I live in NJ and part time in CA. I went to Dr. Ganchi 2 yrs ago for breast augmentation surgery, and the entire experience remains a nightmare.
It is a nightmare that I will review in ten phases of the experience. 1) The initial surgery was botched the outcome of which was
2) obvious disfigurement, which garnered
3) Ganchi's ongoing refusal to acknowledge the obvious, and he and his office manager (who raves about him to pre-op patients, but never reveals she is his wife. I learned from another victim) who instead
4) subjected me to blatant, unrestrained emotional, mental & financial abuse in response to my voiced expectations that Ganchi respond professionally and ethically, whic he did not.
5) Instead, he & his wife accused me of having a mental disorder called Body Dysmorpia !! In which the person has an imagined negative perspective of their own body !!!
6) I went to several other cosmetic surgeons, did not tell them who did my surgery, nor any other background, and paid $200-$300 for exam and conclusive opinions. All concluded that in their professional opinions, the surgery was not done well, or even correctly, and the outcome would not be at all acceptable. IE- I wasn't wrong to be traumatized and CERTAINLY they had NO right to be saying the only problem was that I was crazy!
7) ONLY then, did Ganchi relent and acknowledge that which was obvious, but then still tried to dodge, by saying I needed a Breast lift from the start, but that wasn't what I came to him for! What?! my breasts were small, too small to have sagging before his botched job, and further, as to needing a breast lift prior, he NEVER ONCE MENTIONED ANYTHING IN PRE-OP appointments except augmentation and the records prove it!
8) He conceded to do corrective surgery and I did all the paperwork and scheduling with office staff , and at the end, they revealed they were not only charging me for the corrective surgery from his botched job, they were charging me the FULL COST of an ELECTIVE cosmetic surgery!!
9)There was much inbetween about why I didn't then pay another surgeon to do it, which includes that the good ones who'd examined me, didn't want to be associated with trying to correct the botched job of another and it also had to do with the length of time that had passed since the first surgery... related to decreased chances of successful outcome!! That means, on top of it all, the resistance to acknowledge the obvious, and the abuse blaming a mental disorder on me throughout, and the dismissive rude manner in which I was treated when trying to make continued post appointments, and all the insults when in their office, and on and on, led to a time delay of months, to get Ganchi to do what I learned other doctors do right away and without charge when there is a problem. It is unconscionable on top of all else that is unconscionable.
10) The corrective surgery was not only unsuccessful , he'd chosen to move the implants way up, inches above normal, and I have hard mounds above the breast line, and the natural fall of the skin, hangs below them. I am deformed.
As to the reveiw sites that post almost %100 5 star ratings for Ganchi- Know this readers, and beware:
I have posted reviews on sites other than Yelp, about my experiences with Dr. Ganchi, because anyone considering him, has the right to read reviews and accounts by his ACTUAL patient victims, and from those whose experience was like mine. And it turns out there are MANY and they say his staff posts many false 5 star reviews. And reading them, they ARE very similar, same expressions etc. One site, specific to cosmetic surgeons, removed my negative review within little over an hour, and one, within a few hours. This was so outrageous, that I persevered and the outcome was the same. It seems that the Ganchi obsession with these review sites and 5 star ratings, is such that they troll them or that when a site sends auto notice to them, they submit complaints of either violaton re the review or claim that the reveiw is a false poster, or the claims in it are false. Under those conditions, most review boards remove the posting to avoid even the possibility, until person reposts again & again.
I did not know, that "review" sites could be anything but venues for unbiased reviews like Yelp. But the terrible reality, is that it's not so. Some are also sites owned by, or collectively generated by groups of doctors. They have the say. My reviews, and those of many others who posted truthful negative reviews of Ganchi, have been re-posted over & over on sites that portray only top ratings for him and I keep screen shots now. For one of the sites that does not resist negative Ganchi reveiws go to http://www.complaintsboard.com. ONE place, you will read from MANY what they think of Ganchi's work. Protect yourself. Inform yourself. read more
