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BBL ISTANBUL TURKEY WITH DR SERKAN BALTA
599luvApril 8, 2020
$5,500
HI, I was initially interested in getting liposuction but upon enquiry fat transfer was only 700 euro more and from my research liposuction was the painful part so I thought may aswell just do the fat transfer too!
I had my surgery on 14th December 2018 it has now been 1 year and 4months almost.
Since my initial surgery I returned back a total of THREE times as I had been left botched and needed slight revisions. Now after 4 surgeries with dr Serkan my body is still botched looking and the only thing that has changed is that he got more careless with my scars and left me with massive AWFUL scars.
I will start from the beginning:
I met dr Serkan the day I arrived to Istanbul at dr Enoz Murat's office (he is an ENT I was also getting my nose done same time) he is super nice to meet, very confident and could easily be misconstrued for cocky but very nice nonetheless. I asked him to take out as much fat as possible I had my abdomen, flanks and full back lipo'd and asked for a super natural upside down heart shaped bum. He assured me I would be happy he never went into any details just I would be happy.
The next morning I had arrived at the memorial hospital (amazing hospital like a 5* hotel I had a lounge and room with hospital bed, bathroom etc) I met Esra his assistant who I had been liasing with the entire time, she is also super nice and caring. They did all he checks necessary and the anaesthesiologist came and spoke to me and asked for some details also. After all the paperwork etc I was taken in. I had my surgery which I think I recall was 6-8 hours and dr Serkan and dr Murat were both present when I woke up, I felt like helll but that's to be expected.
I had a catheter and 4 drains. Dr Serkan checked on me the same evening so good bedside manners. I stayed in the hospital 3 days and left to go home. I started my massages soon after my surgery and Esra would do them for me once a day for 10 days at 50 USD a massage (these were not an hour but she would help me get water etc as I was in an upstairs apartment and was alone and numerous surgeries later was struggling) I wold then do another massage when in the shower as she showed me ow to open the incisions to drain fluids.
The faja I had however had the 2 cut out holes on the bum I quickly notice my bum was an extremely weird shape because of this and paid I believe 60USD to get a faja with NO holes for the buttocks area. (Turkish fajas are the worst I recommend getting a Colombian one)
I had 2 incisions under my boobs, 2 on my pelvic area, 1 in the upper half of my back, 1 on the upper crease of my bum, 2 below my bum cheeks.
So in total 8 scars and 4 drains.
None of the scars bothered me too much at this point as the pelvic and under breast ones as well as the one at the top of my bum were sewed and healed okay.
The ones at the bottom of my bum cheeks however he clearly inserted the cannula twice through 2 holes and left me with 2 long scars due to 2 holes.
After about 4 weeks my bum softened- I had massages twice a week professionally by a lady in south London and also did them on my own twice every day for 8 weeks. Luckily I have no fibrosis.
3 months post my bum softened and jiggled. But my bum just DID not match my legs at all, considering I wanted a super natural upside down heart bum I looked completely fake :/
I had my surgery on 14th December 2018 it has now been 1 year and 4months almost.
Since my initial surgery I returned back a total of THREE times as I had been left botched and needed slight revisions. Now after 4 surgeries with dr Serkan my body is still botched looking and the only thing that has changed is that he got more careless with my scars and left me with massive AWFUL scars.
I will start from the beginning:
I met dr Serkan the day I arrived to Istanbul at dr Enoz Murat's office (he is an ENT I was also getting my nose done same time) he is super nice to meet, very confident and could easily be misconstrued for cocky but very nice nonetheless. I asked him to take out as much fat as possible I had my abdomen, flanks and full back lipo'd and asked for a super natural upside down heart shaped bum. He assured me I would be happy he never went into any details just I would be happy.
The next morning I had arrived at the memorial hospital (amazing hospital like a 5* hotel I had a lounge and room with hospital bed, bathroom etc) I met Esra his assistant who I had been liasing with the entire time, she is also super nice and caring. They did all he checks necessary and the anaesthesiologist came and spoke to me and asked for some details also. After all the paperwork etc I was taken in. I had my surgery which I think I recall was 6-8 hours and dr Serkan and dr Murat were both present when I woke up, I felt like helll but that's to be expected.
