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REGRET. Treated TERRIBLY by Mr Tahery. - Manchester, GB
UPDATED FROM Leena1000000
Threatened.
Leena1000000March 18, 2017
Realself removed my last post because of the pictures, so i am just going to type up what happened without them so they don't get removed again. I am going to keep it brief as i am still very shaken by the whole experience. I'm sure a few of you may have saw the screenshots before they got taken down, if not the jist of it is that when i first had my rhinoplasty done with him, he told me to leave a good review on here because at first the swelling disguised the mess he made. I left a review and was feeling positive, but as you all know you can update it and let everyone know how you are healing. i had a lot of issue crop up, nose began to collapse, i had all sorts going on. So i brought this up with him as well as posted updates on the site. He denied it all at first, said it was perfect and that i was acting neurotic. He made me think i was crazy and imagining it all. I kept going back to get answers but he kept saying the same thing, that it was fine. So i went for second opinions. Everyone i saw came to the same conclusion, that i had a collapse, and open roof, dodgy columella stichting and a chunk of my tip was missing on one side (although this was not as visible at the time due to leftover swelling). I went to him with this evidence as well as posted what i had been told in my review update. Again he denied it and said that these other surgeons 'know nothing', then bigger himself up to me about how skilled he was blah blah blah. I also emailed him a few of the photos i posted directly to him so that he could clearly see the issues i was concerned with, i thought the pictures would help him understand my concerns more. Still nothing. He even did an ultrasound on me to prove that my roof was closed, but i don't know how to interpret the results so i just had to take his word for it. (it turns out that it is open, you can actually feel my septum through it!!). So i take that as him lying maybe?. So i get a few short tempered sounding emails back regarding my concerns, i carry on being polite and DESPERATELY trying to get him to admit the issues so they can be fixed. He did admit that i needed his famous 'fine tuning', but thats not what i'd been told. He said i had tiny bumps that needed a ten minute op to fix called fine tuning. However all the surgeons i got second opinions off said no way on gods earth go for that 'fine tuning'!. in fact they said they had never even heard of a surgeon 'popping back in' to scrub off a bit more, especially when my issues could only be fixed with more breakages, grafts and more. At first i believe in his fine tuning and booked in. I didn't realise at the time he let me book in way too soon, at 5/6 months post op! i later found out no matter how much a patients wants it, it isn't safe or ideal to do that! I cancelled it when i found out. Eventually he ended up cancelling my appointment with him for antibiotics for an infection that wouldn't go away, all because i posted a review update telling everyone the situation. Bare in mind he TOLD me to use real self when he thought everything was going fine. He ended up sending me threats and i won't get into them to much because i don't want this post removed, however they were enough to scare me enough to make me remove my bad review from the site. His emails also contradicted EVERYTHING that he had been insisting to an extent... he admitted a 'minor' inverted v however that was the first time he admitted that, i assume because he already cancelled contact with me so he didn't have to bother fixing it so he just thought he'd admit it and claim he was going to fix it. They were very intimidating and rude and as a 21 year old disabled girl it shook me so much that i removed everything and was left depressed, jobless, a wreck for a year. I am only just gaining confidence to go out again and start up my life. I don't want him to wreck me forever, in fact i am now the happiest ive been in a long time, but thats only because I've had intense therapy (costs a bomb!) for the trauma he put me through. I just thought id get that out there. I have nothing to loose by sharing my honest but traumatic experience with him.So all in short, Mr Jawed Tahery threatened me via email because i put up a review and he didn't like what it contained. And i have the evidence to prove this. Theres more to the story (like his very rude secretary who made my cry and hung up on me etc) but i'll leave it there for now. If you want more details then message me privately, however i will not talk to anyone over this site or anyone that is anonymous as i know they check this site regularly and i don't trust them, so i will have to send you a number and see who you are first! (sorry I'm paranoid but can you blame me the way that i was treated?). Thanks for listening. Be safe out there. Love to you all xxxx
UPDATED FROM Leena1000000
Hindsight is a wonderful thing...
