After loosing 120 lbs Dr. Elahi has been my surgeon. He did mommy makeover, lipo suction, skin lifts on my thigh, tummy tuck , rhinoplasty surgery over the period of 4 years. He is a great doctor and did an amazing work transforming me into a new person. I highly recommend Dr. Elahi. Great humor and patient to explain and clarify any questions. He is my go to surgeon! Staffs are great and professional.
I had bbl (lipo360 and Jplasma) Please people I beg you to listen. This is THE best body /lipo dr in CANADA period. There is no one better hands down. If you want someone who is really going to snatch and carve you go see this dr Elahi. He really goes the extra effort to make sure it looks good and he understands what people want. He even has JPLASMA...gosh many of the Toronto drs don't even know what JPLASMA is lol. Dr. Elahi is kind, very professional, the Anastheologist is great I think Dr Mak is his name. The aftercare Nurse her name is Jennifer she is incredible and spent so much time with me to make sure everything was ok. Don't waste your money going anywhere else Updated on 2 Feb 2023: This has turned out really nice. Before I had consult with dr elahi I had ones with dr six and he said he wouldn't do it because not enough fat?? I also had consults with some other drs like and they didn't want to do it or were not confident about it. I'm glad I didn't waste money on other surgeons who just didn't seem to care to do a good job
I can’t explain how grateful I am for the results I got from my nose, 360 liposuction, and tummy tuck. Dr.Elahi has always had a wonderful personality, very easy to talk with, eager to answer question or concerns. His nurse Jennifer was very attentive called me every day to answer my questions and check in on me. Highest level of customer service ever! I’m very happy with my results and thankful for everything Dr. Elahi and his team have done for me.
I don’t know where to start, Dr. Elahi was absolutely amazing. I had a rhinoplasty conducted by Dr.Elahi and I couldn’t have asked for a better results or recovery. My recovery was truly amazing, minimal bruising and pain. Extremely professional and kind and amazing follow up. Highly recommend to anyone who has ever considered this procedure.
I had a Mommy Makeover (TT with muscle repair and 5 hernia's repaired , Breast Lift, And Lipo) in December of 2021. I can't say enough about Dr Elahi and his team. After a horrible experience with another Plastic Surgeon, he made me feel so comfortable and built my confidence to know that I was in the place I needed to be. He is very patient and took his time to explain everything in great detail and answered all of my questions. I would recommend him to anyone who is considering a plastic surgeon. Only 7 weeks post op and already so excited with my results. Updated on 25 Jan 2022: My incisions are very slow to heal but I can start to see a waist line for the first time in 27 Years. This is week 7 and I’m really starting to see some results. Dr Elahi is very understanding and helps with all of my frustrations. He is so awesome. Updated on 8 Feb 2022: I’m not going for a revision of my abdominal incision and also my belly button. But am finally starting to see my body take shape. Still battling some lumps and bumps from the Lipo but massage and shock therapy are helping with that big time.
Dr. Elahi is very into his work and very knowledgeable of the entire body looking balanced. He was a little rushed during our initial appointment, but went over the details before surgery. He and the staff are very concerned with your comfort post op. They were also very good about laying out the charges and none of theirs changed.
To Get To This Point In The Journey - Let me tell you all about my personal journey, my quest to get help. While many here have had many struggles, I have as well, and to even get to this point, I didn't think I'd find any help. I've struggled my entire life with my weight since I was seven years old. I came by it naturally enough, my mom was heavy, her parents were on the heavier side, though not obese by any means like she was. I'm only five foot two, and have always been happy with my height. When I was fifteen I needed to have my gallbladder out, only a couple of weeks after I turned fifteen actually. My mom had also had hers out when she was fifteen, and I wasn't pleased I was going to have a diagonal scar across my abdomen. When I finished high school, I was around 265 lbs, a weight I always in my adult life have been not that far from unless I've been on diets, and I've been on lots of them, as most on this website have, I'm sure. I've had this apron of fat since I was 15, so it's been over 30 years of lugging this around, I'm 46 now. In my twenties I struggled with various eating disorders, laxative abuse, compulsive exercise, starvation. I starved myself down to 125 lbs at one point and I looked like a deflated balloon without clothes on from all the loose skin, and even at that weight, I'd have a football sized belly of hanging flesh. When I decided enough with the diets, within two years I went from 125 lbs on the starvation diet to 350 lbs. In two years. I can honestly say I never felt so unhealthy in my life as when I was 350 lbs. I developed sleep apnea, climbing the stairs was not fun, I felt self conscious when I was out in public, even though I've always worn makeup and worn nice clothes. I was at that weight around a year before the next diet, a more gradual and sensible one, but like most others, I regained weight, but thankfully I did not go back to the horrible 350 lbs. I lost 180 lbs, and gradually got back to the 265 lb range again. I was really afraid I'd ruined my "set point" forever and wouldn't even be able to go back to the 265 lbs range I always fell back to. Luckily I stayed not that far above that, maybe 10 lbs above that, which I felt ok at and could live with. I have never been a person that hated myself because I was fat. Other people always seemed to have a bigger issue with my weight than I did. I was clean, showered daily, I was well groomed, well dressed, intelligent, so I was big as well. As I got older into my forties, even though my weight stayed fairly the same, I became shaped a bit differently. My waist was thicker, and more alarmingly, my tummy, my pannus, became lower hanging. I guess just like breasts, gravity takes a hold and pulls things lower. Like many people here, I'd had in my twenties many infections under my pannus, Zincofax cream seemed to work the best, but I'd a few times a year have a hip to hip red, irritated, weeping line of flesh that made me wince and flinch when the water in the shower hit it. It took me a while to realize baby powder was the answer, and I've also read on this site others were using an entire shaker of baby powder a week to keep infections under that pannus at bay, like I do. I never had one infection since I decided powder overkill is the answer. My lower back bothered me constantly, clothes were limited in the styles I could wear, I was several sizes larger on the bottom than on the top. I'm one of the few big girls with not very big breasts, I'm barely a C cup on a good day, when on diets, barely a B cup. So I started to wonder about the possibility of a tummy tuck to alleviate the back pain and having clothes fit more normally. It never occurred to me about the gallbladder scar being an issue. I soon learned differently. I had my first consultation with a plastic surgeon nearly twenty years ago, he said he wouldn't touch me at my weight, so I put the idea aside until two years ago, when the ever lower hanging pannus and back pain was just getting to be too much to bear. I then went to a local plastic surgeon, who said, and I quote, "I wouldn't touch THAT thing, (my pannus) for three times the rate." he suggested I look out of town, but his unprofessional statement was very insulting. When I mentioned this comment to my family doctor and her nurse, the nurse said such a comment should be reported to the college of surgeons, but I'm not going to report someone for being an ass. If someone ruins your body or touches you inappropriately, of course, but for a comment alone, no. I think we all know many doctors, surgeons especially, have a God complex and that they can do no wrong. I am using the before pics on here I am so if any of the nearly fifty doctors that rejected me recognize them, they will see that someone would actually help me, (not that they would care), since so many of them did not. If you can believe it, I emailed nearly fifty, yes fifty, plastic surgeons listed on this website in the Southern Ontario region. I included my age, height, weight, meds, the fact that I'm a type two diabetic, (the fourth generation in my family). When I was needing thyroid meds I quickly lost over 25 lbs, and went down to 250 lbs, I couldn't believe it. Then less than six months later I was put on insulin, and every pound returned. I was honestly shocked that around half did not even give me the courtesy of a reply. I guess they all have so much business, they can pick and choose the cases they wish to help, and more complicated ones they can easily pass on. My family dr said the risk for overweight patients is honestly minimal over and above regular sized ones. The ones that did answer were pretty much two types, either the get back to us