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So I thought I would do this review because I'm sure there's someone out there who will benefit from it in the future! I had my rhinoplasty with Dr.Emre Ilhan on the 7th September 2018.
I've wanted rhinoplasty since my early teens, I didn't like the way my nose looked in photos from the side and in general I just thought it was slightly too big for my face. I've never been drastically caught up about it though and honestly I could have lived a happy life with the nose I had but my breathing became an issue when I started flying. The bone was curved inside, and being a flight attendant constantly up and down in the air, I'm sick of my ears blocking because of my sinus issues! I had booked a rhinoplasty in Lebanon about three years ago and ended up ditching last minute to surprise my boyfriend at the time who was away for training, sooo glad I made that choice now!
Although I always wanted the rhinoplasty my now ex used to put me off the idea ALL the time calling me crazy..so I just kept putting it off until we broke up lol and two months later I had booked the surgery with Dr. Emre. It took me a while to realise that its ok to want to change something about yourself, and it certainly doesn't make you crazy. I can't even remember how exactly I came across Emre's instagram but I think I was pretty much sold after a few videos and nose pinches. What caught my attention was that his noses were straight and not upturned, natural looking..which is what I was after.
Now I had researched doctors everywhereeeeee, prague, holland, beirut, australia, america and most extensively in the UK and Ireland. I SO wanted to do the surgery at home (UK/IRL) but none of the surgeons work excited me or filled me with confidence. Money wasn't an issue I just wanted a surgeon I could trust. I emailed the clinic and paid the deposit, booked in my surgery! It was like a nine month wait or something and at the time I remember thinking omg that is ages away but boyyyy does it come around quick.
Years ago I had spent countless nights reading up about the aftermath of the surgery, things you should bring, etc but before my actual surgery I didn't prepare at all. My first consultation was 4 days before the surgery so I flew over to Istanbul, my first time there and booked into a hotel on the asian side which is where the office is located.
The office is located on a really busy shopping street I LOVE it there. I met with Demet, who I had been emailing throughout and she is so lovely. She sat me down and went through some details, then I had my consult with Cansu and Jay who are the nurses/surgical assistants and they went through all the finer details with me regarding aftercare etc. They told me to come back in an hour to meet the surgeon, I went and had a coffee (there's heaps of places around) and finally met Dr.Emre. This guy looks like he's gonna be mad eccentric or atleast thats the image I had in my mind and when I met him he was so calm and collected. He's very professional, courteous and quite serious. He asked me what I wanted and to just fire questions at him. I told him I wanted a small change, the bump to be removed and for my nose not to hang down or look as wide when I smiled. He has diagrams and writes everything you say down. Then he asked what I didn't want and that was an even longer list. I said definitely don't want an upturned nose, definitely don't want a curved or sloped nose, a nose that's too small for my face, a nose that has the cartilage sticking out at the end of the tip....we were both laughing at some of the things I was saying but he patiently explained some of the deformities that I was listing off and how they occur. At no point did I feel rushed or like I was exasperating him. I remember leaving the office feeling so upbeat and positive, couldn't stop smiling!
At my second consultation which was 2 days before my surgery, I met with the doc again and Demet and a surgeon who was shadowing him over from Spain. This was a longer consultation where he took a load of photo's from different angles then he puts them up on a screen and starts playing around with the images. It was a relaxed environment, he was giving me a slope/curve/upturned tip and I was shouting NOOOO each time but he was like 'just making sure you know exactly what you want'. He was honest and said that what I wanted was a minor change and that they are actually the hardest surgeries because its harder to please people with small changes needed. I felt really confident he would give me what I asked for. I think someone asked me why I was even doing the surgery or something to that effect and each one of them took it in turns to say how I didn't even need it. Which I thought was so sweet and sincere because it made me feel like you're not just another couple grand deposited in the bank, and that they are genuine people. It's not like he was shouting 'I'm gonna make you beautiful!' i.e 'GIVE ME YOUR MONEY' lol
My mum arrived the night before my surgery and I really recommend you have someone with you throughout the process! I had to fast from 8am as my surgery was scheduled for the afternoon and I had to be at the hospital for 12. Jay (one of the nurses from Holland) met us there and she translated everything for me like all the papers I was signing etc and spoke to the nurses because they don't speak a great deal of english. Everyone at the hospital was lovely though, even the bloods guy was having banter with me lol. The hospital is veryyyy clean and modern, the room had a flatscreen TV and a pull out sofa for my mum. Jay stayed for a while until Buse rocked up (one of the surgical assistants) who gave me my special neck pillow for after the surgery. After some time Cansu came in and said my surgery was gonna be delayed by a couple hours because the doctor wasn't there yet. This didn't really bother me I just wanted to see him before I went down to surgery. I was the second surgery of the day so I knew I had a while to wait and fell asleep after he came to visit me. He asked if I had any last questions and I basically just asked him to promise he wouldn't give me an upturned nose loooool. It actually worked out quite well, the delay, because I hadn't been able to sleep at all the night before with anxiety! I was looking up this website reading terrible reviews and freaking myself out big time. I was woken up by the bloods guy and he was like its time! I was so tired i remember thinking damn can't wait to go back to sleep and I wasn't anxious at all. They wheeled me down to the operating room, the anesthesia guy goes 'SLEEP' and that's it!
