The Complete Guide to Breast Augmentation in Turkey

This guide complements our Breast Augmentation in Turkey procedure page, within our wider breast surgery in Turkey section. It covers how implant size is actually determined, the placement and incision options, what recovery genuinely feels like week by week, and everything you need to arrange before you travel. At any time you can review pricing in Turkey with no obligation.

Understanding Breast Augmentation

What the procedure involves

An implant is placed through an incision of four to five centimetres, either beneath the glandular tissue or beneath the pectoral muscle. The operation takes one to one and a half hours under general anaesthesia.

Volume increase is immediate and stable. Unlike fat transfer, where a proportion of the transferred tissue is reabsorbed over the following months, an implant gives you the volume you chose from the day it is placed.

What augmentation can achieve

• Volume, most obviously — and to a degree that no other technique can match.
• Upper pole fullness, which is what most patients are actually describing when they say they want fuller breasts. The upper part of the breast, between the collarbone and the nipple, is where volume loss shows most and where an implant makes the clearest difference.
• Improved projection in profile.
• Better symmetry, where one breast is naturally larger — implants of different volumes address this precisely.
• Restored volume after pregnancy or weight loss, where the breast has emptied rather than simply become smaller.
• Better proportion relative to your hips and frame, which for patients with a naturally wider lower body is often the actual goal.

How long do implants last?

There is no automatic expiry date, and an implant causing no problems does not need replacing on principle.

What is true is that a proportion of patients undergo further surgery within ten to fifteen years — sometimes for a clinical reason, frequently because they want a different size or because their body has changed. Planning for that possibility is sensible, and it is one reason we discuss long-term expectations at consultation rather than only the immediate result.

Implant Options

There are more decisions here than most patients expect, and each has a genuine effect on the result.

Filling: cohesive silicone gel

Dominates current practice, and for good reason. The gel is cohesive — it holds its shape rather than behaving like a liquid — which gives a natural feel and a stable form. If the shell is damaged, the gel remains largely contained rather than dispersing. The trade-off is that a rupture can be silent, which is why periodic imaging forms part of long-term follow-up.

Filling: saline

Filled with sterile salt water after insertion, which allows the volume to be adjusted during surgery and permits a slightly smaller incision. The feel is less natural than gel, and deflation, when it occurs, is visible and sudden — which some patients actually prefer, since there is no question about whether something has happened.

Shape: round

Provides more upper pole fullness and cannot rotate, since it is symmetrical in every direction. This makes it forgiving and predictable. A round implant in a moderate profile, placed in the dual plane position, produces a very natural result in most patients — which is why round implants are used more often than their reputation for looking artificial would suggest.

Shape: anatomical

Teardrop-shaped, with more volume in the lower part. Produces a more sloped upper pole and a shape closer to a natural breast profile. They require precise positioning and carry a small risk of rotation, which would distort the shape. Used selectively, where the anatomy and the patient's aesthetic goal specifically call for it.

Profile

The projection of the implant relative to its width. A low profile implant is wider and flatter; a high profile implant is narrower and projects more. This is where anatomy determines the choice. Your breast base width sets the diameter you can carry naturally, and the profile then determines how much volume that diameter can hold. A patient with a narrow chest who wants substantial volume needs a higher profile; a patient with a wider chest can achieve the same volume in a lower profile, which looks more natural.

Surface

Implant surface has been the subject of considerable regulatory attention internationally in recent years, and practice has shifted accordingly. Ask which surface will be used and why. A clear, specific answer is what you want, and your implant card records it.

Which will be used for me?

Established at your consultation from your measurements and your goal. Your plan specifies brand, model, volume, profile and shape, with the reasoning — and it is confirmed at your sizing session before surgery.

Placement: Where the Implant Sits

Three options, and the choice is clinical rather than a matter of preference.

Subglandular — over the muscle

The implant sits beneath the glandular tissue and above the pectoral muscle. Recovery is faster and considerably more comfortable, since the muscle is not disturbed. There is no visible movement when you contract your chest, which matters for athletes and anyone who trains upper body seriously. It requires adequate tissue thickness above the implant to camouflage its edges. Where the overlying tissue is thin, the implant border can become visible or palpable.

Submuscular — under the muscle

The implant sits beneath the pectoral muscle, which provides an additional layer of coverage over the upper part. This camouflages the implant edge well, which suits slim patients with limited breast tissue, and it makes mammographic imaging more straightforward. The trade-offs: recovery is more uncomfortable, since the muscle is being stretched over the implant, and the implant can move visibly when the pectoral muscle contracts.

Dual plane

The implant sits partly beneath the muscle in its upper portion and beneath the gland in its lower portion. This combines the camouflage of submuscular placement in the upper pole with better expansion in the lower pole, producing a more natural slope. It is the most frequently chosen position today, because it addresses the main limitation of each of the other two.

How the decision is made

From your tissue thickness measured by pinch test, your existing breast volume, your activity level, and where your nipple sits. Your plan specifies the placement with the reasoning.

