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    Lying on my back, implants fall to the sides.

    I would not recommend coming to Dr. Brucker for a breast augmentation. I cannot speak on his work elsewhere. After thinking long & hard about it if I were to leave a review or not, I decided I'd like others to have a fair decision on whether or not to get their procedures done here after hearing about my own repercussions. I had a simple under the muscle breast augmentation in October of 2022. I am 5'10, athletic, 170lbs, and started with a 34B. I wanted 34/36 DD's. I got silicone 575 CC's implants, under the muscle, incisions below the breasts. I have healed fully from it, and now have many complaints, and plan to have a revision elsewhere. At first glance, they look fine, but they're not the size I wanted, they don't perform well, they are far apart, fall to my armpits when lying, have a thick scar on one side. and have nerve damage in one side. When going back & forth on deciding what size implants I wanted, Dr B said nothing over 575CC's would fit. I saw photos of someone with similar stature online, who got 575CC's and appeared to be close to the size I wanted, so I asked for him to try and fit that size, although he was hesitant. He said if in surgery, they didn't fit, he would go down a size. I agreed. Having told Dr B I am athletic and lift weights regularly, and did not want any changes to performance, he still encouraged me to go under the muscle. This was not a good idea, as I experience pain & (very unsightly) implant repositioning when using my pecs in any manner. Originally it appeared to be "Double Bubble Deformity" but has healed and now is more obviously what surgeons call "Animation Deformity" where the muscle "window shades" up when the pec is flexed. It's painful and ugly, and can cause the implant to permanently move positions. Think dropping down below, or in the armpits. Ugh. This may be due to the surgeon releasing too much of the pec when creating the pocket for the implant. This surgical error aside, the bedside manner of Dr B and staff (one in particular) seemed friendly enough at first, but quickly diluted. Dr. B seemed rushed & absent-minded in most of our pre-op and post-op meetings. During our post-op meeting I asked him why I was experiencing what looked to be a "double bubble deformity" on one side, and he passively said "Well because of the implant size you chose." That was the one explanation I've gotten on this deformity, outside of it hopefully going away with time. Yikes. I'll be planning a costly revision early 2024. Nurse Jenn was friendly enough at first, but became unprofessional and off-putting. I apparently am friends with someone she knows and does not get along with, so she chose to treat me & my partner lesser than in all of my appointments before, during, & after surgery. She would roll her eyes, scoff, and ask condescending questions. Upon waking from my surgery, she was leaning over me, scowling, asking if the smell in the room was me. (It was my self tan that heated up during surgery) I made a joke about it, feeling very uneasy and unsure as I was coming out of anesthesia, which was left ignored. What a way to wake up from your first surgery ever! When she and another nurse rolled me in a wheelchair out to my partner waiting outside, he wanted to get a video, and she had a scowl across her face and was very short with us both, making him uncomfortable, forfeiting capturing the moment that should have been a light & happy occasion. I've been told she has had reviews like this before, to no correction, and have heard elsewhere that this is a reputation the office is becoming known for in town. I raised concerns about this behavior afterwards to a staff member, which was left dismissed by Dr B. I believe Dr. Brucker is a nice man with experience, but is rushing through appointments & surgeries haphazardly, and is not making corrections on Nurse Jenn's poor behavior. I also believe Dr. B adamantly recommended a certain modest size implant, and an under the muscle surgery, due to where he knows his talents lie, which is why going slightly larger (575CC) had an unfortunate outcome, potentially just lack of skill in that size range. Now because of these mistakes, I have had almost a year of issues, and have to invest time, energy, pain, & money into another surgery that hopefully corrects these things. This has been quite emotional & a bit traumatizing being my first cosmetic surgery ever. I hope Dr. B can work on bettering his expertise, correct his staff, and learns to refer clients elsewhere for procedures he's not confident in.

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