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This is Paul. He's 26 and he wants more hair.
Hundreds of thousands of men from around the world are going to Turkey.
For cheap hair transplant surgery.
Over 90 percent of patients are coming from the United Kingdom.
Paul's one of them. So we followed him on his journey.
And spending their hard earned cash.
To get moorhen. Paul lives in Middlesbrough with his mum and dad.
Hi, nice to meet you, Tiffany.
In a week's time, Paul will be on a flight to Turkey to have hair transplant surgery.
You can't be doing this all night.
I want to find out why he's doing it.
So I'm here to meet him and his family.
So how does it make you feel that Paul's having this operation?
Over the last year his humor sort of receded as fast as his hairline.
Is not as jokey as it used to be, and he's not as confident as he's used to be.
So I'm just hoping that if this does go right,
That it's going to bring back the humor in the ol Paul back again.
Who works full time in a supermarket warehouse.
And has been saving it for six months for this treatment,
Which will cost him 1400 pounds.
Let's bring this also along bit across time,
Who's taking me on a night out with his mates in Middlesbrough.
While we're getting ready he tells me what he sees when he looks at his hair in the mirror.
This is me at my worst point, no
Even my girlfriend hasn't seen me like this.
I hate hiding it, I hate flicking it across all the time.
It embarrasses me going to the hairdressers.
I brush it forward and it just...
I can see people looking at me.
So you're going to pay nearly two thousand pound to.
Money can't buy happiness, can it?.
It's worth it for me. Two thousand pounds to havea full set of hair,
Or even just the possibility is good enough for me, I guess.
Why do you feel you have to do something about it?
It's just confidence. Coming a weekend, mostly when I'm off work...
who's taking me to his local social club to meet his best mates?
He told me that some of their banter about his hair has made him question the way he
looks. Is it more really into your age yet?
Because I'm 26.
I mean, you're going bald, but, you know, going bald ballplayer.
Yeah, but in reality,
You haven't got what we call actionable idea.
Not really.
Have you got the know?
How do you think you can understand what you saying?
I mean, it's receded a little bit down saying, look in the mirror.
The one guy is Ali Griswold.
I didn't even notice Paul loss when I met him,
But is obviously having such a big impact on his confidence.
The despite the risks, he's determined to go ahead with the surgery.
Yes. Istanbul is hair transplant city.
Thousands of men travel from all over the world to get low priced surgery in Turkey.
And as you walk around, the patients are easy to spot.
There are more than 300 clinics and businesses offering hair transplants here.
One health care agency told us inquiries from the UK about hair loss treatment in Turkey
have almost doubled in the past two years.
I've come here with Paul and he's letting us film the whole procedure.
It's his first time in Turkey and he's only going to be here for 48 hours.
Ok, so I'm giving you consent form.
At the clinic pool meets his surgeons for the first time,
His hair is inspected.
So, Paul, you have bilateral relations.
And he's given a consultation.
Do you want something special from us or do you want me to recommend to you what we are
going to do? I don't want to look back.
You know what I mean? I want to just look natural.
The surgeons draw Paul's new hairline with marker pens.
To do like, different like.
Yeah, that's cool. Are we clear?
Agreed? Pefect.
And he's prepared for surgery.
Who will be awake for this eight hour operation?
This looks painful, but it's actually a needle free gun used to inject a local
anesthetic, 2700 hair follicles are taken from the back of his head where he still has
lots of hair. This surgery would have cost Paul around four times as much if he'd stayed
at home to have it done.
During the last stage of the operation, whose follicles are reinserted.
Sounds crazy, but I just can't believe they're actually pushing her into his head.
The surgeons say it will be at least six months until these good results.
Having watched this so close up, I can tell that this has been more grueling than Paul
expected. But that's going to take and I to put it in the food budget.
And realize how many injections it was and how long it is.
But what's going on inside Paul's head.
And inside the heads of thousands of other young men putting themselves through this?
The bandages go on and it's time for Paul to see his new look thinner,
But the most important.
It looks mental.
Are you happy?
