Lifestyle Lift: Stories
Write a ReviewDisgruntled Lifestyle Lift Patient - California
- Not Worth It
- Cost: $6,800
- California
This will be brief this time, but I will return...
- 15 Feb 2012
This will be brief this time, but I will return for a more detailed review with a link to my daily blog. I had my first LSL surgery in July, with emphasis on the neck area. It was a failure, and LSL recognize this; therefore, they performed a corrective surgery, but it didn't do the job; in fact, my face (specifically the jawline and neck) looks stranger.
My face looked better before. I still wear scarves today, like before, to hide my turkey neck. After the second surgery, LSL admitted that it was also a failure, so they offered me a refund of most of what I paid. "We'll take care of you," the surgeon and general manager assured me. However, weeks and weeks passed, and still, I wasn't getting the refund.
After a follow-up, I received a call a few days ago from LSL corporate office and was told that the "Medical Review Board" decided to refund only $1,000 of the fee paid. I told them they will hear from my attorney. I am now searching for a lawyer with experience in cosmetic surgery case.
Great review?
My Doctor: name not provided
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My doctor's qualifications seemed impressive enough that's why I chose him. He was very friendly and professional. He assured me that I would be happy with the results, and that I would look 10-15 years younger. But he failed to achieve the promised results for me.
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Bless your heart for being subject to that pain twice! However it is an all too familiar story. You need to call your States Attorney Generals Consumer Complaints Division and their Board of Medical Licensing. Also Florida Attorney Generals office, Gregory Jackson or Jessica Scott at 904-348-2720. They currently have an on-going investigation. Get yourself a lawyer well. In my state the statute of limitations is a year to file suit. It might be different in your state. Companies like this who perform surgeries in non surgical settings are not allowed in every state, only the ones whose laws are lax enough to let them in.
All the best,
2trusting
Thank you for taking the time to share your story with us. I am surprised that they offered you any kind of refund at all. I do hope that you can find an attorney to take your case, but you may find that they will charge you more than the monies you have already spent out. You can always take them to small claims court, especially since they admitted wrong. What made you decided on the LSL and did you get a 2nd opinion from another DR? Thanks for the info, and take care. Best, Chrystal Eckes
You are wrong. Most attorneys in tort cases or medical malpractice charge fees based on a contingency. The attorney only gets paid if you win. If it is an open and shut case they usually do.
The medical malpractice insurance usually pays but the doctors rates might go up. Hopefully she went to a doctor that had coverage and good credit otherwise she is out of luck.
I would look for a medical malpractice attorney for this. I would also report the doctor to the board of medicine where he practices he could then be stopped from hurting anyone else.
Medical Malpractice attorney's generally don't take cases which are "small potatoes", under $100,000. At 20% of the winnings it would not net them that much money. The client is responsible for the cost of depositions etc. along the way, and many times the expenditures of afore mentioned and other expenses incurred along the way can actually surmount the caps on compensations allowable by law. See what I mean? And corporate monsters know about such things. They know about statute of limitations in each state they are allowed to operate in, they know how to put off unhappy and damaged people, until that statute has expired... they know it all. Slick, huh?