Turkey has become the hair transplant capital of the world. And it's part of a global boom in medical tourism. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Top view of a scalp after hair transplant surgery. Photo by ridvan_celik/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Have you seen people on social media talking about going to Turkey? I'm going to Turkey, baby.
Thoughts on people going to Turkey for these hair implants? Very, very good. Okay. Turkey is really, you know, I'm not a big fan of medical tourism. I was on Nightline talking about medical tourism, the dangers of medical tourism. But Turkey and hair transplants, they are. They know what they're doing.
There are five reasons why I chose Turkey for my hair transplants. Reason number one is, of course, price. Turkey is one of the cheapest places you can go to to get your hair transplant done. Every single **** I know has gone to Turkey.
To get the transplant?
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Like, RuPaul has this euphemism for dying, say, you know, so-and-so has left for Paris. And I say, well, she's gone to Turkey.
Men are going to Turkey, and they're not going to see the Hagia Sophia. We're going to look into what's going on in Istanbul on Today Explained.
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