Left with a contracted nose after revision with Dr Eyup Bozkurt

Hello everyone,

I made this review, kept it very brief and then sort of disappeared leaving quite a few questions unanswered. It has now been over a year and I can hand on heart say that I would not recommend Dr Eyup Bozkurt for a rhinoplasty.
When i first met Dr Bozkurt, the first thing he asked me was "what would you like?" I told him that whatever he does- I do not want my tip rotated or lifted AT ALL. I had a very clear and very minimal idea of what I wanted done and I discussed this with Dr Bozkurt in great detail. I absolutely loved my side profile therefore did not want any changes there, I wanted some nostril asymmetry to be addressed and my alar pinching to be removed. Dr Bozkurt created digital images that reflected this and told me that after feeling my nose, the tip cartilage was damaged so he would have to take from my rib. I was nervous about this but he guaranteed me this was necessary to fix tip issues and I trusted his judgement.
So just to reiterate- I clearly communicated that I wanted my side profile to look the same and for my nose to become more symmetrical and to get rid of the pinching. I now have a pig like side profile

After surgery, I woke to find out that Dr Bozkurt opted for the open method, which was disappointing to me as one of the biggest reasons I chose him, was because he talks about using the closed method with his patients which is less traumatic. I do not know why I was not informed it would not be a closed rhinoplasty before the surgery.

Cast off and my nose was huge, but this was to be expected, one thing that threw me off was the size of my nasal bridge- it protruded from my face a lot more than before, and more so than after my previous surgeries. I felt like something was wrong and I was really struggling to come to terms with my bridge and why it made me look so different. I was convinced that Dr Bozkurt put my rib cartilage in the bridge without my consent to build it up. This was not something we discussed as I mentioned that I did not want any changes to my side profile.

After surgery, I asked for my table pictures and his assistant told me "look on instagram they are there". The communication and after treatment care is very very poor. A few weeks after my surgery, the drs assistant told me that no rib cartilage was taken from my nose after I asked him why my nose had been built up. This alarmed me as I now have a large scar under my breast so if no rib was taken- why was I cut open? It took the assistant over two months to get back to me about my rib cartilage eventually referring me directly to the dr but not before dismissing my concerns and telling me its a "natural swelling process".

Anyway all that aside, I went back in January for a small revision to correct my bridge and it is still built up and I am really unhappy. I feel like Dr Bozkurt ignored the fact that I am a patient of ethnic background, it is part of my ethnicity to have a low nasal bridge, this is not a defect, this is just a characteristic, therefore it is unethical to "correct" this because it doesnt fit a beauty standard, especially when we didnt agree on this. I haver attached some photos. They show what we agreed on with the digital images (please note, I'm aware there is no guarantee your nose will come out like the digital images but I just want to show you all how minimal the changes were that we agreed on). I have also attached what my nose looks like now, it is over projected, and rotated compared to before. one thing I will say is that I am happy that Dr Bozkurt corrected the pinching but it all feels overshadowed because I now have a new set of insecurities that I didnt expect.

I hope this serves as a warning, not to believe all of the instagram pictures - that being said- I also do not even believe the pictures on my nose that were posted on his instagram, my original side profile looks like it was edited and when I asked for videos, my requests were ignored. I do not think Dr Bozkurt is as experienced as we would like to think, and it seems like he is very hit and miss- this is too much of a risk to take with your face. I have seen patients of his who are very happy with his results but I can also count four girls who I have met on this journey who are very unhappy with their results after having surgery with Dr Bozkurt. There are also many people coming forward in the comments with negative experiences. I would not recommend at all.

I had a collapsed nostril as well as alar asymmetry and retraction. My last update on my Murat review goes into detail as to why I needed another revision. This was not done for vanity but functionality. Although my breathing I better, I am upset that my side profile has been altered as the only priority of this surgery was to fix the pinching/collapse and asymmetry of the tip.

So far have just passed two months post op. Not long after the surgery, I noticed that after the swelling began to dissipate, it appeared that my bridge had been built up as it sat higher on my face than before. As this is not my first rhinoplasty, I have experienced bridge swelling before but this time it looked different. I have now got a large bump on my bridge which is ugly and unsightly. I’m so unhappy with it, dr bozkurt says that it’s “puffy swelling” but the nasal skin on the bridge is hard and beneath it feels hard like bone/cartilage. I am so disappointed and upset , I know I’ve already said this but I always loved my side profile and now I despise it. I didn’t ask for my side profile to be touched at all so I am so unhappy that it now looks so much worse after dr bozkurt than it did before