Your stay in Tunis
Patient's stay
We have done everything possible to make your stay as smooth, comfortable and serene as possible.
Your stay in Tunis
On your arrival at Tunis-Carthage international airport, about ten minutes from the clinic depending on traffic, our driver will personally welcome you and drive you to your hotel or any other accommodation you have chosen.
We recommend several hotels within walking distance of the clinic: Novotel Tunis Lac, Adam Hotel Suites and Corail Suites Hotel. Accommodation is booked and paid for directly by the patient with the hotel.
For patients living abroad, the stay in Tunis usually lasts 3 to 4 days depending on the type of procedure planned. As a rule, we prefer the patient to stay one extra day after the procedure so that we can see them again at the clinic for a full post-operative check-up.
This consultation includes the cleaning of the donor and recipient areas, as well as a detailed post-operative consultation during which Dr Seffen will go through all the important instructions, the prescribed treatments and the recommendations to follow in the weeks and months after the procedure.
The clinic
The clinic was designed in a boutique, highly personalised spirit, favouring an elegant, discreet and soothing atmosphere rather than a large impersonal structure. The spaces were designed with particular care given to comfort, interior design and the patient's overall experience.
You will find a calm and refined environment, with comfortable waiting areas, hot drinks available and a selection of artworks contributing to a welcoming and serene atmosphere. This patient-centred approach reflects our working philosophy, based on listening, availability and deeply individualised care.
Alongside this atmosphere, procedures are carried out as day surgery, in a clean room approved for treatment under local anaesthesia, with the standards of hygiene and safety any medical procedure requires. You are the only patient in the clinic on the day of your procedure.
Pre-operative consultation
A pre-operative consultation with Dr Seffen, the day before the procedure, is strongly recommended. It allows a detailed and personalised discussion of the different stages of the following day's procedure.
We encourage our patients, as far as possible, to choose a morning flight so that they can have this consultation in the afternoon before the procedure. It is also possible for this consultation to take place on the morning of the procedure itself.
The pre-operative consultation is mandatory for any patient who has not had a consultation in the two months preceding the procedure.
Finding the clinic
Nessma Medical residence, Les Berges du Lac 2
Tunis-Carthage is the country's main international airport, about ten minutes from the clinic depending on traffic. Patients coming from abroad are met there by our driver and need not look for the building: he drops them at the door.
The clinic is inside the Nessma Medical residence, on Avenue de la feuille d'érable. The entrance is under the Nessma Medical sign, to the left of the pharmacy. The building is set back from the avenue, behind a strip of lawn planted with palm trees.
Where to stay, next to the clinic
We strongly recommend staying on rue de la Feuille d'Érable or in the immediate vicinity of the clinic. That proximity keeps journeys short after surgery and makes post-operative checks easier. You book and pay the hotel directly.
Adam Hotel Suites
A two to three minute walk
The Corail Suites Hotel, also close to the clinic, is a third option.
A rental rather than a hotel
Many of our patients prefer a short-term rental, Airbnb or another, and the district has several. That is perfectly possible, on one condition: check on the map that the place is within walking distance of the clinic, on rue de la Feuille d'Érable or in the streets immediately around it.
The day after surgery you come back for the first cleaning: staying within walking distance keeps that morning simple, and spares you car journeys with a freshly grafted scalp.
Patient journey
From first contact to the final check-up at 15 months
Every stage of your care is defined in advance, from the first e-mail to the final assessment of the result. Dr Seffen personally carries out every consultation and plans every procedure, and you are the only patient on the day of surgery.
- RemotelyBefore surgery
First contact and diagnosis
A simple and efficient first contact to answer your questions. You send us good quality photographs of the areas to be treated and of the donor area by e-mail; Dr Seffen then provides a preliminary assessment and an estimated quote.
- Four views, with dry hair: front, profile, top and back (donor area)
- Questionnaire: hair type and texture, duration of hair loss, current treatments
- Free preliminary assessment and estimated quote
- BeforeThe procedure
Online consultation (optional)
A free consultation with Dr Seffen is available on FaceTime, WhatsApp or any other video conferencing tool. The theory and technique of hair transplantation are explained, and the strategy best suited to your case is discussed before the quote is drawn up.
