Authority-verified surgeon

HLC — Hairline Clinic

Ankara, Turkey

Dr. Özgür Öztan ✓ verified

4.7 composite score 100 reviews · 1 platform low confidence

HLC — Hairline Clinic is a hair-transplant clinic with an authority-verified surgeon in Ankara, led by Dr. Özgür Öztan (verified in an authority-body directory). Indicative pricing: €3.00 per graft for the first 2,500 grafts, €2.50 per graft above 2,500, plus a €250 service package. Published worked examples: 1,500 grafts €4,750 · 2,000 grafts €6,250 · 2,500 grafts €7,750 · 3,000 grafts €9,000 · 4,000 grafts €11,500. Cross-checked against 10 independent sources; ratings below are shown per platform, unblended.

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4.7 Google 100 reviews

Surgeon & safety signals

What Reddit and forum users actually argue about: who does the work, and whether it's a "hair mill". We state only what's verified; the rest is honestly marked not disclosed.

Hair-mill riskLow

ISHRS / authority memberYes, directory-verified

Years in hair restoration16+ yrs

Named surgeonYes

Doctor performs incisionsYes

Doctor performs extractionYes

Surgeon involvementDoctor-performed model: clinic states physicians do 100% of extraction and implantation, assistants do not touch the scalp (clinic's own claim; a 4-5 doctor team, so not necessarily Dr. Öztan personally)

Technician involvementClinic states no technicians/assistants perform surgical steps — 'no assistant will touch your head'; support staff listed as surgical assistants and coordinators

Procedures per day2-3 treatments/day across a 4-surgeon team; max 1500-1800 grafts per patient/day (clinic's own FAQ)

Revision rateNot disclosed

Surgeons

Dr. Özgür Öztan verified

MD, PhD; ISHRS Fellow (FISHRS); Diplomate, American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS, 2021); ISHRS member since 2010; founder and Medical Director

Verified profile ↗ (ISHRS member directory profile (ishrs.org/doctor/51125/) — page fetched, HTTP 200)

Dr. Elif Kuzgun

MD; FUE hair transplant surgeon (clinic team page claim only — not found in ISHRS or ABHRS registries)

Photo source ↗ (HLC clinic team page (fue-hlc.com/about-us/our-team/))

Dr. Ahmet Cengiz Berk

MD; FUE hair transplant surgeon (clinic team page claim only — not found in ISHRS or ABHRS registries)

Photo source ↗ (HLC clinic team page (fue-hlc.com/about-us/our-team/))

Dr. Raif Umut Aygöğlu

MD; hair transplant surgeon (clinic team page claim only — not found in ISHRS or ABHRS registries)

Photo source ↗ (HLC clinic team page (fue-hlc.com/about-us/our-team/))

Real patient discussion

Independent forum threads and community posts we found while verifying this clinic. Read the unfiltered patient experience, not just the marketing.

Pricing

€3.00 per graft for the first 2,500 grafts, €2.50 per graft above 2,500, plus a €250 service package. Published worked examples: 1,500 grafts €4,750 · 2,000 grafts €6,250 · 2,500 grafts €7,750 · 3,000 grafts €9,000 · 4,000 grafts €11,500 (all-in). · source: https://www.fue-hlc.com/hair-transplant-cost/

Price published by the clinic. Source: https://www.fue-hlc.com/hair-transplant-cost/

Contact

Website	www.fue-hlc.com
Phone	+90 533 676 6624 (also +41 76 569 42 84)
Email	[email protected]
Google Maps	View on Maps
Accreditations	ISHRS Fellow (FISHRS) — Dr. Özgür Öztan, ABHRS Diplomate 2021 — Dr. Özgür Öztan

Notable

One of the very few Turkish clinics publishing a real per-graft price schedule rather than an opaque package quote — the schedule was fetched directly and matches to the euro. The clinic states on its own cost page that all FUE is performed exclusively by its surgeons, with assistants only assisting, and caps volume at roughly 2–3 patients and 1,500–2,400 grafts per day. It staffs four named doctors plus a named anaesthesiologist.

Sources & verification

Compiled into the 2026-08-14 dataset build. No separate re-verification date is recorded for this clinic. Placed by verification, never by payment.

Editorial note: VERIFIED AND CORRECTED. Dr. Öztan's ABHRS Diplomate status was confirmed directly at abhrs.org/directory/listing/ozgur-oztan-md-phd (HTTP 200, listed as Diplomate, HLC Medical Clinic) and independently in the ABHRS Turkey directory results; ISHRS profile 51125 resolves as 'Ozgur Oztan, MD, FISHRS | Hair Surgeon | Ankara, Turkey'. Price page fetched and confirmed line-by-line. CHANGED: the previous entry asserted this clinic held 'the clearest anti-mill position of any Turkish clinic checked' as though established fact. That is the CLINIC'S OWN CLAIM and it is contested by independent patients — r/HairTransplants contains multiple threads disputing it, including 'HLC are a bunch of scammers, they will charge you big money with the thought that a doctor will be doing your surgery', 'an S tier hair mill as you don't know who will be doing it', and 'the main trade-off is not knowing exactly which surgeon'. Other Reddit threads are strongly positive ('I've never seen a bad transplant from HLC', 'both doctors are very involved', 'only about 2-3 patients a day'). The no-technicians claim is therefore now reported as attributed to the clinic and flagged as disputed, not stated as verified fact — this is the single most important correction in the batch. Also disclose: the primary displayed phone is Swiss (+41), reflecting a European patient-acquisition channel rather than the Ankara location. Google base is modest (100). The three non-founder doctors remain unverified in any authority registry and are carried as clinic-page claims only.