Woke up to the sound of my name and I was being transported back to the room. No pain but I was FREEZING, like I mean uncontrollable shivering. I knew it was just the anesthesia wearing off but it was proper uncomfortable and then they put the ice mask on. The ice mask stays on for 4 hours and I couldn't wait to take it off. The doctor came up at some point and in my head I was smiling at him deliriously but god knows what I actually looked like. Optimus Prime on a drip. He told my mum that everything went perfectly and there was no issues, she was delighted.
I couldn't sleep after the surgery and just watched BBC news for most of the night. Every now and again the nurse would come and change my IV drip or change my moustache (blood was dripping out my nose). My mum was changing it more often, she just went and asked the nurse for the supplies which they gave happily. I sneezed because my nose is so sensitive (I used to sneeze up to 15 times in a row) and thought I'd already ruined my nose. It didn't hurt but I was freaked I had dislodged the silicon tampons or something. Then I sneezed again and a load of blood started gushing out. It stopped after less than a minute and the nurse was there by my side. I sneezed like 7 times in total making sure to open my mouth wide each time to release the pressure and it was starting to freak me out so I text Cansu in the morning who immediately contacted the nurses and they administered some medication to stop it. I was discharged at around noon and sent on my merry way. You have to lay upright with your head elevated and your nose tip pointing at the ceiling. I wasn't in much pain except a headache and didn't even have bad swelling or bruising. You can't have any salt in your diet so room service can be tricky. Chewing is a slight issue as well for the first few days!
I remember Buse telling me that I would swell and bruise on day 3 but that this was totally normal. My upper lip swelled a bit and my eyes went red but it wasn't anything like I was expecting! I slept alot and watched movies. At my first control post op on day 3, I met the doctor who checked everything was ok and he pulled out the drains from each silicon tampon. I wasn't bleeding at all, hadn't bled since the hospital! on day 5 they finally removed the pink hard cast and the silicon tampons omg this was a glorious day. It did hurt slightly when Cansu removed it but the relief you feel after is unreal. They put plasters on and away I went!
At my third controls, Cansu removed my plasters and cleaned my nose then put the plasters back on. This was the first time I saw my nose and I remember thinking it's soooo swollen is that me!
At my last controls on day 10, I met the doctor and he removed my plasters and I asked him some last questions regarding my recovery when I got back to Abu Dhabi. I saw my nose again and it looked so good! So much less swollen in two days and honestly I was so happy. My entire experience was amazing from start to finish. The team are amazingggggg, special shout out to Jay who's proper down to earth and smiley. Everything felt very natural, never rushed, never cramped in the office. I never had to wait that long for any of my appointments (not like what I'd read about on here previously). Obviously the doctor is the main man but his team that I dealt with (cansu, demet, jay and buse) are a real credit to him and kinda made my experience. They're always available and even now back in Abu I know I can message any of them anytime with questions.
I'll post more pics in a couple weeks to see any differences :)
I've wanted rhinoplasty since my early teens, I didn't like the way my nose looked in photos from the side and in general I just thought it was slightly too big for my face. I've never been drastically caught up about it though and honestly I could have lived a happy life with the nose I had but my breathing became an issue when I started flying. The bone was curved inside, and being a flight attendant constantly up and down in the air, I'm sick of my ears blocking because of my sinus issues! I had booked a rhinoplasty in Lebanon about three years ago and ended up ditching last minute to surprise my boyfriend at the time who was away for training, sooo glad I made that choice now!
Although I always wanted the rhinoplasty my now ex used to put me off the idea ALL the time calling me crazy..so I just kept putting it off until we broke up lol and two months later I had booked the surgery with Dr. Emre. It took me a while to realise that its ok to want to change something about yourself, and it certainly doesn't make you crazy. I can't even remember how exactly I came across Emre's instagram but I think I was pretty much sold after a few videos and nose pinches. What caught my attention was that his noses were straight and not upturned, natural looking..which is what I was after.
