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Worst Doctor Ever - Beverly Hills, CA

Name: Worst Doctor Ever - Beverly Hills, CA
Item: Jeffrey D. Hoefflin, MD
Rating: 1
Author: bbbbb00

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I had a liposuction with this guy on my inner and...

bbbbb00March 15, 2014

$5,000

I had a liposuction with this guy on my inner and outer thighs, my knees, and my calves. The incision was about 1/3 inches, total of 10 incisions on my legs (he told me 8 during the consultation by the way). The way he did my stitches was VERY BAD. He did not take his time doing it. He did them carelessly, then he just rush out of there. When I got home, some of the stitches were open; I knew I will have keloids and i have keloids since then. I called them, they said it was fine. The ones on my calves and upper thighs are even worst; after they healed, they became like DARK HOLES that go into my skin. Now the whole world knows i did something to my legs since there are holes on my skin. I tried laser, and it didn't work. They said it was too dark. I couldn't wear shorts because people stare. I mean, can u blame them? These wound are just ugly and weird like someone hammering a nail into my skin.

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Jeffrey D. Hoefflin, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (36)

jadalee6545

March 17, 2014

so sorry to hear about the botched lipo job on your thighs and legs. I have been coming to this site for more than a year and I am seeing more and more botched surgeries. I may be overly critical or just plan ole cynical/suspicious/distrustful, but I have the snicky suspicion that some of these doctors just want the money and could give a darn about outcomes on folks who they believe are powerless in terms of a recourse on them. I say go to the board of plastic surgeons and file a complaint now and then file a lawsuit against the doctor for malpractice. You may be able to find a malpractice lawyer who will do the research to see if there are more complaints against this doctor! Best wishes

bbbbb00

March 18, 2014

Thanks so much :)

sassy2745

March 24, 2014

Hey thats a good idea

Sundogcoyote

April 1, 2014

I don't think your observation is just a suspicion; I think it's true! They only train on these machines over a weekend or a week of seminars. I wish that filed complaints would do... but doctors protect their own, when actually they should see the value in calling each other out.

ChaCha21

April 2, 2014

I am aware of many people with botched surgeries who don't post on the internet. When I bring liposuction up in conversations, I am alarmed to hear how many people have loved ones who have died (or were otherwise harmed) by liposuctIon. One person said, "My friend died of a blood clot from liposuction, but that was 20 years ago. Things are safer now." No, actually they're not. blood clots are still possible risk during liposuction. Another person said, "My sister died from a fat embolus after liposuction surgery." Yes, and if one researches the coroners reports and the medical literature, they can see that fat embolus is one of the (many) known causes of death due to liposuction. There is a scientific study that says that liposuction caused fat embolus in all of the rodents studied. None of this makes the pain for the OP less, I just wanted to suggest that possibly the field of liposuction has been a train that is out of control for a very long time now. I am so sorry to read of this harm that is caused to healthy women in order to make doctors rich.

jadalee6545

April 2, 2014

Thanks ChaCha21 for your input on this subject. The info you provided is helpful.

Sundogcoyote

April 2, 2014

I agree; thank you ChaCha. It does seem to be a train that is out of control.

ColoradoMaiden

March 17, 2014

Those scars look like the ones on my abdominal area. At least mine are covered by clothes. Good luck with resolving these scars

bbbbb00

March 18, 2014

thanks :))

Sundogcoyote

April 1, 2014

So so sorry this has been done to you. I ask everyone this but is it possible you can file a malpractice suit? Or at least a complaint? No one should ever have this kind of result given the day and age of medicine. But then again, these procedures go against what is considered 'medicine.' And doctors operate outside of any control board and because it's hard to sue them (especially given the misleading 'informed consent' form which only protects them), they get away with it. I hope we can all start to band together and hold these practitioners responsible and stop letting them profit off our misery. It will really take a large movement to get this to change. I really hope you find a solution; I hope you keep us updated.

jadalee6545

April 1, 2014

I'm with you Sundogcoyote! All of these surgeons must be (should be) registered/licensed with the Board of cosmetic surgeons and other medical boards. Even if the boards can not help with recourse, if enough complaints are filed the board would have to look into the surgeon's practices to be sure they have licensed a person with a legal medical degree or to determine if the person is a fraud! We do sign those papers that says the doctor is not responsible, but we are talking about unusual disfiguring outcomes. If it can be shown that the doctor did not follow established medical procedures or just don't know what hell he/she is doing (fraud) then obviously there is recourse and it's called a malpractice lawsuit!

