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    Twitter Torn Over Turkish Plastic Surgery Pics, Photoshop, Again

    Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, which clinic in question repeatedly lacks.
    By Anthony BolstadMay 29, 2024

    Another round of a Turkish facial plastic surgeon’s purported results are going viral.

    Suggestions of photoshop and potential digital alteration are dispersed throughout, but on the whole, viewers say they believe the same patient is pictured.

    While experts say the industry is experiencing an “epidemic” of shady before and after pictures, few surgeons, including several we reached out to about Turkey and the surgeon behind this case, wish to name names or comment on specific surgeons or controversies.

    It makes for great TikTok and Twitter fodder, but leaves potential patients fending for themselves.

    Idk but there's clear photoshop goin on here pic.twitter.com/mzHcV7TuyF

    — Carli (@gfcb83) May 27, 2024

    A post featuring the results on X, formerly Twitter, had been viewed 35 million times as of Wednesday.

    no Turkey surgeons are fucking wild with their 8 surgeries at once…..this man came back looking 30 years younger pic.twitter.com/2RsfATeC4r

    — Dan (@D_Radiance) May 27, 2024

    Last year, the performing surgeon’s clinic declined answering allegations that similarly dramatic images were digitally altered.

    Then, a doctor who is perhaps America’s most prominent plastic surgeon, said he believed the results were legitimate, adding that make up was present in the postoperative pictures.

    In the interim, the surgeon or practice has changed its name and social media handles 2-4 times, a move some former patients allege is a response to mounting bad reviews and a build up of botched cases.

    Has anyone heard of @drmayaesthetic or @drmay_aesthetic on Instagram?
    byu/SuccessfulMiddle1242 inPlasticSurgery
    An Instagram account previously sharing the incredible results, @drmustafaaliyanik, no longer exists. Screen capture May 30, 2024.
    An Instagram account previously sharing the incredible results, @drmayaesthetic, no longer exists. Screen capture May 29, 2024.

    Instagram (Meta, Inc.) says the account in question is based in Turkey, and has 4 former usernames.

    “The number of times an account changes its username may help you identify whether it’s authentic or misleading,” Instagram (Meta, Inc.) says.

    It’s under one of those former usernames that our attempts to hear from the clinic occurred, in September 2023.

    After answering the Times’ questions about procedures done and the performing surgeon’s credentials, the clinic ceased responding when we shared a summary of the allegations we’d heard from several independent sources.

    They said photoshop or other digital alterations were involved.

    The clinic stopped answering.

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    A post shared by Facial Plastic Surgery, Dental Treatment and Cosmetic Products (@estemedistanbultr)

    Instagram.com, @estemedistanbultr, formerly @drmayaesthetic

    The viral images originated on Instagram, courtesy of @estemedistanbultr.

    The account previously went by the name @drmayaesthetic.

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    A post shared by Facial Plastic Surgery, Dental Treatment and Cosmetic Products (@estemedistanbultr)

    honestly it doesnt even matter because what in the photoshop? pic.twitter.com/bcNcsnEWOE

    — VViTCH 👾 (@imavvitch) May 28, 2024

    Dr Mustafa Ali Yanik Turkey
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