Dr. Hakan Doganay, who holds a respected position both in Turkey and internationally, is a member of several international hair surgery organizations. He is the founder of AHD Clinic and continues his work at his own clinic in Antalya.
Biography of Dr. Hakan Doğanay
Dr. Doğanay was born in 1969 in Istanbul. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in the city of Konya. He began his medical education at the Faculty of Medicine at Selçuk University in Konya in 1986 and graduated as a medical doctor in 1993.
- Between 1993 and 2009, he served as a medical doctor in various regions of Turkey.
- From 1993 to 1995, he completed his mandatory service in the province of Niğde.
- Between 1996 and 2000, he worked as a primary care doctor at a local clinic in the district of Gündoğmuş in Antalya.
- From 2000 to 2004, he served as the Regional Chief Physician of the Antalya Office of the Directorate General of Health for Borders and Coasts under the Ministry of Health.
- Between 2004 and 2009, he continued his medical career as an emergency service doctor at Serik State Hospital in Antalya.
Dr. Hakan Doğanay is married and has one son.
Dr. Doğanay’s Background in Hair Transplantation
Dr. Hakan Doğanay founded AHD Hair Transplant Center in 2003. In 2004, he attended courses organized by the Turkish Ministry of Health and earned his Medical Aesthetic Physician Certification, accelerating his involvement in hair transplant surgeries. In 2009, he resigned from his public medical duties to dedicate more time to hair transplantation and has still been performing full-time hair transplant operations ever since.
Dr. Doğanay began his hair transplant career in 2003 using the FUT method. From 2005 onward, he adopted the more modern FUE technique.
In 2010, Dr. Doğanay began to use the DHI hair transplantation method which was a technique the name of which was not even unknown in Turkey at the time. Dr. Hakan Doğanay is the pioneer of the DHI hair transplantation technique, also known as the implanter pen method, in Turkey. If you search YouTube using the term “dhi saç ekimi before:2011,” you will only find Dr. Doğanay’s videos from that era using the pen technique. If you check the upload dates of YouTube videos, you’ll see that other clinics only began publishing DHI-related videos around 2017 and later.
Dr. Doğanay still uses only the DHI method for implanting grafts into the recipient area during hair transplant procedures, as he has found that patients are more likely to be satisfied with the results achieved using this technique.
At Dr. Hakan Doğanay clinic; following procedures have been performed for years:
- Shaven and unshaven hair transplant for both men and women
- Beard and mustache transplantation
- Hair transplantation using body hair from areas such as the beard and chest
- Eyebrow transplantation
- Correction of failed or unsatisfactory hair transplants performed at other clinics
In addition to these, he is one of the founding members of the Turkish Association of Hair Transplant Physicians, which he established alongside several fellow doctors dedicated to advancing hair transplantation in Turkey. The goal of this association is to elevate the global reputation of hair transplantation in Turkey and to present honest, accurate information to individuals asking for hair transplant procedures.
International Memberships
Dr. Hakan Doğanay is one of the recommended doctors by numerous international hair transplant associations and forum websites. Therefore, our clinic receives applications for hair transplantation from all over the world. Here are some links to a few of these organizations:
