So, I came in, to talk about the possibility
of having a procedure with my ear, otoplasty.
I had one ear that protruded more than the other
and it used to bother me in photos, and videos
and things like that.
I work sometimes within a media environment,
so sometimes I do, unfortunately,
get to see photos of my ugly mug,
and things like that.
It was one of the things that used to bother me.
So, I came in to see Dr. De Silva,
and he had a look,
and was able to tell me that he thought he could help.
The whole procedure, I had mixed feelings,
anxiety, nerves, excitement,
a real mixture of feelings on the build-up towards it,
but I decided to actually just kind of go with it
and forget about it until the actual day.
So, on the day I woke up, called a taxi in
to have the operation, and I was instantly greeted
by a lot of smiley, calm, friendly people
who made me feel very much at home.
The whole thing, it felt like it went so quickly.
It’s almost hard to remember it now,
but yeah it was just a very easy experience
I have a bit of a needle phobia
so I think in the taxi on the way there
I was building up towards that a little bit
and getting a little bit nervous about that
but yeah, the staff were so amazing.
They made me feel instantly at ease, and very relaxed.
Those nerves I just felt silly about to be honest,
because everything was so easy when I got there.
It just wasn’t really an issue I remember going into a room,
and Dr. De Silva and his team were explaining
what was going to happen over the course of the procedure.
And then I just remember
kind of laughing and joking with everyone,
and then waking up and being taken into another room,
and been told that everything had gone well,
and everyone was happy with the results.
And I slowly kind of came around and felt absolutely fine,
really relaxed, yes, surprising good.
After that, went back to my hotel and recovered for the evening
and I kept my bandage on for 2 weeks afterwards.
Finally got to take it off, and have a look
and just couldn’t believe the results,
I’m just absolutely over the moon,
far exceeded my expectations.
I think every day I still,
when I look in the mirror to have a shave, you know,
kinda takes me by surprise and I think wow,
where’s that ear gone that used to stick out and bother me,
it’s not there anymore.
And yeah you know that’s, it’s made a big change to my Life
I’m very happy and, yeah thank you to Dr. De Silva,
and his team,
the whole experience I can’t recommend highly enough,
it’s been fantastic.