Yeah. With the procedure over, all Paul can do now is head home.
And wait to see if and how his hair grows back.
A month later, I'm back in Middlesbrough.
To see how Pu's has growing.
And to find out how his new look is going down with his family.
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
Let me have a look you have.
The first month after surgery is the worst period for hair transplant patients.
After around 10 days, the hair from the transplanted follicles falls out and it can
take up to six months for new hair to properly grow back.
Oh, it's like we're hoping that people will say, look, I was like, oh,
So looking at his hair now, does he have any regrets?
I might go back for another one.
Actually, depending on how this turns out,
You're thinking of going back already.
It's like I'm a puzzle and I'm one piece missing.
So I'm looking in the mirror now and it is a bit light.
So I might consider going back for.
With young men feeling pressure from celebrity culture, society.
And those around them.
And an industry making cosmetic surgery cheaper,
It looks like more and more guys will be going to extreme lengths to change the way
they look. But I wonder whether they'll ever be satisfied.
Like Paul said, he's already considering going back for more.
It's just what the humans do nowadays, it's vanity for them, isn't it?
TV pressure and you see all these people on these shows like Love Island and have got to
be like them. And it's not really that's not the real world.
He finally is bald, are what he's got, but he's all right.
Hello, to show a video, to tell you my experience of my hair transplant,
I'll stop by two a.m. Paul Redmann at All Smile Hair Clinic,
And it was probably the best choice I think I've made so far.
I got 2700 grafts.
I was pretty much receding from the front 20 where I've had it now.
And I'm currently four months.
So to say four months and see this graph.
I'm pretty happy right now and I'm quite excited to see where it leads to in the next
two, three months. I just got a hair transplant because my confidence with
confidence was beat. And I really, really wanted to, you know, post it on it to improve
myself. And people might not agree with Apple was my decision.
And that's what I chose to do.
I went through Quno Medical and it was like I was completely accidental.
I found them and it was a good accident.
And the lady who dealt with me was absolutely fantastic, called Elizabeth.
She helped me. One of the ways.
And I've always spoke about getting hair transplant, but I was never like.
I didn't think I'd actually go for it.
But after being on the phone with her and she she did everything for me,
I pretty much booked the flights.
Job done. What more do you want?
And yeah, that's pretty much the reason I went with them was total accidental.
I was a really good accident.
The procedure for me was good quick about five, six hours and there was more than 2700
laughs. For me, the injections were a little painful, not excruciating, not crazy,
painful, But people are different and it's as simple as that.
Few of them did really hurt someone I didn't even feel.
And yeah, I probably read in five or ten other marks not pushing it there.
Now that my friends and family have seen how it is.
And that they all thought it was silly for going to get one, put it.
Yeah. And it was my choice.
So they've all seen it now and they're all quite impressed, to be honest.
They're all they're happy for me and glad that I've actually done the procedure.
So that's a good thing.
I think it took about two weeks for me to ever hit the Shedden phase, and it was
horrible. There's nothing I can describe as it's just not nice seeing all fall out.
And having to be so careful, wash and trying to keep the graph as safe as possible.
By a couple of weeks after a week or so after that, I think it was all done very little.
And come on back through. Yeah,
I did have a little bit of shock loss.
I think some of you have seen the pictures I posted.
And I was quite worried, reasonably worried, to be honest.
I didn't expect to see a little patch like that, but I'm sure it's no at all.
It's all gonna come back nicely.
It's not a problem.
So there's a bit worrying for no reason.
So that was good but decent growth.
I think it was two, three months for me and the roundabout third month,
I start really seeing some significant growth, which is a good to say always,
Because the last thing you want to do is pay for a procedure and out what's not worked.
So, yeah, it's basically about it, really.
So I hope this helps us.
And any tips, really? All I can give you is just said use by your own.
Be very careful and just just listen to what the doctor said.
I mean, to tell you, not smoke, not go to the gym,
Just do it ten days.
You know, it's not a lot of choice.
You don't want to waste your money if you're going to ruin it over.
Quick fireguard drink or go from, you know, ten days off.