A person died in hospital after receiving a hair transplant in Turkey, in response to reports.
Mentor Rama, 36, was named locally because the British citizen of Albanian nationality, who died after receiving a hair transplant and dental treatment in Istanbul.
A police investigation has been launched.
Local reports say he stayed in a hotel in Şişli near where he had a hair transplant at a clinic.
The subsequent day, he had dental treatment before collapsing at his hotel.
He was taken to Seyrantepe Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital by ambulance but was pronounced dead at around 4.30pm on November 11.
After an autopsy, the body was taken by his family and returned to his home country.
Brits usually fly to Turkey where hair transplants can cost as little as £1,500, a bargain deal in comparison with £10,000 in the UK.
In August one other British man died after travelling for a hair transplant in Turkey.
The 38-year-old had the procedure at a personal clinic called CINIK in Istanbul’s Besiktas area and he became unwell after the surgery, in response to Turkish outlet OdaTV.
Nonetheless, the clinic has told Metro that the patient became unwell ‘unexpectedly’before the hair transplant procedure began in the course of the ‘preparatory phase’ moderately than in the course of the operation.
Surgeons within the country perform around 60% of the world’s hair transplants.
An estimated 150,000 Britons travelled to the country in 2022 for cosmetic procedures, and medical tourism brings greater than £2 billion to Turkey’s economy.
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