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36 Yo from Melbourne, AU
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Does anyone have a positive experience for Dr...
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Does anyone have a positive experience for Dr Faizal Anwar? Am getting nervous. My nose is so awful and he has promo atm for only $8,000 as he is new to Melb and guaranteed a good result for me. I could never afford Dr Moss or Dr Callan :( and feel this is my only chance. His before and afters look good but a couple of negative overseas experiences has me worried. Plus i have already paid. Not sure if i could ask for it back.
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1 day pre
Ok it is done!
I checked the surgeon is board certified. I checked with the clinic that previous patients were satisfied and also had a chat with the nurses who watch him perform surgery. I had another consultation and asked 3000 questions after which i felt a lot more comfortable. He told me my surgery was 99.9% controlled and my result would be really predictable and woud be what i wanted and also really natural. The surgery was a breeze i recommend local with heavy sedation to anyone. I remember nothing and woke up comfortable. Apparently i started talking to the doctor during procedure and i said look i am 100% awake i need more drugs please! Haha. I took some panadol and went home. I feel fine. A little swollen obviously which i expect to worsen but not much blood just a little. In fact i went out the back yard and got some logs to put on the fire. I can breathe through my nose easily. I dont know if that is only because i have these little straw tube things up there or not but im breathing great. The anesthetist told me later he was very impressed with the surgeon's technique and that it looks great and i shouldnt worry. So hopefully i am ok and my result will be positive :)
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May 27, 2015
Thanks for info about your experience with sedation- my surgeon does only IV sedation with his rhinoplasties.. Any other advice you can give me about your experience? I'm worried about sedation the most out of every other factor- I've never had general anesthesia either. Thanks again for your review, I am sure your results will be wonderful!
May 27, 2015
Thank you! :) i found the iv sedation great. I was not anxious, i dont remember anything at all and it was a really easy process. I was stressed that i would wake up in the middle or something and start a panic attack. I understand what you mean but it was truly very simple and not one ounce of pain. You will be fine :)
May 27, 2015
Are you happy with your results?
May 27, 2015
Hi i have absolutely no idea yet as i am all bandaged up! My anethetist who is completely separate and has not worked with the surgeon before told me his technique was very impressive and that it looked great. So i am really hoping it is ok. I am only looking for improvement not perfection. My nose had all sorts of weird things going on which i will try and find pics of to show.
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Day of treatment
Day 2 post op
Last night after taking panadine forte i threw up my chicken noodles. I felt completely fine, then all of a sudden a wave of heat came over me and i had to literally bolt to the toilet to be sick. Then i was completely fine again. Strange i dont know what happened? I slept ok from about 12.30am to 7am. I had to get up to drive my son to the train station for a school excursion but My eyes are quite swollen affecting my vision a little i am finding icing everything 20 mins on 20 mins off really really helps so i did that and i drove him no worries.I woke up feeling puffy with dry lips. Lucas paw paw lip balm is working wonders for that. I then went back to the clinic for the surgeon to change bandages, clean wounds, wash out the nasal tubes and apply antibiotic cream. It felt really weird taking the tubes out and reinserting them. I did find thankfully that when he did take them out i could breathe perfectly through my nose. He said everything looked good and i can come back saturday to remove nasal tubes forever and just wear a little splint. So for next two days i am all bandaged up!!!
I have noticed my mouth is not affected at all really. i cant laugh obviously but i can eat whatever i want and all my lip and facial movement is the same as before. I am in no pain at all. I havent needed any painkillers today at all and apart from my swelling and brusing which is really around my eyes i feel pretty good.
I have noticed my mouth is not affected at all really. i cant laugh obviously but i can eat whatever i want and all my lip and facial movement is the same as before. I am in no pain at all. I havent needed any painkillers today at all and apart from my swelling and brusing which is really around my eyes i feel pretty good.
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May 28, 2015
I am glad to hear it all went okay. You look much younger than 36 by the way.
May 28, 2015
Haha Thanks :)
I really have no idea what it looks like yet. Just hope its ok. I am feeling good about it at the moment though.
June 11, 2015
Hi hun you look great and well done. Lucky girl.
I too Research your doctor however Ive read negative stuff about him. Am not too sure if I should choose him. How was your surgury? Was the outcome good?
Xx
June 23, 2015
Hi sorry i just saw this. Yes i am very pleased with outcome so far!! Nothing bad to say about him at all x
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Thanks for starting your story here! Make sure your doctor is a board certified plastic surgeon and very experienced doing rhinoplasties. Also make sure you get to see a lot of before and after photos. Be very communicative so he or she knows exactly what you do want and exactly what you don't. Please keep us posted!
That's great! I'm excited for you. :)