Over 50, Face Lift Not What I Expected and Pulled Too Tightly

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Renato Calabria, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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THINGS RESOLVED IN TIME

• 3 Feb 2024

BUT IT TOOK A WHILE. SURGERY CAME OUT GOOD, EXCEPT FOR SOME ASYMMETRY THAT RESOLVED A LITTLE IN TIME AND THE PIXIE EARS THAT DID NOT.
I BELIEVE DR CALABRIA IS VERY GOOD AND TALENTED BUT HE DOESN'T TAKE THE TIME FOR ALL PATIENTS. I ALSO THINK HE SHOULD WORK WITH ANOTHER DR OR RESIDENT TO DO HIS SUTURES AND HELP WITH ALL THE WORK WHERE HE DOESN'T HAVE PATIENCE. WOULD I DO IT AGAIN? PROBABLY YES, BUT I WOULD NEED TO TALK CLEARLY BEFOREHAND. I COULDN'T TALK OR EAT IN THE BEGINNING, BUT THIS WAS BECAUSE HE TIGHTENED MY JAW WELL AND IT LOOKED FABULOUS AND IT STAYED PUT FOR 13 YEARS. SO EXPECT TO BE TIGHT FOR A WHILE. COMPARED TO OTHER DOCTORS, HE IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST.

Renato Calabria, MD
30 Sep 2023

I never try to up-sale any procedures: I do what patients need. My patient coordinator is always Beverly honest and she will not try to talk patient into do things they don’t need and so do I. Again for privacy issues I can not show or say anything to dispute this , I wish I could show the before and after pics . Easy to make such harsh statement when I can not defend my self!

I went for a consult because i am over 50, but i...

• 10 Apr 2010

i went for a consult because i am over 50, but i looked beautiful though a little laxity around lower jaw. the doctor insisted that because of my age (although i looked 15 years younger due to thermage treatments and good lifestyle) i had to do something so he insisted i had a facelift.I do not look like myself at all. he pushed all my facial tissue to my cheekbones and because i didn't have enough loose skin, he pulled my face too much. I feel suffocated around my neck and very bulky around my midface and too thin in the lower face although initially i had a square face and strong jaws and now i look like an egg much fatter in the middle. i know some swelling will go down, but my two sides are not equal, the left being an inch more swollen than the right. what should i do?

Provider Review

• 10 Apr 2010

i was not sure about the surgery and when the office manager called to ask if i want to pay for the next day, i told her i wasn't sure. she said"hold on" and put the doctor through. I told him i look beautiful and don't want any major change and i want to look like myself. he said i would look exactly like myself, but well rested and refreshed. i particularly asked that my looks not be changed. he was very forceful in convincing me to have a facelift and necklift instead of a minor procedure. he never explained that i will not look like myself and that i won't be able to return to work in 2 weeks. I am devastated, especially beacause i was so beautiful before and because i cannot go back to work and in society. i look like a freak and consider moving to another place.

Renato Calabria, MD
30 Sep 2023

I never try to up-sale any procedures: I do what patients need. My patient coordinator is always Beverly honest and she will not try to talk patient into do things they don’t need and so do I. Again for privacy issues I can not show or say anything to dispute this , I wish I could show the before and after pics . Easy to make such harsh statement when I can not defend my self!