200 foreigners visit Pakistan every month for hair transplant

[Dawood Ibrahim]

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Zulfiqar Qambar

18-Dec-16
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KARACHI: Experts on Saturday urged that government should promote medical tourism including hair transplantation as this can also bring foreign remittances in Pakistan and would increase public revenues.

Almost 200 foreigners visit different cities of Pakistan every month for hair transplant which shows their trust on skills and capabilities of Pakistani surgeons.

This was stated by hair transplant surgeons while delivering their lectures and later talking with media persons during opening session of the second annual three-day meeting of Hair Restoration Society of Pakistan (HRSP) held here on Saturday in a local hotel.

Experts said that the Pakistani doctors are providing a world quality hair transplant service which is attracting foreign patients.

At present, almost 200 foreigners from gulf countries, Europe, USA, Canada and Australia visit Pakistan every month for hair transplant because this treatment in their countries is 10 times higher as compared to Pakistan, said Dr. Hanif Saeed.

"Government should promote medical tourism like other countries in the world and this will also promote soft image of Pakistan," said Dr. Hanif Saeed.

We provide world quality hair transplant services attracting foreign patients. This can also bring foreign remittances in Pakistan increasing public revenues, he explained. Experts have said hair transplant in foreign countries is 10 times more costlier than Pakistan.

Another speaker Dr. Tahir Shaikh said Government has imposed 13 percent GST on hair transplant surgery which should be exempted as this is also a treatment and every patient has the right to get treatment without taxes. We will also send our recommendations to Pakistan Medical & Dental Council to regulate this sector.

People facing hair fall issues are also suffering psychological pressures and loose their confidence in the society, Dr Shaikh added.

Renowned plastic surgeon Professor Faiz, Dr Zulfiqar Tunio, Dr Muhammad Iqbal and Dr Arif Husain from Canada also spoke on the occasion.


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[somebozo]

At present, almost 200 foreigners from gulf countries, Europe, USA, Canada and Australia visit Pakistan every month for hair transplant because this treatment in their countries is 10 times higher as compared to Pakistan, said Dr. Hanif Saeed.

He forgot to mention that many of these are Pakistani origin residing in those countries..

 

[Dawood Ibrahim]

He forgot to mention that many of these are Pakistani origin residing in those countries..

Well A least they come here for transplant unlike others who go abroad for medical purposes

 

[holysmoker]

Is hair transplant safe??

 

[Dawood Ibrahim]

Is hair transplant safe??

My brother did it uptill now Alhumdulillah its ok

 

[holysmoker]

My brother did it uptill now Alhumdulillah its ok

and how about results? any scar etc
i mean can people notice??

 

[Dawood Ibrahim]

and how about results? any scar etc
i mean can people notice??

People can't notice any scars as I didn't see coz the hairs had hidden it if their was any on his head but i will see it and inform you tomorrow and his hair is perfect

 

[holysmoker]

People can't notice any scars as I didn't see coz the hairs had hidden it if their was any on his head but i will see it and inform you tomorrow and his hair is perfect

Oh bro.. i intend to undergo.. but i am a lil nervous bcz i dont know any reliable surgeon in Pindi/Islamabad.

 

[Trango Towers]

I live in Pakistan. Trust me do not use doctors there. They cut corners and you may end up paying with your life. Infection control is nit a priority. Go check the state of hospitals. Do not listen to locals that brigadier such and such is an amazing surgion etc. I wouldn't trust a pakistani doctor or indian bangaLi doctor in their respective countries no matter what

 

[Armstrong]

What @Technogaianist you visited Pakistan and didn't even tell me?

 

[marbella]

bald pdf'r

Don't implant, rather shave rest of the head. Bald is beautiful.

 

[Fenrir]

What @Technogaianist you visited Pakistan and didn't even tell me?

Hair transplant!? With my luxuriously fabulous mane? Pff, maybe a visit to touch up some highlight.

How does Pakistan feel about a girl with a head of hair that looks like someone rubbed cotton candy all over it?