when you're under 200 lbs, even though I've kept off 75 lbs for nearly twenty years, and my weight is fairly stable, or the, the gallbladder scar just complicates things too much, sorry we cannot help you. Yet I've seen many profiles on this website of women featured that are heavier than I am, so I know it's not out of the realm of reality. I'd even seen some American plastic surgeons websites outlining my exact issue. "This poor soul reached out to us from Canada, since no one would help them in their own country." At least I wasn't the only one getting rejected apparently. It's pretty sad when one has to look outside their own country fro help they are willing to pay for. So a year and a half ago a Toronto plastic surgeon I contacted said he thought he could help me, I made a special trip there, I am just over an hour away, but I do not drive, nor do I have anyone that can take me, so I must coordinate trains, buses, and subways to get there on my own. He was not put off by my weight, but apparently the way he does this abdominoplasty on people with diagonal gallbladder scars is horrible looking, I am not consenting to looking like I've been cut in half the rest of my life. I wanted a bikini line incision like everyone else. He wouldn't do it, so back to square one. I've seen pics online of women with gallbladder scars that have the bikini line incision, so it's frustrating to see it can be done, but that some doctors will not do it. So at the beginning of this year, something happened to make me take up the search again. I've had some psychic experiences in my life, hence the "Visionary" in the username. I had a flash, a vision, only a split second, where I saw myself looking down and I saw myself with that bikini line incision and no apron of fat. I thought, my God, it will happen, I will find a doctor that will help me, so after a year of not visiting this website often, I resumed my search. I'd emailed so very many and been rejected or ignored by nearly all of them, yet I kept going down the list and contacting more. I have a list of ones I've contacted, since there's no way I could remember them all and I didn't want to ask the same ones twice. I was honestly wondering if they had my name on some list as some nut that was emailing every plastic surgeon in Ontario almost and sending out some identical email and to ignore emails from this person if she contacted them. When you email nearly fifty people and half ignore you and 99% of the rest say they cannot help, you seriously wonder. I sent my query email asking if I could send pics, and a doctor emailed me back from his personal email address, not his company one, but the one it had been forwarded to, and on a weekend. I sent him the pics and within hours he emailed back saying he'd operated on ones my size and larger and with gallbladder scars and he'd like to see me for a consultation. I was in disbelief I hadn't gotten the, "We're sorry, we cannot help you." email. Since it's very difficult and expensive for me to get out of town, I want to give any doctors all the stats and pics first, there's no point in going to see someone if they reject you in five minutes, I'd rather they look at the stats and pics and say no than waste a trip there. The few that did reply and weren't put off by my stats insisted on a look see appointment before saying no, that's just not realistic with out of town doctors when you have no one to take you. So if anyone in Ontario has been rejected by doctor after doctor, please, contact this one and see if there's a chance. I really thought I was at the end of the line for Ontario doctors that would help me until this doctor replied, and once I read his credentials, I realized how qualified he is and with excellent reviews online about not only his skills, but how caring he seems. Many doctors are lacking in bedside manner, this is a fact. I realize this is a much longer introduction than usual, but I've been through so much to even find a doctor that will help me. I seriously doubt most people on this site have emailed fifty doctors to help them and gotten nowhere. I'm not sure why Canadian doctors are more conservative in their approach than Americans, it seems to be a personality trait in general, Americans have got more spine. The Consultation - I finally arrive and see the doctor, and hike up my dress to show him my God awful hanging pannus and he says he can help me and shows me a pic of another patient, the pic is also on his website before and after section, so I was familiar with the pic before he even pulled it up on the screen in his office. He said the lady in that pic weighed a full 100 lbs more than I did, and it's a dramatic pic. He said he felt 25-30 lbs of tissue could be removed from me. I felt good someone had some hope for me. Unlike many people here that speak of their supportive loved ones, the only person in my life is my mom, who every time I'd even bring this topic up would state factually I would die if I did this to myself. As she'd put it, are you still thinking of that operation to 'hack up your stomach'. A friend of hers I do not get along with actually told me they "really hope" I do die in having this done. So that's the kind of support I have, the one and only voice I heard. So it's difficult to sort things out emotionally. I had a clearance note from two doctors, normal blood tests and EKG, I could only conclude if three doctors felt I would live through this, maybe, just maybe it would be ok. My surgery is a week from tomorrow, Friday, May 11. I am scared. I have to get there alone and have no one to come with me. I certainly hope all will go well. I know how much the pictures and stories on this