Dr Andrew Jacono BAD Facelift and Eye Surgery - Great Neck, NY

Hi Badmidfacelift: I am so very sorry for your experience. This is just awful. He should have never said those words to you, "Sweetheart, stop it! I just ripped all the muscles off the bones of your face." That was not comforting in anyway! That is just so very cruel! I'm sure this scared you even more. This goes to show you what an uncaring person he really is. I am so sorry you had to go through that trauma. This is just so devastating. It is disturbing that he went into your mouth and cut through your gum line without your consent. You should have been told this way in advance and NOT after surgery. I bet you wouldn't have opted for that in a million years. But he said is was non-invasive and you trusted him. I am talking with two other women that suffer the same exact damage as you. Doctors have mentioned that this is what is causing their nerve damage, the cutting of the inside of the mouth. I am so sorry he did this to you. I am sick to hear that you are having trouble eating after this surgery. Getting food stuck in your mouth is just so not right. It is awful. I hope the physical therapy to your face has helped you. How long have you been in therapy for? This information may help others with nerve damage/ paralysis and are trying to help themselves. I didn't have a facelift, but I have the same damage you describe to your eyes. The whites that you have that are now showing is called 'scleral show' This is because he took way too much skin from your lower lids; now your lower lids are pulled down because they cannot support the weight. Asymmetry of the eyes is so upsetting, I feel your pain, I have that too. Thank you so much for having the courage to tell your story. You should be commended. You are doing a public service. You are helping many people that are researching for a competent, trusting, honest, ethical doctor. I wish you nothing but peace and healing. I understand your devastation and pain. Again, thank you for sharing.

badmidfacelift, I am so sorry for your pain. You should be enjoying your 50s and you are now left with all of this to cope with. I am sorry. Your damage sounds like a couple of others who also had a mid facelift and have posted on other sites. I truly hope you find someone to help you. He should not be a surgeon. I wish you only the best.

I am so so terribly sorry for what you have had to endure. Since reading your post you have been in my thoughts and in my prayers - and always will be. It sends shivers down my spine what he said to you and I can totally imagine him saying it. He is so condescending and dishonest (that is putting it mildly) I too made the colossal mistake of trusting him with my lifelong dream of having a nice nose - and now I am paying a heavy price. I can not wrap my mind around HOW and why he stays in business - it truly makes no rational sense. Thank you so very much for speaking out about your horrific experience as it will likely save many women from becoming victims. NO ONE should EVER have to go through this. Sending you much love and healing..

It's been 24 hours since I read your post and I have not been able to get you out of my mind. Unless someone has experienced plastic surgery that has gone drastically wrong, it is so hard for them to understand not just the physical but emotional trauma of it all. The humiliation, the shame, the isolation, the confusion. I could go on and on. A life that just stopped. I had a muscle liplift with a different doctor that left me with many of the same complications that you are describing. The physical trauma of bad plastic surgery is addressed everywhere on the internet, but no one talks about what it does to your psyche. My heart is with you.

So sorry to hear about your bad outcome. Hope you have the means to fix the white showing beneath your eye. From research, I've learned that's relatively simple to do. The nerve damage, not so much. I bet you wouldn't have undergone the surgery if you had been given an inkling during the initial consult that nerve damage was a possibility. I guess if you were sold on "noninvasive", you wouldn't imagine this might be the outcome. Another bait and switch of our messed up society. My heart truly goes out to you. Meanwhile, I think part of the reason this surgeon stays in business is because he has promoted his charitable surgery up the ying yang (not knocking the fact that he does the charity work, that's a great thing) so people are bamboozled and figure if he's good at repairing cleft lips and making scars disappear, then he naturally must be good at any surgical procedure. The problem is, he may not be the best at nose jobs and blephs and face lifts. Also, he's very personable and the ladies like him so they come for fillers and then rave to their friends about him. One thing leads to another, and boom, you have another patient signing up for a non-invasive lift.