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Avoid this dr at all costs.
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avoid this dr at all costs.
jemmy1234October 24, 2021
I want to begin this review by advising anybody who is considering having a rhinoplasty/revision rhinoplasty with Dr Gurkan Kayabasoglu to completely rethink their decision and avoid him.
On May the 11th I had a revision rhinoplasty with Gurkan Kayabasoglu and what he has left on my face has left me with severe depression and has completely changed my life for the worse.
I am from the UK so found Dr Kayabasoglu via realself that led me to his Instagram. Shortly after, I booked an online consultation for February of 2021. After consulting with multiple surgeon’s Dr Gurkan Kayabasoglu convinced me he knew exactly what I wanted and that he could achieve this. So, I booked surgery for May with Dr Kayabasoglu. From this period, onwards I was in communications with his assistant at the time Gokce who has now apparently left and no longer works for the doctor within weeks after my operation.
On May the 7th I flew to Istanbul from London and was taken to my hotel. The next day I had an appointment at the hospital and my in person consultation with Dr Kayabasoglu. I arrived at the Hospital (Liv Hospital) at 9am in the morning and went to the reception as told by Gokce his assistant and told them that I was the patient of Dr Gurkan Kayabasoglu and had to get blood tests etc. The hospital has zero clue that I was coming and didn’t even have me down as coming. I got escorted with my mother to the back of the hospital and asked to do a covid test otherwise I was not able to get my bloods taken. The covid results weren’t going to come back until the day I had surgery booked which meant I either was going to be having my blood samples taken on the day of surgery or had to push my surgery date back. The whole communication between the hospital and Gokce was absolutely awful and left me and my mother completely stressed and anxious. After hearing this news, I left the hospital with having nothing but a covid test done. I went straight from the hospital to Gurkans office for my consultation. When I arrived to the clinic I was greeted by one of his staff members to opened the door and didn’t say a word. Me and my mother were so confused and just made our way to the sofa and sat ourselves down. Soon after Gokce came out. She said hello and then continued to stare at us without saying anything even after what me and my mum had just been through at the hospital. 30 minutes later and not on time Gurkan strolled into the clinic. I then went into his office where we spoke about what I wanted. I exchanged multiple photos with him which were sent to his whatsapp and then put onto his laptop. The overall consultation with Gurkan left me feeling very happy and confident that I was going to achieve the nose I had always wanted.
After the consultation i felt more relaxed and put aside the red flags that I had in regards to the awful communication. However, the day after when I got my covid test I was told to now go back to the Liv hospital to get my blood tests, after paying for a taxi and going all the way to the Liv Hospital from out hotel, Gokce phoned us to tell us to now go to the Acibadem hospital instead. I honestly in this moment could not believe that yet again the lack of communication considering I was having my operation the next day. I had to book an extra night in the hotel because of all of this. After getting my blood tests at the Acibadem hospital the next day was my surgery date. I was extremely nervous and although everything was extremely stressful and unorganised I still wanted to go ahead with the surgery because of the confidence dr Gurkan projected. I had my operation and woke up and the spent a week recovering in my hotel.
Fast forward to the day I got my cast removed. That day my life changed forever in a way that felt like a nightmare. A nightmare I’ve been living ever since. After Gurkan removed my cast and handed me the mirror I felt like I had died inside and lost all feeling. I could not believe what I was looking at. Don’t mistak me, I’m fully aware of swelling post op especially a week after (I had been through this before) but what I was looking at was something far worse than swelling. He had completely left me not only with a nose I didn’t ask for but a nose that was unrecognisable next to my old nose and the nose I had asked for. He had left me with something that even to this day I cannot begin to fathom what was going through his mind to leave a young 19-year-old boy with this nose. After looking in the mirror and everything I had been through up to this point I almost couldn’t accept that he had destroyed my nose. I stayed very silent whilst Gokce said ‘it looks so natural’. Natural was the furthest thing from what it was. The only way it was natural was because it was so bad that it was a nose someone would want a nosejob to correct not the other way round. After removing the cast Gurkan very quickly took me to take photos which after he would only show me the side view because he knew how bad the front looked, but even the side view was not what I wanted at all. He completely dipped and took out my radix which I wanted to leave to maintain certain features of my nose. He then quickly put tape on my nose and told me to keep them on for a week. After this he completely disappeared and me and my mum were left with Gokce who escorted us out the clinic to the taxi we had waiting to take us to the airport. From this point, onwards I had extreme anxiety about what I had seen and what had been done to my face.
