Dr Sabrina Shah-Desai, MS, FRCS (Ed) Ophth.
multi-award-winning Oculoplastic Reconstructive Surgeon and Aesthetic Practitioner.
Surgeon, Educator &Scientist
Dr Sabrina Shah-Desai, MS, FRCS (Ed) Ophth.
multi-award-winning Oculoplastic Reconstructive Surgeon and Aesthetic Practitioner.
Surgeon, Educator &Scientist
Dr Sabrina Shah-Desai, MS, FRCS (Ed) Ophth.
multi-award-winning Oculoplastic Reconstructive Surgeon and Aesthetic Practitioner.
Surgeon, Educator &Scientist
The Surgeon
Dr. Sabrina Shah-Desai
MS, FRCS (Ed) Ophth
With over two decades of surgical and non-surgical experience, Dr Sabrina Shah-Desai is currently considered to be one of the safest, most experienced eye and face rejuvenation experts practising in UK.
Her extensive training, in combination with her caring and empathetic nature, make her a natural choice for patients seeking the very best treatments.
For this reason, Dr Sabrina has been consistently recognised in the Tatler Top Doctors Guide as a leading expert in eye treatments for six consecutive years, from 2019 to 2024. She is the recipient of several prestigious Awards like
“Best Aesthetic Doctor” Safety in Beauty Diamond Award 2023,
“Consultant Surgeon of the year: Highly Commended ” Aesthetic Awards 2022.
“Consultant Surgeon of the year” Aesthetic Awards 2021
“Best Surgical result” Aesthetic Awards 2021
“Medical Aesthetic practitioner: Highly commended” MyFaceMyBody 2019
She was voted by “MyFaceMyBody” as one of the Global 100 most influential aesthetic practitioners in 2019.
Oculoplastic Surgeon & Aesthetic Practitioner
As an Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic surgeon, Dr Sabrina offers restorative and rejuvenating eyelid surgery for common eyelid mal-positions like ptosis, ectropion, entropion, thyroid eyelid retraction, facial palsy, dry and watery eyes, eyelid lumps and eyelid cancer.
She specialises in eyelid lift surgery (blepharoplasty), scar-less eye bag removal (lower lid blepharoplasty), droopy eyelid correction (ptosis) and direct brow lifts.
She applies her extensive facial anatomy knowledge and meticulous approach to deliver advanced surgical and non-surgical treatments (using injectables and energy-based devices).
She is highly sought after for revisional procedures by those who have undergone previous fillers or eyelid surgeries.
Dr. Sabrina Shah-Desai is member of the British Oculo Plastic Surgery Society (BOPSS), The Royal College of Surgeons (Ed), The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Inter specialty member of British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), honorary member of The Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of Southern Africa (APRASSA) & South African Society of Dermatological Surgery (SASDS).
The Educator
Passionate about education and safe aesthetic treatments, she founded the Oculo-Facial Aesthetic Academy (OFAA) in 2016, to improve training standards in Aesthetic Medicine.
She conducts Cadaveric Anatomy and Aesthetic Ultrasonography courses, and in 2019 her training company, OFAA, received The Sinclair Pharma Highly Commended Aesthetic Award for Best Independent Aesthetic Training Provider and also won “Best Independent Training Provider” at the Safety in Beauty Diamond Awards for her virtual reality anatomy app.
She helps train budding Oculoplastic surgeons with her UK colleagues at the Manchester Oculoplastic Dissection Course and theCoventry Ophthalmic Surgery Cadaver course.
She was appointed a teaching Professor of Anatomy (facial aesthetics) at the University of Camerino, Italy from 2019-2022.
She is a Key Opinion Leader for the Aesthetic Industry & an invited speaker at international conferences and travels the world educating surgeons & aesthetic practitioners in her innovative, minimally invasive and state of the art techniques.
She has authored book chapters and many scientific papers and her research is published in peer reviewed medical journals and textbooks.
Revealing Timeless Beauty :
Dr. Sabrina’s Perfect 360™ Approach
Dr Sabrina’s philosophy centres on providing a curated experience, as she believes that treatment(s) should be crafted to restore and respect unique facial features. Her holistic, 360-degree approach takes into account individual facial anatomy, patient expectations and also draws on her intuitive “third eye”
Dr Sabrina refers to this harmonious approach as the Perfect 360™, which blends personalised care with innovative evidence-based treatments that deliver results that are both natural and remarkable
Her mantra is “Be your own kind of beautiful”
Safe Practice
Complications Expert
Dr Shah-Desai is exceptionally sought-after for her work in complications and Revision Surgery,
She is frequently referred to by her peers to manage surgical and filler related adverse events, including sight loss.
She uses Ultrasound to scan the face and dissolve hyaluronic acid filler and works closely with an international group of complication management experts.
She is on the CMAC specialist advisory board in her capacity as an UK expert in managing dermal filler complications and serves as an expert for the IMCAS academy complication management group.
In 2010, Dr Sabrina won the Best Oral Presentation at BOPSS (British Oculoplastic Surgery Society) for a scientific paper describing her innovative technique of restorative eyelid lowering surgery for thyroid eye disease.
The Scientist
In 2022, Dr Sabrina launched her periorbital skincare
Her vision is to provide seamless science-backed solutions for the delicate periorbital area around the eyes. Leveraging her wealth of experience and knowledge over 25 years, she created the Dr Sabrina skincare.
Her products address dark circles, puffiness, fine lines, and wrinkles, and are formulated with clinically proven ingredients and backed by independent studies. Her revolutionary patent-pending “Kiara Molecule” is the key component in the Perfect 360 Eye Illuminate and the Dark Circle Corrector System.
Her ”Eye Regenerate LED mask” uses the photons of light to alter biological activity and rejuvenate the skin In 2023, she launched her sister clinic perfectskinstudio to provide medical aesthetic treatments to restore skin health.
Training
Global Training and Experience
Dr. Sabrina Shah-Desai undertook her training at the prestigious Sir JJ Group of Hospitals at Bombay University, graduating in 1994, before travelling to the UK to complete four sub-speciality fellowships.
Fellowship in Cornea & Oculoplastics at The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead (1996-1997), where she developed extensive expertise in managing periocular trauma, chemical burns and ocular surface disease, followed by a joint oculoplastic fellowship at Salisbury & Southampton Eye Units (1998).
She undertook an Adnexal fellowship at the prestigious Moorfields Eye Hospital (2000-2001) and a secondment fellowship at the multidisciplinary craniofacial unit at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital (2009) where she specialised in plastic surgery techniques relating to the eye and the face.
She subsequently worked as an Associate Specialist in the Adnexal unit at Moorfields Eyes Hospital for a period of 7 years (2003-2010) and then as a Consultant at BHRUT hospitals from 2010 to 2015.
In 2012, Dr Sabrina received a Clinical Excellence Award by her NHS Trust for her contributions to improving patient care.
In 2013, Dr Sabrina Set up a local MOHS Micrographic Cancer Service in Essex, to ensure NHS patients had local access to NICE recommended treatment for eyelid skin cancers.
