Journal
Journal
Notes on treatment, travel and judgement, for patients deciding whether to travel.
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Planning your trip 7 min
How long you actually need in Istanbul, by treatment
Realistic day counts for each treatment, why almost everything needs two trips, and what the clinic means when it says “one week”.
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Planning your trip 6 min
When you can fly after dental surgery or a hair transplant
What cabin pressure does to a healing site, which procedures need a delay, and the one situation where flying too early causes real damage.
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Recovery and aftercare 8 min
The first fourteen days after a hair transplant
Day by day: what is normal, what is not, and the two things people do in week one that cost them grafts.
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Choosing a treatment 7 min
How many grafts do you actually need?
Where the number comes from, why the Norwood scale is only the starting point, and why the answer depends more on your donor area than on your bald patch.
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Recovery and aftercare 6 min
Making dental implants last twenty years
Implants do not decay, which is exactly why people neglect them. What actually causes late failure, and the routine that prevents it.
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Planning your trip 5 min
What to pack for a treatment trip to Istanbul
A practical list, including the four documents that matter more than anything in your suitcase and the things nobody thinks of until day two.
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Recovery and aftercare 7 min
What a realistic before-and-after timeline looks like
Galleries show day one and month twelve. Everything difficult happens in between. What each stage actually looks like, for teeth and for hair.
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Choosing a treatment 7 min
Do you need a bone graft or a sinus lift?
Why a third of upper implant cases need extra work, how it is decided, and what it does to your timeline and your budget.
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Safety and choosing a clinic 8 min
What happens if something goes wrong after you fly home
The question that decides whether treatment abroad was a good idea. What warranties actually cover, what your options are at home, and how to set this up before you travel.
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Planning your trip 6 min
Istanbul for patients: a practical guide
Where to stay relative to the clinics, how to get around when you would rather not, and what is actually worth doing on the days you feel well.
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