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Two of my friends had just come back from having rhinoplasty from dr Medawar, I thought the results were great and the girls were happy with their results too.
Seeing as two friends had had surgery with him and everything looked fine me and my best friend decided to book in with Dr charbel and fly to Lebanon for rhinoplasty. Dr charbel was very quick to reply and book us in which I thought was reassuring.
Upon arriving we thought the price of the rhinoplasty was 3000$ which we were later informed had been raised to 3500$ I didn’t debate the price even though until our arrival that is what we were told the price was (and what our friends had paid)
Dr charbel took pictures front and side profile and I explained what I wanted, he was in quite a rush and the consultation lasted no more than 2 minutes. Symmetry and good breathing was two of my main concerns but he assured me that I don’t need to worry as he is very experienced.
Skipping to after the surgery I noticed my cast was very bent and swaying towards one side of my face, i didn’t see dr after the surgery so I asked the nurses and messaged him where I was reassured that the cast being bent will have no impact on my final result.
When the cast was taken off a week later it was still bent, he then said that this is swelling and will subside.
Something I also want to mention is I went to the appointment with my friend and he took out her stitches first, then without changing his gloves or the instrument he came to also remove mine.. working in the medical field this is something very unhygienic and could of gave me an infection.. I asked doctor to change his gloves and use a new instrument where he seemed a little embarrassed but did as I asked.
After the surgery his replies seemed to get slower and slower.
Months went by and I still wasn’t able to breath, I had dry mouth every night which can also lead to a lot of decay so high dental bills.. dr. Charbel said to just keep using saline spray and it’s because I wanted my nose smaller I would have to compromise my breathing..
I sent him pictures showing my nose was still very bent and had a bump on one side.. he told me to just keep waiting
Around month 10 it was clear most of the swelling had gone and much change wasn’t going to happen.
Dr charbel started to ignore my messages and also my friends who all began to have the same issues, I went onto his Instagram where I left a comment asking him to contact me because I don’t think his WhatsApp was working where I had other girls contact me from his Instagram sharing their story too.. it started to seem like charbel is great until there is a problem he doesn’t want to fix and seemed to be very sloppy with his work.
I eventually was fed up and wrote dr charbel a long message and told him that we all will write a negative review about him because he is blatantly ignoring us but taking on new patients.
Dr charbel finally started replying again and said I can fly back to Lebanon and have a revision with him.. I agreed and went back, on re assessment he agreed that the rhinoplasty he had done was bent and not up to scratch and said he will fix it.
Dr charbel showed me before and after pictures of temple lifts and said it is something which was very popular now and the scar is in the hairline and is minimal recover for an extra 2000$
I stupidly decided to go along with it.
I went through surgery again where this time I woke up and started to choke on the tube which until now is still quite traumatic as you feel as though you were going to choke to death.
I went through the process of waiting 7 days for the cast to be removed where again it was bent and again he reassured me that the cast doesn’t have any impact on the final result.
I went back to the clinic where the nurses took off my cast and stitches from the lift and it seemed as though the bump had gone and my nose was more symmetrical though not perfect.
When the nurse was taping my nose she didn’t cut the tape but yanked it instead to rip it which Was extremely painful as it was very tender being only one week after surgery, she wasn’t very sorry and just left the room to find scissors to continue the taping process.
At this point I was told I needed to pay an extra 1500$ for the overnight hospital stay.
8 months on The temple lift never healed and I’ve been left with a huge bold spot and sore area which is still oozing.. I managed to get a reply from dr charbel after 4 months where he told me it was normal and to just wait it out..
I’m on month 8 now and now a lot of the swelling is gone from my nose I can see the bump is still there and I’m very unsure of what was actually done in that revision because my breathing is still blocked and nose looks exactly the same.
Dr charbel has started to completely ignore my messages now.
He is incredibly charming face to face and really convinces you he cares about you but I think his actions and quality of surgery has proved itself, this has been a really horrible ordeal for me and Ive really lost my trust in surgeons but have no choice to find someone new to correct all the horrible mistakes he made and then left me in the dark.
I hope this review helps someone out there as it’s the only reason I’m posting it.
Ps. 2 of the girls who had surgery with him had a revision with someone else and the other is looking for a surgeon.
Seeing as two friends had had surgery with him and everything looked fine me and my best friend decided to book in with Dr charbel and fly to Lebanon for rhinoplasty. Dr charbel was very quick to reply and book us in which I thought was reassuring.
Upon arriving we thought the price of the rhinoplasty was 3000$ which we were later informed had been raised to 3500$ I didn’t debate the price even though until our arrival that is what we were told the price was (and what our friends had paid)
Dr charbel took pictures front and side profile and I explained what I wanted, he was in quite a rush and the consultation lasted no more than 2 minutes. Symmetry and good breathing was two of my main concerns but he assured me that I don’t need to worry as he is very experienced.
Skipping to after the surgery I noticed my cast was very bent and swaying towards one side of my face, i didn’t see dr after the surgery so I asked the nurses and messaged him where I was reassured that the cast being bent will have no impact on my final result.
When the cast was taken off a week later it was still bent, he then said that this is swelling and will subside.
Something I also want to mention is I went to the appointment with my friend and he took out her stitches first, then without changing his gloves or the instrument he came to also remove mine.. working in the medical field this is something very unhygienic and could of gave me an infection.. I asked doctor to change his gloves and use a new instrument where he seemed a little embarrassed but did as I asked.
After the surgery his replies seemed to get slower and slower.
Months went by and I still wasn’t able to breath, I had dry mouth every night which can also lead to a lot of decay so high dental bills.. dr. Charbel said to just keep using saline spray and it’s because I wanted my nose smaller I would have to compromise my breathing..
I sent him pictures showing my nose was still very bent and had a bump on one side.. he told me to just keep waiting
Around month 10 it was clear most of the swelling had gone and much change wasn’t going to happen.
Dr charbel started to ignore my messages and also my friends who all began to have the same issues, I went onto his Instagram where I left a comment asking him to contact me because I don’t think his WhatsApp was working where I had other girls contact me from his Instagram sharing their story too.. it started to seem like charbel is great until there is a problem he doesn’t want to fix and seemed to be very sloppy with his work.
I eventually was fed up and wrote dr charbel a long message and told him that we all will write a negative review about him because he is blatantly ignoring us but taking on new patients.
Dr charbel finally started replying again and said I can fly back to Lebanon and have a revision with him.. I agreed and went back, on re assessment he agreed that the rhinoplasty he had done was bent and not up to scratch and said he will fix it.
Dr charbel showed me before and after pictures of temple lifts and said it is something which was very popular now and the scar is in the hairline and is minimal recover for an extra 2000$
I stupidly decided to go along with it.
I went through surgery again where this time I woke up and started to choke on the tube which until now is still quite traumatic as you feel as though you were going to choke to death.
I went through the process of waiting 7 days for the cast to be removed where again it was bent and again he reassured me that the cast doesn’t have any impact on the final result.
I went back to the clinic where the nurses took off my cast and stitches from the lift and it seemed as though the bump had gone and my nose was more symmetrical though not perfect.
When the nurse was taping my nose she didn’t cut the tape but yanked it instead to rip it which Was extremely painful as it was very tender being only one week after surgery, she wasn’t very sorry and just left the room to find scissors to continue the taping process.
At this point I was told I needed to pay an extra 1500$ for the overnight hospital stay.
8 months on The temple lift never healed and I’ve been left with a huge bold spot and sore area which is still oozing.. I managed to get a reply from dr charbel after 4 months where he told me it was normal and to just wait it out..
I’m on month 8 now and now a lot of the swelling is gone from my nose I can see the bump is still there and I’m very unsure of what was actually done in that revision because my breathing is still blocked and nose looks exactly the same.
Dr charbel has started to completely ignore my messages now.
He is incredibly charming face to face and really convinces you he cares about you but I think his actions and quality of surgery has proved itself, this has been a really horrible ordeal for me and Ive really lost my trust in surgeons but have no choice to find someone new to correct all the horrible mistakes he made and then left me in the dark.
I hope this review helps someone out there as it’s the only reason I’m posting it.
Ps. 2 of the girls who had surgery with him had a revision with someone else and the other is looking for a surgeon.
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