Leena1000000November 22, 2016
Now that i look back to before i chose Mr Tahery i realise that all the signs were there. I was in such a bad place so jumped in with the first person i saw, so i had no one really to compare him too (bar one other). His reviews were also often very brief with no pictures or only pictures that were taken straight after the op in the first month, no updates or anything. Now i have began to notice good reviews crop up whenever a bad one goes up, that rings alarm bells for me (although i am not for one second saying they are all fake, just that its weird and convenient that a good one goes up around the same time and are often very brief!). I have received messages from so many people in the same position that are too worried to post reviews or photos of their noses on here, virtually all of whom say the same thing, he is denying the problems. Many have the exact same cosmetic issues as me.. i wonder if it is his technique? Or maybe he doesn't have access to the tools needed to sculpt certain noses..? Some, like me, have breathing issues, which is a bit frustrating considering he's meant to be an ENT surgeon. Anyway...back to the signs...
Now i realise that he was overly fake at consultations before the op. He was lovely the first time i saw him, however the second one he didn't seem to give as much of a stuff, but i assume he'd changed because he was tired from operations etc. I was very nervous and made this VERY well known, i even booked a consultation very close to the op because i wasn't sure his technique was right for the shape of my nose (oh how i wish i'd listened to this feeling!). I gave a lot of the signs of someone who was in a bad place and needed time to think, but he reassured me the op would be a success and he was 'very experienced' and kept it booked in. I realise now that any other surgeon would have refused to perform surgery on me because i was a wreck and not in a good place (many revision specialists have refused to perform surgery until i have therapy and heal emotionally first). I feel like carrying on with surgery despite all that he knew about me gives insight into his character and motives...
When i look back on real self and on other social media at the reviews/people i looked at before my surgery and then compare them to other surgeons 'after' noses, i again realise that they are nothing special (in my opinion). In fact i am shocked that i ever thought they were good results. Some WERE good results but i believe most are an improvement and thats why i saw them as 'amazing' whereas really another surgeon could have got them to look much better (going from other surgeons results and my opinion). I am alarmed at how many people need revision with this surgeon as well or his famous 'fine tuning', and i am also alarmed at how many of these 'fine tunings' make no difference or make the person even more unhappy than before. I am truly shocked at how he can keep making the same mistakes and not want to help his patients that are left unhappy and out of pocket because of him. I don't understand how he sleeps at night...
I am going to keep this anonymous for reasons that would put you straight off him if i told you..but i am no longer going to be scared to put my opinion forward and tell my story of how appallingly this man treated me. Please bare in mind i will not be replying to newly created accounts that look in any way like they don't belong to who they say they belong too.... Love to you all [RS bleep]
Now i realise that he was overly fake at consultations before the op. He was lovely the first time i saw him, however the second one he didn't seem to give as much of a stuff, but i assume he'd changed because he was tired from operations etc. I was very nervous and made this VERY well known, i even booked a consultation very close to the op because i wasn't sure his technique was right for the shape of my nose (oh how i wish i'd listened to this feeling!). I gave a lot of the signs of someone who was in a bad place and needed time to think, but he reassured me the op would be a success and he was 'very experienced' and kept it booked in. I realise now that any other surgeon would have refused to perform surgery on me because i was a wreck and not in a good place (many revision specialists have refused to perform surgery until i have therapy and heal emotionally first). I feel like carrying on with surgery despite all that he knew about me gives insight into his character and motives...
When i look back on real self and on other social media at the reviews/people i looked at before my surgery and then compare them to other surgeons 'after' noses, i again realise that they are nothing special (in my opinion). In fact i am shocked that i ever thought they were good results. Some WERE good results but i believe most are an improvement and thats why i saw them as 'amazing' whereas really another surgeon could have got them to look much better (going from other surgeons results and my opinion). I am alarmed at how many people need revision with this surgeon as well or his famous 'fine tuning', and i am also alarmed at how many of these 'fine tunings' make no difference or make the person even more unhappy than before. I am truly shocked at how he can keep making the same mistakes and not want to help his patients that are left unhappy and out of pocket because of him. I don't understand how he sleeps at night...
I am going to keep this anonymous for reasons that would put you straight off him if i told you..but i am no longer going to be scared to put my opinion forward and tell my story of how appallingly this man treated me. Please bare in mind i will not be replying to newly created accounts that look in any way like they don't belong to who they say they belong too.... Love to you all [RS bleep]
Replies (3)
January 26, 2017
I am so sorry what you are going through. Have you thought about taking legal action?
Please would you be so kind to upload photos? You can of course blank out your eyes. I think it will be beneficial and will help others who are planning to go with him.
Thank you
Please would you be so kind to upload photos? You can of course blank out your eyes. I think it will be beneficial and will help others who are planning to go with him.
