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Recovery, prepared properly

The happiest outcomes belong to prepared patients. This guide walks the four phases of every Maison recovery — use it with the interactive tracker.

Almost every stressful moment in medical travel is a recovery expectation nobody set. The surgery has a schedule; recovery has a shape — swelling that peaks before it settles, energy that returns in steps, a second week that feels slower than the first — and knowing that shape in advance is the difference between calm and panic. This guide walks the four phases of every Maison recovery: preparing at home before you fly, your supervised treatment week in Istanbul, the first weeks back home when most questions arise, and the months over which results actually mature.

Use it alongside the interactive tracker, which turns each phase into a private checklist that lives on your own device. And remember the standing rule printed on the tracker itself: this guide supports the written aftercare plan issued with your treatment — when they differ, your written plan wins, and your coordinator is one message away.

Before you travel

Preparation starts at home: medication review with your coordinator (some supplements and blood thinners pause before surgery), smoking cessation where required, arranging time off work, and packing for comfort — loose clothing, button-front tops for facial or chest procedures, and your written itinerary.

In Istanbul — treatment week

Your coordinator runs the logistics so you only focus on resting: transfers to every appointment, a translator in every consultation, daily welfare check-ins at your hotel, and scheduled post-operative reviews with the medical team.

First weeks home

The most questions arise in weeks one to four. Your 90-day aftercare programme schedules remote reviews and photo check-ins, and gives you one direct line for anything unexpected — swelling patterns, medication questions, wound care.

Months 2–12

Results mature over months: swelling fully resolves, scars fade, transplanted hair grows in, implants integrate. Scheduled milestone reviews (typically 3, 6 and 12 months, procedure-dependent) compare progress against your plan.

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