Contact & consultation

Arranging an assessment

Outpatient appointments are booked through the hospital on the numbers listed below; international patients can ask for Michael Yu. Bring any operative notes from previous nasal surgery, photographs of your nose over time if you have them, and a written list of what you want changed and what you would refuse. Previous operation records matter more here than in most consultations, because a plan to rebuild support depends on what cartilage is still available.

What the consultation should establish

By the end of a good assessment you should be able to say whether your nose is short of support or simply shaped in a way you dislike, which donor site is being proposed and why, what the donor site costs you in healing and scar, how long the swelling is expected to last in your case, and what the surgeon would advise if you decided not to operate. If any of those is unclear, ask again before you leave.

Second opinions

Seeking a second opinion is normal and does not offend a competent surgeon. If a graft-based plan has been proposed elsewhere, bring it and ask what material is planned, how much, where it goes, and what happens if it is resorbed or warps. The most useful second opinion examines you rather than reading the plan alone.

Before you book anything

No decision needs to be made on the day of a first consultation, and a plan that involves a donor site deserves more time than one that does not. Take it away, read it against the guides here, and come back with questions. Pressure to decide immediately, or a discount that expires, tells you about the clinic rather than about your nose.