Editorial Policy & Clinical Review Standards

At Vantage Cosmetic Surgery Clinic in Istanbul, we know that choosing a surgical or aesthetic procedure is a personal medical decision. This page explains how the educational content on our website is written, reviewed and kept up to date.

Please note that Vantage Cosmetic Surgery Clinic is a private medical provider. Our articles are educational and are not a substitute for a personal consultation. Cost and travel information is provided to help international patients plan their care and does not replace a personalized assessment.

1. How our content is written

Our articles are developed by our dedicated Health Communications & Medical Content Team, whose members bring over 5 years of experience in healthcare journalism and biomedical literature research. Content is based on peer-reviewed literature (for example PubMed-indexed studies) and guidance from professional bodies relevant to each specialty, such as the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) and the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). 

We avoid guaranteed-result claims. Where we cite outcome or success figures, we link the study they come from. Where we refer to our own clinical experience, we say so.

2. How our content is medically reviewed

Where an article carries a “medically reviewed” label, a physician from the relevant specialty has checked it for accuracy:

  1. Evidence check: claims are compared with the cited sources.
  2. Clinical review: a licensed physician reviews indications, contraindications, risks, recovery information and candidacy criteria.
  3. Sign-off: the reviewer approves the article, and the page shows the reviewer’s name, the date of the last medical review and the original publication date.
  4. Update: we aim to re-review articles every 12 months, or sooner if guidance changes.

3. Our medical reviewers

Facial aesthetics, rhinoplasty and ENT

Op. Dr. Fahri Gökhan Mersinlioğlu, Specialist in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

  • MD, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine (2011); residency at Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital
  • Focus: primary and revision rhinoplasty, septoplasty, facial plastic surgery
  • Personal website: gokhanmersinlioglu.com

Plastic, reconstructive and body contouring surgery

Op. Dr. Uğur Horoz, Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

  • MD, Dicle University; residency at Ankara Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital
  • Visiting research fellow, Showa University, Tokyo
  • Focus: breast surgery, abdominoplasty, body contouring, reconstructive microsurgery
  • Personal website: ugurhoroz.com

Women's health and pregnancy-related considerations

Dr. Jyothi V. Shenoy, Chief Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Manipal Hospitals, Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore, India

  • MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (1994); MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, JIPMER, Puducherry (1998), including a research fellowship with the World Health Organization
  • MRCOG (2001) and CCT from the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, UK; Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG)
  • More than nine years of practice in the UK before returning to India
  • Special interest: high-risk pregnancy and medical disorders in pregnancy; hysteroscopic surgery, colposcopy and minimally invasive gynaecological surgery
  • Role at Vantage: external medical reviewer for content on pregnancy, breastfeeding and planning surgery after childbirth (for example mommy makeover, breast and abdominal surgery) and other women’s health aspects of aesthetic procedures. Dr. Shenoy practises in India and is not a treating surgeon at our clinic.
  • Hospital profile (Manipal Hospitals)

Hair transplantation and scalp micropigmentation (SMP)

Hair transplant procedures (FUE, DHI and sapphire) at Vantage are carried out in collaboration with the team of Dr. Yasin Ilgaz. Several specialist physicians take part in hair transplantation at Vantage, so we do not attribute these articles to one named doctor, and they do not carry a “medically reviewed” label. Dr. Ilgaz and his team are clinical partners, not reviewers of our articles. To ask which physician will perform your procedure, contact us at the address below.

  • Scalp micropigmentation is provided through Vantage SMP Center. Our SMP specialist, Kate, explains the procedure in this video.
  • Articles with a “medically reviewed” label name the reviewing physician. Articles without a named reviewer do not carry that label.

Bariatric and metabolic procedures

Bariatric and metabolic surgery at Vantage is performed by the surgeons listed on our Doctors page. Whether a procedure suits you, and which one, is decided at a personal medical evaluation, not from an article.

Our bariatric articles are written by our content team and draw on guidance from the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). They do not currently carry a “medically reviewed” label. Where a physician reviews an article, the page names that physician.

4. Transparency and conflicts of interest

  • We are a provider of the treatments we describe. We therefore state alternatives, contraindications and cases where a procedure may not be suitable.
  • Where an article is medically reviewed, the reviewer checks it for medical accuracy. Cost and logistics information is prepared by our patient coordination team.
  • Patient images, where used, are published only with the patient’s explicit consent.
  • We name a physician as a medical reviewer only with that physician’s approval.

5. Corrections and contact

  • If you find an error or outdated information, please write to [email protected]. We aim to review correction requests within 5 business days and note significant changes on the article.

    Vantage Cosmetic Surgery Clinic, Barbaros, Şen Sk. No:2, Ataşehir, İstanbul, Türkiye

    Last updated: October 14, 2026

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