Now I had researched doctors everywhereeeeee, prague, holland, beirut, australia, america and most extensively in the UK and Ireland. I SO wanted to do the surgery at home (UK/IRL) but none of the surgeons work excited me or filled me with confidence. Money wasn't an issue I just wanted a surgeon I could trust. I emailed the clinic and paid the deposit, booked in my surgery! It was like a nine month wait or something and at the time I remember thinking omg that is ages away but boyyyy does it come around quick.
Years ago I had spent countless nights reading up about the aftermath of the surgery, things you should bring, etc but before my actual surgery I didn't prepare at all. My first consultation was 4 days before the surgery so I flew over to Istanbul, my first time there and booked into a hotel on the asian side which is where the office is located.
The office is located on a really busy shopping street I LOVE it there. I met with Demet, who I had been emailing throughout and she is so lovely. She sat me down and went through some details, then I had my consult with Cansu and Jay who are the nurses/surgical assistants and they went through all the finer details with me regarding aftercare etc. They told me to come back in an hour to meet the surgeon, I went and had a coffee (there's heaps of places around) and finally met Dr.Emre. This guy looks like he's gonna be mad eccentric or atleast thats the image I had in my mind and when I met him he was so calm and collected. He's very professional, courteous and quite serious. He asked me what I wanted and to just fire questions at him. I told him I wanted a small change, the bump to be removed and for my nose not to hang down or look as wide when I smiled. He has diagrams and writes everything you say down. Then he asked what I didn't want and that was an even longer list. I said definitely don't want an upturned nose, definitely don't want a curved or sloped nose, a nose that's too small for my face, a nose that has the cartilage sticking out at the end of the tip....we were both laughing at some of the things I was saying but he patiently explained some of the deformities that I was listing off and how they occur. At no point did I feel rushed or like I was exasperating him. I remember leaving the office feeling so upbeat and positive, couldn't stop smiling!
At my second consultation which was 2 days before my surgery, I met with the doc again and Demet and a surgeon who was shadowing him over from Spain. This was a longer consultation where he took a load of photo's from different angles then he puts them up on a screen and starts playing around with the images. It was a relaxed environment, he was giving me a slope/curve/upturned tip and I was shouting NOOOO each time but he was like 'just making sure you know exactly what you want'. He was honest and said that what I wanted was a minor change and that they are actually the hardest surgeries because its harder to please people with small changes needed. I felt really confident he would give me what I asked for. I think someone asked me why I was even doing the surgery or something to that effect and each one of them took it in turns to say how I didn't even need it. Which I thought was so sweet and sincere because it made me feel like you're not just another couple grand deposited in the bank, and that they are genuine people. It's not like he was shouting 'I'm gonna make you beautiful!' i.e 'GIVE ME YOUR MONEY' lol
My mum arrived the night before my surgery and I really recommend you have someone with you throughout the process! I had to fast from 8am as my surgery was scheduled for the afternoon and I had to be at the hospital for 12. Jay (one of the nurses from Holland) met us there and she translated everything for me like all the papers I was signing etc and spoke to the nurses because they don't speak a great deal of english. Everyone at the hospital was lovely though, even the bloods guy was having banter with me lol. The hospital is veryyyy clean and modern, the room had a flatscreen TV and a pull out sofa for my mum. Jay stayed for a while until Buse rocked up (one of the surgical assistants) who gave me my special neck pillow for after the surgery. After some time Cansu came in and said my surgery was gonna be delayed by a couple hours because the doctor wasn't there yet. This didn't really bother me I just wanted to see him before I went down to surgery. I was the second surgery of the day so I knew I had a while to wait and fell asleep after he came to visit me. He asked if I had any last questions and I basically just asked him to promise he wouldn't give me an upturned nose loooool. It actually worked out quite well, the delay, because I hadn't been able to sleep at all the night before with anxiety! I was looking up this website reading terrible reviews and freaking myself out big time. I was woken up by the bloods guy and he was like its time! I was so tired i remember thinking damn can't wait to go back to sleep and I wasn't anxious at all. They wheeled me down to the operating room, the anesthesia guy goes 'SLEEP' and that's it!
Woke up to the sound of my name and I was being transported back to the room. No pain but I was FREEZING, like I mean uncontrollable shivering. I knew it was just the anesthesia wearing off but it was proper uncomfortable and then they put the ice mask on. The ice mask stays on for 4 hours and I couldn't wait to take it off. The doctor came up at some point and in my head I was smiling at him deliriously but god knows what I actually looked like. Optimus Prime on a drip. He told my mum that everything went perfectly and there was no issues, she was delighted.
I couldn't sleep after the surgery and just watched BBC news for most of the night. Every now and again the nurse would come and change my IV drip or change my moustache (blood was dripping out my nose). My mum was changing it more often, she just went and asked the nurse for the supplies which they gave happily. I sneezed because my nose is so sensitive (I used to sneeze up to 15 times in a row) and thought I'd already ruined my nose. It didn't hurt but I was freaked I had dislodged the silicon tampons or something. Then I sneezed again and a load of blood started gushing out. It stopped after less than a minute and the nurse was there by my side. I sneezed like 7 times in total making sure to open my mouth wide each time to release the pressure and it was starting to freak me out so I text Cansu in the morning who immediately contacted the nurses and they administered some medication to stop it. I was discharged at around noon and sent on my merry way. You have to lay upright with your head elevated and your nose tip pointing at the ceiling. I wasn't in much pain except a headache and didn't even have bad swelling or bruising. You can't have any salt in your diet so room service can be tricky. Chewing is a slight issue as well for the first few days!
I remember Buse telling me that I would swell and bruise on day 3 but that this was totally normal. My upper lip swelled a bit and my eyes went red but it wasn't anything like I was expecting! I slept alot and watched movies. At my first control post op on day 3, I met the doctor who checked everything was ok and he pulled out the drains from each silicon tampon. I wasn't bleeding at all, hadn't bled since the hospital! on day 5 they finally removed the pink hard cast and the silicon tampons omg this was a glorious day. It did hurt slightly when Cansu removed it but the relief you feel after is unreal. They put plasters on and away I went!
At my third controls, Cansu removed my plasters and cleaned my nose then put the plasters back on. This was the first time I saw my nose and I remember thinking it's soooo swollen is that me!
At my last controls on day 10, I met the doctor and he removed my plasters and I asked him some last questions regarding my recovery when I got back to Abu Dhabi. I saw my nose again and it looked so good! So much less swollen in two days and honestly I was so happy. My entire experience was amazing from start to finish. The team are amazingggggg, special shout out to Jay who's proper down to earth and smiley. Everything felt very natural, never rushed, never cramped in the office. I never had to wait that long for any of my appointments (not like what I'd read about on here previously). Obviously the doctor is the main man but his team that I dealt with (cansu, demet, jay and buse) are a real credit to him and kinda made my experience. They're always available and even now back in Abu I know I can message any of them anytime with questions.
I'll post more pics in a couple weeks to see any differences :)
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Hey! Yeah honestly I had a meltdown when I saw the bad reviews on here like a month before my surgery but you know not everyone is gonna be happy and everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess! My nostrils so far are looking pretty damn good gotta say, so I'm sure you'll be happy with yours! Nooo don't feel like that it's totally fine I was going our for dinners and shopping with my nose plasters everyone is used to it there I think. After day 5 though because the first cast is pink lol and well you know yourself, you'll have to be taking it easy those days!
That's exactly how I feel right now but I'm just going to think positively and hope for the best lol!
Ahh in that case, I'll definitely go out and about with my mum once the first cast is off. So nervous/excited now - 5 weeks to go! :)
Ahh in that case, I'll definitely go out and about with my mum once the first cast is off. So nervous/excited now - 5 weeks to go! :)
Your new nose is beautiful. : )
So so beaut [RS bleep] thanks for such a good reveiw it's really helped me ! Totally get what you mean about getting it for YOU x
Hi Bazza1990, thanks for the detailed review; I’m also considering the same doctor and I’m very nervous because of bad reviews which were shared because of yours. Your review made me a little relaxed, your photos also look ver nice and your nose looks perfect. Can you please also add a photo from front? Your nose from side is exactly what I want but I have almost no idea how it will look from front, especially without makeup. Bad reviews about this doctor are mostly because of the front view so I would be very glad if you can share a front photo. Thanks so much! :)
I have my surgery booked with Dr Ilhan in around 6 weeks and the bad reviews on this website have been making me panic so much.
Mine is a revision case (original surgery was done by a popular UK surgeon) because my breathing and nostrils are not in the best shape.
I'm really worried about the scar and nostril symmetry! Your front on picture is calming my nerves though :).
Also, I feel like I'm going to be stuck in my room for 2 weeks, too embarrassed to walk around with my cast on lol! Did you feel like it was fine to be out and about with the cast/tapes on?