Thank you
January 27, 2017
Hiya, unfortunately i do not want to upload photos as i previously did upload photos on to my review but Mr Tahery threatened me with legal action (probably just scare mongering) but i took them down as i did not want the stress. I do not want to be identified by him as he scares me a lot, and i do not want to have to go through all the threats again. I hope you can understand this. If you really would like some i can email you some.
January 27, 2017
Others have asked me to upload photos and i did not want to mention mr taherys threats however i feel i do doing nothing wrong by stating the truth of what happened.

February 21, 2017
Girl you need to put those pics right back up.. I didn't know until after reading the above post the reason you didn't want to post the pics. What happened to you is REAL.. Nothing about what you posted was made up, was it? No, then post those pics, I don't care how many times he threatens you, it's your right to have them up. If he threatens you more than the one time have his ass locked up. If we as patients, more so women, don't stand up against these doctors then who will? It appears he's done this a number of times, he needs to be stopped. If I were you I'd not stop until my nose was the way I wanted it. I understand you're going through a lot of emotional stuff so I'd deal with that first. Good luck with everything. Stay strong. Keep fighting
February 20, 2017
If you post pictures I don't see how he can take legal action, they are photos of you, showing your nose. I really feel for you and I hope you can find a solution. As far as the infection goes it could be something inside, such as a stitch or piece of something, I wonder if your GP can arrange an x-ray.
November 19, 2018
Thanks for your honest reviews I was thinking to book appointment with them for my nose but not after I read your reviews .and trust all good reviews are paid for normally happy customer wont bother to leave a reviews as he or she paid a lot of money to get the happy result
UPDATED FROM Leena1000000
Tip twisting on top of everything else!
Leena1000000October 28, 2016
My infection still will not go away. I'm on my 7th or so lot of antibiotics! On top of that and my bridge deformity and overall wonkiness/humps/columella sewing, my tip has completely twisted to one side. I also have a large sharp chunk of cartilage on one side of the tip which is missing on the other, so it looks very lumpy and odd. I have seen quite a few other people with similar problems to mine who are patients of mr taherys so i'm thinking it could be his technique/tools? Whatever it is, i hope he looks into this soon because i'm getting a concerning number of messages from people all with a similar story and i would hate for anymore people to go through this and not get answers :(
Love to you all [RS bleep]
Love to you all [RS bleep]
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October 29, 2016
So sorry that you have not got the result you wanted. I'd be so distraught. So glad people like you put honest reviews on and so glad I cancelled my op with him and went elsewhere. Take care and hope you get sorted xx
November 3, 2016
It has been devastating. I wish i had done the same, I regret going with this surgeon so much. Thank you, good luck in your search xx

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I know we chatted on someone else's review about our thoughts on this doctor and RealSelf's conflicts between patients and doctors. After reading your review I'm interested in your nose. Where will you go from here? Will you have a revision? Have you found some way to feel at peace in spite of the outcome?
I'd love to say for myself that I have an entirely different story, but it's not the case. I did not have surgery performed by Tahery, but by another surgeon in Boston. Sadly my preop consultations were filled with lies and manipulation. My surgeon actually stated to me that she has never once had a negative outcome. Her credentials were also listed with the hospital she practices out of and of course they were stellar. The promise she made to me regarding the outcome of my surgery has been anything but. She also has yet to be truthful, accountable and apologetic. Her dishonest and selfish behavior is just as damaging as her poor surgical skills. I'm in the states and here I have to take her to trial in order to have this placed on her permanent record and of course the jury must find her guilty. This I will do, because if I report this to the state board or the facility she practices out of the public will not have access to my complaint. This is also a problem for me right now, because it doesn't fit into my schedule until the fall so I must wait.
I completely understand having a hard time trusting another surgeon after being deceived and treated poorly. I'm not certain what I will do with my mess of nose right now. I know if I had a revision to fix atleast a few of the issues and it was successful that would help me for the future. The problem for me is he lack of garauntee and trust. I've seen a man on the news, Vishal Thakkar, who's surgeon literally botched his nose and revision so terribly he has a tube where his nose used to be. His surgeon was a president on the board. Knowing that yours and my experience aren't the only ones makes me have trepidation.
I'm so happy you've found your peace! I hope to hear more from you about your success pulling yourself up and moving on!
It feels like a never ending battle