Cosmetic surgery in Istanbul

Etiya Res

Mar 29 1575 read

During the last ten years, Turkey has managed to become one of the leading countries in the field of plastic surgery and a strong competitor to the leading countries group in this medical field. The statistics issued by the International Society for Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) showed the increasing demand for various types of plastic surgery in Turkey, and it was officially included in the list of the ten most performing plastic surgery countries around the world.

The relatively low and affordable prices of plastic surgery procedures in Istanbul have contributed to the popularity and the growth of this medical field, but this cannot be considered the only reason for the boom that the field of plastic surgery is currently witnessing in Turkey. Here are a large number of advantages that collectively contributed to increasing the rates of demand and attracting thousands of patients annually from different countries of the world.

A brief about plastic surgery in Turkey

Turkey is one of the most prestigious countries in the world and currently ranks among the group of developed countries in various sectors at the level of trade, tourism, industrial and even agricultural, and this is regarded to the comprehensive development programs that the government adopted at the beginning of the third millennium in order to officially join the group of European Union countries.

Turkey follows a parliamentary republican system of government and takes Ankara as its capital, and the Turkish Lira (TL) is its official currency. The Turkish language is the official language and the most spoken in the country followed by the Kurdish language. Although the majority of the population embraces the Islamic religion, a very small percentage of them speak Arabic.

The field of medical truism and plastic surgery in Turkey has developed significantly over the past decade, and this comes within the effort of the government in Turkey to revitalize and stimulate the tourism sector in general and the medical tourism sector in particular, as the government has contributed to the popularity of this specialty by reducing taxes imposed on it and providing many facilities to encourage investment in the medical sector in Turkey.

Cosmetic centers in Turkey have reached a high level of development until they became qualified to perform the most complex set of operations, such as full-face transplantation or hair transplantation with stem cells, and various plastic surgeries are also performed depending on the latest surgical techniques available in this field.

The average price of plastic surgeries in Turkey has not been affected by this tremendous technical development, so it has become an ideal choice for anyone who wants to perform one of these operations, among the most requested plastic surgeries in the following Turkish centers:

• Open rhinoplasty
• Facelift operations
• Breast augmentation
• liposuction
• Hair transplantation

The most famous Turkish cities for plastic surgery

Cosmetic centers and clinics can be found in various Turkish cities, but they are more concentrated within the group of major cities that represent tourist attractions. Due to the dependence of the largest Turkish beauty centers on clients coming from other countries.

Istanbul ranks first in the list of Turkish cities that have the largest number of medical centers specialized in the field of plastic surgery, followed by a group of major cities such as Antalya, Mersin and the capital, Ankara.

It is noteworthy here that cosmetic centers in Istanbul vary between major centers that combine various surgical specialties and some private clinics specialized in one type of cosmetic procedure. Among the most prominent medical institutions working in the field of cosmetic surgery are the following:

• Memorial Sisli Hospital
• Estetik International
• American Aesthetic
• İstanbul Aesthetic Center
• Estetik land

Advantages and disadvantages of plastic surgery in Istanbul

Istanbul has shown an unprecedented turnout in the filed of plastic surgery, due to the multiple advantages it provides to its clients, such as:

• Performing various surgeries based on the latest and most advanced technologies.
• Conducting operations in the hands of a group of trained, experienced and competent doctors.
• Providing the highest levels of health care during the postoperative period.
• The prices of plastic surgery in Istanbul have significantly decreased compared to other major cities and countries.
• Istanbul's cosmetic hospitals provide the highest level of comfort and luxury while providing a large number of additional facilities and services.
• Turkish medical institutions are subject to a strict monitoring system that guarantees the real implementation of the health safety program.

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The disadvantages of performing plastic surgery in Turkey are limited to the difficulty of the local language, forcing visitors to seek interpretation services to be able to communicate with others during their daily transactions and when performing surgery.

Average prices for plastic surgery in Turkey 2021

The costs of plastic surgery in Istanbul vary from one cosmetic center to another and hospital to another, due to several reasons, foremost of which is the health care level of the medical center and the reputation of the doctor supervising the operation in addition to the nature of the operation itself, but in general, the prices of plastic surgeries in Turkey are considerably low compared to the prices of the same procedures in the countries which provides medical services at the same quality in Europe, the United Kingdom and America.

Here are some average prices for plastic surgery in Istanbul: