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Istanbul, Turkey — 0.6 to 0.8 mm, Sapphire Not Steel
Getting the Follicle Out Is Half the Job. This Is the Other Half.
The same extraction as standard FUE, with recipient channels opened by sapphire blades at 0.6 to 0.8 mm instead of steel. Up to 7,000 grafts, head shaved, three packages from €1,600, and a final result at nine to twelve months.
Sapphire FUE cases from our Istanbul facility, with written consent, each dated. Look at how close the hairs sit to each other, not just at the coverage — density is what this technique is for. Results vary widely.
Recorded with consent, none filmed before month nine. Ask them about density rather than coverage — that is what the blade buys.
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Extraction is identical to standard FUE — the same sub-millimetre punch, the same donor area, the same dots. What changes is the blade that opens the sites the grafts go into: sapphire rather than steel, at 0.6 to 0.8 mm. Smaller sites, packed closer, healing faster.
Shaved · up to 7,000 grafts · one day
Six to eight hours in one day under local anaesthetic. Follicular units are extracted exactly as in standard FUE, then the recipient sites are opened with ultra-thin sapphire blades at 0.6 to 0.8 mm rather than steel. A sapphire edge is harder, holds its sharpness across thousands of incisions and makes a smoother, narrower channel — which means less tissue displaced, grafts that can sit closer together, and a scalp that crusts and settles faster. The head is shaved for both stages.
Real density is needed across a large area — a receded hairline with the mid-scalp and crown behind it, in one session.
Up to 7,000 grafts, the package ceiling across FUE and DHI. Head shaving is required. 0.6–0.8 mm sapphire, cut to the depth and angle each graft needs.
Hair Transplant Specialist
Sefa Yaşar graduated from the First and Emergency Aid (Paramedic) Program at Beykent University. He began his healthcare career as an emergency department nurse and has been working in the field of hair transplantation since 2018. He has experience in pre-operative preparation, hair transplant procedures, and patient follow-up.
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Turkey does more hair transplants than anywhere else, and that cuts both ways. The volume buys real expertise and real savings — and it also fills the market with clinics for which “sapphire” is a word on a price list rather than a change in technique. Ask what the channels are opened with before you ask what it costs.
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Theatres, recovery and aftercare in the same building, not a subcontracted hospital.
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1,020,000 international operations were performed in Turkey in 2023. Volume is the honest advantage.
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Lower operating costs, not lower standards. The same procedure runs £3,000–£10,000 in the UK.
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If your donor area cannot spare 5,000 grafts, we will not quote you 5,000 grafts.
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English, Italian, Spanish and French. The plan and the aftercare explained in your own language.
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Ask what happens when the transplanted hair falls out. It will, and it is normal.
Sapphire FUE changes one instrument — the blade that opens recipient channels.
Sapphire suits extensive thinning where coverage matters, with up to 5,000 grafts published.
Crystal blades open narrow, clean channels at planned angles and spacing.
The recipient area is mapped so the front, mid-scalp and crown each get appropriate density.
Small crusts over the channels usually lift within the first fortnight.
What the sapphire blade changes, who it suits, and what to expect from a Sapphire FUE hair transplant in Istanbul.
Sapphire FUE is a variation of FUE in which the recipient channels are opened with sapphire blades measuring 0.6 to 0.8 mm instead of steel. Graft extraction is identical to classic FUE; the difference lies only in how the openings that receive the grafts are created.
Sapphire blades are very fine and hard, allowing small, clean channels to be opened at controlled angles and close spacing. That precision supports dense placement across a large area, although the final result still depends on graft handling, hairline design and the experience of the team.
Sapphire FUE is mainly recommended for patients with larger thinning or bald areas who want density and are comfortable having their head fully shaved. It is published at up to 5,000 grafts, but the number you receive is set by what your donor area can supply.
Extraction is the same across all of these. What differs is the channel, the placement tool or the shaving requirement. If shaving is the sticking point, start with DHI.
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Send photographs of the front, top, crown and back of your head. A surgeon replies with the graft number your donor area can actually spare, which of the six techniques it calls for, what it costs with hotel and transfers included, and how long the result will take. Including when the honest answer is fewer grafts than you hoped for, or medication before surgery. No obligation, no cost.
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