Authority-verified surgeon

Civas Hair Transplant Center (Dr. Ekrem Civaş & Dr. Akpınar)

Ankara, Turkey

Dr. Ekrem Civaş ✓ verified

4.5 composite score 37 reviews · 1 platform low confidence

Civas Hair Transplant Center (Dr. Ekrem Civaş & Dr. Akpınar) is a hair-transplant clinic with an authority-verified surgeon in Ankara, led by Dr. Ekrem Civaş (verified in an authority-body directory). Cross-checked against 8 independent sources; ratings below are shown per platform, unblended.

You can't pay to be listed here 8 independent sources Honest negatives kept, not hidden

4.5 Google 37 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 restorationNot stated

Named surgeonYes

Doctor performs incisionsYes

Doctor performs extractionNo

Surgeon involvementDoctors (Dr Ekrem Civas / Dr Ümit Akpınar) personally do consultation, hairline design and recipient incisions; technicians handle the bulk of extraction and implantation

Technician involvementexperienced in-house technicians assist with extraction and graft placement

Procedures per dayNot disclosed

Revision rateNot disclosed

Surgeons

Dr. Ekrem Civaş verified

MD, dermatologist (b.1971, Dicle University 1993, dermatology residency 1999); IAHRS-recommended hair restoration surgeon; ABHRS-certified (first in Turkey); ISHRS Fellow (Sept 2015); 3,500+ FUE/FUT surgeries

Verified profile ↗ (Clinic own site (ekremcivas.com))

Dr. Ekrem Civas verified

MD, MBA, FISHRS; ABHRS Diplomate; first Turkish surgeon ABHRS-certified & first FISHRS in Turkey; Assoc. Prof. of Dermatology (2021); IAHRS member

Dr. Ümit Akpınar

MD; clinic co-lead (Civas & Akpınar)

Surgeon experience & credentials

Sourced E-E-A-T signals for the lead surgeon. Self-reported figures are marked; everything else is cited below.

Fellowship / board: ISHRS Fellow (FISHRS, since Sept 2015); ABHRS Diplomate
Years performing HT: 27+ years
Procedures (self-reported): 3,500+ FUE/FUT surgeries (self-reported by clinic)
Publications: 3 books, 24 articles and 21 scientific posters (self-reported); FUE instrument-damage comparison study published in the ISHRS journal
Conference / society roles: Presented research at the ESHRS congress (Madrid) and the ISHRS World Congress (Boston)

Pricing

Not multi-source verified

Contact

Website	www.civashairtransplant.com/
Google Maps	View on Maps
Accreditations	IAHRS recommended surgeon, ISHRS Fellow, ABHRS-certified (first in Turkey), ABHRS (Diplomate, directory listing), ISHRS (FISHRS, ishrs.org/doctor/48947), IAHRS (member directory)

Notable

One of the few IAHRS-recommended surgeons based in Ankara (not Istanbul/Antalya); dermatology + hair restoration, surgeon-led. Clinic open since 1999. First ABHRS-certified doctor in Turkey; ISHRS Fellow.

Sources & verification

Last verified 2026-07-12 · placed by verification, never by payment.

Editorial note: VERIFIED. Dr. Ekrem Civaş confirmed by name in IAHRS member directory (re-fetched). Credentials (ABHRS first-in-Turkey, ISHRS Fellow 2015) independently corroborated via Medihair/RealSelf-tier listings and hairfear. 3 independent sources (IAHRS, Google Business listings, Medihair). Two Google Business listings exist (Civas&Akpinar clinic 4.8/34, and Dr. Civas & Dr. Akpinar Dermatoloji 4.5/95) - same practice. One forum complaint re: donor damage / conservative hairline noted (Feb 2024) - normal honest signal. Contact phone/email NOT publicly confirmed - left null rather than guessed. Clinic websites civashairtransplant.com and ekremcivas.com. [merged batch-1 enrichment from 'Civas Hair Transplant (Civas & Akpınar Clinic)' 2026-07-12]