Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Reanimation — Hair of Istanbul, Bakırköy, Istanbul
Specialist Dr Barış Adaklı is an anaesthesiologist registered with the Turkish Ministry of Health under specialist register number 105895. He qualified in medicine at Atatürk University in 2007 and completed his residency in Anaesthesiology and Reanimation at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine on 17 July 2013, followed by more than a decade in operating theatre anaesthesia and general intensive care. He has been the anaesthesiologist at Hair of Istanbul since February 2023, where he assesses anaesthetic risk before a procedure, administers local anaesthesia and sedation, and monitors the patient throughout the day.
Every qualification listed below is recorded on an original document issued by a Turkish university or by the Turkish Ministry of Health. The reference numbers are the registration numbers printed on those documents.
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum · Diploma no. 3659
Medical registration
Turkish Ministry of Health · Medical register no. 138452
Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
Turkish Ministry of Health · Specialist register no. 105895
Specialty training (residency)
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine · Completion recorded on the specialist certificate
Certificate in Aesthetic and Cosmetic Applications
Turkish Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Services · Certificate register no. 233329
Doctor of Medicine, Atatürk University
Graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, and entered the Turkish medical register.
Mahmudiye District State Hospital
Eskişehir. General medical practice.
Resident, Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. Full residency training in theatre anaesthesia, intensive care and resuscitation.
Specialist, Konya Cihanbeyli State Hospital
Anaesthesiology.
Specialist, General Intensive Care
Ankara Özel Güven Hospital.
Anaesthesiology Specialist
Ankara University.
Intensive Care Specialist
Ankara Özel Güven Hospital.
Anaesthesiology
Kudret International Hospital, then Bayındır Hospital.
Anaesthesiology
Osmanoğlu Hospital.
Anaesthesiologist, Hair of Istanbul
Anaesthetic assessment, local anaesthesia and sedation, and intra-operative monitoring.
Specialty
Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
Qualified in medicine
2007, Atatürk University
Specialist since
2013
Specialist register no.
105895
Medical register no.
138452
At Hair of Istanbul since
February 2023
Anaesthesiology and Reanimation is a distinct medical specialty in Turkey with its own multi-year residency programme. The title of specialist may only be used by a physician holding a Ministry of Health specialist certificate.
The original medical diploma, the Ministry of Health specialist certificate and the certificate in aesthetic and cosmetic applications are held at the clinic and may be inspected on request during a consultation.
Specialist Dr Barış Adaklı studied medicine at Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in Erzurum and graduated on 15 October 2007 with diploma number 3659. He was entered on the Turkish medical register four days later, on 19 October 2007.
He completed his residency in Anaesthesiology and Reanimation at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, one of Turkey’s oldest medical faculties, finishing on 17 July 2013. Anaesthesiology residency in Turkey covers operating theatre anaesthesia, intensive care, pain medicine and resuscitation, and the reanimation component is the reason an anaesthetist is the physician best placed to manage an acute event during any procedure.
Hair restoration is carried out under local anaesthesia, and local anaesthesia is often assumed to be a minor matter. It is not. A large session requires a substantial volume of anaesthetic agent delivered across the scalp over several hours, in a patient whose cardiovascular status, medication and anxiety level all affect how that agent behaves.
| Stage | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Before the procedure | Anaesthetic and medical risk assessment, review of medication and comorbidities, and agreement of the local anaesthesia or sedation protocol against international guidelines. |
| During the procedure | Administration of local anaesthesia and, where indicated, sedation; continuous monitoring of heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation; adjustment of analgesia and sedation as the day progresses. |
| Emergency readiness | Early detection of an adverse event and immediate intervention, with resuscitation equipment and drugs available in the procedure room. |
| After the procedure | Monitoring during early recovery, management of post-anaesthetic pain and side effects, and confirmation that the patient is fit for discharge. |
The scalp is anaesthetised by ring block and field infiltration, usually with lidocaine for rapid onset and a longer-acting agent such as bupivacaine for duration, combined with adrenaline to reduce bleeding and prolong the block. The patient remains awake and can talk, eat and use a phone throughout.
Local anaesthetic agents have defined maximum safe doses expressed in milligrams per kilogram of body weight. Exceeding them can cause local anaesthetic systemic toxicity, which presents first as circumoral tingling, metallic taste and dizziness, and in severe cases as seizures or cardiac arrhythmia. Calculating the total dose against the patient’s weight, and tracking it across a long session, is an anaesthetic responsibility.
Where a patient is highly anxious or the injection phase is poorly tolerated, sedation may be used to reduce awareness and discomfort during that part of the procedure. Sedation requires monitoring of airway, breathing and circulation, which is why it is administered by an anaesthetist rather than added informally.
Most patients report that the anaesthetic injections are the only genuinely uncomfortable part of the day, lasting a few minutes. Fine needles, buffered solutions, staged infiltration and vibration or cooling all reduce that discomfort, but the honest answer is that it is felt.
Monitoring during a hair transplant follows the same principles as monitoring in any theatre. Heart rate, blood pressure and peripheral oxygen saturation are recorded through the procedure, and the trend matters more than any single reading: a gradual rise in heart rate and fall in blood pressure means something different from a single abnormal value.
Specialist Dr Barış Adaklı holds Advanced Life Support Provider certification from the European Resuscitation Council, first obtained in 2016 and renewed in 2024, and his background in general intensive care means he has managed acute deterioration in a critical care setting rather than only in an elective one.
“Nothing usually happens during a hair transplant. My job is to be the reason nothing happens — the dose is calculated, the monitor is on, and the response is ready before anything needs it.”
Specialist Dr Barış Adaklı, Anaesthesiologist
Yes. He holds a specialist certificate in Anaesthesiology and Reanimation issued by the Turkish Ministry of Health under specialist register number 105895, awarded after completing the residency programme at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine on 17 July 2013.
At Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in Erzurum. He graduated on 15 October 2007 with diploma number 3659 and was entered on the Turkish medical register on 19 October 2007.
Yes. Anaesthetic assessment, administration of local anaesthesia and intra-operative monitoring are carried out by Specialist Dr Barış Adaklı.
No. It is carried out under local anaesthesia, with sedation where indicated. The patient stays awake and can talk, eat and use a phone during the procedure.
The anaesthetic injections at the start are felt and are the uncomfortable part, typically lasting a few minutes. Once the scalp is anaesthetised, the extraction and placement phases are not painful. Discomfort in the days afterwards is usually managed with simple analgesia.
The volume depends on the size of the session and the area treated. What matters is the total milligram dose relative to the patient’s body weight, which has a defined safe maximum for each agent. Calculating and tracking that dose across a long session is part of the anaesthetic assessment.
Where anxiety or poor tolerance of the injection phase makes it appropriate, sedation can be used. It requires monitoring of airway, breathing and circulation, so it is administered and supervised by an anaesthetist.
Any previous reaction to local or dental anaesthesia; heart disease, arrhythmia or high blood pressure; anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication including aspirin; diabetes, epilepsy, thyroid, liver or kidney disease; and every medication and supplement you take, including herbal preparations.
Heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation are monitored continuously, and analgesia and sedation are adjusted as the session progresses. Resuscitation equipment and drugs are available in the procedure room.
He has been a registered doctor since 2007 and a registered specialist in Anaesthesiology and Reanimation since 2013, with experience across state, university and private hospitals as well as general intensive care. He joined Hair of Istanbul in February 2023.
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