Dr Yusra Al-Mukhtar is a dental surgeon and aesthetic practitioner with a passion for patient wellbeing, and a wealth of experience in practising, educating and advocating for aesthetic excellence.
Dr Al-Mukhtar was born in Scotland and grew up between Scotland, London and Oman. Her mother was an oral surgeon and father a consultant general surgeon, so from a young age, she would entertain patients in the waiting room and see the impact surgery can have. As she says, “passion is contagious,” so her interest in medicine bloomed from them. This was cemented at the age of eight, when she slipped in the bath, lacerating her chin and splitting her lip which was left hanging by a thread. She needed 42 stitches and was labelled ‘baby horror’ at school. After receiving surgery, she was in awe at how her lip was saved.
The experience has stuck with her to this day. “From then I knew I wanted to change the stigma around aesthetic surgery and procedures,” she says. “I realised your face represents you – it’s your…
