Fernando D. Burstein, MD (retired)

Dr. Burstein did a wonderful job on my rhinoplasty and exceeded my expectations. I had a large dorsal bump and a tip that was narrow and pointed down. My nose detracted attention from more beautiful features in my face like my good cheekbones, bright green eyes, clear skin and pretty lips. My nose was really the only thing that didn't fit and that I was ever self conscious about. Dr. Burstein paid attention to the fine details in my nose and avoided mistakes less experienced surgeons make. He made sure to properly align my nose and made it appear symmetrical and in the right proportion to my face. I no longer have a bump and my tip looks cute. I am amazed at how natural the results look and at how well my nose fits my face now. I am very happy to have chosen Dr. Burstein as my plastic surgeon and would recommend him any day.

As most people who are born with a cleft lip, I had a number of surgeries in my youth, my previous most recent surgery had been at the age of 16, and when I was 34, I wanted another one which would hopefully be my last. I found Dr. Burstein because he is very highly rated in the cleft lip community (please don't just go by these reviews on this site for any surgeon, there are far more extensive ways to research a surgeon). I had my surgery in March of 2011 and it involved a cleft scar revision, nose repair (which involved taking cartilage from behind my ear and adding to the tip of my nose), and shaving down some of the top bone to achieve a more natural slope to the nose. Additionally I also had a sliding genioplasty and liposuction under my chin performed. I was extremely pleased with my results and my recovery was excellent as well with minimal pain (although I took the prescribed pain medications) as a precaution, I was never in any extreme pain. I don't know why a one star review was left for a patient from 12 years ago, but I had a wonderful experience and would highly recommend this surgeon. It's been almost 4 years since my surgery and there have been no complications or issues.

I went to him years ago. I was 27 years old. I went to him for Rhinoplasty which he done a fabulous job on. He talked me into lip revision due to my cleft lip. My upper lip is now very uneven and my bottom lip has a deep indention in it. My smile is now very unattractive and made my confidence worse. I have had to live with this all of these years.

Updated on 28 Jun 2016:
Ohhh how do I clean off the drawing marks??? I've tried soap...alcohol and even toothpaste. LOL!!!! Feeling better today but tomorrow I will get dressed and go out. Wanted to wait until I can discontinue the biactrin because it does not look cute or clean in my hair AT ALL!!!! I hope everyone is having a good day! :-)

I had rhinoplasty done by Dr. Burnstein and 12 years later I will be having revision rhinoplasty performed by another Dr. this year. My nose is quite a mess. Visible scarring, very visible asymmetry, deviated septum, breathing problems and all-and-all not a pretty or well-functioning nose. Having surgery is quite a big deal, I will now be paying thousands of dollars more to try to fix what has become of my nose. It is very unnerving and very scary to go through process again, knowing that secondary surgeries are more taxing. I am a 35 year old female and I had my surgery in 2002. The surgeon I am going to now (I had consultations with multiple) said Dr. Burnstein was aggressive in what he took out of my nose, leaving it to continually change over the years, the internal support structure is not in tact lost integrity over the years and will continue to do so as I age. I would have done revision earlier, but it is obviously costly, time consuming and after knowing that it can turn out not well, a very scary venture.