site have helped me, answered my questions and made me feel better, so I hope by sharing my own story, I can help someone else in some small way. Updated on 16 May 2018: I wanted to update anyone who's been following my story here. I could not have asked for my surgery to have gone more perfectly. My mom had put the fear of God in me telling me I was going to die if I did this to myself. Well I am amazed at how well I'm doing, I do not even need any pain pills. I had no one to go to the hospital with me or drive me, I paid a service to take me. I was taken into the OR around 1:35 pm and recall waking up in the recovery room and the clock on the wall said 4:25 pm. My throat hurt and was dry and the recovery room nurse gave me some water and I was taken to my room. I was helped up to go pee around 4 am and felt nauseous when I stood up, but was not sick. It was not easy getting in and out of the bed or to sit down and get back up off the toilet, but I managed. I was sick and threw up the bits of water I'd had before breakfast, but managed to keep everything down from then on out. I went for walks up and down the corridors later that day and the next, since I'd been told how important it is to walk to prevent blood clots, which I did not want. The only thing I had to compare it to pain wise was gallbladder removal when I was 15 and the dr said it wouldn't hurt as much and it didn't. I went home Sunday afternoon and was already walking upright, I think they did a bit of muscle tightening, but it couldn't have been much for me to already have been upright. I've had cramps much worse than the pain this operation gave me and even managed to change the cat box when I got home, slower than normal for sure, but I was amazed. I refused any stool softeners I was offered, since I tend towards IBS as it is, and luckily avoided having to go while I was in the hospital, but as soon as I got back home, everything was normal for me, no straining, nothing, and so many here I've read have major issues. The drains I despise, as most do I'm sure. I cannot wait to have these disgusting bells/grenades of blood and what looks like chicken broth off of my body. I so desperately want to shower. I've always showered daily, and though I'm cleaning myself daily with a wash cloth, it's certainly not the same as a whole shower. I desperately want these things to be gone and for the liquid stuff to dry up, since once they are out and then I can remove this awful compression garment and start to shower. That Scarborough General Hospital surgical ward was fantastic. The nurses were all so kind, the facility itself was great, when I rang that buzzer for a nurse, one was there in a couple of minutes. My mom was in the Brantford General before and sadly, it was a whole different story of waiting an hour after she'd ring the buzzer for help, so I was worried it would be the same thing, but no way, that place I was in could not have been more helpful. The food was good and decent portions. Dr. M. Elahi who did my operation was fantastic, you could not ask for a more caring dr or one with a better bedside manner, and we all know how rare that is with many doctors. He told me he removed 23 lbs of skin and fat and tissue from me, so that is a fair amount to be sure. You can see the mons is bruised in my pics, since he also took some fat away from there as well. Obviously I will not see the full effect until all swelling has gone down, and I have not even seen myself without the compression garment yet, but was told I got a new, higher belly button. When I think of the 50 other doctors I'd emailed that turned me down and how beautifully I've done, what an easy recovery I've had, it honestly makes me very angry I was denied care. I know they cannot see into a crystal ball and see I'd do ok, they looked at my weight, the fact I was a diabetic, the existing gallbladder scar so many were worried about, the meds I was on and determined I was higher a risk than they wanted to take. This dr was not put off by a more a challenging case, it's too bad more were not the same. Any further work I want done, I will 100% give the business to this doctor, and will recommend him to anyone. Updated on 18 May 2018: After being turned down by 50 other doctors, I came across this one and was so lucky to have found him. He's skilled, down to earth, very caring. He wanted to help me and he did. He's not put off by more challenging cases, which so many are. You won't be disappointed in this one. Updated on 17 Jun 2018: I took these pics attached on day 27 post op. I've now had my drain in for 5 weeks, it's still draining around 15-20 cc every 12 hrs when I empty it. I go back to the surgeon on June 27, I am really hoping since that will then be past the 6 week mark that the drain will come out then. I still have the staples in as well. I cannot get over how quickly I've gotten used to that apron of fat being gone even though I had it most of my life. I sure don't miss it. The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the belly button, the look of it or the placement of it, but due to that gallbladder scar, the dr said he had to place it so there was no chance of tissue death, which is what I suspected when I saw it for the first time. No one had even told me about any post op "belly button training" which I've since learned about via Youtube videos. There's gauze, there's marbles, it's a whole thing apparently, but he said not until after 6 weeks do I do any of this, so I'm hoping even though the placement is a bit odd, that the belly button itself will look more normal. It's a bit low, and a good inch off to the left, not centered, but I guess it's a small price to pay. I