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HOW NOT TO BE A VICTIM OF AESTHETIC OPERATIONS IN TURKEY
New ones are being added to aesthetic intervention victims every day. A number of procedures performed for the sake of becoming beautiful, looking more well-groomed can cause very terrible health problems. What do you have to pay attention to not experiencing this? If you say, ‘one day I can also make an aesthetic intervention’, be sure to read our news to the end
Those who want to have aesthetic procedures for the sake of beauty, unfortunately, they can encounter results that they never expected.
It can be inevitable that transactions carried out in illegal places and by people who are not experts in the business will have such consequences. First, let’s look at a few examples that have occurred in recent days.
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PART OF HIS LIP IS ROTTING
Fat taken from the navel area and a filling to the face area. GU. after a while, he underwent the same operation for the second time when the filler disappeared. Fat tissue taken from the navel area was applied to his cheeks, while filler was also applied to his lower lip, but the result was not what he expected. Blackness began to occur on his lower lip, and part of his lip was bruised. He claimed that the doctor who intervened was not a plastic surgeon. GU. she filed a criminal complaint against the doctor and the Aesthetic Center in Turkey.
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DETENTION LIGHT-FILLED, SUFFERED FACIAL PARALYSIS
BA., whose eyes swell and his face becomes unrecognizable after the detention light filling Y., suffered facial paralysis. He has been victimized for months due to filling melting operations, and despite the fact that 7 months have passed, the swelling in custody does not go down.Y. he filed a criminal complaint against the doctor who performed the procedure. Allegedly, the doctor in question was practicing family medicine and performed the procedure at the institution where he worked.
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HER FACE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD
The face of a young woman who went to a beauty center in Istanbul for skin spots on her face was covered in blood after the second session. Allegedly, the young woman had not been tested for skin suitability before the treatment and had been given a direct procedure. After the woman was reported, the beauty center authorities were investigated by the prosecutor’s office.
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SHE ALMOST LOST HIS LIPS
The victim almost lost her lips after her lips began to swell and bruise after a lip filling she had done at a business under the stairs, where she went on the advice of her friend in Istanbul. The victim said: “I am very sad how I made such a mistake because it was cheap. I’ll exercise all my legal rights. People should not go to places under such stairs because it is cheap, let doctors do such practices,” she warned those who want to have aesthetics.
This is neither the first nor the last… What do you have to do to make sure it doesn’t happen to you? What are the most common mistakes? We have received answers to all our mind-boggling questions from experts on the subject.
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WHAT ARE MOST COMMON MISTAKES MADE BY THOSE WHO WANT TO HAVE PLASTIC SURGERY?
Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery specialist Prof. Dr.: the most serious mistake;
1) have this surgery done by a Turkish physician who is not a plastic surgery specialist and has not been trained in this regard;
2) performing major surgical procedures in a place that is not a full-fledged hospital;
3) Performing extravagant procedures by trying to look like a celebrity regardless of their body proportions (some of which are surgical ones may be irreversible);
4) to decide the choice of physician by looking at social media TV programs, not the scientific background, education, experience of that physician;
5) new he has not proven his maturity, long-term results of operations we do not yet know. There are many more, but this is the picture we see most often in the top five.
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WHAT PROCESS SHOULD BE PERFORMED IN AESTHETIC APPLICATIONS WHERE AND BY WHOM?
Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Prof. Dr.: first of all, if the procedure is not a simple skin care, if the skin is applied by injection or if the skin peeling procedures such as chemical peeling, radiofrequency, ultrasound, laser applications with energy-based systems are involved in the field of plastic surgery and Dermatology Specialists. Unfortunately, it is believed that people with the title “beautician, esthetician” can also perform such operations in centers that say beauty/ aesthetics on the sign.
