I am 36 years of age and it seemed that with each year passing, the fat under my chin was sagging my face more and more. I am a slim guy and to get rid of this fat, is a very hard task. So I decided to do something about this. I went to the Body Beautiful Show in London. That is where I met Ash. Out of all the people I talked to that day (probably over 40 people), Ash was the only one there that didn't treat me as a ticket item, he spent time understanding what I wanted, then he explained what could be achieved. He treated me with respect and cared about what I wanted. To me that is important. I thought this is the person I want to do the surgery by, someone who really cares about his patients.

Well I did what any person would do, I went home and looked up Ash's credentials, his before and after work and then sent an email saying I would like to proceed forward. To be honest I was a little apprehensive about going to India for treatment, because I thought of India as over populated dirty streets and grimey hospitals. The great news is that I was wrong and the handouts Ash gave me are real! The hospital is a brand new hospital, you are on the 6th floor, I call the 'celebrity floor' as there aren't many people on the floor at all, as it's private. The room I stayed in make the NHS hospital rooms look like rat's nests. The room was so clean you could eat off the floor. [Not recommended but you could.]

Well, I also decided to get my face treated for some scarring at the same time, this made the lipo of my chin into a face lift.

When it comes to surgery, cheaper is not necessarily better, it all starts with having a good surgeon. Well, with Ash at the helm, I knew I was going to get less expensive surgery with a very capable surgeon - best of both worlds.

I decided to have some of my acne scars treated as well. So when I arrived, Ash and his colleague talked about different procedures to treat my scaring. In my case (will of course vary between different people) a full face lift would be needed to get the results I was after. As you could understand a a full face lift is a lot more surgery than a chin lipo, so I paid the extra and awaited surgery the next day.

The surgery went very well.

The nursing and hospital staffs were exceptional. They treated me so well; it made me feel like I was on holidays. Even a dietician came each day to help me choose my food menu for the day. After the surgery I had my own private nurse in the room for a day. So, no need to push a button and wait. That was handy. After the first day I was fine, and just relaxed in the hospital bed, letting my face heal, watching the cricket and bollywood films. The hard part after the surgery was sleeping on my back instead of the side. This took me about a week to get used to. You only need to do this for two weeks after leaving the hospital.

The room I stayed in was a deluxe room, with my own bathroom, sofa, bed, TV (was great, the cricket was on) and very clean. In fact a guy comes around twice a day and makes sure the room is clean. One day a nurse said to me that I wasn't neat enough with my own bags of clothes, she said 'I was making my room unattractive'. We both laughed. The nurses comprehension of English is varied, however, there is always a nurse that understands English well and if the nurse can't understand you, she will bring back a nurse who will understand you.

The Results:
Ash didn't meet my expectations, he far exceeded them. I was expecting about a 60% improvement on my jaw line and a 20-30% improvement on my face. Well the jaw line has to be 2 times what I was expecting and my face about 5 times more than what I was expecting. In comparison my face looks so much better proportioned, and acne scars blended into the face, so I look a lot better than I did before. I am coming back in Feb to have my face polished and peeled just to make it that 100%. Remember to set expectations to realistic goals and you will always be happy. I didn't go into surgery saying my skin will look like a calvin Klien model after the operation.

Ash also organised a spa day for me, which was excellent, shopping trip which there were lots of bargains to be had and visits to temples, Gandhi memorial camp and such. It felt like I had a holiday.

I would absolutely, unequivocally recommend surgery in India with Ash.