Let me start by saying at the age of 62 this is only the second negative review I've written ever!!! Leaving negative reviews just isn't my thing however, I just felt compelled to leave this one because of the large amount of money involved for this service; people need to hear of my experience before deciding to shell out over 6k for a procedure with this doctor
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First some context, as mentioned I am 62, former college athlete, and have stayed in exceptional shape over the years working out an average of 12-15 per week while maintaining a strict diet. However, despite all that I had I had some slight handles, a roll on my flank, and in need of very little tightening up on the sides.
I met with the doctor three times to discuss liposuction before the actual surgery and he was ADAMANT that since I was in such good shape all my areas of concern were easily doable, and that he would be shocked if he could remove more than a half litter of fat from abdominal front, sides, and flanks, and that my skin was the best that he could expect as far as it's elasticity. Also, important to note he was the most expense, but his theme throughout our three pre-op meetings was that he could be "Super Aggressive" with fat removal. So, being the most expensive, and having such a significant on-line presence I figured he's got to be the best, right? Not necessarily the case as you continue to read
Had the surgery Oct 25, 2017, and he said that everything worked out great and that it could take up to one year to see my final results, which would match what he had predicted during our pre-op meetings. However, during the subsequent post-op follow-up visits you could see a distinct and obvious change in what he was telling me I could expect. Frist, he admitted the right side handle was obviously and noticeably bigger than the left, but he said that it could go down within a year, it didn't and he just shrugged that off. After month 8 he changed his tune on the sides saying the skin had nowhere to go. Then, he changed what he told me that he had taken out. First it was a half litter, which became a little over one litter to assure me that he was as aggressive as possible validating that my results couldn't have been any better.
He did a pretty good job in the front, but the sides and the roll in the back remained even after the one year anniversary, October 25, 2018. As I mentioned above as I went to my post-op visits my prognosis as to my expectations went through a series of changes when I questioned that I should be seeing more improvement after swelling on the sides and flanks were reduced significantly. Keep in mind I wore two compression garments 24/7 for almost 11 months and maintained and even stricter diet and workout routine
In my opinion this was a flagrant over promise and under deliver situation and it's my fault I simply didn't do my homework. I should've asked him for photo of pervious patients, he had none to show. I should've visited more surgeons, but I was quickly
sold on his,"super aggressive" sales pitch. I should've known better after reading all those great online reviews they were mostly women praising his boob jobs. I have visited a couple of plastic surgeons since and they would charge $3,000 to $3,500 just to make my right handle match the left, and he wouldn't even consider a revision surgery to correct his own work. Another area of concern was my experiences with his assistant Nicole who failed to return three of my calls; I had to follow-up with a second phone call on each of the three occasions. Really!! I spent $6,500 you would think customer service would be the last thing you'd have to worry about.
Bottom line, he's a nice enough guy during the process no doubt about that, but I just felt like I got BS'ed throughout the process particularly as I mentioned how the story kept changing as far as my expectations were concerned. Lastly, during our final post-op when I expressed dissatisfaction he suggested if I were to seek other procedures to get better results I should stay away from certain procedures like coolsculpting.
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