Incision Options

Inframammary fold

The most common approach. A four-to-five-centimetre incision in the crease beneath the breast. It gives the surgeon the best direct view of the space being created, which matters for precise positioning, and the scar sits hidden in the fold — invisible when standing, and covered by any bra or swimsuit.

Periareolar

Around the lower border of the areola. The scar blends into the pigment border, which makes it inconspicuous in most patients. This route passes through glandular tissue, and the risk of altered nipple sensation is marginally higher.

Transaxillary

Through the armpit, leaving no scar on the breast at all. It offers less direct control over lower pole shaping.

Which suits me?

Determined by your anatomy, the implant chosen, and your own priority regarding scar location. Most patients choose the inframammary approach once the trade-offs are explained, but it is genuinely a discussion.

Sizing: The Decision That Shapes Your Result

How size is actually determined

Not in cup sizes, which vary between manufacturers and mean little clinically. Three measurements set the boundaries.

• Breast base width determines the maximum implant diameter your chest can carry naturally. This is measured, not estimated.
• Skin elasticity, assessed by pinch test, determines how much volume your tissue can hold and support well over time.
• Soft tissue thickness determines how effectively the implant will be camouflaged.

Within those boundaries there is genuine choice, and that is where your preference comes in.

The sizing session

This is where the decision becomes real. Trial implants are placed inside a fitted sizing bra so you can see several volumes on your own body, under clothing. Take your time with this appointment. Look at yourself in profile as well as from the front — most patients are surprised by how different the same volume looks from the side. Bring a fitted top you actually wear, and a bra you like. Walk around. Sit down. Photograph yourself in each option, and look at the photographs rather than only the mirror; we see ourselves differently in images.

What produces the most natural result

An implant proportionate to your base width, in a profile that suits your chest, with adequate tissue coverage. Within those parameters, a considerable range of volumes looks entirely natural. Our practical advice, which patients frequently thank us for later: if you are torn between two volumes, the smaller one ages better. Tissue supports it more easily over the years, and the result stays where you put it. That said, if you want a conspicuous result and your anatomy will carry it, that is an entirely legitimate choice. What matters is that you make it deliberately, having seen the options on your own body.

Bringing reference images

Genuinely useful, and we encourage it. Bring photographs of results you like. Two caveats worth knowing: photographs show the result on someone else's frame, and the same implant produces a different appearance on a different chest. Your surgeon will tell you honestly what is achievable on your anatomy and what would need a different starting point.

When a Lift Is Combined With Augmentation

The measurement that decides it

Where your nipple sits relative to your inframammary fold — the crease beneath your breast.

• Above the fold: augmentation alone will give you a good result. The implant fills the breast and the nipple sits correctly.
• At the level of the fold: borderline, and worth a proper discussion. A limited lift may improve the result.
• Below the fold: a lift combined with the implant produces the correct result. An implant alone would add volume to a breast that has descended, without repositioning it.

Why this matters for your satisfaction

It is the single most consequential planning question in breast augmentation, and it is straightforward to answer with a measurement. Ask it directly at your consultation: "Given where my nipple sits relative to my fold, would a lift improve my result?" A specific answer, with the measurement, tells you the assessment has been done properly.

What adding a lift involves

Additional scars — periareolar, often vertical, sometimes horizontal in the fold — and a slightly longer operation and recovery. In exchange it produces a result that is genuinely correct rather than approximately so. Most patients who understand the choice accept the scars readily, particularly once they have seen scar photographs at one year.

This is very common after pregnancy

The most frequent presentation we see: breasts that have both emptied and descended after breastfeeding. A lift with a moderate implant restores both position and upper pole fullness, and the combined result is substantially better than either procedure alone would produce.

Why Canadians Choose Turkey

Why the cost difference exists

It reflects the cost structure of the country rather than the quality of the work. Surgeon fees, facility costs, staffing and accommodation are all substantially lower, while implant brands, sterilisation standards and surgical technique are the ones used internationally. Turkey performs a very high volume of plastic surgery, which means experienced surgeons and well-equipped facilities. A surgeon performing several hundred breast procedures a year develops a level of technical familiarity that translates into shorter operating times and more predictable results.

What Canadian patients notice

Two things come up repeatedly. The daily nursing visits during the stay — in Canada you would go home the same day and be seen again at a scheduled appointment, whereas here someone checks your dressings and answers questions every day. And the sizing session, which is more thorough than many patients have experienced. Trying on volumes with time to consider them, rather than choosing from a number, changes how confident patients feel about the decision.

Insurance

Cosmetic breast augmentation is not covered by Canadian provincial plans or by private insurance, so this is a private expense either way. There is no coverage question to investigate first, which makes the comparison straightforward.

Assessment: Building Your Plan

The online consultation

Before you travel, you send standardised photographs and your measurements. Your surgeon reviews them and provides an initial plan and quote — including whether a lift would improve your result, which is the point most patients want answered. What to send: photographs from the front, three-quarter and profile, standing, arms at your sides and then raised, in light-coloured underwear, unfiltered. Plus your height, weight, current bra size, underbust and bust measurements, number of pregnancies, and medical history.

