A plastic surgeon has denied claims “negligent surgical technique” led to a student’s nose collapsing.

Mijin Zahir, 27, is suing Shailesh Vadodaria, of Winchfield Way, Rickmansworth, for tens of thousands of pounds.

She told him she wanted her nose to be "ideal" with "perfect symmetry."

But the student said the right side of her nose "collapsed" because the cartilage inside her nostril had been damaged. She claimed this led to breathing problems.

She also complained she been left with a "kink" in her nose resulting in an "asymmetrical nasal tip."

Miss Zahir, of Boulevard Drive, Colindale, North London, says she had another two nose jobs to correct the operation.

She is claiming Mr Vadodaria, who has clinics in Harley Street and Glasgow, "mishandled" her nose job and displayed "negligent surgical technique."

Mr Justice Garnham, at London's High Court, heard Miss Zahir claim she had a "straight" and "very symmetrical nose" prior to the operation, which was intended to shave her cartilage and slim her nose.

Christopher Stephenson, for Miss Zahir, said there are twin "rims" of cartilage” which "prevent the nostrils from collapsing when one breathes in during respiration."

An expert medical witness for Miss Zahir told the judge the "collapse of the right nostril" was down to "negligent surgical technique" and the surgeon "mishandling" the operation.

Ranald Davidson, for the surgeon, said: "The results of cosmetic procedures are variable. A surgeon cannot be held negligent because the result is not perfect.

"Any surgeon cannot produce an ideal result. One cannot guarantee perfect symmetry."

He added 15 to 20 per cent of nose jobs need to be redone, adding: "She was given adequate warning about the risk of revision surgery and residual asymmetry.”

Mr Davidson told the judge the surgeon claims Miss Zahir's nose was already slightly wonky before the surgery, something she denies.

Miss Zahir was claiming up to £100,000 when she launched the case, but will accept £35,000, plus substantial legal costs, should liability be proved.

Vadodaria regularly appears in the media to provide expert opinions, featuring in Channel 4's 'Embarrassing bodies', Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire magazines and documentaries.

He hit the headlines last year when one of his patients died from an infection after he performed an £8,000 "Brazilian bum lift".

A coroner’s investigation found she died from complications related to the operation and that Mr Vadodaria was not implicated in any wrongdoing.

The hearing continues.

  • Mr Vadodaria was cleared at a later hearing. For details click here.