A week later I took the tapes off and immediately contacted Gokce to say I was concerned with how my nose looked. She stated that it was swelling and would be fine within 2 months. I then waited until 3 months post op to see how my nose would change. And to be honest it barely changed. So, I arranged a consultation online to speak to Gurkan. Gurkan was extremely arrogant over this call. I had my mother and father with me as what I had been going through has been upsetting for everyone. Gurkan wouldn’t answer any of our questions specifically and literally was so rude. Thankfully I recorded the zoom as evidence to use when we take legal action. I cried so much after as me and my family knew he had completely ruined my nose. We have since messaged his whatasapp and had no response and they are ignoring us even though we can see they are online. I can’t tell you what I am going through mentally because of what he has done to me. I have attached photos for you to see yourselves how he has destroyed my nose. I am now trying to find a surgeon who can rectify what Gurkan has done to my nose but in all honestly I’m not sure how much can be improved thanks to Gurkan. He has left me with extremely thick skin something I never had prior, has made my nostrils wider, my bridge wider, my nose is so undefined that it looks like Shreks nose. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE avoid this doctor and don’t risk him not only ruining your nose but your life also.
On May the 11th I had a revision rhinoplasty with Gurkan Kayabasoglu and what he has left on my face has left me with severe depression and has completely changed my life for the worse.
I am from the UK so found Dr Kayabasoglu via realself that led me to his Instagram. Shortly after, I booked an online consultation for February of 2021. After consulting with multiple surgeon’s Dr Gurkan Kayabasoglu convinced me he knew exactly what I wanted and that he could achieve this. So, I booked surgery for May with Dr Kayabasoglu. From this period, onwards I was in communications with his assistant at the time Gokce who has now apparently left and no longer works for the doctor within weeks after my operation.
On May the 7th I flew to Istanbul from London and was taken to my hotel. The next day I had an appointment at the hospital and my in person consultation with Dr Kayabasoglu. I arrived at the Hospital (Liv Hospital) at 9am in the morning and went to the reception as told by Gokce his assistant and told them that I was the patient of Dr Gurkan Kayabasoglu and had to get blood tests etc. The hospital has zero clue that I was coming and didn’t even have me down as coming. I got escorted with my mother to the back of the hospital and asked to do a covid test otherwise I was not able to get my bloods taken. The covid results weren’t going to come back until the day I had surgery booked which meant I either was going to be having my blood samples taken on the day of surgery or had to push my surgery date back. The whole communication between the hospital and Gokce was absolutely awful and left me and my mother completely stressed and anxious. After hearing this news, I left the hospital with having nothing but a covid test done. I went straight from the hospital to Gurkans office for my consultation. When I arrived to the clinic I was greeted by one of his staff members to opened the door and didn’t say a word. Me and my mother were so confused and just made our way to the sofa and sat ourselves down. Soon after Gokce came out. She said hello and then continued to stare at us without saying anything even after what me and my mum had just been through at the hospital. 30 minutes later and not on time Gurkan strolled into the clinic. I then went into his office where we spoke about what I wanted. I exchanged multiple photos with him which were sent to his whatsapp and then put onto his laptop. The overall consultation with Gurkan left me feeling very happy and confident that I was going to achieve the nose I had always wanted.
After the consultation i felt more relaxed and put aside the red flags that I had in regards to the awful communication. However, the day after when I got my covid test I was told to now go back to the Liv hospital to get my blood tests, after paying for a taxi and going all the way to the Liv Hospital from out hotel, Gokce phoned us to tell us to now go to the Acibadem hospital instead. I honestly in this moment could not believe that yet again the lack of communication considering I was having my operation the next day. I had to book an extra night in the hotel because of all of this. After getting my blood tests at the Acibadem hospital the next day was my surgery date. I was extremely nervous and although everything was extremely stressful and unorganised I still wanted to go ahead with the surgery because of the confidence dr Gurkan projected. I had my operation and woke up and the spent a week recovering in my hotel.
Fast forward to the day I got my cast removed. That day my life changed forever in a way that felt like a nightmare. A nightmare I’ve been living ever since. After Gurkan removed my cast and handed me the mirror I felt like I had died inside and lost all feeling. I could not believe what I was looking at. Don’t mistak me, I’m fully aware of swelling post op especially a week after (I had been through this before) but what I was looking at was something far worse than swelling. He had completely left me not only with a nose I didn’t ask for but a nose that was unrecognisable next to my old nose and the nose I had asked for. He had left me with something that even to this day I cannot begin to fathom what was going through his mind to leave a young 19-year-old boy with this nose. After looking in the mirror and everything I had been through up to this point I almost couldn’t accept that he had destroyed my nose. I stayed very silent whilst Gokce said ‘it looks so natural’. Natural was the furthest thing from what it was. The only way it was natural was because it was so bad that it was a nose someone would want a nosejob to correct not the other way round. After removing the cast Gurkan very quickly took me to take photos which after he would only show me the side view because he knew how bad the front looked, but even the side view was not what I wanted at all. He completely dipped and took out my radix which I wanted to leave to maintain certain features of my nose. He then quickly put tape on my nose and told me to keep them on for a week. After this he completely disappeared and me and my mum were left with Gokce who escorted us out the clinic to the taxi we had waiting to take us to the airport. From this point, onwards I had extreme anxiety about what I had seen and what had been done to my face.