On-site assessment

A clinical examination with measurements: breast base width, sternal notch to nipple distance, nipple to fold distance, nipple position relative to the fold, skin elasticity by pinch test, and tissue thickness. Blood work, and breast imaging — ultrasound for younger patients, mammogram from around age 40 or earlier with a family history.

Why breast imaging forms part of the assessment

Two reasons. It establishes that the breast is healthy before surgery, and it creates a baseline for comparison in your future screening — which matters because a breast with an implant is interpreted slightly differently. You can have this done in Canada if you prefer, which many patients do since it is usually covered. Bring the images and the report rather than a verbal summary.

Anaesthetic assessment

Blood work, medical history, and cardiac assessment depending on age and health. Tell the anaesthetist about any previous anaesthetic problems, breathing conditions including sleep apnoea, and every medication and supplement you take. Supplements frequently overlooked: fish oil, vitamin E, ginkgo, ginseng and garlic capsules, all of which affect bleeding and are stopped beforehand.

The surgical marking

On the morning of surgery, standing, your surgeon marks the incision position and the boundaries of the implant pocket. This is done standing because gravity determines how your breast sits, and markings made lying down bear no relation to real life. It takes fifteen to twenty minutes. This is also your last practical opportunity to raise anything. If you have changed your mind about size, or want to confirm the placement decision, say so here. Surgeons expect it.

Your Trip, Day by Day

Seven to ten days for augmentation alone; ten days where a lift is combined.

Day 1 — Arrival

Your driver meets you at the airport and takes you to your hotel with your companion. Nothing clinical today. Canadian flights arrive after an overnight leg, and there is no advantage to being assessed tired.

Day 2 — Assessment and sizing

Clinical examination with measurements, blood work, and breast imaging. Then your consultation with the surgeon and the sizing session — trying volumes with a fitted bra, in front of a mirror, with time to consider. By the end of the day your plan is confirmed: implant brand, model, volume, profile, placement and incision.

Day 3 — Surgery

Surgical marking in the morning, standing. Then the procedure under general anaesthesia, one to one and a half hours. You wake in recovery with a compression bra in place. You will be asked to get up and walk within hours — this is the most effective measure against blood clots, and it matters more for you than for most patients because you have a flight ahead. One night in hospital.

Day 4 — Transfer to hotel

Discharge to your hotel, with your first nursing visit that day. This is the day most patients find hardest: the anaesthetic has fully worn off, and the tightness across the chest is at its most noticeable. Your companion earns their place today.

Days 5 to 7 — Recovery with daily nursing

A nurse visits daily to check your dressings, review your medication and answer questions. Most patients notice a clear turning point around day four or five: the tightness eases, arm movement improves, and prescribed painkillers give way to simple paracetamol. You will feel well enough to be restless by day six. Gentle walking is encouraged; anything more is not.

Day 8 — Surgical review

Your surgeon reviews the result, checks the incisions, and confirms your recovery is progressing normally. Many patients feel well enough for a gentle outing by this point — a slow walk along the Bosphorus, a café. Nothing strenuous, no lifting, no carrying.

Days 9 to 10 — Final check and departure

Sutures removed if they are not the dissolving type. Final review, scar care instruction, and your documentation: operative report, implant card, and written aftercare guidance. Then your transfer to the airport.

If you would rather stay longer

Some patients extend by a few days. There is no clinical requirement, but the additional recovery time before flying is genuinely comfortable, and your coordinator can arrange the hotel extension.

Recovery: What Actually Happens, Week by Week

Generic timelines gloss over the parts patients find hardest. Here is a more useful account.

Day of surgery

You will wake with your chest in a compression bra, groggy, possibly nauseous from the anaesthetic — which is common and treatable, so mention it rather than enduring it. Pain at this stage is usually well controlled. What patients notice more is the tightness: a sensation of pressure across the chest that is difficult to describe until you experience it.

Day 1

Often the hardest day. Marked tightness, restricted arm movement, and considerable fatigue. Practical realities: you will struggle to wash your own hair, you will find it hard to reach above shoulder height, and getting out of bed requires a technique — roll onto your side, push up with your elbows, do not pull with your arms. Eat lightly and drink more water than you think you need. Ask for a stool softener before you need one; anaesthetic and analgesics both cause constipation, and straining is genuinely uncomfortable after chest surgery.

Days 2 to 3

Swelling typically peaks. Bruising, if you get it, appears now and may extend further than you expect — sometimes toward the ribs or up toward the collarbone. This looks alarming and is almost always harmless. Many patients feel low around day two or three. This is well documented after surgery of any kind, and it is usually a combination of anaesthetic after-effects, disrupted sleep, and the ordinary human reaction to being sore and dependent. It passes, and knowing to expect it helps considerably.

Days 4 to 5

The turning point. Tightness eases noticeably, arm movement improves, and most patients switch from prescribed painkillers to paracetamol. You will feel restless. Doing too much on day five is the most common cause of a setback on day six.

Days 6 to 10

Progressive improvement. Sutures out if non-absorbable. Your final review and documentation. Your breasts will look wrong to you: high, firm, oddly shaped, possibly asymmetrical. This is entirely normal at this stage and it is not your result. Almost every patient goes through a phase of quiet alarm here.