Doctors are the professional group that is legally authorized to perform interventional practices on a person. In this field, plastic surgeons and dermatology specialists who have performed clinical practice on patients who have received specialized training on medical school education are authorized. The places that are authorized to practice are the practice, outpatient clinic, (Medical Center) and hospitals. But many uneducated people,’ beauty salon‘,’ beauty center ‘ such as places do these operations publicly or in secret. The duration of action of the materials used here may be variable/low, ineffective or even harmful. Control of beauty centers belongs to municipalities, while control of Medical Center polyclinics and hospitals belongs to the Ministry of Health. These problems grow like an avalanche when municipalities make the necessary checks inadequate and reluctant.
Beauty centers do many non-surgical aesthetic applications, and of course it costs much less than plastic surgeons. This attracts most unconscious consumers to places under the stairs. Do beauticians in beauty centers have the authority to make these aesthetic practices?
Turkish Professor Doctor: unfortunately, some of the patients are doing the procedure on the grounds that it is more economical. The fact that medical procedures for aesthetic and beauty purposes can be performed in a short time, without requiring anesthesia and rest time, unfortunately causes these procedures to be underestimated. But many examples show us that practices that patients complain about and are reflected in the Press that threaten public health often occur in these businesses operating under the name of a beauty salon.
Many of these businesses have the ability to use Botox, fillers, liposuction, hip aesthetics, etc. they are not authorized to perform operations. They operate as a beauty salon, but they can also write completely different names on their signs. Business licenses have’ Hall ‘ status. Such procedures can be performed in outpatient clinics, offices and hospitals. Even if there is a business license, the process must also be performed by a ‘specialist doctor in this field’. Not by a dentist, general practitioner, or general surgery specialist…
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CAN THESE PROCEDURES HAVE VITAL CONSEQUENCES?
Turkish Professor Doctor: making these practices by people without authority has vital consequences. Again, hair transplant applications are also procedures that should be performed in appropriate environments by specialist doctors, not in beauty salons, and do not accept errors. Most often complaints of allergic reactions, burns, swelling of the entire face, and unfortunately, almost all of the apps that cost the patient his life in environments stems from inappropriate transactions by unauthorized persons. Any interventional practice on a person must have the competence and skills to cope with the complications that may occur. In any case, they are also called specialist doctors.
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ARE THEIR JOBS LEGAL?
Turkish Professor Doctor: of course not. In this process, the problem can be bilateral, either the business is already unlicensed and does not have the authority to perform such operations, or the business does not have the equipment to intervene in a complication that may occur, and the person who performs the procedure is not a specialist in this field, or even a doctor. The person who performs the procedure can usually be an aesthetician, nurse, health technician, beautician, etc.
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WHAT AGENCIES ARE OVERSEEING THIS SITUATION? ARE THERE ADEQUATE INSPECTIONS?
Turkish Professor Doctor: municipalities and provincial health directorates control beauty salon-like businesses, but these controls are unfortunately insufficient. In order to prevent practices that would put human health at risk in unsuitable environments and by unauthorized persons in these enterprises, inspections should be intensified and activated.
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HOW CAN YOU TELL THAT A BUSINESS IS AN UNLICENSED PLACE IN THAT AREA?
Turkish Professor Doctor: businesses need to display their licenses in a visible way. If patients are going to perform aesthetic procedures, they need to make sure that the business is an outpatient (medical center) office or hospital, this can be clearly asked or asked to see the license.
The second important issue is the person who will perform the procedure. Is he a physician with competence in this field? The training of the person who will perform the procedure, whether he or she is a specialist physician should also be questioned. Patients may want to see the certificate of expertise of the person who will intervene. It is not a shame to question this, it is the most natural right of the patient. Especially if a surgical procedure is involved, it is vital that the doctor who will perform the procedure is a plastic surgeon. Even in some private health institutions, there are claims that non-physicians practice aesthetics, and patients need to get information about this from reliable sources.
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IS IT SAFER TO HAVE OPERATIONS IN PLASTIC SURGERY DEPARTMENTS OF HOSPITALS INSTEAD OF AESTHETIC CLINICS?
Turkish Professor Doctor: after determining the license of the place to practice and the expertise of the practicing physician, non-surgical procedures can be performed safely in offices and outpatient clinics. Surgical procedures that require general anesthesia, of course, should be performed in full-fledged hospitals.
