Implant problems the NHS won't fix and UK private quotes make painful — corrected in Istanbul by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Işık Erdal, a double board-certified revision specialist. Honest diagnosis first, one written price, aftercare that follows you home.
The NHS generally won't revise privately-placed cosmetic implants — even when the problem is real. UK private revision quotes commonly land at £8,000–£15,000+. And if your original clinic has closed, changed hands, or gone quiet — a very British story after the last decade of chain collapses — you're left holding a problem with no owner.
That's the gap this practice exists for: specialist revision surgery, honestly diagnosed and clearly priced, four hours from home.
Every implant problem has a name, a grade and a correction. Click any of them — or send photos and let the diagnosis come to you.
Hardening and distortion as scar tissue tightens around an implant — the single most common reason UK patients seek revision. Graded, assessed, and corrected with capsule surgery and (usually) implant exchange.
Silicone ruptures are often silent; many UK women carry implants well past the point they'd choose to, simply for lack of a plan. Assessment, imaging guidance and unhurried exchange.
Implants that sit too low, too wide, or drift outward when you lie down. Pocket repair with internal suture techniques — precision work that rewards revision experience.
Wrinkling you can see or feel, usually where tissue is thin. Solved by plane change, implant choice, and often fat grafting for coverage — sometimes all three.
Too big for your frame, too small to notice, or a look that was never what you asked for. Exchange sized by measurement — and by listening properly this time.
Asymmetry, distortion or complications after surgery at home or abroad. Rescue work is this practice's centre of gravity — brought here from across the UK and beyond.
Most patients never set foot in Istanbul until the plan, the price and the surgeon are already known quantities.
Photos, your original operation notes if you have them (don't worry if you don't — a UK clinic closure or an overseas clinic gone quiet is a situation we know well), and what's troubling you. Dr. Erdal reviews personally.
You get told what has actually happened — contracture grade, malposition pattern, rupture suspicion — and which operation fixes it. If surgery isn't needed yet, you're told that too.
Surgeon, hospital, anaesthesia, implants where needed, transfers and follow-up — one figure, no extras added later. Typically a fraction of comparable London private quotes.
Direct flights from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin and most UK & Irish airports — around 4 hours. A typical stay is 6–8 days.
Performed personally by Dr. Erdal in an accredited Istanbul hospital — revision is not delegated, ever.
Photo reviews on WhatsApp at set intervals, direct answers to 'is this normal?', and clear guidance you can share with your GP. Distance ends at the airport; care doesn't.
The PIP scandal left tens of thousands of British women with implants that should never have been sold — and guidance that stopped short of telling them what to do. If you have PIPs (or aren't sure what you have), this site has a dedicated, hype-free guide: what the UK position actually is, what age has done to those devices since, and how planned exchange on your terms compares with waiting for trouble.
Some of the revision work here corrects cheap package surgery done elsewhere — including elsewhere in Turkey. Geography wasn't the problem; the model was. Here's how to tell the difference before you book anything, anywhere.
Revision after surgery abroadA double board-certified plastic & reconstructive surgeon whose practice centres on the surgeries other surgeons started.
Direct flights from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton — around 3h50m. Many patients fly out after a Friday consultation call and are home within the week.
Direct routes from Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds Bradford and Newcastle. No London detour needed — Istanbul is closer than most people guess.
Direct and one-stop options from Edinburgh and Glasgow, ~4.5 hours. Winter sun during recovery week is a quietly popular bonus.
Direct from Dublin (~4h15m) and easy connections from Belfast. Irish patients follow the identical pathway — same assessment, same aftercare.
Fifteen years on from the scandal, thousands still carry them. The honest decision framework — beyond the official minimum.
The policy nobody explains until you've waited months to hear 'no'. What the NHS does, doesn't, and why.
GMC-style checks exist for international surgeons too. The 20-minute verification that separates specialists from sales teams.
Photos, your story, and whatever paperwork survives — Dr. Erdal replies with a named diagnosis, a plan, and a written all-inclusive quote. WhatsApp is fastest.
WhatsApp from the UK