{"id":225230,"date":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225230\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:20:07","slug":"south-florida-rivals-turkey-in-hair-transplants-and-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225230\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida rivals Turkey in hair transplants and banking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ted Fisher, 59, of Boca Raton, undergoes a post-transplant hair-check measurement at Bauman Medical.<\/p>\n

Carline Jean\/South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/p>\n

Last year, Turkey\u2019s estimated 5,000 hair transplant clinics drew more than 1 million medical tourists, with prices almost a fourth of those charged in the U.S. However, despite the deluge of social media posts from hair transplant recipients, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery warns that many Turkish hair clinics are unlicensed and lack proper medical oversight.<\/p>\n

In South Florida, hair surgeons say they are correcting hair transplants performed by Turkish operators, while also working to draw clients with an arsenal of new options to prevent hair loss, restore thinning hair, and transplant follicles in novel ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get these influencers, who say, \u2018Oh, look at me, I went to Turkey, and I got this amazing result,\u2019 and some of them do, but you know, not everyone does,\u201d said Dr. Brett Bolton, a Fort Lauderdale hair transplant surgeon. \u201cWhen you go to someone who is not as skilled, you run into a lot of issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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