How we rank hair clinics

The verification score

Every clinic in our directory carries a single verification score from 0 to 100. It drives the colour tier badge you see on each card and the default sort order across the site. The score is mechanical — same inputs produce the same number regardless of who the clinic is.

The score is the weighted sum of five categories:

• Surgeon credentials (30 points): ISHRS membership, ABHRS certification, FISHRS Fellow status, medical specialty (dermatology, plastic surgery, ENT), published peer-reviewed papers.
• Facility accreditation (25 points): JCI, Temos, ISO 9001, TÜV Rheinland, and whether procedures are performed in a hospital-grade environment or standalone clinic.
• Regulatory status (15 points): Turkish Ministry of Health international health tourism authorization. Required by law for any clinic treating foreign patients; absence is automatic deduction.
• Review history depth (15 points): Trustpilot / Google Maps review count, date distribution (steady accumulation versus burst patterns), language diversity, and recency.
• Operational track record (15 points): Years in operation, transparency of pricing, named surgeon involvement, published case studies, patient coordination quality.

Tier colour and label

The colour you see on each clinic card is driven by the verification score — not by price. This is deliberate. Premium pricing in this industry is often uncorrelated with surgical quality, so colouring by price would mislead patients.

• Gold standard (90+): dual ABHRS + FISHRS credentialed surgeons, hospital-grade facility, multiple independent accreditations, decades of steady review history.
• Strongly verified (75–89): ISHRS membership confirmed, at least one facility accreditation, named surgeon, substantial verified review history.
• Verified (60–74): Identifiable surgeon and clinic, at least one trust signal (society membership or facility accreditation), reasonable review history.
• Listed (below 60): Clinic appears in our directory but key verification data points are missing or unverifiable from public sources. We still list these clinics for completeness — patients should ask the clinic directly for the data we couldn't source.

Where the data comes from

Every score input is sourced from public records. We do not accept clinic-submitted data without independent verification.

• Surgeon credentials: ISHRS member directory at ishrs.org, ABHRS certification register, published academic profiles, journal publications.
• Facility accreditation: JCI public registry, Temos public certification list, ISO certification body records.
• Ministry of Health authorization: Public registry at shgmturizmdb.saglik.gov.tr maintained by the Turkish Ministry of Health.
• Review history: Trustpilot public profiles, Google Maps public listings, RealSelf reviews.
• Clinic operational data: Clinic websites, public news coverage, archived web pages, professional society directories.

What we don't do

• We don't take commissions. No referral fees, no booking commissions, no per-patient fees from clinics. Ever. Independence is structural, not aspirational.
• We don't accept payment for placement. Verification score is mechanical. A clinic can't buy a higher tier label.
• We don't sell leads. Patient enquiries are not commercially monetised at this stage. If we ever change this, it will be transparently disclosed and clinics will be able to opt out.
• We don't list paid medical advice. Hairvise is an information platform. We don't facilitate appointments, travel, or accommodation. Patients contact clinics directly.

Editorial standards

Our written guides are opinionated. We say so explicitly. Editorial commentary is clearly separated from clinic profile data — a clinic's score is mechanical, but the way we describe a market segment in a blog post is a journalistic judgement informed by industry sources.

When we describe a tier or pattern in market behaviour (for example, "budget-tier clinics often operate on technician-led throughput models"), we are describing industry-wide patterns documented in published reporting, not making claims about any specific named clinic. Where individual clinics are named in editorial context, we attribute claims to their public source.

How clinics can correct or remove their information

We respect that our published information may sometimes be outdated, missing context, or incorrect. Clinics, surgeons, and authorised representatives can request corrections or full removal at any time. We act on requests within 48 hours of verification.

Submit a correction or removal request — or contact us directly at [email protected].

Limitations of this methodology

We are honest about what this score is and is not:

• It is not a measure of surgical outcome. Outcomes depend on case-specific factors — donor quality, technique fit, post-op care — that no third-party score can predict.
• It is not legal or medical advice. Patients should consult with the clinic and an independent medical professional before booking any procedure.
• It is a snapshot. Clinic data changes. We update on an ongoing basis, but at any given moment a score may reflect data from 30–90 days ago.
• It cannot capture intangibles. Patient experience, communication quality, and post-op coordination matter — and are hard to score from public sources. We surface these via review history but readers should weigh them themselves.

Last updated: May 2026. If you have questions about a specific clinic's score or a request to amend our methodology, contact [email protected].