I was born in 1979 in Antakya. I completed primary, secondary and high school education in Antakya. In 1996 I started to study at Ege University Faculty of Medicine in Izmir. In 2003, I completed the Faculty of Medicine. In the last year of the faculty, I conducted Neuroscience studies on rats at Louisiana State University Health Science Center for 6 months.

In 2004, I started my residency in Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty (Çapa). I completed my career education in 2010. In 2006, I completed the Microsurgery Course, which was organized by European Association of Micro Surgery, as the winner. I started my mandatory service in 2010 at Mardin State Hospital. In 2013, I started as Asst. Prof. at Duzce University Faculty of Medicine Department of Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and in 2014 I started to serve as Chief of Department in the same clinic. I chaired the 22nd Basic Microsurgery course of the Association of Reconstructive Microsurgery within the body of Düzce University. I serve as a full member of Turkish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Turkish Reconstructive Microsurgical Society and International Society of Lymphology. Between 2004 and 2016, I submitted and presented various studies in many national and international congresses. I also published my scientific articles in many national and international scientific journals. In between 2016 – 2018 I worked as Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Private Lokman Hekim Hospital.

In March 2019 I opened Baris Yigit Clinic in Fethiye.