Living Nightmare! Please stay away from Turkey! Do not go there for any cosmetic surgeries!

I had plastic surgery in Istanbul Turkey 2x . The 1st surgery was in Sept of 2020. I was 23 yrs old, young mother, dealing with the recent loss of my daughter father on top of dealing w long residual feelings of insecurities surrounding my look (nose specifically) as well as breathing issues. I wish I had taken my time to think it thru as I have learned in hind sight never make a big decision that is life altering when you are emotionally overwhelmed. Sad fact is my daughter father had always encouraged me and told me I was beautiful and that I shouldn't pursue plastic surgery I wish I had listen to him. Bc ultimately this big decision of not only changing my face but ultimately deciding to go out of the country to do so was not in my best interest! I had chose the first surgeon by the name of Dr. Alpaslan Yirdirm (Estetik_Burun on instagram) who seemed very attentive yet rushy in terms of how the consultation went. He also recommended other facial procedures to enhance the outcome of my look which at the time being young and naive I thought well since he is a plastic surgeon and has an eye for beauty I should trust his judgement! Boy was I wrong! After waking up from surgery in the recovery room, and eventually seeing the before and after photos post operation I quickly realized I had made a mistake. The changes where drastic and not at all what I had asked him to do/talked about with him. It was almost factory like and heartbreaking! My nose was too different structurally and took away from my ethnic features. It was long and skinny! And letting him talk me into getting cheek fillers along with other facial changes did not help whatsoever ever I felt so out of place/body. Unreal! I was in disbelief and broken hearted!When I got to see the total look after cast removal I tried to see the good but deep down knew that this was a total mistake. I Informed the surgeon how I truly felt and why I felt that way. He instructed me to wait it out at least 6 months after some of the swelling goes down to see how I may feel then. Although, I tried to remain calm and allow time to take its course I realized that things were not getting any better as I noticed my breathing issues was not taken care of nor was my look improved. This surgeon offered to redo my nose at a prorated amount but for the simple fact he did not do it right the first time I opted to go to another who I initially had in mind prior to picking the former one . Reason being for why I went back to Turkey the 2nd time was 1)the cost is inexpensive compared to the states 2) breathing issues persisted 3) I was so eager and desperate to fix my condition to return to normalcy in mental/emotional well being! The Turkish surgeon that had performed my revision surgery back in November of 2021 goes by the name of Dr. Guray Yesiladali (Vanity Clinic). I had made him privy the experience of the past surgery I had and shared w him pics of before and after. He seem to show concern but one thing I have witness/ observed at least from the Turkish surgeons I have met and talk w that they are very money hungry and will try to suggest other cosmetic enhancement in addition to what you request which I believe is so disheartening as humans we struggle enough w accepting ourselves for how we look/who we are and then to have society tell you "you need this and that to be consider beautiful" is dead wrong! I thought that thru his demeanor that I could trust him and being that he has had experience w revision rhinoplasty I wanted to believe in the best. If it was not for my friend who had came with me to help and support me thru that traumatic experience I don't know how I would have made it thru! I remember waking up from the surgery (in a basement) gasping for air as I felt I could not breathe and my vision was hazy! I remember being rushed up to the previous floor I was on prior to being brought down for surgery and someone putting an oxygen mask on me! At that point I believe I fell asleep that night and waking up the next morning to being visited by the surgeon briefly. He asked me how I was doing and told me that I was in good hands! I asked him how did the surgery go and if he think he did a good job...he responded by saying "I did the best I could do!" That evidently concerned me as I noticed he did not bring in any pictures to show of the before and after unlike the first dr. I went to! I thought that to be customary for the dr to show you before and after! As soon as I could think to ask him for the pictures he had swiftly moved out of the room onto the next patient room! I began to freak out silently and being that my my face was all wrapped up and covered I had no way of telling what had happened to me! I started to ask my friend who stayed in the recovery room while I was in surgery "how long was the surgery?" He told me "about an 1 hr an a half!" I instantly knew something was not right I told him my first surgery I was in the operating room for almost 3 to 4 hrs! I could not believe what was happening before my eyes I wanted to find out more information of what happened to me but non of the staff/nurses seem to understand me and acting all confused by my questioning. The next morning as we were being discharged to go back to the hotel I met up with a patient who also had surgery by the same dr. I had asked her questions in regards to her experience and she had told to me the dr. Showed her before and after pics of her surgery and that her surgery was pretty long. She happened to be Colombian (not that had to do w anything) but I needed to piece together what was going on. All my time while I was trying to not overthink and let things be natural I couldn't help but think I had been wronged in someway. As the cast removal day approached I became evidently anxious and uneasy as I had learned on that day of removal this Dr. completely had no sympathy for me and had completely messed on my WHOLE FACE not just my nose! He altered my facial fat anatomy, my nose looks crooked and turned to one side, my eyes are not easy nor pleasant i don't know if he made tiny incisions in my scalp or something to mess with my facial muscles but one side of my face is lowered/hang down lower than the other my right eye is higher than the other and my neck/jaw line is droopy and makes a double chin like appearance! I am completely mortified and traumatized scared for sure bc of this experience! No doctor should ever take advatange of a patient no matter what their age, religion, race, orietation is! If you do not plan on helping the patient in the way you would want to be helped than dont take on the case! Our face is our identity and it plays in important role on how we view ourselves and how other view us! It can be a matter of life or death! So I am taking this stance to out the Drs who have wronged me and spread light and awareness to those young or older prospective who is looking to have elective surgery! Please take your time! Do your research! Have more than one dr. On list and visit/talk them in person! Trust and integrity are a must in deciding on who to take on such a big responsiblity bc some are not in it for the right reasons! To this day I have been trying to get in contact with Dr. Yesiladali and he still has yet to talk to me and apologize! I believe he does not care and nor want to bc it is not him going thru it he got the money! But if you look on his instagram page as of this date you'll see that his works speaks evidently to those individuals he seeks to help! Me being a woman of color he can care less and that is cruel and unjust bc he has no clue how much my life has alter and change detrimentally due to his negligence but God sees all and will take care of me! I am diligently seeking refuge in my lord and savior and pray that God will help me out of this! Until then I am going to keep loving on myself and raise my beautiful daughter to the best of my ability so help me God. P.S.

If there are any reputable and integral surgeons who feel capable in helping me and restoring my facial harmony I would love to hear from you!



Best regards,

Shakara V!