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30 Year Old Male Having Rhino with Lucian Ion - London, GB

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Have wanted Rhino since a teenager. I have my...

99990_4
$11,680
Have wanted Rhino since a teenager. I have my fathers large nose. Due to cost and work commitments i have waited all this time. Mainly from reviewing this website i decided that Lucian Ion would be a good surgeon to speak to. I booked my consultation middle of July and i met Mr Ion late September. I was very nervous about going and walked past the entrance door a couple of times picking up the courage to go in, but once inside i relaxed a bit and the staff were friendly. Mr Ion was running 45 mins later, so i sat in the waiting room with 3 other people waiting to be called. When called, Mr ion looked up my nose, took some pictures, created a morph and we ran through the procedure. Then i asked some questions. (all written down on paper in advance)
1.Do you specialise in female noses or is there a diffference.
2. How many noses have you done
3. Do you do complex noses and revisions
4. What is the impact of thick, thin skin etc
5. Open or closed Rhino in my case
6. Graft or not
7. Dissolvable stitches or not
8. What to do if you get an infection
9. Can i see pics of scars and noses similar to mine
10. what is the revision rate
11. Is my current type of nose more susceptible to having issues
12. When can i travel by train after surgery
13. when can i sleep on my front again
14. What to you need to do as a surgeon to be registered by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) and how do you maintain the registration.

and one or two more that i cant remember

I would say that Lucian did seem a bit rushed as he was running late and was so softly spoken at times it was different to hear him but he did seem nice. He also gave me a flash drive with my pics to take home
I was then ushered into another room to talk about the cost of surgery with a young lady. Mr Ion does work in several surgeries but they had already quoted for the Weymouth hospital (day case). Which was £8475. Maybe some other facility would be cheaper but i didnt ask. I forgot to ask when surgery was being booked for at the time.
The next day i emailed the practice and enquired about the next surgery date and it was the last day in February, but was told that there were some overnight spaces available for surgery earlier than this. I didnt want to wait til the end of February so i asked when the earlier dates were for overnight cases and there were two in november and one in January. So im paying an extra £400 to stay overnight and get the surgery done in November rather than wait until February/March time.

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Lucian Ion, FRCS

Lucian Ion, FRCS

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Replies (24)

October 2, 2016
Good luck with your surgery. How exciting! will you be sharing any photos? Do you know if they had overnight spaces in February?
October 2, 2016
Hi, Thanks. I think they may have had overnight stays towards the end of february, but give them a call to check. I may share pics later but people have been having issues adding them and getting abuse, so ill see.
October 2, 2016
Okay doke. I've got just over five weeks to go when I fly into London to consult regarding revision... I'm probably going to be looking at March possibly later to get booked in for surgery if all goes well.

What does Lucion plan on doing with your nose and did he mention if it was an easy/difficult case? Going by your quote that's one of the more expensive primaries...
October 2, 2016
yeah over the past 6 months Lucian has got very busy, someone was telling me that in April there was a two month wait and now its 5 months for day case, where are you from, your profile says the UK. I asked him if it was easy or difficut and he just said medium. My nose is too large, i dont have any issues with the nostrils or the tip just the profile so hes lifting the tip by 2mm and working on the bridge. Mr Ions noses start from £8000. What was the cost of Dominic Bray he does have some good reviews
October 2, 2016
It's crazy but a very good sign. I'm based in Scotland so will be flying down and staying for two days. Fly down on Thursday morning 10th Novemeber and have my consultation with Lucion at 2pm. Will be discussing revision rhino, chin implant, anterior neck lift and small acne scar removal.

I'm consulting with Dominic Bray the following day at 2:30 pm. Again crazy waiting times and almost a year wait to book in for surgery. Dominic is not a nose guy, I'm purely just seeing him for my chin/neck to get a second opinion. Two members on here pushed me to see him and I wouldn't regret it plus reviews are amazing as his gallery on website.

