Mr Saeed Stitched my Life Back Together

I am more grateful to this wonderful man than he will ever know. If you are looking for a surgeon, with a wealth of experience, knowledge beyond any other, kindness, compassion, a meticulous eye for detail, a vision for perfection, look no further.

I start this review with a little background Through previous trauma, I was left with a very different nose, one that plagued me as a constant reminder of a traumatic past. When old enough, I sought out to have this fixed through a different surgeon. Admittedly, I was stupid, I did not do enough research and my primary surgeon left my nose in tatters. I had a perforation, deviated septum, zero tip definition and cartilage that was just hanging out to the left of my nose (that should have been a tip!), external and internal valve collapse, and to top it off, thinner skin. I left it longer and longer to fix.. and put off the prospect of this ever being repaired. My partner encouraged me to see a revision surgeon, and after weeks and weeks of looking, my sister told me about a surgeon artist. There are many many surgeons in the world, but it takes a true artist to repair so carefully damage caused by others, and understand the golden ratio's of a face, proportions of what looks "best" and what can realistically be achieved. She pointed me to Mr Saeed's art, whereby a true visual representation of the female form could be seen and i knew i had found what i had been looking for.

My first meeting with Mr Saeed, i couldnt believe the difference between my two surgeons. My primary surgeon gave me 15 minutes of his time. What a difference with Mr Saeed, who sat me down for about an hour and a half, and meticulouly drew my face right in front of me. He discussed the issues, realistic expectations, risks, the challenges of revisions. He told me what was achievable and what was not. I feel a lot of patients my have a pre concieved notion of what they want their nose to look like. But surgery like this is so much more complicated than picking a nose from a catalogue. Its about trusting someone, who knows the face, its structure and the limitations to provide the right outcome.

I am now two weeks out from my surgery. The surgery itself was a wonderful experience, the whole team were marvellous, including the anaethetist. Mr Saeed, to date makes me cry at the kindness and care he showed me as he spent hours and hours fixing someone elses mistake, and with every stitch, he has somehow stitched my life back together.

My surgery outcome is not final yet, as i still have swelling but will upload photos at a later date. The difference however, between before and after, is just incredible. I simply have no words, no greater thanks i can offer Mr Saeed. I haven't stopped crying. I feel absolutely blessed to have crossed paths with Mr Saeed, and if you are looking for a surgeon with integrity, experience and skill, you have found the right one.

Updated with pictures!

If this is ls not magic, i don't know what is. Mr Saeed, you have my eternal thanks.

Before you can see at the top of the photo collapsing of the valve, zero tip definition. A rounded blobby end as the cartilage has zero underlying support. Unfortunately you cant see the tip in this picture which was pointing out somewhere entirely where it shouldnt have been.

After picture clearly you can see the difference here. The grafts have created support where there was none to the side of the bridge and in the alar region, which has overall lifted my tip. I actually have nose tip which balances my profile out perfectly.