Miki Tranbjerg is waking up from the dose of ketamine that has kept him unconscious a bit more than half an hour. He lies with his face slanted down towards the couch, while the doctor and the three nurses are fully occupied operating the small hair follicles out of the back of his head. When the blood is removed from the top of his head, you can see the small red holes from which the hair follicles are lifted up. Hair transplants have become the main attraction in popular package tours to Turkey, which appeal to both Arabs and Europeans. The concept is reminiscent of charter trips: Danish companies advertise and arrange the trip to Turkey, where hair transplants have become a billion-dollar industry. Miki Tranbjerg and his friend Sebastian, who in this story has chosen to appear only with a first name, have traveled three hours by plane to Turkey to get their operations. The two friends from Odense have bought a package scheme, where both surgery, hotel stay, translator, breakfast, hair products and transport around Istanbul are included in the price of 1400 US Dollars.
Miki Tranbjerg lives in Odense with his wife and two daughters. He works as a tattoo artist and is therefore used to the pain when he is tattooed. When they wake up in the middle of the operation, they are anesthetized locally on the top of their head for the rest of the operation. After Miki wakes up from Ketamine, he lies down and hears the sound of the movie Sopranos, while the iPad lies on his stomach. The sound distracts him from the pain and the Turkish voices he does not understand.










