Jonathan D. Shifren, MD

This is my second surgery with Dr. Shifren and I cannot say how impressed I was with my experience! I lost 2 inches from my waist and have abs. My postpartum belly is nice and tight and I finally have a waist! So I've seen a few other doctors before going with Dr. Shifren and I cannot stress what a genuine and sweet doctor he is.

Had an amazing experience!! The office is absolutely stunning and immaculate. The team was so sweet and helpful. I got filler in my lips and my face and the doctor was extremely tasteful with the amount of filler and really knew what he was doing. All of his suggestions for look and placement were spot on and I am extremely happy with the results. Would definitely recommended going to Wave and will definitely be back!

Dr Shifren did my breast augmentation in March 2017. Dr Shifren is a great Dr and did an excellent job, was very responsive to questions or concerns I had and made me feel very comfortable. I would definitely recommend him to others.

I was schedules to get my flanks and my waistline done by my consultant, whom was very comforting and knowledgeable, I went in to get the consultation 4/16/14 and got scheduled for today 4/23/14. very excited and shocked at how quick I can get the surgery. Anyways, so today went to WAVE plastic surgery in Los Angeles and was immediately feeling the nerves kick in. Met the front desk nurses and they answered all my questions, very nice.
Went into a room and stipped down and met with my anesthesiologist, who was extremely nice and sweet and made me feel really relax at this point. (wish I remembered her name.. )
Now Dr. Jonathan Shifren, one of the first doctors to be trained in the smartlipo machine (according to research) comes in and has a big warm smile. He marked me up and continues to insure me that he'll take care of me and that I will do very well. That made me feel so good and relax that I wanted to yell "lets suck this flanks out!" after meeting with Dr Shifren I get moved to the operating room where there are 5 nurses waiting to take care of me. Little bit embarrassed because now Im half nude and in front of 5 ladies.. I laid on the operating table and talked to my anesthesiologist one more time and she injects something in my IV and Bam...

They didnt have a compression garment at the time so they wrapped me up with this elastic wrap, which worked perfectly fine. Than luckily my wife goes to the store and brings me home a ladies compression garment for the waist! what an Angel.. It felt soo good because of the evenness of the compression and now I'm just sitting here leaking fluid like crazy (as expected and told it is normal.)
What I do regret is not going into RS and posting my before pictures and having the mental support. But now I can have post surgery support from you all!

Please let me know if you have any advice or suggestions for my healing process, this is my first time every surgery ever and I'm glad it was SmartLipo.

Did I mention that I'm already sore? LOL Soreness doesn't bother me because I'm used to doing Ab Ripper Ex on p90x.

I’m so excited!

Dr Shiferre has put my safety above all else. He spent over an hour with me in our consultation. He gave me a personal call to discuss some details. He is so kind and transparent, everything you would hope for in your surgeon. Not to mention he is talented.

My PCC, Michelle is a god send! I’ve been working with this team at Wave for a few weeks now and Michelle has texted me nearly every day with an update or information I need. She take patient care to a whole other level! I am a service kind of consumer. I value how I am treated and respected and the Wave team has this and more! I’m so excited! I cannot wait! I will post some photos along the way. But everything in me is telling me this is where I need to be for this journey. And this is not about my outer appearance this is far more. This journey will do so much healing from the inside out, and I’m looking forward to a better quality of life!



Updated on 11 Sep 2020:
Okay! I had by surgery on 8/15. Healing is going good. I will say the first few days were so rough I was not expecting that. Waking up from surgery was not great either. But.... my surgery went well and from what I see at 3 weeks post op I am excited for my end results! I mean I just cannot wait to put some clothes on and see my figure! I also cannot wait to be completely healed and look at myself in the mirror with a huge smile on my face! I will post before and after soon!!!!