 

[KediKesenFare3]

I believe that Turkey is the leading country in this sector worldwide - thanks to our Arabian neighbors.

Looking to get a hair transplant? This country leads in the business of harvesting hair.
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Writer Nicole Crowder September 4, 2015

Nurses graft hair’s roots onto the patient’s bald area. The roots have been extracted from the back of the man’s scalp, and are being transplanted one by one into the small holes previously created on the front of his head. The entire operation takes between eight and 10 hours. (Emanuele Satolli)

A nurse is arranging the grafts harvested from a patient’s head. The total number of harvested grafts is about 4,000 and must belong to the patient himself. (Emanuele Satolli)

With $1 billion worth of business in 2014 alone, Turkey is the leading country in the world for hair transplant surgical operations. The average cost of a hair transplant operation in Turkey ranges from $1,700 and $2,000, while the same operation in Britain or the U.S. could cost up to $25,000.

The number of patients who pour into the country to graft their hair is approximately 5,000 per month, with some 3,500 coming from Arab countries (mainly the Gulf nations and Saudi Arabia). Photojournalist Emanuele Satolli moved to Istanbul in 2015 and began observing the large number of health tourists pouring into the country. The lure of cheap costs for large operations, specifically hair transplants, has made the country a major center for foreigners seeking affordable cosmetic beauty treatments.

A surgeon takes the measurements to draw the map of hair to be grafted onto the client’s bald patch, before shaving him completely. (Emanuele Satolli)
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Ali Adnan Qassim from Iraq is checking the pictures he took of himself while grafts extraction were going on. On his head is the map with indications of the number of roots to be transplanted into each section. (Emanuele Satolli)
The fact that Arabs are such a large part of the total number is caused by a number of factors. The hot and dry climate of their countries, the habit of covering their heads, and the use of purified sea water for personal hygiene all can contribute to hair weakening. And in Arab culture, strong hair is often considered highly desirable for men.
The technique employed is known as FUE (follicular unit extraction). It consist of harvesting around 4,000 individual follicular units from the posterior scalp, and meticulously transplanting each one of them where needed, accordingly to a predetermined density and pattern.
Most Arab patients take this opportunity to come and spend four or five days in Istanbul with their families.

Khawla Abo Abdo (on the left with brown headscarf) is waiting for a client at Istanbul’s airport. Khawla fled from Syria because of the civil war, and she currently works as an interpreter for Arab clients who come to Turkey as health tourists. (Emanuele Satolli)

Doctor Yeliz Parlatici (on the right) and an Arabic-Turkish interpreter, are examining Ehsan Albalushi’s head before the operation. Ehsan, from Barhain, already underwent a hair transplant surgery in Istanbul a year ago but it didn’t turn out successfully. (Emanuele Satolli)

Ehsan Albalushi, from Barhain, after the surgery. Eshan already underwent a hair transplant surgery in Istanbul a year ago but it didn’t turn out successfully. (Emanuele Satolli)

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Some patients who have undergone the operation are waiting to see the doctor. (Emanuele Satolli)

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Two nurses are harvesting a patient’s roots from the thickest hair growth zone. The number of harvested roots is about 4.000 units and must belong to the patient himself. (Emanuele Satolli)

A nurse is harvesting grafts from a patient’s scalp. (Emanuele Satolli)
A man with head bandage after an hair transplant is walking in Istanbul city center. (Emanuele Satolli)

A man with a head bandage is walking with his family in the center of Istanbul. Most of hair transplant patients take advantage of the health trip to spend a few days around the city. (Emanuele Satolli) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ss-of-harvesting-hair/?utm_term=.5db19a4d8a2d

https://www.wired.com/2015/11/emanuele-satolli-turkish-hair-farmers/

 

[xyxmt]

Men shave head not regrow hair, blad head is more manly than fake zulfain.
If you think you are starting to loose hair, start shaving your head and hair loss will stop and you will look damn sexy and woman get more attracted to bald man (my personal experience)