Why İlker Yazıcı? Understand the experience, planning and techniques

Specialist training and academic background

The current CV records medical graduation in 1998, plastic surgery specialist qualification in 2004, associate professorship in 2012 and professorship in 2018. These are different stages of education and career. The timeline presents the dates alongside the detailed CV.

This background helps patients understand the training and academic experience of the doctor carrying out their assessment. Alongside a title, understanding the reasons for a proposed procedure and its alternatives is valuable.

EBOPRAS and EURAPS: understand what the records mean

İlker Yazıcı’s official EBOPRAS Fellow record is dated 23 November 2012. It records a European Board qualification in addition to national specialist training. The EBOPRAS explanation describes the examination’s scope in language for patients.

The official EURAPS scholarship list also includes a 2012 entry. This scholarship concerns an international professional training opportunity and is separate from the EBOPRAS examination. Read about the programme’s purpose on the EURAPS page. These records are neither a ranking of doctors nor a guarantee of an individual result.

Scientific publications: explore the subjects of the work

Shaping tissue in breast reduction, the structure of nasal septal cartilage and experimental tissue transplantation are among İlker Yazıcı’s publication topics. He has also authored a chapter on ear reshaping in an international book. The plain-language summaries of selected work present the topic alongside the original source.

Exploring scientific work gives you a more concrete understanding than the word “experienced” alone. A clinical series, a scientific letter, an animal model and a book chapter are different types of evidence; they cannot be treated as interchangeable records of individual surgical outcomes.

3D tools: make expectations and the plan more concrete

3D imaging records the current surface shape; simulation helps you discuss possible changes; where appropriate, 3D printing turns the plan into a model you can examine in your hands. For patients, the aim is to explain more clearly what they would like to change and see the differences between options.

The 3D planning page explains the tools’ different roles, their use in nose and breast planning and their limits. An image does not exactly reproduce tissue healing or the actual result.

The reason for choosing a technique matters as much as its name

Calling a technique new, endoscopic or tissue-preserving does not make it the right choice for everyone. The procedure pages explain options alongside their purpose, suitability, alternatives, recovery and risks. The topics below help you understand which question each technique addresses.

The nose: shape, facial balance and function

The nasal bridge, tip, proportions within the face and breathing concerns are distinct parts of nose assessment. Assessment for a first operation also differs from assessment of a previously operated nose. Simulation helps discuss visual goals; it does not replace breathing examination or tissue assessment.

Open and closed approaches describe how the surgeon accesses nasal structures. A cartilage graft is a piece of tissue used for support or shaping when needed. These are different technical components of a plan, rather than promises of a result on their own.

Explore options on the rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty pages. The general purpose of the procedure is also explained in the ASPS rhinoplasty information.

The face and eye area: understand which tissue layer is involved

In facelift descriptions, SMAS refers to a supporting layer beneath the skin associated with the facial muscles; a deep plane approach addresses tissue movement at a deeper level. An endoscopic brow lift involves working with camera assistance. Sagging, volume loss, a low brow and excess eyelid skin are different concerns.

These distinctions help you understand your goal beyond the general term “rejuvenation”. Explore the facelift, neck lift, brow and forehead and eyelid pages, with general explanations in the ASPS facelift and brow lift information.

Ears and chin: options based on proportion and shape

Otoplasty addresses ear shape and position; chin surgery addresses the profile and structure of the chin. A chin implant and genioplasty that moves bone are different procedures. For patients, it matters to understand which structure is being addressed and the purpose of the proposed change.

Explore the ear surgery and chin surgery explanations. The ASPS ear and chin surgery information supports the general distinction between procedures.

Breasts: volume, sagging, tissue and reconstruction have different goals

Breast augmentation addresses volume using implants or fat; a lift addresses position and excess skin; reduction addresses reducing volume and shaping. Below-muscle, above-muscle and dual-plane describe how an implant relates to surrounding tissues. Preserve focuses on a tissue-preserving approach to preparing the implant pocket.

These names do not rank techniques by superiority. Observational publications on Preserve exist, but they cannot establish faster recovery or the absence of sensation loss for everyone. For patients, the value is understanding both the options for their goal and the need for implant follow-up.

Breast augmentation, Preserve, breast lift, reduction, gynaecomastia and breast reconstruction explain different goals. General information: ASPS breast augmentation; technique sources: the dual-plane explanation and a study including a Preserve subgroup.

The body: distinguish excess fat from loose skin

Liposuction addresses local fat contouring; lifting procedures also address excess skin. A “mommy makeover” is the name of a plan that may combine different breast and body procedures, rather than one fixed operation. Buttock fat injection and implants are also different options.

The aim is to understand which concern is being addressed for your goal. Explore liposuction, tummy tuck, arm lift, thigh lift, buttock surgery and mommy makeover. The general distinction is explained in the ASPS liposuction and mommy makeover information.

Reconstruction and microsurgery: repair alongside appearance

Reconstructive surgery addresses repair of lost or damaged tissue. Microsurgery involves working with very small vessels and nerves under magnification; not every repair requires microsurgery. Hand surgery, tissue transplantation and breast reconstruction also have different aims and plans.

The reconstructive surgery and breast reconstruction pages explain options. The ASPS microsurgery information describes its general scope. İlker Yazıcı’s experimental research is presented in the CV separately from clinical outcomes in humans.

Facial and jaw bones: a different use for 3D planning

Surface photographs and images of bone structure serve different purposes. In bone planning, CT data may be used to make a digital or printed model that helps examine structures and the plan. Chin surgery is different from jaw surgery that addresses the way the teeth meet.

Read the maxillofacial surgery and 3D planning pages together. The ASPS jaw surgery information explains the general scope of bone and bite assessment.

Injections and skin lesions: distinguish their purposes

Botulinum toxin addresses lines associated with muscle movement; fillers and fat injections are options related to volume. Using your own fat does not make a procedure free of risk. Assessing a mole or a suspicious skin lesion is also more than a matter of aesthetic shaping.

The medical aesthetics and moles and skin cancer surgery pages distinguish these purposes. The ASPS information on botulinum toxin and injection of your own fat, the FDA filler information and the ASPS skin cancer surgery information explain the different scope of these procedures.

From information to consultation: build a better-informed decision

This site provides information in Turkish, English, German, French, Arabic and Russian. Procedure pages explain suitability, alternatives, recovery and risks within the same framework. This structure helps you arrive at a consultation with more concrete questions.

“Why this option for me?”, “Which alternatives are we comparing?” and “What will my follow-up plan be?” are useful starting questions. Read the international patients page and request consultation information through the contact channels. Your individual plan is developed using your examination findings.