Hair transplantTürkiye5 min read
Did Ferit Karakaya (wtcN) have a hair transplant? His own video title said so
In November 2019, the Turkish Twitch streamer and esports personality Ferit “wtcN” Karakaya titled a stream-highlights video on his own YouTube channel “Saç Ektirdim” — “I got a hair transplant.” Here is exactly what that title said, how it was echoed by a fellow streamer the same day, and how hair transplantation works today for anyone considering it.
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The main points in 30 seconds
- wtcN titled his own 2019 video ‘Saç Ektirdim’ — ‘I got a hair transplant.’
- A fellow streamer discussed it live the same day, with no secrecy involved.
- FUE at City Medical Centre costs $2,200 instead of $2,700; DHI $2,500 instead of $2,900.
- The final hairline result is judged at 12–18 months.
Key facts about the procedure
- Stay in clinicSame day
- Final result12–18 months
- AnaesthesiaLocal
- Price
$2,700from $2,200
Profile
Ferit Karakaya (wtcN)
- Country
- Türkiye
- Who
- Twitch streamer
- Quote source
- Twitch highlights channel, 27 November 2019
Talking about Ferit's hair transplant
What did wtcN say about his hair transplant?
In late November 2019, wtcN — one of Turkey's best-known Twitch streamers and the founder of the esports organisation BBL Esports — uploaded a compilation of stream highlights to his own YouTube channel under a title that left no room for guessing: “Saç Ektirdim” (“I got a hair transplant”). The same day, a fellow streamer's reaction clip discussed the news live on stream, showing it was already common knowledge among his audience.
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WhatsAppThat title and the independent reaction clip are the whole basis of this article. wtcN did not narrate the clinical details — the technique, the number of grafts or the clinic — in the material we rely on here, so this article does not guess at them. Where the sections below explain methods and timelines, they describe hair transplantation in general, not his own treatment.
Why a plain title like this matters
Streamers spend hours on camera, often in close-up, which makes a thinning hairline hard to hide and easy for an audience to comment on. Rather than letting viewers speculate, wtcN named the procedure directly in the title of his own video — a short, factual statement instead of a secret kept from an audience that spends hours watching him.
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Hair loss in men is common and, in most cases, hereditary (androgenetic alopecia): it follows a fairly predictable pattern at the hairline, temples and crown. A transplant does not change that underlying tendency; it moves hair that is resistant to it from the back of the head to the areas where it has thinned.
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How a hair transplant is done today
A modern hair transplant is an outpatient procedure under local anaesthesia. Follicles are taken one by one from a donor area — usually the back of the head — and placed where hair is missing. Two techniques are most common:
- FUE — grafts are extracted individually through tiny punctures and placed into channels the surgeon prepares in advance. No linear scar, no stitches.
- DHI — grafts are implanted directly with a special pen (a Choi implanter), without pre-made channels, which gives fine control over the angle and direction of each hair.
How grafts are placed
- FUE
- Into channels prepared in advance
- DHI
- Directly with an implanter pen
Anaesthesia
- FUE
- Local
- DHI
- Local
Typical use
- FUE
- Larger areas, more grafts
- DHI
- Hairline and dense packing of smaller areas
Price at City Medical Centre
- FUE
- $2,200 instead of $2,700
- DHI
- $2,500 instead of $2,900
A combined approach — FUE extraction with DHI implantation — is also used, currently priced at $2,700 instead of $2,900. Which option fits depends on the extent of hair loss and the density of the donor area, decided at a consultation rather than guessed from a streamer's video title.
Who is a good candidate
A transplant works best when the donor area at the back of the head is dense enough to supply grafts and the hair loss follows a clear pattern — a receding hairline, thinning temples or a thinning crown. It is not a treatment for patchy (focal) alopecia areata, which has a different, autoimmune cause and is a contraindication rather than an indication for transplantation.
Other contraindications include age under 18, severe heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy and intolerance to anaesthetics; a surgeon checks all of this before any date is booked.
Recovery after a hair transplant
In the first 0–10 days the scalp heals: small crusts come off and swelling gradually goes down. Around weeks 2–4, the transplanted hairs shed — a normal stage, since the follicles stay in place under the skin.
New growth begins at 3–4 months, density becomes clearly visible at 6–9 months, and the final result, with a settled hairline, is judged at 12–18 months. The timeline below sets out the usual stages.
How hair transplant results usually develop
- Day of surgeryLocal anaesthesia; grafts are taken and implanted the same day.
- Days 0–10Healing: small crusts come off and swelling gradually goes down.
- Weeks 2–4Shedding of the transplanted hairs — normal, the follicles stay in place.
- Months 3–4New growth begins, often fine at first.
- Months 6–9Density becomes clearly visible.
- Months 12–18The final result, with a settled hairline, is judged.
Hair transplant at City Medical Centre
City Medical Centre performs FUE, DHI and combined hair transplants for international patients. The first consultation is free and can be done online from photos of the hair and donor area; the surgeon estimates the number of grafts and fixes the price in the contract. Current prices start at $2,200 for FUE and $2,500 for DHI, with follow-up appointments at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months and a lifetime guarantee of hair growth. More details are on the hair transplant page.
To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Ferit Karakaya (wtcN) or his treatment. His video title is simply a well-known example of someone who named the procedure himself, in public, without making a secret of it.
Hair transplant prices in this article are the current offer, valid until 30 November 2026. Regular prices: FUE $2,700, DHI $2,900, combined method $2,900. The price that applies to you is confirmed at the consultation.
Frequently asked questions
Did wtcN confirm a hair transplant?
Yes — in November 2019 he titled a highlights video on his own YouTube channel “Saç Ektirdim” (“I got a hair transplant”), and the news was discussed the same day by a fellow streamer reacting on stream.
Did he name the clinic or technique?
No. The material we rely on here is only the video title and an independent reaction clip; he did not describe the technique or clinic, so this article does not guess at them.
Is a hair transplant permanent?
Transplanted follicles usually come from the back of the head, where hair resists genetic hair loss, so they tend to keep growing for life, though surrounding native hair can still thin with age.
How much does a hair transplant cost at City Medical Centre?
Prices currently start at $2,200 for FUE instead of $2,700, $2,500 for DHI instead of $2,900, and $2,700 for the combined method instead of $2,900.
Can a hair transplant treat alopecia areata?
No — patchy (focal) alopecia areata is an autoimmune condition and a contraindication, not something a transplant is designed to treat.
Sources
What the article says about the celebrity is based only on these public statements.
- wtcN (own YouTube channel), 28 November 2019
- fellow streamer's reaction clip (YouTube), 27 November 2019
Medical background and further reading
General information about the procedure from health authorities and medical societies. It is not advice for any individual patient.
- PubMed / NCBI — Follicular Unit Extraction for Hair Transplantation: An Update (Actas Dermosifiliogr, 2017)
- PubMed / NCBI — Donor site healing in follicular unit extraction hair transplantation (Cell Mol Biol, 2025)
- International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery — Hair loss treatments and solutions
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