Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas
Question: Assalam aleykum
I had rhinoplasty before converting to Islam. I’ve come to realize that the doctor who performed my rhinoplasty didn’t do a good job. Would it be permissible to get a revision rhinoplasty (where a current doctor fixes what the prior doctor didn’t properly do, appearance wise)?
Answer: assalamu alaykum
If a qualified doctor has advised you to perform a revision rhinoplasty for medical reasons or to correct a deformity caused by the first surgery, it would be permissible to undergo such a procedure.
However, if it is purely for beauty enhancement then it would not be permitted.
[Ustadh] Salman Younas
Checked and approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Ustadh Salman Younas graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Political Science and Religious Studies. After studying the Islamic sciences online and with local scholars in New York, Ustadh Salman moved to Amman where he spent five years studying Islamic law, legal methodology, belief, hadith methodology, logic, Arabic, and tafsir. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford and continues his traditional studies with scholars in the United Kingdom.