M.D. Nihan Yüksel Çanakçı

I brought my 4-year-old daughter to Dr. Çanakçı after she developed a mysterious, spreading rash that three other doctors misdiagnosed as simple eczema. My little girl was scratching until she bled and couldn't sleep. Dr. Çanakçı spent nearly an hour examining her, asking about recent foods, detergents, even our new pet rabbit. She diagnosed a rare contact dermatitis from rabbit dander combined with a secondary infection. Her gentle manner kept my daughter calm during the skin scraping test. The tailored treatment plan cleared everything in two weeks. She's the only dermatologist who truly listened to a worried mother's observations.

As a 72-year-old retired farmer with decades of sun damage, I'd avoided doctors for years until a scaly patch on my ear started bleeding. Dr. Çanakçı at Acibadem didn't just biopsy it—she did a full-body skin check under special lighting, finding two other suspicious lesions I'd missed. She explained everything in plain Turkish without medical jargon, showing me photos of what to watch for. The Mohs surgery on my ear was performed with incredible precision, preserving tissue I thought would be lost. Her follow-up care included teaching my wife how to check my back properly. She treats elders with respect, not as hopeless cases.

This was no routine appointment. I developed sudden, painful red streaks up my arm with fever after a minor gardening scratch. The emergency department referred me directly to Dr. Çanakçı at 8 PM. She diagnosed a rapidly progressing cellulitis with early signs of lymphangitis that could have become septic. Her decisive action—immediate IV antibiotics arranged through the hospital, precise wound culture, and marking the redness boundaries to monitor spread—likely prevented hospitalization. She called me personally the next morning to check on my response. In a medical crisis, her calm expertise was absolutely decisive.

For fifteen years, I've managed severe hidradenitis suppurativa—a debilitating skin condition with recurrent abscesses that previous doctors dismissed as 'bad boils.' Dr. Çanakçı approached it as a complex surgical and medical challenge. She mapped all my tracts, planned staged excision surgeries around my work schedule, and combined it with a novel biologic therapy. The difference isn't just physical; she addressed the depression and social isolation that came with this condition, connecting me with a support group. Her holistic approach transformed what I thought was a lifelong sentence. She doesn't just treat skin; she treats the person wearing it.