don't spend my days gazing at my navel, nor will I be making any beach appearances for anyone else to see it's odd appearance. One thing that happened I had not bargained for, the post op antibiotics I was given gave me my very first yeast infection, oh what fun that was. I'd not had any antibiotics in around the last nine years, and I was not yet diabetic then, so now that I am, the chances are higher of a course of antibiotics giving you a yeast infection. I only wish I'd sought help sooner for it, since I'd never had one before, I wasn't sure, so I scratched and burned for a couple of weeks before I could not stand it anymore and sought help. I can honestly say I never dreamed this recovery would be so easy. I'm not sure if I just have a high pain tolerance, or if I was just lucky. The worst thing for me was the first ten days I was seriously sleep deprived, since I could not find a comfortable position and alternated between my bed and my chair and foot stool. After those ten days when I could get comfortable enough, and I cannot say I ever really had pain, just discomfort, and stiffness, other than that it's been smooth sailing. For anyone interested, the thing I have around me the drain is clipped onto is a knee high cut in half and tied up. When I shower, I use a strip cut off of a new garbage bag around 2 inches deep, then put the knee high one back on after I'm out and dry. Updated on 22 Jun 2018: Six weeks to the day of my operation my second drain came out, and it wasn't from anyone medical. I have an appt. June 27 to see my surgeon and he will be removing the staples at that time. He's out of town two hrs away and it's hard to see him, so it will be the first time since the May 11 operation that I have. I've been to my local doctor and had a few visits from home health care nurses, but have not seen him yet. I woke up last night and looked down and noticed the stitch holding the drain in had pulled out on its own. (I sleep in the nude.) So I saw it had come out around four inches already, and when I grasped the tube, it was easily sliding back and forth, so I knew it was not going to stay in. Ironically I'd just been watching some Youtube videos of women that had removed their own, and I deemed it too gross to attempt. The home health care nurses would not give me any more home visits, I do not drive, so it's difficult to get to anyone, so I just assumed I'd be waiting until I saw the doctor next week and he'd remove it then. He wanted it draining 10 cc a day or less, and it was still draining around 15 cc every 12 hrs I emptied it, but it had been six weeks already, which is already a long time for a drain. I really felt it was my body's way of telling me it was time, so I pulled it out myself. It was kind of gross for sure. After seeing the Youtube videos, I was quite grossed out by the fact around another twelve inches of the drain is inside of you, yet when the home health care nurse had removed the first drain on the left side after around 10 days when it was at 10 cc per day volume, it had not hurt, so I was not worried about the pain. The cleaning of the hole with gauze and saline had stung, but no pain at all otherwise, so I knew it would not hurt to do this myself. After it was out and thrown away, I cleaned the hole up, and placed a band aid with antibiotic ointment on it over the hole. I am so glad not to have that darned drain on my body anymore. I was used to it, and always careful and mindful of it and never once did it get caught on anything or nearly pulled out, but it was a pain to live with and always be mindful of. Now once the staples are out after next weeks appt., I can start using the silicone patches the doctor said it was ok to start using. I emailed the doctor to update him and he did not seem concerned about the drain coming out. This whole experience has been so much better than I ever dreamed, I could not have asked for anything to go more perfectly. So once again to think fifty surgeons turned me down before I found this one makes me very angry when I've done so well and there was no reason to deny me care. Updated on 10 Aug 2018: I thought I'd post these pics I took ten weeks after so ones could take a look at the scar and how it's coming along. After reading things online and watching some plastic surgeons videos on Youtube, I've decided to keep the paper tape on for a full year. As you can all see from my over 30 year old gallbladder scar, I scar badly and make very wide, raised scars. When I had that done when I was 15, there was no internet, so I had no idea about taping scars and how that could reduce them stretching and becoming raised. As bad as that scar is, you should see my mom's gallbladder scar, it's many times worse than mine, around 2 inches wide and slashes across her entire torso practically, so mine is minor in comparison. I tried the Scar Away silicone strips, what a waste of money. They stuck the first day, and although I washed and dried them daily, they will never stick back on well enough to stay, I am betting the even more expensive Embrace ones would be the same, so I'm not even wasting my money trying. The paper tape lasts through 5-8 showers before needing to be replaced, it's cheap and takes only a few minutes to apply it and I do not even know it's on there.The most difficult area to keep it on is the rounder above the pubic hair line area. Updated on 10 Aug 2018: Just this morning I was a bit shocked to notice something, as I have healed so beautifully. I mentioned in my last post how I am keeping the scar covered with the paper tape full time until it reaches a year. I noticed a mark on the paper tape above the pubic area and was quite shocked