Bra-line back lift in Turkey for USA patients
Patients from the USA make up a large share of Dr. Erdal's international practice. Here is what the trip involves, what changes when your aftercare happens at home, and how to compare like with like.
- Getting here: 10–12 hour direct flights from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami; connections via Istanbul from most US cities; airport transfers are included in the plan.
- Stay: 6–8 nights — surgery on day 2, drains out before flying, fit-to-fly check on the final day.
- Aftercare at home: remote photo follow-ups with Dr. Erdal continue after you fly; routine checks with your primary-care physician.
- Credentials you can verify: FACS and FEBOPRAS — the same boards home-country plastic surgeons hold.
- Written quote: all-inclusive, issued after a photo assessment, before you book.
Why patients travel for this operation
US fees for body contouring are billed in parts — surgeon, facility, anaesthesia — and rarely include garments or aftercare. Dr. Erdal is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), inducted at the ACS Clinical Congress 2025, which is the credential US patients can verify most easily. The cost gap is structural — Istanbul's theatre and staff costs — not a difference in standards, and the standards are verifiable on the credentials page.
The trip, honestly
6–8 nights. Day 1 arrival and marking; day 2 surgery and hospital night; days 3–6 in a recovery suite with daily clinic checks; day 6–8 fit-to-fly and home. The journey page covers each day; the flying article covers clot prevention on the way home.
Aftercare when you're home
Remote follow-up with Dr. Erdal on photos and video through the first year, WhatsApp for any wound question, and your primary-care physician for routine checks. Travel insurance rarely covers elective surgery abroad — read your policy — and the cost guide explains what the quote covers instead.
Comparing quotes: ask who operates, where, what's included, what the revision policy is, and whether the quote is written. Then compare that against the itemised home-country fee — surgeon, facility, anaesthetist, garments, follow-ups — not the headline number.
Questions patients ask
With a verifiable plastic surgeon in an accredited hospital, yes — the surgery is the same operation to the same standards. The added risk is travel: flying at day 6–8 needs clot precautions, which are part of the plan.
Photo and video follow-ups with Dr. Erdal continue through the first year; wound questions are answered the same day on WhatsApp. Your own doctor handles routine checks.
FACS in the American College of Surgeons directory; FEBOPRAS in the European board's fellows list; publications on PubMed under 'Erdal AI'; the Ministry of Health authorisation number is published on this site.
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