Biography

Ahmet Karacalar Prof.Dr.

Faculty of Medicine and Plastic – Aesthetic Surgery training:

Ege University
Uludağ University
Erasmus University (scholarship) – Netherlands NL
St.John’s Hospital – UK

Some specialized trainings and courses: (summary)

Endoscopic forehead and face lifting, silhouette lift – Los Angeles, New York
Facial skeleton aesthetics – Copenhagen
Breast aesthetics and facial rejuvenation – San Diego
Facial rejuvenation – Vienna
Laser training – Ljubljana, Nuremberg, Florence
Microdialysis – Stockholm,
Flap dissection course – Liege
Antiaging – Dubai
Stem cell – Florence, Barcelona
Vaser 4D body shaping – Colombia

Short Visits:

Los Angeles (Dr.Isse Clinic) – USA
University of Vienna – Austria

“Efforts within the scope of ”Scientific and Artistic Approach to Aesthetic Surgery"

Associate Professorship in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in 2000, Professorship title in 2006
Sculpture studies in Paris, Ramsgate, and Florence, two solo exhibitions
Nearly one year of psychiatry training
Books and research on Amazons (1. Amazonism, breast and aesthetics 2. Amazons and the cry of anaerkin) https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonlar .
Other Books (Aesthetic surgery and the Cinderella tale, Iconoplasty-Messages to aesthetic surgery through sculpture), ”Lipedema and its treatment”
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His latest book Lipoedema: An evolutionary mismatch (in three languages)
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International studies where he is the first author are listed below.
For international citations (https://scholar.google.com)
Three TPCD clinical research first prizes, one UÜ best scientific performance award
Lipoedema , He has personal techniques published or presented internationally on rhinoplasty, fat injection, liposuction, otoplasty, tummy tuck, leg aesthetics, breast augmentation, botox, endoscopic suspension, and brow aesthetics.
“Organic Art and Aesthetic Surgery” course and “Anthropological Aesthetic Surgery” course at Yeditepe University Fine Arts Department, short film experiment - Woman, Cat, and Bastet

Works published as an international first author:

Karacalar A, vet al. Spontaneous recanalization of the divided lactiferous duct in the rat. Ann Plast Surg. 2005:54,196-200.
Karacalar A, et al. No-touch technique for autologous fat harvesting. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2004:28,158-64.
Karacalar A,. et al. Subcision surgery for the correction of ear deformities. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2004:28,239-44.
Karacalar A, et al. Compensatory brow asymmetry, anatomic study and clinical experience. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2005:29,119-23.
Karacalar A et al.A pedicle-lengthening technique for free latissimus dorsi muscle flaps, the “Y-V-I” principle. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2005:21,173-8.