Weeks 2 to 6

Most patients return to desk work at ten to fifteen days. Swelling subsides and the shape becomes progressively more natural. Implants begin to settle. Around week three or four you will feel entirely normal and want to resume everything. The tissue underneath is still healing, and this is when restrictions are most often broken.

Months 3 to 6

The implants complete their descent and the tissue softens — a process sometimes called "drop and fluff." The upper pole becomes less prominent, the lower pole fills, and the result becomes genuinely assessable. A result judged at three weeks is not your result. Patients who understand this in advance find the early weeks far easier.

Months 12 to 18

Scar maturation completes.

Managing Discomfort

What it actually feels like

Most patients describe pressure and tightness rather than sharp pain — comparable to having done far too much chest exercise. Submuscular placement is more uncomfortable than subglandular, because the muscle is being stretched over the implant.

How it is managed

Prescribed analgesia for the first few days, stepping down to over-the-counter pain relief. Some patients also receive a muscle relaxant after submuscular placement. Take the medication on schedule for the first two to three days rather than waiting for pain to build. Staying ahead of pain requires less medication overall than chasing it.

What helps beyond medication

Position matters more than patients expect. Sleeping propped on two or three pillows, with a further pillow under each elbow, relieves a surprising amount of tension. Gentle frequent walking helps more than rest — stiffness compounds discomfort. A small pillow held against the chest is useful when coughing or sneezing.

When it ends

The distinct turning point is usually day four or five. Most patients stop prescribed analgesia by day five to seven. Intermittent tightness at the end of the day can persist for several weeks and is normal.

Compression, Sleeping and Daily Life

The compression bra

Worn continuously, including overnight, for four to six weeks. It limits swelling, supports the implants during stabilisation, and influences their final position. Underwired bras are avoided for longer, since the wire presses directly on the inframammary incision.

Sleeping

On your back, upper body slightly elevated, for three to four weeks. Side or front sleeping applies pressure that can influence implant position. If you are a habitual side sleeper this is genuinely difficult. A practical approach: build a barrier of pillows on each side so that rolling over wakes you before you complete the movement. Some patients use a travel neck pillow to stop the head turning, which reduces the tendency to follow with the body.

Getting out of bed

Roll onto your side, then push up with your elbows. Practise this before surgery — it feels awkward the first few times and it is much easier to learn beforehand.

Washing your hair

The task patients most consistently underestimate. Reaching overhead is uncomfortable and holding your arms up long enough to rinse is genuinely difficult in the first week. Practical solutions: have it done at a salon, use dry shampoo, ask your companion, or use a detachable shower head held at chest height.

Preparing your home before you travel

An hour spent on this makes the week after your return considerably easier.

• Move everything to waist height — kitchen items, bathroom products, the clothes you will wear. Reaching overhead is uncomfortable for weeks.
• Lay out front-fastening tops. Nothing over the head for at least two weeks.
• Build your sleeping setup: three or four pillows plus one for each elbow.
• Prepare food, or arrange deliveries. Lifting a full pan is out of the question in week one.
• Move pet food and litter to floor level. No lifting pets, no lifting children.
• Arrange help for the first two or three days after your return if you live alone.

Returning to Work and Exercise

Work

Desk work: ten to fifteen days. Physically demanding work involving the arms or lifting: four to six weeks. Driving requires you to be off strong analgesia and able to perform an emergency manoeuvre — usually seven to ten days. If you commute by public transport, consider that reaching for an overhead rail is uncomfortable and crowds present a risk of being bumped.

Exercise, by activity

Once cleared, a well-fitted sports bra worn consistently genuinely contributes to maintaining your result.

Scars: What to Expect, Month by Month

Where your scar will be

Most commonly a four-to-five-centimetre scar in the inframammary fold, concealed in the crease. Where a periareolar approach is used, at the lower border of the areola.

How it evolves

A scar care protocol

• Weeks 1 to 3: follow the clinic's wound care instructions exactly. Do not apply creams or silicone to an incision that has not fully closed.
• Weeks 3 to 6, once healed: begin gentle massage, two or three times daily for a few minutes, with a plain unscented moisturiser. Press firmly enough to blanch the scar slightly.
• Week 6 onward: silicone is the best-evidenced topical treatment. Silicone gel or sheeting applied consistently outperforms the various creams marketed for scars — and consistency matters more than the product.
• Sun protection for at least twelve months. This is the most commonly neglected element and the most consequential. An immature scar exposed to ultraviolet light pigments permanently. Cover it or use a high-factor sunblock on any exposure, including through a swimsuit.

For Canadian patients: spring sun after a long winter is deceptively strong, and reflected light from water or snow counts.

Your Implant Card and Documentation

What you receive

An implant card recording brand, model, volume, lot number and date of implantation, for each implant. Plus your operative report describing the procedure, the placement and the incision used.

Why it matters

Three concrete reasons. Manufacturer warranties — many brands cover rupture, sometimes for life, and may contribute to reoperation costs. These apply only to traceable implants. Safety notices — if a manufacturer issues a recall affecting a particular lot, you need to know whether yours is included. Future surgery — any surgeon seeing you in ten years, including in an emergency, needs to know exactly what is in place.

