Also asked as: “Is plastic surgery haram?” · “Is a nose job haram?” · “Is a BBL haram?”
Allowed: treatment and repair
Reconstructive surgery after an accident or burns, correcting a cleft lip, or removing a deformity is generally permitted.
Not allowed by most: purely cosmetic
Changing healthy features only to look different is seen as altering creation (An-Nisa 4:119). Scholars also weigh risks to health.
See also is Botox halal? and hair transplants.
Cosmetic surgery
Surgery that corrects a defect, an injury or a condition that causes distress is widely accepted. Procedures like rhinoplasty can be reconstructive or cosmetic.
The line scholars draw is between treatment and changing appearance. In the UK, check that the surgeon is on the GMC specialist register and that the clinic is regulated.
Written and checked by
Hafiz Nasir Mehmood
Quran HafizIslamic researcher
Related questions
Test what you know
Take the 10-question "Halal or not?" quiz.