Before / After
Interview
Scar · 2 monthsReal people.
Real journeys.
Surgery films, interviews, before and after pairs, the scar archive, patients back to normal life, the messages they sent from the airport and the physiotherapy that got them there. Published with each patient’s written permission; names, faces and contact details hidden on request.
After
▶Back to normal
Farewell chat
Back to normalWatch it as a story
Pick a category to see it on the right; the player moves on by itself every few seconds. Tap the player to watch the film without leaving the page.
Journey videosInterviews
Before / AfterScar archiveBack to normalFarewell chats
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Journey films from arrival to walking, and physiotherapy sessions. Tap a thumbnail to change the film.
▶Arrival, surgery and treatment
Arrival, surgery and treatment
The process, stage by stage
Walking during lengthening
Walking during lengthening
Founder İbrahim · walking during tibia lengthening
Patient journey
Patient journey
Patient journey
Patient journey▶Physiotherapy session 1
Physiotherapy session 2Patient interviews
Our patients tell it themselves: why they decided, what the first weeks felt like, and how life looks after. Tap a face to play.
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Clips the patients filmed themselves after going home: sport, work, travel, everyday life.
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▶Patients by country
Our patients travel to Istanbul from all over the world. Each pin marks a country they have come from; the gallery above collects their videos, pairs, scars and messages together, not country by country.
Before / After
Tap any pair to open it full size. Heights are the patients’ own measurements before surgery and after consolidation. Individual results vary.
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Before / After · 26Scar archive, month by month
Pin sites and incisions photographed by the patients at each check-up, from the first month after surgery to one year. Scroll sideways.
1 monthfixator still on2 monthsafter surgery
1 monthafter fixator removal · LON tibia
2 monthsafter fixator removal
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Internal nailincisions
ScarsoverviewEverything, always moving
The whole gallery flows past. Hover to pause, tap a card to open its section.
Before / After 01Before / AfterBefore / After 04Before / AfterBack to normalLife after lengtheningBack to normalLife after lengthening2 monthsScar archive · after fixator removalInterviewIn their own words
Farewell chatNames hiddenBefore / After 01Before / AfterBefore / After 04Before / AfterBack to normalLife after lengtheningBack to normalLife after lengthening2 monthsScar archive · after fixator removalInterviewIn their own wordsFarewell chatNames hiddenBefore / After 02Before / AfterBefore / After 05Before / AfterBack to normalLife after lengthening2 monthsScar archive · after surgery2.5 monthsScar archive · after fixator removalInterviewIn their own words
Farewell chatNames hiddenBefore / After 02Before / AfterBefore / After 05Before / AfterBack to normalLife after lengthening2 monthsScar archive · after surgery2.5 monthsScar archive · after fixator removalInterviewIn their own wordsFarewell chatNames hiddenBefore / After 03Before / AfterBefore / After 06Before / AfterBack to normalLife after lengthening1 monthScar archive · after fixator removal · LON tibiaInterviewIn their own wordsFarewell chatNames hiddenBefore / After 03Before / AfterBefore / After 06Before / AfterBack to normalLife after lengthening1 monthScar archive · after fixator removal · LON tibiaInterviewIn their own wordsFarewell chatNames hiddenFarewell chats
WhatsApp messages our patients sent on the way home. Shared with their written permission; patient and team names are changed and contact details hidden.
Patient stories
The long version: patients tell their whole journey on our blog, from the first message to the flight home. Tap a story to read it.
Femurs and tibias at the same time, 173 → 183 cm, two months in Istanbul.
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A 27-year-old MMA enthusiast from Romania, living in Ireland.
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Two stages, tibias then femurs, five months in Istanbul.
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Founder İbrahim’s own account: 2015 and 2020, 160 → 172 cm.
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From Berlin to Istanbul at 45, 168 → 178 cm.
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