Katie: My Beautiful Friends, Channel 4

In 2009, millions watched a powerful Cutting Edge film following Katie Piper as she battled to overcome the physical and emotional trauma that resulted from a shocking attack in which she had acid thrown in her face. The response was overwhelming - Katie had thousands of letters from people living with disfigurement, who inspired her to launch a charity to help with rehabilitation.

Now in 2011, Channel 4's new four-part series called 'Katie: My Beautiful Friends' follows the amazing Katie over a year as she works to set up her charity, meet people with various disfigurements and continue to rebuild her own life in her own astonishingly determined way.

Tune-in to Channel 4 at 9pm, Tuesday 22nd March to see the first in the series.

Reconstructive surgery allows attack victim to model again

Please click here to read this wonderful article on the website of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Jawad Performs Life-Changing, Extreme Surgery

Seven years ago, Jennie Rawlins, from Caithness in Scotland, was given a chilling warning by her doctor: lose weight, or die young. At the time, Jennie weighed 44 stone, and was struggling with simple movement such as getting off the sofa and using the stairs, and her social life had become non-existent.

In 2003, Jennie underwent a gastric bypass operation that effectively stapled her stomach and changed her body’s natural responses to food intake. The surgery was so risky that the NHS would not fund it, so Jennie and her husband were forced to re-mortgage their home to pay the £11,000 surgical fee.

The results were dramatic. Jennie lost 21 stone—almost half her body weight, and the outcome gave her a much needed psychological boost, but unfortunately she was left with a sizeable fold of skin on her abdomen. The removal of this excess skin required further surgery, but Jennie was determined to take the next step, and in Mohammad Jawad, she found the perfect surgeon to guide her through the process.

Mr Jawad, who has become renowned for his ground breaking burns reconstruction work on acid attack victim Katie Piper, matched Jennie’s determination, and was delighted to be able to help her achieve her goal. Jennie’s apronectomy was the most extreme Mr Jawad had ever performed, but the surgeon was full of encouragement and support, confident that the physical and social freedom that this surgery would provide would change Jennie’s life.

And so it has turned out. The surgery was a success, and after having almost 13 kilos of skin and fat removed, Jennie can now look forward to relative normality in her life—something that many of us take for granted. Mr Jawad was delighted with the outcome, but had a bleak warning about obesity in the UK. “We are going to see more of these cases. It is going to be the biggest nightmare in healthcare in modern times.”

Thanks to Mr Jawad, however, Jennie’s nightmare is now behind her. She now has two children and is a weight loss consultant, helping parents and children devise healthy eating plans.

To find out more about London Cosmetic Surgeon, Mr Mohammad Jawad, visit his website at www.nipntucksurgery.co.uk. Or to watch the television feature covering Jennie Rawlins' extraordinary story, please visit the the following link and view approximately 16 minutes into the exclusive broadcast: View video

Acid Attack Model looking fabulous! - Reveal Magazine, Nov 2010

The woman who was disfigured in an acid attack courtesy of a vicious ex-boyfriend looks fabulous in a photoshoot in today’s Reveal.

Katie, 27, has recovered after a traumatising 50 operations and is relentlessly upbeat. She was blinded in one eye after sulphuric acid was thrown in her face one day in March 2008. The scar tissue around her mouth became so tight she had to be fed by tube.

The two men who colluded to attack her have been jailed.

‘Before the incident I was wrapped up in how I looked. Now I have a richer life. I never look back and think: “what if?” My face is quirkier now. You don’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.’

As taken from Reveal magazine, November 2010

Katie Piper meets Lorraine Kelly

Please click below to view the video of when my patient Katie Piper met with ITV's Lorraine Kelly. For further up-to-date information, please also visit the Katie Piper Foundation website:

http://www.itv.com/lorraine/celebrity/katie-piper/?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4caed482fdabe777,0

Jawad visits Buckingham Palace

Mr Mohammad Jawad’s busy schedule recently included a trip to Buckingham Palace for Princess Anne’s 60th birthday celebrations. The Royal invite came as part of Mr Jawad’s work with ASTI, the Acid Survivor’s Trust International, a charity set up to help and assist victims of acid attacks all over the world, from the UK to Nepal and Bangladesh. The Princess Royal is a patron of ASTI, and recognised Mr Jawad and Katie Piper as ambassadors of the cause with her invitation to the garden party.

Mr Jawad’s tireless work for burns and acid victims in Pakistan and Third World countries has seen him represent not just the Katie Piper Foundation and ASTI, but also Islamic Help, a charity that assists people through crises of poverty and catastrophe across the globe. He recently raised £150,000 pounds for Islamic Help on three nights, giving presentations and informing people of advances in care, and how he and others are working towards making treatment available for an ever wider group of victims. His work has also seen him awarded with the Star of Pakistan, following an invite to the prestigious Pakistani Achievement Awards 2010.

At Buckingham Palace, Mr Jawad and Katie mingled with representatives of a hundred leading charities, and found themselves with an opportunity to speak with the Princess Royal herself. The Princess Royal, much to the delight of Mr Jawad and Katie, knew of their story, and praised Katie for her courage and dedication. She also praised Mr Jawad for the incredible work he had done to help Katie recover, and told them that she was keen for more people to receive such skilled and dedicated efforts. Mr Jawad found the Princess to be very pleasant and sweet, with a great sense of humour. At one point she told the pair, with a smile, that the Queen was away on holiday and had lent her the backyard, so make sure not to make a mess! Mr Jawad will be meeting the Princess Royal again at the Nepalese Embassy in the near future, working in concert to represent and help the people of that country.

Mr Jawad and Katie were very keen to have a picture of the event, but Palace Security meant that cameras were not allowed. However, the pair did manage to mark the occasion with a photograph taken on a mobile phone—the picture taken by a none other than a Palace Security guard!

Mr Jawad is an accomplished cosmetic surgeon providing treatments at the Nip n Tuck Surgery in London. Liposuction, eye bag removal, rhinoplasty, abdominoplasty and many more cosmetic treatments are available, and consultations are free of charge.

Evening Standard Press Coverage

To read an overview to the Katie Piper Foundation and my work with Katie in the field of Burns Reconstruction, please click on the image above. This clipping was taken from the Evening Standard on 13th July, 2010.

Many thanks - Mohammad