What to do with it

Keep the original. Photograph it on your phone. Give a copy to your family doctor, and keep the operative report with it. This takes twenty minutes and it is the difference between an efficient consultation years from now and a frustrating one.

Pregnancy, Breastfeeding and Timing

Can I breastfeed after augmentation?

Usually yes. The implant sits behind the glandular tissue and the milk ducts are not divided. The risk of reduced capacity is marginally higher with a periareolar incision, which passes through glandular tissue. Tell your surgeon if you are planning a pregnancy — it may influence the choice of incision.

Will pregnancy change my result?

Yes, as it changes any breast: volume increases then decreases, and the skin may stretch. The implant itself remains, but some patients subsequently want a lift. This is not a reason to postpone indefinitely, but it is a reason to think about timing. Many patients have augmentation before pregnancy and are entirely happy with the result afterwards; others prefer to wait.

Contraception

Hormonal contraception increases thrombotic risk, which compounds with surgery and a long flight. Disclose it. Your team may advise adjustment or additional prophylaxis around the surgical period.

Long-Term Follow-Up

What is actually required

An annual clinical review, and periodic imaging — ultrasound or MRI — to check the implant. Silicone gel implants do not visibly deflate if the shell is damaged, which is why imaging rather than observation is the appropriate check.

Breast cancer screening

Continues normally according to the guidelines for your age and family history. Tell the radiologist you have implants at every single examination. Specific mammographic views exist for implant patients, and ultrasound or MRI can supplement the assessment. This one sentence at the reception desk is all that is required, and it protects the quality of your screening.

What to report

New firmness or change in shape of a breast, pain, and — worth knowing about — swelling of one breast appearing months or years after surgery, which should always be assessed. It is uncommon, and it is the kind of thing that is straightforward to investigate and reassuring to have checked.

Keep your documentation

Operative report and implant card, permanently. If you ever need revision surgery, emergency treatment, or want to claim under a manufacturer warranty, these are what make it possible.

Aylan Clinic Across Canada: 50 Cities We Serve

Aylan Clinic works with patients from every province and territory in Canada. Wherever you live, the process begins the same way: a free online consultation, with photographs sent from home and no need to travel before your dates are confirmed. Below are the fifty Canadian cities from which we most frequently receive enquiries, with practical notes on travelling to Istanbul from each region.

Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario

Toronto is our single largest source of Canadian patients, and Pearson offers the most direct connections to Istanbul of any Canadian airport — which makes it the simplest journey in the country for this procedure. Across the wider Greater Toronto Area we regularly work with patients from Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Oshawa, all within straightforward reach of Pearson. Along the western end of Lake Ontario, patients travel to us from Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville, and from the Niagara region including St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. In southwestern Ontario we see patients from London, from the Waterloo region — Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge — and from Guelph, Windsor and Barrie. Most drive to Pearson rather than connecting domestically, which after chest surgery is considerably easier: you avoid an additional flight and you are not dependent on a domestic schedule on your return.

Eastern and northern Ontario

Ottawa patients typically connect through Toronto or Montreal, with many choosing Montreal for its frequency of European departures. Kingston patients generally drive to either. In northern Ontario we work with patients from Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie. Journeys from the north involve a domestic connection, so we recommend an overnight stay near your arrival airport on the return rather than connecting the same day — a transatlantic flight followed immediately by a domestic leg, ten days after surgery, is more tiring than patients anticipate. Sudbury and Thunder Bay both have substantial francophone populations, and those patients are served in French from first contact through post-operative follow-up.

Montreal and the surrounding region

Montreal is our second-largest Canadian source, with excellent direct and one-stop connections to Istanbul from Trudeau. Patients from Laval, Longueuil and Brossard are all within easy reach of the airport, and many treat the outbound journey as a simple evening departure. Montreal patients frequently extend their stay by a few days, since the flight schedules make a longer trip comfortable rather than rushed — and the additional recovery time before flying is genuinely worthwhile.

Quebec City and across the province

From Quebec City and the Capitale-Nationale region, including Lévis, most patients connect through Montreal. The same applies to Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Drummondville and Saint-Jérôme — all within driving distance of Trudeau, which many patients prefer to a domestic connection after surgery. Gatineau patients usually depart from Ottawa or drive to Montreal. From Saguenay, a domestic connection through Montreal is the norm, and we particularly suggest an overnight buffer on the return. All Quebec patients are served in French throughout: consultation, the sizing session where you choose your volume, surgery, daily nursing visits, and the written aftercare guidance you take home. For a decision about your own body, discussing it in your own language matters.

Vancouver and British Columbia

Vancouver patients connect through European hubs, and the journey is longer than from central Canada — typically one connection and a full day of travel. We schedule assessment for the day after arrival rather than the same day, so that you are rested before the sizing session. Across the Lower Mainland we work with patients from Surrey, Burnaby and Richmond. From Victoria and Nanaimo, patients cross to Vancouver by ferry or short flight — the ferry is the easier option on the return leg. Kelowna, Abbotsford and Kamloops patients typically connect through Vancouver or Calgary. Given the travel time from British Columbia, most patients from this region prefer a slightly longer stay, which suits this procedure well — the extra days before flying make the journey home noticeably more comfortable.