A week later I took the tapes off and immediately contacted Gokce to say I was concerned with how my nose looked. She stated that it was swelling and would be fine within 2 months. I then waited until 3 months post op to see how my nose would change. And to be honest it barely changed. So, I arranged a consultation online to speak to Gurkan. Gurkan was extremely arrogant over this call. I had my mother and father with me as what I had been going through has been upsetting for everyone. Gurkan wouldn’t answer any of our questions specifically and literally was so rude. Thankfully I recorded the zoom as evidence to use when we take legal action. I cried so much after as me and my family knew he had completely ruined my nose. We have since messaged his whatasapp and had no response and they are ignoring us even though we can see they are online. I can’t tell you what I am going through mentally because of what he has done to me. I have attached photos for you to see yourselves how he has destroyed my nose. I am now trying to find a surgeon who can rectify what Gurkan has done to my nose but in all honestly I’m not sure how much can be improved thanks to Gurkan. He has left me with extremely thick skin something I never had prior, has made my nostrils wider, my bridge wider, my nose is so undefined that it looks like Shreks nose. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE avoid this doctor and don’t risk him not only ruining your nose but your life also.
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Replies (5)
October 30, 2021
An operation can never thicken a nose!
We regret to read that due to the young age of our patient, adolescent psychology could not be patient with the minimum 12-month period that should wait for recovery. We attribute this attitude and impatience of our patient, who thanked us thousands of times both in the clinic and during the hospital process, to the psychology of prematurity, and we are truly sorry.
We strongly recommend that you read our patient's comments as it is a very dramatic example of how important psychological preparation for surgery is. You can see the photos of our patient when you come to our clinic.
About mysteriouswombat comment: Very impressive comments for an amateur, but a doctor's confidential advertising is unfortunately insufficient knowledge for a doctor. However, it is a comment that raises the morale of our patient, who feels sad in every situation. I write for your peace of mind: Jem has enough support in his nose and even grafts that provide much stronger support than the alar rim graft.
Each of our patients is very special to us. We deeply understand and care carefully about the excitement, fear and anxiety that our patients may feel in the whole process, which starts with the decision to have an operation and continues until the post-operative recovery phase. Thus, we leave these feelings to trust and happiness together.
We're sure Jem will thank us again when his recovery is over. We remind you that you should never apply for a new surgery during this period.
December 26, 2021
Totally agree with the above comment by jeanparis. Absolutely shameful response to this poor patient.
October 17, 2022
Rhinoplasty can widen the nose you as a surgeon should know that
April 25, 2023
Thanks for this review because I had already contacted him for my reversion. You’re indeed a lifesaver!
May 16, 2023
Hello
I feel so sad for you. How are you doing now? These doctors getting away with murder
I feel so sad for you. How are you doing now? These doctors getting away with murder
To me it looks like your nose was de-projected (it's unclear exactly how this was done, but a good revision surgeon should know). In addition, I *think* you had alar batten grafts added to your nose. Those rarely look good imo and should almost never be used in a primary surgery. My take: Your tip needs to be re-projected, those alar batten grafts should be removed or moved to the appropriate location, and you need dorsal augmentation. Your revised nose will never look like your "virgin" nose, but it will look better than this current one and fit your face. Go to someone who is good at building noses without making them look bulky. Those surgeons exist, but probably not in Turkey. Outside the US and South Korea, you'll mostly find surgeons who do reduction rhinoplasties, which is not what you need. (I would also not go to SK for this surgery as they primarily use silicone implants which have a tendency to become infected and extrude.)
Even though you hate your nose right now and feel a loss of identity, you don't actually look bad--in fact, you look handsome. Yes, your old nose was better in that it had structure, but your current nose gives your face a different masculine quality. Please don't stop living your life while you wait to have a revision. Spend this time immersing yourself in other things. You'll emerge a stronger person and better prepared for your revision surgery.
Best of luck.