Why Only Rhinoplasty Surgery?
Dr. Engin Erkal's clinic focuses only on nose surgeries. This is our sole focus and expertise.
Dr. Engin Erkal is an ear, nose and throat specialist and he is very experienced in functional nose surgeries as well as esthetic nose surgeries.
Dr. Engin Erkal prefers the closed and tissue preservative technique in his surgeries. In this technique, there is no incision under the nose and no scars are left, as in open surgeries. In addition, because less damage is done to the tissues, the healing process is faster and painless.
Dr. Erkal follows the scientific updates in this field and only performs esthetic and functional rhinoplasty surgeries
Why Only Rhinoplasty Surgery?
In my opinion, one of the key aspects of success in all occupations and scientific subject areas is specification on one area.
Especially, if we are talking about rhinoplasty surgery what is considered to be the most difficult and sophisticated surgery among all the plastic surgeries, I believe considering it like an ordinary surgery wouldn’t be right.
At one point of my medical practice, I realized that I needed to make a choice between either focusing on all areas of my field of study or choosing one area and focusing on it entirely. I chose the second option and decided to focus on rhinology. I started to read books and participating conferences and seminars about this topic. As I started to work in a private hospital, it made it easier to focus on the area I was most interested.
In time as I get more experienced in these type of surgeries, I realized that being successful in this type of surgery was not as easy as I thought.
I believe making people who have different nose types, health problems, different skin types and different types of personalities and desires both esthetically and functionally happy is a job that require both responsibility and sobriety. I believe having both the manual and eyesight skills wouldn’t be enough. It is also very important to establish a doctor-patient relationship based on strong foundations. I believe longlasting doctor-patient relationship starts on the day of the Rhinoplasty surgery.
You must have seen examples around you, when multiple plastic surgeries are conducted at the same time by the same surgeon, it is always the rhinoplasty surgery that get the worst results. I believe that rhinoplasty surgery that consists of multiple complicated steps is not a type of a surgery that can be combined with other surgeries.
In addition, I believe that doing multiple surgeries in one day decreases the success rate of the surgeries, especially the ones that are conducted at the end of the day. For this reason, I only conduct maximum two surgeries in one day.
Even though at the beginning it sounded very risky to focus my medical career on only one area, I believe every day more how it was the right decision.
As I said at the beginning of my medical career, “Isn’t everything for making the best nose ?”
First Meeting and Consultation
Lately, most of our patients reach us through digital settings (e-mail, social media etc.) This is the easiest and most practical way especially for our international patients to reach us. We generally try to do an online consultation with these patients before they arrive our clinic in Turkey. When they arrive Turkey, we bring them into our clinic for their first face-to-face consultation. Usually the first meeting starts with listening to the patient’s questions and expectations.
Next, we talk about the nose surgeries or procedures the patient has had previously. I take detailed notes down about any previous traumas, surgeries or medical esthetic procedures.
After that, I examine the patient’s nose. I like to start with the patient’s skin. Nose skin type is mostly different for every person. Every anatomic section of the nose (dorsum, tip, alas etc.) needs to be evaluated according to its color, thickness, fat content, hardness and softness.
After that, inside structure of the nose is examined. Generally, I request computed tomography for patients who have functional problems. This way, I can evaluate the anatomic structure better and if there is any additional surgical procedure (sinus surgery etc.) is necessary, I can perform them within the same session myself.