I had a catheter and 4 drains. Dr Serkan checked on me the same evening so good bedside manners. I stayed in the hospital 3 days and left to go home. I started my massages soon after my surgery and Esra would do them for me once a day for 10 days at 50 USD a massage (these were not an hour but she would help me get water etc as I was in an upstairs apartment and was alone and numerous surgeries later was struggling) I wold then do another massage when in the shower as she showed me ow to open the incisions to drain fluids.
The faja I had however had the 2 cut out holes on the bum I quickly notice my bum was an extremely weird shape because of this and paid I believe 60USD to get a faja with NO holes for the buttocks area. (Turkish fajas are the worst I recommend getting a Colombian one)
I had 2 incisions under my boobs, 2 on my pelvic area, 1 in the upper half of my back, 1 on the upper crease of my bum, 2 below my bum cheeks.
So in total 8 scars and 4 drains.
None of the scars bothered me too much at this point as the pelvic and under breast ones as well as the one at the top of my bum were sewed and healed okay.
The ones at the bottom of my bum cheeks however he clearly inserted the cannula twice through 2 holes and left me with 2 long scars due to 2 holes.
After about 4 weeks my bum softened- I had massages twice a week professionally by a lady in south London and also did them on my own twice every day for 8 weeks. Luckily I have no fibrosis.
3 months post my bum softened and jiggled. But my bum just DID not match my legs at all, considering I wanted a super natural upside down heart bum I looked completely fake :/
UPDATED FROM 599luv
1 year post
3 months post FIRST REVISION - IN OFFICE
599luvApril 9, 2020
I mentioned a few times my left side there is a massive clump of fat on my upper left bum leaving me with a big dent. This was making me look super botched and also super insecure I would be embarrassed to wear yoga pants to go the gym or leggings at all as the dent is so visible and is even more clear as I walk and the weight and pressure dispersed.
I have attached images.
I messaged Esra and I was told to be patient and it would go numerous time but of course this did not seem to be going so I returned at the end of March 2019 for the FIRST REVISION.
This was done in dr Serkan a office, he agreed to remove some fat from the top of my bum on the sides to make this dent less visible.
It was done with local anaesthetic and he said it would be 2 SMALL incisions (I had 8 already so now I am on TEN SCARS)
Some local anaesthetic and in office lipo later I was good to go, as he put a lot of fluid in me my body looked deformed anyway so I couldn’t speculate on whether the surgery was successful. Massages my bum twice a day for 3 weeks.
I returned home and 2 months later the issue I initially had with the massive dent REMAINED I just had 2 massive new scars for no reason the issue remained. First they I have to wait 8 months for revision and said it must be fluid or odema (as it looked deformed still) and I should get an ultrasound but there was NO fluid when I showed pictures they accepted I can come for a proper revision in June.
I have attached images.
I messaged Esra and I was told to be patient and it would go numerous time but of course this did not seem to be going so I returned at the end of March 2019 for the FIRST REVISION.
This was done in dr Serkan a office, he agreed to remove some fat from the top of my bum on the sides to make this dent less visible.
It was done with local anaesthetic and he said it would be 2 SMALL incisions (I had 8 already so now I am on TEN SCARS)
Some local anaesthetic and in office lipo later I was good to go, as he put a lot of fluid in me my body looked deformed anyway so I couldn’t speculate on whether the surgery was successful. Massages my bum twice a day for 3 weeks.
I returned home and 2 months later the issue I initially had with the massive dent REMAINED I just had 2 massive new scars for no reason the issue remained. First they I have to wait 8 months for revision and said it must be fluid or odema (as it looked deformed still) and I should get an ultrasound but there was NO fluid when I showed pictures they accepted I can come for a proper revision in June.
Replies (3)
August 30, 2020
Omg! Are you serious? How are things now for you?
April 15, 2022
Honestly it was super hard initially, as you have surgery to improve things and boost your confidence but this had a reverse effect on me.
However I have since had a revision with a separate surgeon in Antalya and much happier x
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