to see it was blood. I felt no pain, and after seeing the scar with no tape on it when I change it, the entire scar had healed perfectly. So I gingerly pulled the bloody spot of tape off, it was about the size of a nickle of blood, and saw the tiny hole in the pic here. I dabbed at it with a kleenex and it bled a bit, so i cleaned it with saline and then put a bandage with antibiotic ointment on it. I had no idea a spot could open up after three months, and in a spot there's been no trouble with, and also a spot of very little skin tension. No clue why. Updated on 30 Oct 2018: I just wanted to add some more recent pics so you can all see how the scar is coming along. I don't have anyone to help me take pics, so these selfies will have to do, I'm afraid. I'm still keeping up with the paper tape over the scar. I've been trying the Mederma around the belly button to reduce that red outline, but it's not done a darned thing. I will check into how much lasering might cost once it's past the one year mark, since from what I've read it's best to let a scar mature for at least a year before considering that. Updated on 13 Mar 2019: I just wanted to give an update to anyone following my story. I'm at ten months now since the surgery. I am still keeping the incision taped. I have no idea whether it's doing any good at this point or not, but I did as I said see a Youtube video of a plastic surgeon saying if ones keep the incision taped for 6-12 months afterwards, you will have the best chance at a thin scar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?vgi9xnCVE0fc My old gallbladder scar from when I was 15 is ugly, wide, and was raised until I had injections of cortisone over 20 years ago, but one of the three shots I had made its own raised and darkly colored scar as you can see. Around my new odd looking belly button, the skin is colored and raised around 2/3rds of it, only on 1/3 of the skin around it is it not raised. My skin there is very sensitive and I just could not tolerate to keep it covered with the surgical tape. I think if I'd been able to, it would look a lot better. The skin on the long surgical incision though is not sensitive and I've not had one irritation issue with the surgical paper tape at all. I will give some tips about that for ones that wish to also keep it taped for the long haul in the hopes of the best possible scar. I bought a bulk size box of it on amazon.ca, 12 rolls in the box, it's cheaper to do that than buy a roll here and a roll there at your pharmacy. A roll of that seems to last me over a month. It lasts a good 4-5 days before needing to be changed, and that's with daily showering. I always keep my pubic hair shaved anyway, but I'd suggest on the days you change the tape, do it then if you do so there's no growing hair under the tape, it will hurt a lot more if it's being yanked off of skin with hair. Remove it before you shower the day you're going to change it. Wait a good 4 hours after you get out of the shower for your skin to be totally dry before putting it back on. Try and put it on when you're going to be pretty still for at least two hours afterwards. Before you're going to sit and relax and watch some t.v. for a few hours. If you put it on and then are moving around, it's just going to start to peel off. Same thing if you think you're going to apply it before bed. All the tossing and turning will make it roll off. When you apply the tape and then just sit fairly still for a few hours, the heat of your body really will bond the glue in the tape to you and you will get a really good seal. I've tried all the different things and am telling you what's worked for me. It's honestly not that big of a deal to keep up with the taping. It only takes maybe 2-3 minutes to apply it once every 4-5 days. I know a year can seem like a long time to keep it up, but if you scar badly, prone to keloids, it's worth it. At worst you've wasted some time and tape, there's no downside to doing it. I'd say in the year, I'd have spent less than $40 on the tape I've used, so it's no huge loss of money. I know how badly I scar, so I wanted to do everything possible to get the best result. Once the tape is done, I will then begin putting oil on the scar every day when I get out of the shower. I got a bottle of grapeseed oil recently to add a bit to my foundation after seeing some Youtube videos on doing it, I am very impressed with the better results of doing that, so I read about grapeseed oil and found many people use it for scars. So I am going to try it and see if it helps. I have regained every pound that was cut off of me. They removed twenty three pounds of skin and fat and most of it came back pretty quickly, but you regain it in other areas now that the apron is gone. Most seems to have come back to my upper abdomen area making me look more pregnant shaped. Oh well. My upper arms have also gotten bigger and few lumps and bumps around the hip and upper thigh area. I'd hoped for some on my rear end, since it tends to be a bit flat for a larger girl. Considering in the future I want fat and excess skin removed from my thighs and upper arms, I wonder if that will also reappear in the tummy area once removed, further making me look like I'm about to deliver. Hey, it's still better than that hanging apron of lard. It seems a set point is pretty hard to change, and even if some is lopped off in one place, your set point is determined to get it back in another spot. As long as that apron doesn't ever return, I can live with it coming back in other locations. Everyone in my family gets smaller as they get older, so there's no reason to think it won't eventually happen to me as well in a few years.