- D−4Before departure
Preparing for surgery
Dr Seffen's assistants get in touch with you to prepare your visit. They guide you through everything that comes before the procedure.
- Tailor-made advice to prepare, physically as well as psychologically
- Advice on flights and on the hotels closest to the clinic, which you book directly
- Transfer from the airport and to the clinic
- D−1Day before surgery
Arrival and pre-operative consultation
Our driver welcomes you at Tunis-Carthage airport, about ten minutes from the clinic. The pre-operative consultation with Dr Seffen allows a detailed discussion of every stage of the following day's procedure.
- Trichoscopy: hair appearance, diameter, densitometry, scalp condition
- Definition of the hairline design and of the density required
- Mandatory for any patient who has not been seen within the previous two months
- Surgery day6 to 8 hours
The procedure
Performed under local anaesthesia, on an outpatient basis, in an approved clean room. Dr Seffen performs the anaesthesia, the extraction and the recipient sites himself, and operates with his full-time surgical assistants under his direct supervision. You are the only patient that day.
- Medical photographs and drawing of the hair restoration plan
- A private room with a changing area to get ready
- Shaving and preparation of the donor area
- Graft extraction, creation of the recipient sites, then implantation
- A lunch break of about thirty minutes between these three stages
- Personal handover of the post-operative instructions and prescription
- D+1Next day
Post-operative check-up and care
The patient returns to the clinic the next day. It is for this consultation that staying one extra day is preferable: it cannot be replaced remotely.
- Cleaning of the donor and recipient areas
- Detailed post-operative consultation with Dr Seffen
- Washing instructions, sleeping positions, prescribed treatments
- Recommendations for the weeks and months that follow
- From D+2Departure
Going home
Departure is possible from two days after the procedure. The stay usually lasts three to four days depending on the type of procedure. On the day of departure, our driver collects you from your accommodation and takes you to the airport.
- D+10Healing
Crusts fall off
Crusts and flaking are normal during the first ten days. They come off when washing, massaging gently with the fingertips under lukewarm water, without scratching. One week of rest is recommended before returning to work.
- 15 days1st check-up
First check-up
Assessment of the healing of the donor and recipient areas and verification that recovery is progressing normally. This check-up is done through photographs, a WhatsApp video call, or at the clinic if you are nearby.
- 3 weeksResting phase
Shedding of the transplanted hair
Transplanted hairs largely shed around three weeks after the procedure: the follicles enter a resting phase. This is entirely normal and lasts between 3 and 6 months depending on the patient.
- 3 to 6 monthsRegrowth
Regrowth begins
Regrowth starts from the 3rd post-operative month: around 10% at 3 months, then 20 to 30% between 4 and 5 months and 40 to 50% between 6 and 7 months.
- 10 months2nd check-up
Intermediate check-up
Assessment of the density obtained at 80-90% regrowth and possible adjustment of the supporting medical treatments. By WhatsApp video call or at the clinic, whichever suits you.
- 15 monthsFinal check-up
Final assessment of the result
Personalised post-operative follow-up is provided for fifteen months, until complete regrowth and the final assessment of the result. Dr Seffen's team answers your questions throughout, and passes on to him what is his to decide. This check-up too is done by WhatsApp video call or at the clinic.
- The whole follow-up, up to the final check-up, is included in the price of the procedure
Post-operative follow-up
Personalised post-operative follow-up is provided for 15 months, until complete regrowth and the final assessment of the result.
Check-ups are usually carried out 15 days, 10 months and 15 months after the procedure. Between those appointments, Dr Seffen's team will answer, on +216 55 203 302 and at drseffen@gmail.com.
Your stay
Tunisia and the comfort of your stay
Tunisia is renowned for the warm welcome and friendliness of its people. Tunisians speak French perfectly and generally understand English very well.
Most hotels, restaurants and shops are used to welcoming international visitors and offer a multilingual environment, making communication particularly simple and pleasant for patients coming from abroad.
Have your case assessed
Send your photographs and receive a preliminary assessment and an estimated quote, prepared by Dr Seffen himself. Free, and without obligation.