Guides, comparisons and honest answers about treatment in Istanbul — written by the clinicians who do the work.
At six or twelve months depending on the model, and the date is not negotiable. Removal is a fifteen-minute endoscopy; the month after it decides your result.
Learn moreNausea and cramping in the first three to five days are expected rather than a complication. The medication schedule and hydration decide how bad that week is.
Learn moreFour to six months, then it wears off completely — that is both the honest answer and the whole point of the method.
Learn moreFour groups are declined outright, and a fifth is harder to put on a form: patients whose expectations no technique can meet.
Learn moreThe ranking barely moves: bypass first, sleeve close behind, balloon well back, botox barely on the chart. Durability, not peak loss, is the real difference.
Learn moreIf you already have significant reflux, a bypass is usually the safer first operation. A sleeve creates a high-pressure tube and leaves the valve untouched.
Learn moreSurgeon, hospital, anaesthesia, one night, medication and transfers are in. Revision policy and septoplasty are the two lines to check.
Learn moreThe splint comes off at day seven and everyone posts a photo. The nose you actually keep appears months later.
Learn moreThe old fatal risk came from injecting into muscle. Modern subcutaneous-only technique with ultrasound has changed the numbers dramatically.
Learn morePinch the skin and let go. What happens next tells you which operation you actually need.
Learn moreCup size is not a measurement. Base width, projection and your own tissue decide what will look — and feel — right in five years.
Learn moreEarlier than most people think, and for a reason that has nothing to do with vanity: less tissue to move means a more natural result.
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