Dr. Elahi is beyond just an excellent doctor, i would give him more than 5 stars. I had a rhinoplasty and breast augmentation with him and i had such a great experience with the procedure and results of course. His personality is amazing as he is very kind and listens to your concerns and your wants. I really enjoying going to the doctor office for follow ups because i love seeing Dr. Elahi, Luisa and Rafaela. I have had surgeries done at his clinic and hospital but i would recommend his clinic because i was SO comfortable there. IT WAS TRULY A FUN EXPERIENCE!!!
I had assymetrical breasts, and got breast implants with Dr. Elahi in Toronto. The pictures are my first implants, I have since gone a little bigger. He managed to make my assymetrical breasts completely symmetrical, and have a great shape. They have the perfect cleavage. The only reason it may look uneven in the picture is due to raising one arm higher to take the picture. All my friends who have gone to him are satisfied as well and look great. If you are looking for a surgeon for breast augmentation, I highly recommend him. I don't know anyone who has gotten any complication from him and he can fix numerous issues. He is a great surgeon and has your best interest in mind. I got 350 moderate saline implants under the muscle overfilled to a 420cc.
To hell and back experience with Dr elhai Going to "Dr" Mohammed elhai for plastic surgery was the absolute worst decision I could of ever made in my life. I am left with horrible scarring and results that have left me looking exactly the same as before surgery. When I first went in for my PAID consultation I was shocked to find that I was paying for a consultation with elhai's NURSE and not him. I thought to myself why am I paying for a consultation with the nurse? But I simply figured that whatever I said to her surely she would relay back to the surgeon since she had a pen and paper in her hand. As we spoke I explicitly stated I was interested in a deep plane facelift. She assured me that the facelift was going to be a deep plane facelift. Our entire conversation she had been writing down everything on paper which lead me to believe she was indeed logging down the information I was giving her as expected. When I met elhai he was very charismatic and he SEEMED to listen to my concerns. I told him I was unhappy with my jowls/marionette lines and was interested in a deep plane facelift to fix the issue. He assured me he could fix the problem and even told me he would give me his personal number to call him after surgery incase of any medical issues I may experience. I was so impressed with our consultation I immediately booked the surgery. Day of surgery I came in with my boyfriend. I told the surgeon I wanted my face to be snatched and these marionette lines lifted and asked if he was ABSOLUTELY sure he could do it. He nodded yes which I thought was odd because throughout our conversation he was very vocal. That should have been a red flag for me but unfortunately I ignored my intuition. I asked him if when he was making the facelift incisions in my hairline and my hair fell out that he could keep my hair in a bag and give to me when I wake from surgery.He assured me that I wouldn't lose any hair when he was making incisions and any hair loss would be from post op swelling at home. He also did not give me his personal number as he claimed during consultation. instead I was giving a sheet with a general hotline aftercare number. My boyfriend who was there supportively hugged me and assured me everything would be fine as I went in for surgery. When I awoke and was taken home I looked in the mirror and despite being swollen it was VERY clear the issue was NOT addressed. Jowls/marionette lines still visible. ZERO change! As time passed and swelling decreased the marionette lines/jowls were still visible! If that wasn't bad enough the REST of my face looked exactly the same and was clearly NOT lifted AT ALL. It was almost as if elhai simply gave me facelift incisions and did not lift anything.Which should not be the result of a DEEP plane facelift. My recovery was extremely brutal and I attempted to contact the hotline number he had given me for better post op care instructions. The phone line was busy for over 2 hours so I ended up hanging up. I thought to myself what if I had a serious medical issue I wouldn't have been able to even contact him or anyone on that number? As weeks went by I noticed my face looked more and more exactly the same as before. When I told people I had a facelift they would laugh and accuse me of