What actually happens in the hour.
No syringe on the desk. No booking form slid across it. Mostly, we talk.
Most first consultations in this city run like a pre-wedding fitting: twelve minutes, a mirror, a price, a "shall we block a date?" Ours runs about an hour. People find this suspicious until about minute twenty.
Minute 0 to 15: you talk
What bothers you, in your own words. When you first noticed it. Whether someone in the family has opinions (the council of aunties is welcome to send questions in writing). Your health history, medicines, previous procedures.
Minute 15 to 40: we look, properly
Outside, we look at proportion and how your face moves, not just how it photographs. Inside, if it's your nose, we check how it breathes. Being ENT surgeons as well as facial plastic surgeons means that bit isn't an afterthought.
Minute 40 to 60: the honest bit
What we'd do, what we wouldn't, what you might not need at all. Risks, recovery, trade-offs. Then you go home and think. That's it. That's the hour.
A consultation is where the clinic convinces you to book.
A consultation is where you collect enough honest information to decide, including deciding not to. No syringe comes out in the hour. It's a protection we refuse to remove.
minutes, roughly. Long enough to examine you properly, short enough that you still have an evening.
What to bring
- A list of questions. Every question counts, especially the ones you think are silly.
- Old photos of yourself if they help explain what changed. Not other people's faces.
- Your medicine list and any previous reports.
- Someone you trust, if you'd like. Not the whole council.
You're allowed to come in, ask everything, and leave with only answers.
A gentle note. This is general information, written to make you a better-informed patient, not a diagnosis. Every face and every airway is different. If something here sounds like you, see a qualified facial plastic surgeon in person before deciding anything.
Bring the 2am questions. We like those best.
Dr Shreya
Bring the question downstairs.
An unhurried first consultation, or a seat at the Wednesday Face Study. Answers first. Decisions later, or never.