Karacalar A, et al. Botulinum toxin for the treatment of temporomandibular joint disk disfigurement, clinical experience. J Craniofac Surg.2005:16,476-81.
Karacalar A, et al. A Perichondrial flap for functional purposes in rhinoplasty. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2005:29,256-60
Karacalar A. The Amazons and an Analysis of Breast Mutilation from a Plastic Surgeon’s Perspective. Plast Reconstr Surg.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Free arterialized venous flap for the reconstruction of defects of the hand: new modifications. J Reconst Microsurg. 1994:10, 243-248.
Karacalar A, Akın S, Özcan M. The second dorsal metacarpal artery flap with double pivot points. Br J Plast Surg. 1996:49,97-102.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. A new approach to the reverse dorsal metacarpal flaps. J Hand Surg. 1997:22A,307-310.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. U-I flap. Plast Reconstr Surg.1998: 102, 741-747.
Karacalar A, et al. Combined use of axillary block and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block in upper extremity injuries requiring large skin grafts. J Hand Surg. 1998:23A, 1100-1105.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Liposuction of the kneecap area under tourniquet: A superdry procedure. Aesth Plast Surg. 1998: 22,408-411.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Preliminary report: the distally pedicled dorsoulnar forearm flap for hand reconstruction. Br J Plast Surg. 1999:52,453-457.
Karacalar A, Güner H. The axial bilobed flap for burn contractures of the axilla. Burns. 2000: 26,628-633.
Karacalar A, Öztürk H, Özcan M. Effect of surgical denervation on the viability of inferior epigastric neurovenous flaps in rats. Ann Plast Surg. 2000:45,298-304.
Karacalar A, et al. Delay in neurovenous flaps, experimental and clinical experience. Ann Plast Surg. 2004:53,481-7.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Nasal sarcoidosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998:21,269-270.
Karacalar A, Turan Ş, Özcan M. Use of the step-advancement V-Y flap in the temporal region. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998:1757-1758.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Use of subcutaneous pedicle ulnar flap to cover skin defects around the wrist. J Hand Surg. 1998:23A, 551-555.
Karacalar A, Özgenel Y, Özcan M. Combined treatment of digital degloving injuries: a case report. Microsurgery. 1998: 18, 172-175.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. The distally based ulnar artery forearm flap supplied by the dorsal carpal arch. Ann Plast Surg. 1998:41, 304-306.
Karacalar A, et al. Simultaneous soft-tissue reconstruction and revascularization of the thumb with a flow-through distally-pedicled radial forearm flap. J Reconstruct Microsurg. 1998:14, 449-452.
Karacalar A,The use of an island scalp flap based on the superficial temporal artery for the reconstruction of the sideburn. Plast Reconst Surg. 2000: 105, 1989.
Karacalar A. A pedicle-lengthening technique for abductor hallucis muscle flap. Plast Reconst Surg. 2000:105, 2275-2276.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. A modified reversed digital island flap incorporating the proper digital nerve. Ann Plast Surg. 2000:45, 67-70.
Karacalar A. Use of the composite auricular graft as an internal splint in facially scarred burn patients. Plast Reconst Surg. 2000:106, 742-743.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. The superdry technique for lipoplasty of the leg and the no-touch technique for autologous fat transplantation. Plast Reconst Surg. 2000:106, 738-739.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Use of the distally-based radial forearm flap supplied by the dorsal carpal arch, or palmar carpal arch, or both, in mutilating injuries. Scand J Plast Reconstr Hand Surg. 2000: 34, 273-277.
Karacalar A. Combined use of V-Y advancement flap and rotation flap. Plast Reconst Surg. 2000:106, 1223-1224.
Karacalar A, Karacalar S: Chemical burns due to blood pressure cuff sterilized with ethylene oxide. Burns. 2000:26, 760-763.
Karacalar A. Axial bilobed flap based on the median and medial superficial sural arteries. Scand J Plast Reconstr Hand Surg: 2000: 44, 243-245.
Karacalar A, Çepni H. Re, Epineural sleeve neurorrhaphy. Ann Plast Surg. 2003:50, 101.
Karacalar A, et al. Use of the real tumescent technique, anesthesia in the surgical management of lip cancer. Ann Plast Surg. 2003:50, 107-8.
Karacalar A. Another reason for the choice of horizontal incision, a geometric illusion. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003:111, 1364.
Karacalar A, Simsek T. Hammock flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003:111, 13689.
Karacalar A, Karacalar S. Hair transplantation and headaches. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003:111, 2103-4.
Karacalar A, et al. Preemptive analgesia and a field block technique in reduction mammaplasty. Ann Plast Surg. 2003:50,667-8.
Karacalar A. Intertask transfer in plastic surgery Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003:112,711-2.
Karacalar A, Şen C, Engin S, Özcan M. Proximally pedicled musculocutaneous anterior interosseous flap for cubital fossa reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2004:53,79-82.
Karacalar A, Özbek S, Özcan M. Free rectus abdominis muscle flap with plantar skingraft–a combined method of aesthetic and functional reconstruction of the heel. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2004:38,248-9.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Longitudinally-split radial forearm flap. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2005:39,109-12.
Karacalar A, Şimşek T, Çepni H. Oblique scapular flap: a case report. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 2006.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. The adipofascial turn-over flap for the coverage of finger defects. Eur J Plast Surg. 1994: 17,189-190.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Second dorsal metacarpal artery neurovascular island flap: clinical applications. Eur J Plast Surg. 1995: 18,153-156.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. The proximal dorsal digital flap. Eur J Plast Surg. 1998:21,362-365.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Free extended double hemipulp transfer. Eur J Plast Surg. 1999: 22,220-224.
Karacalar A, Güner H. A new technique for the correction of syndactyly of the toes. Eur J Plast Surg. 2000:23,101-103.
Karacalar A, et al. The neurovenous (or adiponeurovenous) epigastric flap in the rat. Eur J Plast Surg. 2000:23,283-288.
Karacalar A, Özcan M. Arterialized venous flaps for skin coverage and revascularization of the hand. Eur J Plast Surg. 1998: 21,269-270.
Karacalar A. Author’s reply. Eur J Plast Surg. 2000: 23,288.
Karacalar A. The use of distally ligated arteries as vascular pedicles of reverse flow flaps for soft tissue reconstruction of the foot following trauma: two case reports. Eur J Plast Surg. 2000:23, 373-376.
Karacalar A. Author’s reply. Eur J Plast Surg. 2000:23,378.