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IS IT LIKELY THAT PROBLEMS RELATED TO SURGICAL OR NON-SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS WILL OCCUR EVEN WHEN BOTH THE SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN AND THE PLACE WHERE THE OPERATION IS PERFORMED MEET THE CRITERIA SOUGHT?
Turkish Professor Doctor: although very rare, of course it is livable. This risk is inherent in many health practices. The unpredictable reaction of the body, the surgical procedure performed is bleeding, embolism (clot removal), etc. complications may occur. Such complications occur in other branches.
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ARE PLASTIC SURGERIES APPLICATIONS THAT EVERYONE CAN PERFORM? IS THERE ANY LIMIT TO THIS?
Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery specialist Prof. Dr.: aesthetic procedures can be done to anyone who has realistic desires, does not have health problems and has completed puberty and bone development according to the process. Some procedures, for example, scoop ear surgery at an early age, are more useful both medically and psychologically.
I think the key issue here is this: if the problem area (an arched nose, a small breast, a thick waist) does not bother the person, he should not think about surgery and say that he has a cure. Many of the aesthetic problems do not physically disturb the patient, they disturb the image, they are related to the person’s self-perception. A person can think of plastic surgery if this image changes, if he will be happy, if he will relax, if he will be able to enter social environments more easily, if his self-confidence will increase; otherwise, these operations do not bring happiness on their own. The limit in this regard is the person himself first. If someone else’s word is processed to please someone else, or because everyone is doing it, the result is usually disappointing.
Of course, there are Operations waiting for the completion of puberty, bone development, such as nose and breast aesthetics. Since skin elasticity will decrease in old age, rhinoplasty, liposuction in large areas can be a problem. Some chronic diseases, clotting problems, etc. living people, immune system diseases are not performed every procedure; some allergic bodies, those with autoimmune diseases are sensitive to anesthesia, prosthetics, fillers, and these procedures are not performed. Here lies the importance of specialist medicine. An experienced, expert physician evaluates all these risks, follows the patient’s story and does not perform the procedure just because the patient wants it.
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ARE THERE ANY SURGERIES THAT NEED TO BE PERFORMED BUT FALL INTO PLASTIC SURGERY CLASS?
Turkish Professor Doctor: Of course. Some curvature of the nose, cartilage, nasal flesh problems (deviation) also complicate breathing function. The new shape that will be given to the nose while this problem is fixed is for both health and aesthetics. Excess in the eyelids with age not only leads to impaired appearance, but also makes it difficult to see. Next if you have received a breast of breast cancer, the breast is difficult to keep the spine with only healthy, both physically and psychologically to be done, the patient is breast reconstruction makes it more healthy. Breast structure, which is large compared to the body, leads to hump, lower back, back pain as age progresses, negatively affects the psychology of the person by showing that he is overweight. In women who have given birth more than one, the abdominal muscles are separated and eventually an abdominal hernia can develop; during the tummy tuck process, both the abdominal wall is strengthened by repairing the muscle, and the abdomen is shaped by removing excess skin and fat. People who lose excessive amounts of weight through stomach reduction operations or diet develop sagging skin throughout the body. This condition not only causes image distortion, but also leads to common skin problems. Both aesthetic and functional goals are observed in body shaping operations performed after slimming. The same applies to all types of wounds, burns, and trauma scars, especially in visible areas of the skin.
Plastic surgeons treating skin cancers, skin cancer removal, the sewing of the severed limb, a congenital anomaly, which is so Aesthetic Surgery reconstructive procedures such as surgeries, cleft palate repair surgery, which is classified as and, again, we are procedures that are done by plastic surgeons.
SO explained that after the removal of benign tumors in her breast, the plastic surgeon enlarged her breasts without asking her. Can a doctor perform a procedure that he or she deems appropriate without the knowledge and consent of his or her patient?
