Hair pattern
The visible pattern and the possibility of future change influence how a plan should be discussed.
Treatment Index
Explore Lamina’s current hair-restoration and dental-aesthetics services.
Lamina Clinic · Istanbul
Treatment Index
Hair Restoration · Istanbul
A considered starting point for understanding your concerns, reviewing the available information and shaping a direction that remains personal to you.
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Direction before intervention
The starting point
A hair transplant moves hair into an area that is thinning or bald. The procedure name is only the surface; a responsible direction begins with the person, the existing pattern and an appropriate clinical assessment.
The visible pattern and the possibility of future change influence how a plan should be discussed.
The donor area requires direct clinical review; photographs can begin the conversation but cannot replace examination.
Direction and proportion should be considered in relation to the individual rather than a preset template.
Existing pattern
Facial balance
Planning portrait · not a diagnostic scan
The planning portrait
A preliminary review can make the first conversation more useful. The definitive direction—including suitability, limitations and alternatives—must remain subject to the treating clinician’s in-person assessment.
Treatment vocabulary
Lamina lists the following hair-restoration options. A technique should not be selected from its name alone; the appropriate direction depends on clinical assessment.
The decision sequence
Describe what you would like to understand and provide clear, current photographs from the requested angles.
The initial material can help identify what may need closer examination and what cannot be decided remotely.
Your priorities, possible options and important limitations can be discussed without treating an online review as a diagnosis.
Suitability and the definitive treatment plan are confirmed only after the required in-person assessment.
Before you decide
No. Photographs may support an initial review, but the definitive plan requires the appropriate in-clinic assessment.
The technique name does not establish suitability. The treating clinician must consider the individual case, available donor area, hair pattern, priorities and relevant medical context.
No. It is a preliminary conversation and does not replace examination, diagnosis, a discussion of risks and alternatives, or informed consent.
Describe your main concern and provide clear, current photographs together with any relevant medical or treatment history requested by the clinic.
Your next step
Tell us what you are considering and share the information you already have. The first review can guide the next conversation; it does not replace an in-clinic assessment.
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