Has anyone gone to Turkey for plastic surgery?

If something goes wrong when you get home you just go to regular hospital

provided you are fit to travel (what if not?????), you would get NHS care even though I think in these cases, people should not get free treatment on the NHS.

Fair enough. Obviously op , you need to do your research - best of luck if you decide to go ahead with it .

Don't do it. Not if you have to travel within a fortnight . I have had one in uk and no way could I have gone on a plane after it.

A few years ago colleague lost her niece when she went over to Turkey for a pre-wedding tummy tuck, she was only in her early twenties. I would never even consider it after that.

Do you expect the NHS to fix you if it goes wrong?

Apparently people do indeed expect that.

My grandmother had a secret face lift in Turkey about 15 years ago. Didn’t tell anyone, just came back off her holiday and knocked on my door wearing enormous sunglasses which she took off to reveal an EXTREMELY different face.

I was 18 and very subtle so of course I said “Granny- What the hell have you done to your face?!”

Poor woman.

First of all I want to say I am a big advocate for plastic surgery, we all deserve to feel confident. However, you're an idiot if you go to Turkey for surgery.

We live in the UK and have some of the best surgeons in the world. Why would you even bother going somewhere else? And if you can't afford it quite simply don't have it done. Do you expect the NHS to fix you if it goes wrong?

Any surgery can go wrong anywhere. That's a given. It's a risk you take.
But if you decide to have a procedure at a private provider in this country then they can and will deal with any issues that arise after that surgery. A day after, a week after, 2 weeks after , a month after etc.

Who does that when you come back from Turkey or wherever?

So the NHS use their time and resources just because people choose to go abroad for surgery to save money? Is that fair?

If something goes wrong when you get home you just go to regular hospital, in the same way. My friend had liposuction and a tuck and when he got back his wound split into a hole and also he picked up MRSA at the Polish hospital he went to. He went to A&E here with it and was admitted.

What about if something goes wrong when you are home? Your wound breaks down or gets infected and you need it re-dressed every other day and antibiotics? Who would be responsible for doing that? Or you get a seroma that needs draining? Where would you go? Or you get a DVT?

Why do people think that the whole country is a dodgy backwater because a procedure went wrong ,as if nothing terrible would ever happen here ? Medical negligence happens everywhere .

After knowing of someone who over 20 years had complications from plastic surgery abroad, I would always advise against it.

Do you really need a tummy tuck OP? The dentist is enough to put me off any type of surgery!

Being in a supermarket is very much lower risk than being on a flight with recycled air.

Also eating is a necessity. Tummy tuck isn't.

I'd be very wary taking recommendations from a first time poster who is overly defensive about a clinic she's not even been to!

www.itv.com/news/london/2020-11-12/london-woman-left-brain-damaged-after-cosmetic-surgery-flown-home-from-turkey
You also need to consider insurance to cover costs such as prolonged treatment and repatriation in case anything goes wrong.

It's easy to give luxury and "great care" when everything goes well. The real issue is what happens if there's complications, either occurring abroad or arising after you're back in the UK. If it's not life-threatening the NHS usually won't treat complications from private cosmetic surgery, so sho's going to do any needed followup work and who's going to pay for it? Would you be asked to return to Turkey at your own expense?

Language can be an issue too unless you speak Turkish. The consultant surgeon probably speaks good English, the nurses might well not. I've been in a hospital where most staff didn't speak English and I didn't speak the local languages, it was a right nuisance.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51661021

Would you mind sharing which surgeon you had and what practice you attended?

Read the case from last week about the op that went wrong.

I went to Turkey this time last year for liposuction and cannot fault it. Obviously, my whole body was swollen but I stayed a week and was able to go out walking after the op. So mostly what I remember about the whole experience is having an nice holiday and exploring Istanbul.

The care was excellent and they are doing a lot of these ops over there so have a high level of expertise. The follow up care was excellent but to be honest, what I mostly remember about the whole experience is having a really nice holiday and doing a lot of shopping so it can't have been very traumatic!