Turkish Professor Doctor: he can’t and he shouldn’t, of course. Especially in aesthetic procedures, patient physician communication is very important. My advice to patients is not to perform a procedure on a Turkish doctor that you cannot communicate well as a person, this also applies to the doctor’s side. The patient should be able to tell exactly what he wants, and the doctor should be able to explain in detail what he can do. One of the important reasons for the unhappiness after surgery is that the two sides could not understand each other before the procedure. But in the Sharon Stone news that you mentioned, the topic of correcting your form while cleaning cysts from the breast. Breast cysts, whether good or malignant, may form cavities, asymmetries in the breast tissue when cleaning, these cavities are also supported by fat fillings and breast prostheses so that there is no problem with appearance. Just as the doctor will have made incomplete information, the patient may have made a statement in this way because he came up or remembered the issue incorrectly. The patient, of course, should not take any action without his knowledge and approval.
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HOW SHOULD PERSON WHO WANTS TO HAVE AN AESTHETIC PROCEDURE FOLLOW, WHAT SHOULD THE DOCTOR PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN CHOOSING?
Turkish Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery specialist Prof. Dr.: the first condition is education. Where did he get his education? He should take care of her. Does his diploma say “plastic surgeon”, this is one of the easiest and most rational methods. Academic career and experience are also important. This is the part that needs to be done, and the part that doesn’t need to be done is to go to that doctor because he constantly sees it on TV, because he faces consequences that seem to be very successful on social media. Many programs on TV receive guests as sponsors, while on social media it is against the law to put pre-post photos, it is also impossible to know if there are various photo tricks in these photos. Again, some businesses that do not have the status of a health institution on social media can mislead patients and attract them to unauthorized centers by using social media for aesthetic practices that they are actually forbidden to do.
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HOW SHOULD PATIENTS HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON HERSELF? SHOULD SHE ALSO INVESTIGATE THESE TRANSACTIONS?
Turkish Professor Doctor: in all doctors and businesses working seriously, for example, in a process where breast prosthesis is used, the brand-model of the prosthesis and the contents of the injection are kept in the fillings. Any allergies, accidents, etc. if the result is a problem, it should be known when it was applied to this patient. If you pay attention, especially in all cases where there is a serious reaction to tissue loss as a result of fillings, it is difficult to solve or even not solve, since it is not known what type of substance was injected into the patient, it is necessary to clean these substances from the tissues. Sometimes tissue loss also occurs. Energy-based systems also often encounter burn cases, where the problem is the quality of the device, as well as the fact that when using these devices, another center employee, not a specialist doctor, cannot adjust the doses and damage the skin. Places with such devices must have instruments that will keep even their voltages stable. Centers that serve at a more economical price do not make such investments in their business, the patient risks their health to make more economical transactions, in fact, it is so obvious.
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HOW SHOULD THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE COMPLICATIONS AFTER THE AESTHETIC PROCEDURE THEY HAVE DONE FOLLOW?
Turkish Professor Doctor: first of all, it should be clear whether what is happening is part of the healing process or whether it is a complication. It takes a few months for some surgeries to sit down and make a full recovery. The patient should definitely not disrupt their post-procedure control. If a problem has occurred after this period, he should contact his own doctor without delay. Certainly to intervene on its own, medication, etc. he shouldn’t try to use it. If he has difficulty reaching his doctor, he should inform the institution where the procedure was performed and ask for support along with the medical history of the procedure. If he can’t get a result, he should get support from an experienced doctor in this area without wasting time. In most Press reports of complications, it is emphasized that the substance used is unknown. My advice to patients is that especially fillers and Botox applications are strictly applied in beauty salon, Center, hair salon, etc. let them not do it in places, let them pay attention to what brand they trade with, if necessary, note it. These may be necessary in a possible problem.
It is impossible to estimate the materials used in medical institutions and non-medical enterprises. But even if the right ingredients are used, it should be remembered that it is the dose that separates the poison and the drug. An injection process performed by unauthorized and uninformed people can lead to the removal of clots and even the loss of life.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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