Turkey became the destination for
many tourists who are also seeking treatment. Tourists visit Turkey to receive
their treatment and enjoy what turkey has to offer; hence therapeutic tourism
has become one of the most important products of Turkish tourism.
According to the statistics of the Turkish
institute for statistics out of 40 million tourists who came to visit Turkey half
of them visited Turkey seeking treatment, the treatments they received were
hair transplantation, libo suction, cancer treatments, dental and eye
treatments.
Turkey provides
approximately low cost for treatments when compared to the costs of the same
treatments in other countries. This is due to the well trained medical
specialists as well as the high quality standards of after care. One of the
most effective factors is the strategic location of Turkey the flight from any
big city in Europe or the Middle East takes from two to three hours.
For example the cost
of a hair transplant in Turkey costs 5,000 Turkish lira which is almost 1730
euros which is a low price when compared with the cost patients pay in Europe
or the Middle East.
It is also worth
mentioning that obtaining a visa to turkey is easy as more than 70
nationalities are not required to have visa. More than 110 nationalities can
have direct flights to Turkey nonstop.
Many patients who
come to turkey are able to save up to 70% by having their treatments in Turkey.
The first treatment
tourists receive in Turkey is Hair transplant. Istanbul alone has approximately
200 hair transplantation centers that are offering different prices as well as
different techniques. Some of these centers are run by business men others by
some low profile medical education and some centers work under a license of a
doctor.
Many hair
transplantation techniques has been experimented by patients from both sexes
for many year, research still continues to find techniques that deliver the
best results possible for patients who are seeking to restore their hair and
gain natural results that will last forever. As a result of this research hair
transplantation procedures in Turkey has become less painful and dramatic thus
attracting more and more patients who are considering hair transplantation.
Patients need to be
very careful when choosing the clinic where they are going to have their hair
transplantation done in Turkey, in short you need to look for a doctor a
well-known name that will be able to provide good results and follow up.