Did you see any other surgeon?
October 2, 2016
No i didnt see another surgeon. i would have if i wasnt happy with lucian. Everybody says the info is much better from him than anybody else and im hoping that there is a correlation between cost and quality so i went to the top. Why did you pick lucian?. Your nose looks fine now, who did your primary?
October 2, 2016
Tbh Lucion is at the top of the game, personally he is the best in the uk right now if not world renowned. There were other top nose guys but not as good as they once were with much more bad reviews now. If interested pm for names.
I actually wanted him to do my primary 7 years ago but cost was an issue at the time plus fear of flying so I just went to someone local. It was done by Arnaldo Paganelli at the hospital group. (I ended up flying after all) Amazes me how that guy still practises with all the lawsuits against his name (google him) unhappy patients on here too.
Honestly my nose is not great. Certain angles look okay, Lucion himself confirmed it was a botch and some surgical errors. Inverted v deformity, radix too low, over projection of tip, there's a lot of asymmetry, nostrils are a mess and my scarring is noticeable and to top that I can't breathe properly due to the nasal bones being brought in too much. Apart from that all good haha.
October 2, 2016
What date in November is your surgery?
October 2, 2016
OK, sorry i asked. LOL. Im a little bit suspicious of the reviews here as i understand that some are fake, which is a shame, i havent been able to find much info on Lucian apart from on the site, so im hoping he is good. i think he told me he has done 45,000 nose which does seem a lot and he british board registered as well so that sounds good. Was lucian practicing in the uk 7 years ago?. I have heard people are now starting to come in from the USA to see him and i thought america was the nose job capital of the wrld
October 2, 2016
mine is the 22nd. im getting nervous already
October 2, 2016
Ha no worries. I'm just looking forward to hopefully getting it fixed soon. Yeah understand.. Don't always believe what you read. Lucions been practising for a good few years now. I was on another forum back in the day when it was really popular. It got taken down couple of years ago but went back up this year. Hasn't really taken off and most of us either came here or MMH. I've seen so much of Lucions noses when I was on the other forum including revisions many years ago, about 7 when I first joined.
US surgeons over promise and under deliver. We are so lucky that we have so many top surgeons in the uk that are honest about there capabilities (unlike the US that promise the world)

22nd! Exciting not far away now! I bet you are! All very normal and natural to feel nervous. Will you be staying in London at all?
October 2, 2016
im from essex, so staying overnight at the weymouth hospital where my surgery is and then a one hour drive home the next day
October 2, 2016
Good stuff. Helps with keeping costs down.
October 2, 2016
Good luck!! I will be following your journey. Will you post pictures?
October 3, 2016
You probably don't have the answer for this but are overnight stays the norm for lucIan? I've consuled with 2 other surgeons and overnight stay wasn't deemed neccessary so just wondering if this s something you're only doing because you dont live near by etc or if it's neccessary because of the procedure? As I believe nose surgery is quite a straightforward procedure
October 3, 2016
He does both overnight and days. When i phoned last week there were 3 overnight stays left and 1 day procedure until the end of Feb. I was going to have the procedure on a day basis initially were you can leave after a few hours and then stay in a hotel the same night but im travelling alone and the hospital wont check patients out if no family member collects you, so im having to stay overnight. I think the reason is because there could be some after effects of the anesthesia and you may require assistance. So i think overnight cases are for those who are travelling a long way or are on their own.
October 11, 2016
Great review thank you? Why did you pick this doctor? What stood out the most compare to other doctors?
October 12, 2016
Hi
I only saw Mr Ion. I didnt consult with anyone else. I chose him because he had good reviews, was board registered, sounded knowledgable had done lots of noses and a large percentage of his work was rhino.
October 15, 2016
Hi guys, is anyone staying at a hotel after their surgery with lucian?
October 15, 2016
Hi, Im not but remember that you cant check yourself out of the hospital on your own the same day as your rino
October 16, 2016
Oh ok thanks for that. I was just wondering whether anyone knows any cheap hotels to stay in. Good luck with your surgery!
November 1, 2016
Hey how much did lucian quote you for his surgical fee? Excluding any other fee.