Honest answers to the questions patients ask most about revision breast lift surgery, techniques, recovery, results and treatment in Istanbul.
Yes. A revision works through scar tissue and must protect the blood supply to the nipple that was created in your first operation, so it is more complex and demands a surgeon experienced in secondary breast surgery. The rewards can be significant, but the procedure is more demanding, not less.
For shape and scar concerns, it's usually best to wait until the first result has fully matured — often around 12 months — and until your weight and any pregnancy plans are stable. Clear complications, such as a healing problem, may be assessed sooner.
Yes — bottoming out is one of the more correctable revision problems. It's corrected by rebuilding lower-pole support, raising or reinforcing the breast crease, reshaping the lower pole and repositioning the nipple, often with internal support to help the correction last.
Lost upper-pole fullness can be restored either by repositioning your own tissue (auto-augmentation) or by adding an implant. Each has trade-offs — an implant adds weight that can work against durability — so the right choice depends on your tissue and goals.
It's internal support — a bioabsorbable mesh or your own reinforced tissue — placed inside the breast to offload tension from the skin and help a revision result hold its shape. It can improve durability but is not a permanent guarantee against future stretching.
Often yes. A revision can re-excise widened or thick scars and re-close them under less tension — frequently possible because the revision also re-supports the breast, taking load off the skin. Scars can be made finer, but never erased completely.
Yes. Each breast is assessed and adjusted individually — nipple height, volume, shape and areola size — to improve balance. The goal is improved symmetry rather than perfectly identical breasts, which no one has.
Not necessarily. Many revisions restore shape using your own tissue and added support, with no implant. Implants are one option where more fullness is wanted, weighed against the extra weight they add.
It depends on why your result changed and what's needed — reshaping, internal support, implant work, scar revision — so it's priced individually. After a free assessment you receive a clear, all-inclusive quote with no obligation.
The demanding part of recovery is the first weeks, with strenuous activity avoided for around 4–6 weeks. The breasts settle and the final shape and scars mature over 6–12 months.
For most revision breast lifts a stay of around 5–7 days is enough — time for the procedure, early recovery and a check before you fly home. Your exact stay is confirmed in your personal plan, and Dr. Erdal continues follow-up remotely after you return.
Travellers from the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada, Germany and the Nordic countries can generally enter Türkiye visa-free for short tourist stays, and Istanbul has direct flights from most major cities in these countries. Entry rules can change, so check the official requirements for your nationality before travelling.
Dr. Erdal is a double board-certified (FACS, FEBOPRAS) plastic & reconstructive surgeon with an Associate Professor title, and holds an official health-tourism authorisation (No. 2026034015610080000444996) for international patients.
Yes. What matters is a careful assessment of your current breasts and, where possible, information about your previous surgery. Send photos and any details you have for an honest opinion on what's achievable.
Message Dr. Erdal directly — he's happy to give you an honest answer about your specific case.
Share photos of your breasts and a little about your first lift. Dr. Erdal will personally tell you what a revision can realistically achieve, and outline a tailored plan and all-inclusive quote — with no obligation.