Micro Graft
What Is It?
Micro graft is a hair treatment using cell-containing content prepared from very small tissue samples taken from the person’s own scalp. In Turkey it is often called a “hair injection”. The sample is processed within the same session, the fraction containing cells and growth factors is separated, and it is injected into the area where thinning is seen.
The difference from a hair transplant is fundamental: no follicle is moved here. The aim is to support existing but weakened follicles and improve the environment of the scalp. What separates it from PRP and mesotherapy is that the content carries cells from the person’s own tissue and that the plan is usually built around a single session.
How Is It Done?
The type of loss is established first: is it genetic (androgenetic), a temporary shedding, or is there a systemic cause? Tests such as iron, thyroid and vitamin D are requested where needed. The condition of the scalp and the distribution of thinning are recorded photographically.
Under local anaesthesia, tissue samples of a few millimetres are taken from the scalp, generally from the occipital area that resists shedding better. The sample is processed within the same session to separate its cell content, and the prepared content is delivered to the thinning area with fine needles. The total averages 45 minutes and the plan is usually a single session.
Who Is It For?
Suitable for people whose hair is thinning, whose crown is beginning to open or whose parting is widening. It is most meaningful in the early and middle stages, where the follicle has weakened but not disappeared.
Where no follicle remains and the area has opened completely, new growth is not expected; there, hair transplantation is a separate heading. Pregnancy and breastfeeding, active infection or eczema on the scalp, bleeding disorders and blood-thinner use, uncontrolled chronic illness and a tendency to keloid scarring all change the planning and are discussed individually.
Process & Recovery
Assessment and tests
The type of loss is established, the scalp examined and blood tests requested if needed. The distribution of thinning is recorded photographically.
Tissue sampling
Samples of a few millimetres are taken from the scalp under local anaesthesia, generally from the resistant occipital area. The sites heal on their own.
Preparation and treatment
The sample is processed within the same session, the cell-containing fraction separated and delivered to the thinning area with fine needles. The total averages 45 minutes.
First 48 hours
Tenderness, mild swelling and crusting are possible on the scalp. Washing is left to the next day; pools and sauna wait a few days and intense exercise is avoided.
Month 3-6 assessment
As the hair cycle works in months, assessment is made in this period by photographic comparison, and whether a repeat is needed is discussed here.
Results & Duration
In the first months the expected change is not new hair but slower shedding and strengthening of existing strands. A newly emerging strand takes time to reach visible thickness, so assessment is made from the third month onwards.
The range of effect reported in the source data is 2-3 years; duration varies with the type of loss, how early treatment begins and the individual response. In androgenetic loss the process continues, so the treatment does not stop it — it aims to slow it.
What Is Not Promised
Micro graft is not a hair transplant; no follicle is moved and no hair grows where no follicle remains. It does not fill a closed area and does not design a hairline.
Genetic hair loss is not halted, and the genetic structure of the strand is unchanged. No particular increase in density, fixed duration or promise of finishing in a single session is given; the response depends on the person’s tissue and the stage of the loss. Where an underlying cause exists — iron, thyroid, vitamin D — the response stays limited until that is addressed.
Key Benefits
- Hair density
- Less shedding
- Natural hair
“The first question is usually “is this a transplant?”. It is not — we are not moving follicles here, we are supporting what is there. Which is why it works for the patient who comes early, and not for the one who comes late.”
— Dr. Sinan Akyürek
Frequently Asked Questions
Is micro graft a hair transplant?
No. In a transplant, follicles are moved; in micro graft, cell-containing content prepared from your own tissue is delivered to the thinning area and no follicle is moved.
How does it differ from PRP and hair mesotherapy?
The content is prepared from your own scalp tissue and carries cells, and the plan is usually built around a single session. PRP works from blood, mesotherapy from a ready-made formulation.
How long does it take?
On average 45 minutes including sampling, preparation and injection. You return to daily life the same day.
How many sessions are needed?
Usually a single session is planned. Whether a repeat is needed is discussed at the assessment after the third month.
When will I see the result?
In the first months what stands out is a fall in shedding. Photographic comparison is made from the third month onwards.
How long does it last?
The range reported in the source data is 2-3 years; duration varies with the type of loss and the individual response.
Does it work on a bald area?
Where no follicle remains, new growth is not expected. There, hair transplantation is assessed as a separate heading.
Is it painful?
Sampling is done under local anaesthesia. Tenderness and mild crusting on the scalp can follow for a few days.