Sundogcoyote

April 1, 2014

Well board certified ones are sometimes the worst ones. I'm not sure the answers but someone I know suggested video-taped sessions where the doctor explains procedures etc. Transparent informed consent forms (blood clots could happen? How often, why? etc.) Video taping the procedure too could provide evidence. There are ways to increase transparency but... the doctors won't want it. However, don't the police videotape all their interactions? It protects everyone. How are doctors different from police? Also a use of checklists works (a lot of doctors don't want to use them; they think they don't need to). Of course, liposuction itself is a bad scientifically unsound procedure. I was never told what it would do to my body. Now I have to live with the consequences.

sassy2745

April 1, 2014

I agree

ChaCha21

April 2, 2014

I'm sorry bb28 about what was done to you. Thank you for posting your review. I agree that liposuction is a scientifically unsound procedure. I agree that board certified surgeons are sometimes the worst. I believe that the plastic surgery boards are the fox guarding the henhouse though. I think that transparency about the dangers (and long- term cosmetic and health consequences of liposuction) will likely have to come from sources other than the medical boards. I am aware of many people whose bodies and health were ruined by "top" plastic surgeons and liposuction.

ChaCha21

April 2, 2014

I notice the OP is in California. California has a Medical Malpractice law that limits malpractice damages to $250,000. I was just speaking with someone about this law; this cap on damages is nearly 40 years old, and may be one of the factors that discourage a lawyer from taking a medical malpractice case. I believe that there are people in California working to increase these limits.I believe that about 37 states have these caps on pain and suffering damages. If a patient is disabled by medical malpractice, their loss of income can be added to the case. None of this is legal advice... Just wanting to let you know. From what I've seen, board certifications don't protect people.

sassy2745

April 1, 2014

Oh my, i know how u feel. As time goes on, i can c more thngs of concerns daily

ChaCha21

April 2, 2014

I can't give legal advice, but I believe that the statute of limitations runs out one year post surgery. I read a lot of reviews in which people say their doctors tell them to "wait it out for a year." Hmm. Perhaps the doctors are trying to get their distraught patients past the statute? I agree that many doctors take a weekend course, or a week of seminars; if one does enough research, you can find these courses advertised on the internet. Plastic surgeons study liposuction in school, however, they don't seem to be teaching them about the biology of fat, which is very bizarre when they are teaching them to suction it out. If they are performing an unsound surgery, how can that have a good outcome long-term? I find the videos of liposuction that I've seen to be very disturbing. The jars holding human fat and blood preposterous. The reviews of women who were harmed by liposuction by plastic surgeons and other doctors are heartbreaking. The way that harmed women report that their surgeons dealt with them after they caused permanent, significant damage is alarming. One has to wonder how this can continue to go on in this barbaric fashion? I've heard women say that they went to plastic surgeons that said liposuction is " barbaric" but they do it " because people want it."

Sundogcoyote

April 2, 2014

Yes, as if fat is just like a stick of butter to be carved or that inside a butchered chicken to be cut off! Hardly! No wonder so many are suffering and have deformities.

ChaCha21

April 2, 2014

I'm not a lawyer, so I cannot give legal advice. I was just speaking with someone this evening about the statute, (after I wrote this that I believe the statute runs out in a year), and they think that it might be possible to extend the statute by 90 days, and that the year starts on the day of discovery. I don't want to mislead anyone and have them miss the chance for legal action if they have been harmed. I know more about the biology of fat (which is in my field of study) than about the legal matters.

gem202

August 3, 2014

And now the very thing that left me with freddie kruger lines under my glutes is the only thing that can fix it....doing lipo to take fat from somewhere to try n blend it to look half way decent again. It will take women to fix this. Shouldnt be any more surgeries signing papers for drs ok to hack u up. If they know they can suck...they should go find another job. Period!!

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