Alberta

Calgary and Edmonton both offer good European connections, and Alberta is consistently among our strongest sources of Canadian patients. Patients from Red Deer and Lethbridge generally drive to Calgary rather than adding a domestic flight. We schedule Alberta patients with the same rest-day approach as British Columbia, given the connection and the time change.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Winnipeg patients connect through Toronto or Montreal. The francophone community of Saint-Boniface is served in French, as are Franco-Manitoban patients from the surrounding region. From Saskatoon and Regina, journeys involve a domestic connection followed by a transatlantic flight. For prairie patients we particularly recommend an overnight stay near your arrival airport on the return — it turns a long day into two manageable ones.

Atlantic Canada

Halifax offers seasonal and connecting European service, and Nova Scotia patients typically route through Toronto or Montreal. In New Brunswick we work with patients from Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John. Moncton and the surrounding Acadian communities are served in French, as are Acadian patients across the province. Most connect through Montreal, which for francophone patients has the added convenience of French-language service throughout the journey. From Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island and St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador, journeys involve one or two connections. St. John's patients benefit from the shortest transatlantic leg in Canada, though the onward connection adds time — an overnight stay in between is advisable.

Northern Canada

We work with patients from Whitehorse in Yukon, and from communities across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. For northern patients, any surgical procedure already involves travelling a considerable distance, and several of our patients from the territories have noted that a trip to Istanbul is not dramatically longer than a trip to Vancouver or Edmonton — with the difference that accommodation, meals, daily nursing care and a companion are all included. We plan northern itineraries with particular care, building in buffer days at both ends.

How we handle the logistics

Whichever city you are travelling from, your coordinator arranges airport transfers at both ends in Istanbul, confirms your hotel before you depart, and builds your schedule around your arrival time rather than a standard template. Three recommendations for every Canadian patient. Schedule your assessment for the day after you land — the sizing session is a decision worth making rested. Avoid a same-day domestic connection on your return. And consider an aisle seat for the flight home, since you should be standing and walking every hour, which is much harder from a window seat. If you are unsure how to structure your travel from your city, ask. We have arranged trips from most of the cities on this list and can tell you what has worked well.

What the Package Includes

• Free online consultation with a plan and quote from your photographs
• Full on-site assessment: clinical measurements, blood work, breast imaging
• Implant sizing session with trial implants and a fitted bra
• Surgeon consultation and standing surgical marking
• The procedure, general anaesthesia and hospitalisation
• Implants from internationally recognised manufacturers, specified in your plan
• Compression bra
• Daily nursing visits throughout your hotel stay
• Surgical review before departure, with sutures removed if applicable
• Written aftercare and scar care guidance in English or French
• Operative report and implant card — brand, model, volume, lot number
• 5-star hotel accommodation, full board
• A companion at no extra cost, accommodated and fed in the same room
• Airport–clinic–hotel transfers
• A personal coordinator from arrival to departure
• English and French-speaking Canadian patient liaison available on request

The surgical team

• Senior plastic surgeon — experienced in augmentation and implant selection
• Female plastic surgeon — available for patients who prefer a female surgeon
• Anaesthetist — pre-operative assessment and continuous monitoring
• Dedicated nurse — daily post-operative care throughout your stay

Results by Patient Profile

Naturally small breasts, good skin tone

A patient in her early thirties with nipples positioned above the inframammary fold and good tissue quality. A moderate-profile round implant in the dual plane, sized to her base width. Straightforward recovery, a well-concealed inframammary scar, and a result that reads as entirely natural. The most common presentation, and among the most predictable.

After breastfeeding — volume and position

A patient after two pregnancies whose breasts had emptied and whose nipples now sat below the fold. A lift combined with a moderate implant, restoring both position and upper pole fullness. The additional scars were discussed in advance with one-year photographs, and she accepted them readily once she understood that an implant alone would not have produced the result she wanted.

A slim patient with limited tissue

A patient with a narrow chest and thin overlying tissue. Submuscular placement for better camouflage of the implant edge, with a higher profile implant to achieve the volume she wanted within her base width. Her recovery was more uncomfortable than a subglandular placement would have been, which was explained beforehand, and the camouflage was worth it for her anatomy.

Correcting a natural asymmetry

A patient whose left breast was noticeably larger than her right, with both nipples correctly positioned. Two implants of different volumes, sized individually. Harmony achieved with a straightforward recovery and no lift required.

An athlete

A patient who trains upper body seriously and did not want visible implant movement on muscle contraction. Subglandular placement, which avoided that entirely, with a moderate volume that her tissue thickness could camouflage well. Placement is not always dictated by tissue alone — how you use your body matters.

A patient who chose a smaller volume

A patient who arrived intending a substantial increase and, after the sizing session, chose a volume two steps smaller than she had planned. Seeing the options on her own body in profile changed her mind. Eighteen months later she describes it as the best decision she made — which is a comment we hear often enough that it informs the advice on sizing.