lying or joking. When I told them I was serious 9 times out of 10 they remarked I looked the same or I should ask for a refund. I decided I would go have a talk with him about my disappointment with my surgical outcome. When I went to his office the first thing he did was hand me a picture he took showing all the skin he cut off during my facelift AS well as all the HAIR of mine he cut off when making the facelift incision. I was very upset because He had blatantly lied about not cutting any of my hair during post op consultation. I explicitly asked him to keep any of my hair he cut in a bag for me but elhai Clearly couldn't be bothered. Regardless I had more pressing concerns and asked him what type of facelift did he perform on me. To my shock and horror he said a "smas facelift'. I couldn't believe my ears! I was furious! I tried my best to keep my composure and requested a refund. What I received was a barrage of gaslighting from both the surgeon and his "assistant". who went from acknowledging I requested a deep plane to than stating "i thought what you meant is muscle and skin tightened when you asked for deep plane" which was absolutely ridiculous. At one point Elhai claimed he had no memory of Me even requesting deep plane and stated he never tells his patients what type of facelift he will be performing until after surgery. I was honestly disgusted by the lies being thrown my way .He than said "I can do a deep plane on you, though it won't make much difference to your marionette lines".which was a totally different statement from what he said before I made my deposit for surgery during consultation. I declined the revision based off the fact that I lost ALL faith and trust in him or his work. The lies and gaslighting I was currently experiencing would never let me trust him with my face ever again. When I pressed him for a full refund, Elhai refused to refund me in FULL. Stating "that's not going to happen!" instead offering a measly partial refund which leads me to believe this was really all about lining his pockets with money. By any means necessary. He knew he couldn't do the type of facelift I wanted. He knew he couldn't treat my issues but was willing to lie so he could keep a couple thousand for himself. He than offered me meager laser treatments for the horrible keloid scars inflicted on me from the " non lifting" facelift he performed. Which to me felt like putting a bandaid over a bullet wound. If he truly wanted to make things right a full refund would of done that. I now have to save up money to find a new surgeon to fix what he failed to do which is going to be hard because revision facelifts are notoriously more difficult. Everyday I look in the mirror and cry at what I went through. To be horribly scarred for zero results. Suffering in immense post op surgery pain for zero results. Asking his assistant for post op pictures has been a nightmare! She sent them as tiny barely viewable pasted in email photos, when I requested her to send them as downloadable viewable files my request was ignored. Gee I wonder why? When I spoke with another facelift surgeon he asked me if my facelift incisions were done by a druglord in Mexico because the incisions were terrible. He couldn't believe I had work done in Toronto. I don't know what I did to deserve experiencing this nightmare surgery. To suffer through such painful recovery, scarring & disrespect only to look exactly the same as before surgery. I wouldn't wish such an experience on my worst enemy! If you choose to go to elhai for a facelift know this could very well be your outcome Updated on 15 Jul 2024: Feeling severely depressed after my nightmare surgery with dr elahi Mohammed. 14k down the drain to look exactly the same as before surgery. My incision scars are so bad they have keloided. Everyone can see I have facelift scars but with zero results I feel absolutely embarrassed to ever wear my hair up in a bun or people would know I attempted to have work done. I've gone back to work since surgery and people say I look tired and sick which is not what you want to hear after having a facelift. I am experiencing itchiness,pain in my incision scars areas like a stinging electric shock type feeling.I consulted another surgeon who said there appears to be too much tension in my facelift incisions. I would have to have my scars completely revised and a series of kenalog injections. He did one on me and it was excruciatingly painful feeling the needles pierce my ears. I cried in his office. Completely broken down.I just want to wake up from this awful nightmare!
