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Your First Dermal Filler Appointment: The Questions Worth Asking Before You Sit Down Dermal fillers have become one of the most familiar treatments in Dubai. They are quick,...

Dubai attracts luxury travelers from around the world. Its food, residents, and transportation are all premium and in high demand. In 2026, Dubai is one of the most...

For years, aesthetic treatment in Dubai followed a simple pattern. You picked the feature that bothered you most, whether fuller lips, higher cheekbones or a sharper jaw, and...

Ask a group of adults in Dubai whether they would straighten their teeth if nobody could tell, and plenty of hands go up. That is why “invisible braces”...

Walk through any café in Dubai and you will pass plenty of people who have had their nose done. You  will probably notice a few of them. The ones you don't notice are where rhinoplasty is heading. A decade  ago, patients often arrived at a consultation holding a celebrity photo and asking for a smaller, straighter,  more sculpted nose. Today, a far more common request is much simpler: "I want it to look like my own  nose, just better."  That shift matters, because the nose sits at the centre of the face. Change it too much and everything  around it starts to look slightly out of place: the eyes, the lips, the chin. Change it carefully and the effect  is almost the opposite. People notice that you look refreshed, rested or more balanced, without being  able to say why.  Why "unnoticeable" is the goal  For Dr. Hussam Abbadi, a plastic surgeon in Dubai, that is the real measure of success. In his view, a nose  job should not announce itself. The best result is one where friends compliment a new haircut or ask  whether you have been on holiday, and the operation itself goes unremarked.  This is not about doing less for its own sake. It is about doing what the face actually needs. A slight bump  on the bridge, a tip that droops when smiling, or a nose a few millimetres too wide for the face can all be  refined without erasing the character that makes a face recognisable. That includes features tied to a  person's heritage, which many patients rightly want to keep.  It starts with the whole face, not the nose  The American Society of Plastic Surgeons describes rhinoplasty as a procedure that enhances facial  harmony and the proportions of the nose. That word, harmony, is the key. A nose is never assessed in  isolation. Surgeons look at how it relates to the forehead, the cheekbones, the lips and especially the  chin. In some patients a weak chin makes a normal nose look larger, and a small adjustment elsewhere  can change the picture more than surgery on the nose alone.  Breathing matters too. A deviated septum or narrow nasal passages can make breathing harder. An  operation that focuses only on appearance and ignores function can leave a patient with a nicer-looking  nose that works worse. A careful surgeon checks both.  What a good consultation should include  The consultation is where a natural result is really decided. Patients should expect: ...

Recent controversies involving a former White House press secretary and former Vision Education chief executive Sara Salahaddin Mustafa highlight how questions about professional qualifications can threaten leadership credibility,...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has put more than AED60 billion ($16.3 billion) in local manufacturing opportunities on the table for UAE suppliers through 2030, and is...

Dubai’s economy contracted in the first half of 2026, official figures show, as the Iran war disrupted regional travel and trade and weighed on the emirate’s tourism and...

A broader offer for merchants Small businesses in the UAE that have struggled to get bank credit may find more options from today. Payments company Network International and...

Dubai now has Dh2.1 trillion worth of projects under way, the emirate’s ruler said on Tuesday. The figure puts a single number on a building and investment drive...