Rhinoplasty in Edinburgh

Yes. The consultant who assesses you at your first appointment is the consultant who plans your surgery, performs it at Waterfront Private Hospital, and reviews you afterwards. There are no handovers between consultants.

A nurse reviews you at one week, and more often if needed in the early healing period. Your consultant sees you again at around six months once the result has settled. Between then, your consultant is always available — if anything concerns you, they will respond directly and arrange to see you as soon as needed.

Rhinoplasty at Quaba starts from £9,200. The price covers the surgeon’s fee, the anaesthetist’s fee, the hospital and theatre fee at Waterfront Private Hospital, and all post-operative reviews until discharge. The full price for your individual case is confirmed after a face-to-face consultation.

Rhinoplasty is the medical name for the procedure most people refer to as a nose job. The two terms describe the same operation. It is a surgical procedure to reshape the nose, addressing concerns such as reducing the bridge, narrowing the nose, refining the tip, shortening the nose, or lifting a droopy tip.

If you have specific concerns about the appearance of your nose, are in good general health, and are willing to undergo surgery, it is worth booking a consultation to discuss what can be achieved. At consultation we examine your nose, discuss your concerns, and let you know what is and is not realistic for your anatomy.

We prefer patients to be at least 18 years old, with facial skeletal growth complete. Emotional and social maturity matters just as much as physical readiness. There is no upper age limit; rhinoplasty in the 40s and 50s is common, provided general physical and mental health allow it. Recovery and residual swelling may take longer in older age groups.

Where breathing difficulty is caused by a structural issue inside the nose, most commonly a deviated septum, this can be addressed at the same operation as an aesthetic change. The combined procedure is called septorhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty for purely functional reasons, without any aesthetic concern, is not performed at Quaba.

Yes. Mr Awf Quaba takes revision rhinoplasty cases where a previous operation has not produced the result the patient was looking for. Revision cases are more complex than primary rhinoplasty and are assessed individually at consultation. Cost is quoted separately.

Most patients describe rhinoplasty as uncomfortable rather than painful. Our anaesthetists typically use total intravenous anaesthesia, which usually means little postoperative nausea, and oral pain relief is sufficient for most patients.

Yes, but soft packing is used and it is removed the morning after surgery. Removal causes little discomfort at this stage.

An open rhinoplasty leaves a small scar across the columella, on the undersurface of the nose. It typically settles to a fine line that is difficult to see at conversational distance, though scars can take up to 18 months to fully settle. A closed rhinoplasty places all incisions inside the nostrils, so there is no external scar at all.

The major changes are apparent immediately once the splint is removed at one week, and the nose looks substantially settled by around six months. The most subtle changes, particularly fine swelling at the tip, can take up to 18 months to fully settle, especially in patients with thicker skin.

Most patients take 7 to 14 days off work, depending on the extent of the surgery. Tip work alone often needs only a few days; surgery involving the nasal bones typically needs two weeks. Most patients feel presentable in public once the splint is removed at one week. Strenuous exercise should be avoided for six weeks.

Yes. We see rhinoplasty patients from Glasgow, Aberdeen, and other parts of the UK. Rhinoplasty is a specialised procedure with relatively few high-volume practices in Scotland, and patients often travel for consultation and surgery.