Dr. Ali Emre Karadeniz

__Dr. Ali Emre Karadeniz__ (also referred to as Dr. K) is a Plastic Surgeon and the founder of AEK Hair Clinic in Istanbul and the only Turkish plastic surgeon in the world to have both ABHRS Diplomate status and FISHRS fellowship. Having a dual British-Turkish nationality, he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and obtained his medical degree and diploma of a specialist in plastic surgery in Turkey, devoting all his life to hair restoration surgery since 2010. His ethics-based philosophy of hair transplantation makes him a very unique person in the high-volume market of Turkey. --- ### Professional Background - __Present position:__ Founder and Plastic Surgeon, AEK Hair Clinic, Kucukbakkalkoy, Ataesehir, Istanbul (since 2014). - __Total Procedures:__ 3,000+ hair transplant procedures, FUT, FUE, eyebrow, beard, body hair, and repair transplants. - __Based In:__ Ataeshiri, Istanbul, Turkey. - __Academic Title:__ ABHRS Diplomate (2015) - only Turkish plastic surgeon to have this designation; --- ### Innovations & Contributions Dr. Karadeniz is known to the world of surgery by his rigour, ethics and belief in a philosophy-centered approach to hair loss treatment - that the capacity of the donor in each patient is a long-term resource that must be managed strategically. - __Only a Plastic Surgeon Involvement:__ One of the very few in Turkey where a board-certified plastic surgeon is consulted and all surgical operations are personally guided, with an in-house trained staff and no rotating technicians. - __Multi-Staged Planning Philosophy:__ The supporters believe in the progressive hair loss and create long-term, multi-session strategies that conserve donor capacity and provide natural outcomes throughout a lifetime. - __ISHRS Scientific Contributions:__ Invited speaker to many international scientific meetings and workshops; participant in international standards of hair restoration surgery, serving on the ISHRS committee.