Rani Umul Khair

Rani Umul Khair is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Dubai London Hospital. She holds fellowships in microvascular surgery and cleft lip and palate. Khair trained with practitioners in Brazil and India to refine her aesthetic techniques.

Specialization and Aesthetic Approach

Khair combines her background in reconstructive surgery with her skills as a painter and sculptor. These artistic practices inform her precision in aesthetic procedures. She prioritizes patient safety and natural-looking results in complex body contouring.

Body and Breast Contouring

• VASER and High-Definition Liposuction for six-pack abdomen sculpting
• Post-bariatric body contouring including belt plasty and thigh lifts
• Breast augmentation using implants or the patient's own fat
• Gynecomastia correction for male breast reduction
• Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) and labial fat grafting

Facial and Genital Surgeries

• Facial rejuvenation via blepharoplasty, genioplasty, and buccal fat removal
• Corrective otoplasty for ear reshaping and dimple creation
• Functional and aesthetic lip augmentation or reduction
• Female genital surgeries including vaginoplasty and labiaplasty

Non-Surgical Rejuvenation

• Advanced injectables for forehead lines, masseter hypertrophy – enlargement of the jaw muscle – and tear troughs
• Thread lifts for non-surgical face and neck lifting
• Laser treatments for scar correction and keloid improvement
• Ultherapy for skin tightening

Professional Background

Khair has practiced in the UAE since 2016 and transitioned to the private sector in 2019. She travels to India twice yearly to provide free surgeries for underprivileged patients under the SEARCH Camp. These charitable trips take place in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India.

Education and Advanced Training

• M.B.B.S and M.S. in General Surgery
• MCh. in Plastic Surgery from Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
• Fellowship in Cleft lip and Palate, G S Memorial Hospital, Varanasi
• Fellowship in Microvascular Surgery, Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai
• Cosmetic Surgery Training at the Ivo Pitanguy Clinic, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
• Basic Course on Microsurgical Techniques at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education
• AOCMF course in Principles in Cranio-maxillofacial Fracture Management
• Ear Reconstruction Workshop conducted at Bombay Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences
• Composite Facelifts Cadaver Workshop at The Aesthetic Meeting, San Diego, USA

Research and Publications

Khair has authored multiple chapters and papers on surgical techniques. Her academic work focuses on microsurgery and anatomical variations in tissue flaps. Furthermore, she has presented research at international conferences including APSICON and EPSC.

• "Principles and Practice of Microsurgery" in Textbook of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
• "Medicolegal issues in setting up a Plastic Surgery Day care surgery set up"
• "A novel 3D template for mandible and maxilla reconstruction" in Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
• "Anatomical variations in the harvest of Anterolateral Thigh Flap Perforators"
• "Congenital Trilobe tongue associated with cleft palate: A rare anomaly" in Cleft Palate Craniofac J
• "Heterotopic implantation of amputated digits following Constriction Ring Syndrome" in J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
• "Medial femoral condyle vascularised corticoperiosteal graft – a suitable choice for scaphoid non-union"

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS)
• International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)
• Association of Plastic Surgeons of India (APSI)
• National Academy of Burns of India (NABI)