08/21/2026
SURGERY · PART 4
After this surgery, the other four might not have happened at all. Here’s something I hadn’t told you yet: there weren’t four surgeries. There were five. The day I landed in Istanbul, I was already scheduled to get dental implants. After a long flight and barely any sleep, my coordinator told me my driver would pick me up at 3pm. Straight from the plane to the dentist. Just the way I like it. I only had 10 days in Turkey, so we had to start with the implants. After my face and neck lift, I wouldn’t have been able to open my mouth properly. That’s why I specifically looked for an all-inclusive clinic. One coordinator handled the doctors, clinics, drivers, and all the logistics. All I had to do was make it downstairs on time. At the dental clinic, they took X-rays, we went over everything, and then they gave me local anesthesia and placed the implants. One tooth had to be removed, but everything went quickly and smoothly. They gave me so much anesthesia that for the next five hours, my mouth basically had a life of its own. I went back to the hotel completely calm. First surgery done. Everything was going according to plan. But what I didn’t know was that two days later, those implants would put the other four surgeries at risk. Part 5 next