Questions Worth Asking Any Clinic

• "What is my breast base width, and what implant volume does that allow?" — a specific figure in centimetres and a corresponding range indicates you have been measured rather than quoted.
• "Given my nipple position, would a lift improve my result?" — the most consequential planning question, and it is answered by a measurement.
• "Which implant brand, model, profile and surface, and why?" — a specific answer is what you want, and it should appear on your implant card.
• "Which placement do you recommend for me, and why?" — the reasoning should reference your tissue thickness and your activity level.
• "Will I have a sizing session with trial implants?" — this is where the decision becomes real.
• "Will I receive an implant card?" — it should be automatic.
• "How many nursing visits are included during my stay?" — daily visits are a meaningful part of the value.
• "Can I see results at one year, on patients with a starting point like mine?" — one-year photographs, including scars, are the informative ones.
• "How long before I can fly home?" — compare against the seven-to-ten-day standard.

Practical Points to Know

What to expect

Marked chest tightness for three to five days, more pronounced with submuscular placement. Swelling peaking around forty-eight hours. Bruising in some patients, sometimes extending further than expected. Restricted arm movement for the first week. A clear turning point around day four or five, and desk work at ten to fifteen days. Your breasts sitting high and firm for the first weeks, softening and settling over three to six months.

Recognised points

Breast augmentation is a well-established procedure. As with any surgery under general anaesthesia there are recognised considerations, and your surgeon will discuss those relevant to you before you proceed. The main ones: haematoma, bleeding into the surgical space, most likely in the first 48 hours — one reason the stay includes several days of monitoring. Infection, uncommon and treated promptly. Capsular contracture, where the natural capsule around the implant thickens, making the breast firm — the most common late consideration, and treatable surgically. Rupture, which is why periodic imaging forms part of follow-up. Rippling, visible or palpable waviness at the implant edge, more likely with thin tissue coverage. Altered nipple sensation, often temporary. Some residual asymmetry, since no chest is perfectly symmetrical to begin with. And venous thrombosis, which is why early mobilisation, compression stockings and the flying interval all matter.

Two things within your control

Stopping smoking for at least four weeks before and after. Nicotine constricts small blood vessels and reduces skin perfusion, which affects healing. Canadian provincial quitlines are free, and your pharmacist can advise on nicotine replacement. Disclosing hormonal contraception, which increases thrombotic risk and compounds with surgery and a long flight.

Who this suits

Adults with completed breast development, in general good health, with realistic expectations of what implants achieve.

Pregnancy

Surgery is not performed during pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Flying Home

How long to stay

Seven to ten days minimum after augmentation alone. Ten days where a lift is combined.

Why the interval

Haematoma risk is concentrated in the first week, and managing it here with your surgical team is straightforward. Thrombotic risk is elevated by surgery and further elevated by seven to ten hours of cabin immobility. Confirm your date with the clinical team before booking a non-changeable return fare.

Making the flight easier

Book an aisle seat. You should stand and walk every hour, and from a window seat most patients simply stop doing it. Wear your compression bra, graduated compression stockings, and loose clothing that fastens at the front. Before boarding, take your analgesia, walk the terminal rather than sitting at the gate, and hydrate. During the flight, walk the aisle hourly, flex and circle your ankles when seated, drink water consistently, and avoid alcohol. Keep in your cabin bag: operative report, implant card, medication, and a spare compression bra. Request airport assistance when booking if you have any doubt. Carrying and lifting bags is exactly what you have been told not to do.

Warranty and Aftercare

Manufacturer warranty

Most recognised implant manufacturers guarantee the implant against rupture, frequently for life, and many contribute toward the cost of replacement surgery under defined conditions. This applies only to traceable implants, which is why your implant card matters. Register it if the manufacturer offers registration.

What we recommend arranging at home

A family doctor or gynaecologist for your annual review and to arrange periodic imaging. Give them a copy of your operative report and implant card. Most Canadian patients already have this in place. The conversation is straightforward and it is easier had before you travel than after.

Staying in touch

Send us photographs at six weeks, three months and a year. We like to see how results settle, and it keeps your file active if you have a question. For anything that concerns you, message us — a photograph is usually enough for us to advise, and most early concerns turn out to be normal healing.

Price: How It Is Built and How to Compare It

Why we quote per case rather than publishing a price list

Because the components differ. One patient needs augmentation alone; another needs augmentation with a lift, which is a longer operation with additional significant surgical work. Implant brands and profiles also differ in cost. Your quote is built from your photographs and measurements, itemised, and fixed once you approve it.

What determines your price

Six factors.

• Whether a lift is combined. The largest single variable, and it is determined by your nipple position rather than by preference.
• The implant brand and model. Internationally recognised manufacturers with long-term warranties and extensive clinical data sit at a different price point from less established ones. This is the component you cannot inspect, and it is specified in your plan and recorded on your card.
• The placement, since submuscular and dual plane placement involve more surgical work than subglandular.
• Whether both breasts require different implants, as in asymmetry correction.
• The length of your stay, since accommodation, full board and daily nursing are included.
• Any additional procedure carried out at the same time.

