing new ones 4.

The clinic's bio lists Erdogan as a member of ESHRS and ISHR, and as president of the World FUE Institute 1. He is also listed independently on the IAHRS find-a-surgeon registry 5.