Baris Çakir graduated in medicine from Çukurova University, Turkey and joined Kartal Training and Research Hospital as a Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery resident in 1999. He subsequently continued his work on microsurgery, performing over 500 microsurgical operations during training. He became a Plastic Surgery specialist in December 2004, and developed an interest in sculpture and art history with the aim of achieving more successful results in plastic surgery. He studied Fine Art Sculpture at Suleyman Demirel University and continued this education in the Fine Arts and Sculpture at Inonu University, Malatya. He worked with Michael Esson regarding model and pattern studies. Dr. Çakir worked at Istanbul Memorial Hospital between 2007 and 2010, when he entered practice as a private surgeon in his office at Fulya Terrace, Istanbul. Rhinoplasty accounts for almost 90% of his surgical practice.