What is included in your quote

The online consultation and plan. Full on-site assessment with clinical measurements, blood work and breast imaging. The sizing session. Surgeon consultation and marking. The procedure, anaesthesia and hospitalisation. The implants themselves. Compression bra. Daily nursing visits throughout your stay. Surgical review and suture removal. Written aftercare guidance. Operative report and implant card. Your 5-star hotel with full board. Airport transfers. Your coordinator throughout. A companion is accommodated and fed at no additional cost. You can review our pricing in Turkey for a fuller overview.

What sits outside it

Flights, travel insurance, follow-up and periodic imaging in Canada, scar care products, and — realistically — the possibility of replacement surgery at some point in the future.

How to compare quotes properly

Six checks, and breast augmentation quotes are frequently not comparable at face value.

• Is the implant brand and model specified? This is the largest silent variable available to a clinic, and the one you cannot verify afterwards without an implant card. A quote that does not name the implant is not a complete quote.
• Is breast imaging included in the assessment?
• Is a sizing session included? Choosing a volume from a number, rather than seeing it on your body, is a materially different experience.
• How many nights of accommodation, and are meals included?
• How many nursing visits during the stay? Daily visits and a single check before departure are not the same level of care.
• Is a companion included? This adds substantially if it is extra.

And one question worth asking directly: is an implant card provided? If the answer is anything other than a straightforward yes, that tells you something.

Why the lowest quote is rarely the best value

On augmentation, the savings available to a clinic are identifiable: a less established implant brand, no breast imaging, no sizing session, a shorter stay, fewer nursing visits, and no companion included. The implant brand matters most, because it determines your warranty, the availability of long-term safety data, and your options in fifteen years. It is also the one element you cannot assess yourself — which is precisely why the implant card exists and why we provide it as standard.

Insurance

Cosmetic augmentation is not covered by Canadian provincial plans or private insurance, so there is no coverage to investigate and no claim to prepare. Travel medical insurance is worth arranging, and read the exclusions rather than the summary page. Many standard policies exclude complications of elective surgery. Ask your insurer in writing whether complications of planned surgery abroad are covered, and prioritise medical repatriation and hospitalisation cover.

Payment

A deposit confirms your dates. The balance is settled on site, under terms set out in full when you approve your plan. There are no additional charges once accepted.

Getting your figure

Send photographs from the front, three-quarter and profile — standing, arms at your sides and then raised, in light-coloured underwear, unfiltered. Add your height, weight, current bra size, underbust and bust measurements, number of pregnancies, and medical history. You will receive a personalised plan and quote within 24 to 48 hours, including an assessment of whether a lift would improve your result.

Glossary

How Canadians Search for This

• "Boob job in Turkey" — by far the most common phrasing, and it usually means augmentation with implants.
• "Breast implants cost Canada" — the comparison point. Cosmetic augmentation is a private expense in Canada.
• "How do I choose implant size" — by your base width, tissue thickness and skin elasticity, then confirmed at a sizing session on your own body.
• "Do I need a lift or just implants" — answered by where your nipple sits relative to your inframammary fold. It requires a measurement.
• "Under or over the muscle" — dual plane is the most common compromise today; the choice depends on tissue thickness and how you use your body.
• "Breast implant recovery time" — desk work at ten to fifteen days, chest training at eight weeks, result settled at three to six months.
• "How long do breast implants last" — no fixed expiry, though a proportion of patients have further surgery within ten to fifteen years.
• "Round vs teardrop implants" — round for upper pole fullness and predictability; anatomical for a more sloped profile, used selectively.
• "Can you breastfeed with implants" — usually yes; the implant sits behind the glandular tissue.
• "Breast augmentation scars" — most commonly in the inframammary fold, and look for one-year photographs rather than three-month ones.
• "Flying after breast augmentation" — seven to ten days, and book an aisle seat.
• "Breast implant card" — brand, model, volume and lot number. Ask any clinic whether they provide one.
• "Capsular contracture" — the natural capsule thickening around an implant. The most common late consideration, and treatable.
• "Breast augmentation with lift Turkey" — very common after pregnancy, and it produces a substantially better result than an implant alone where the nipple has descended.

In Summary

Breast augmentation at Aylan Clinic combines experienced plastic surgeons, implant sizing based on your actual measurements and confirmed at a session where you see the volumes on your own body, implants from internationally recognised manufacturers with full traceability, and daily nursing visits throughout your stay — with 5-star accommodation and a companion at no extra cost, for up to 60% less than Canadian private prices. Four things shape your result: a size chosen for your anatomy, where base width sets the boundary and the sizing session is where you make the choice within it; asking about a lift, since where your nipple sits relative to your fold determines whether an implant alone gives you the result you want; staying seven to ten days and taking your implant card home; and judging your result at three to six months, not at three weeks, because it changes considerably in between.

To go further, explore our Breast Augmentation in Turkey procedure page for how the operation works, the stay and aftercare, review pricing in Turkey, or browse the full range of breast surgery in Turkey. Send your photographs and you will have a plan within 24 to 48 hours — including an honest view on whether a lift would improve your result.