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Rick J. Smith, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

East Lansing, Michigan
3.6 | 10 Reviews
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Worth It4 days Post-Op
The Changes Are Amazing.
My experience was wonderful. There was a little push and pull while I was questioning what size I might be when it was over, but once I checked my emotions I understood why he answered the way he did. He is very good. I am excited for the future.
1 day Post-Op
An Uplifting Experience
I decided to get a Mastopexy coupled with an implant augmentation to lift my breasts and gain fullness. I struggled with the appearance of my breasts since I was 16. Throughout the years I have had 3 babies and nursed, gained a lot of weight and lost a lot of weight leaving the breast tissue broken down. I no longer felt confident in dresses or with my shirt off during sex. I had talked to my husband a few times about getting a consult done and just hearing out what they had to
Great and looks natural
He was able to straighten my nose and correct my septal deviation. I had a lot of scar tissue and he was able to correct it with little downtime. He was professional, had a great bedside manner and his office staff is great.
Worth It2 months Post-Op
Abdominoplasty Circumferential - East Lansing, MI
I am a wife and mother of 3 I tried everything to lose weight from exercising to diets and diet pills could not lose weight. So I decided to get abdominoplasty circumferential surgery. Best decision ever. Love the results still a Lil swollen he says but making progress. Only thing I did not like was the drains there are 3 and you have to wear them about 2 to 3 weeks
Worth It10 days Post-Op
41 Y/o Breast Lift with Explant of 17 Y/o Implants - Fat Transfer from Belly to Breast - East Lansing, MI
My initial reasoning for getting implants in the first place was that I was a small B prior to having my second child. When I opted to breast feed her and my milk came in, I suddenly found my breast were size E. After I stopped breast feeding, there was literally nothing left of my breast. During my initial consult the Dr. suggested I either have a lift or do the implants to fill out the empty space. I opted for a full C implant (unsure of the cc's) and saline implants were placed
Worth It
18 Hours Post-Op - East Lansing, MI
Hello All, 18 Hours since surgery. Chest covered with ice packs. Just took second dose of antibiotics and third dose of Norco. I have a painbuster ball that seems to be keeping me pretty numb at the incision site. My left breast has had more bleeding than the right. There is no sign of bleeding at all on the right whereas my left will need redressing as soon as my helper wakes up. There isn't really any pain just soreness similar to if you had worked out really
Not Fully Satisfied
I went in for an eye lid lift in 2018. He felt that I needed a brow lift instead. I asked what to expect and he said that I would experience a little pain for a couple months and the usual recovery from the two small incisions at the scalp area. He failed to tell me that I would have strong pains on my entire crown of my head for several months and numbness for a year now. I have slowly regained the ability to “scratch an itch”, yet not fully. My brows look good. I do not complain
Ruined my Face
I would not recommend this doctor to anyone. completely ruined my nose. went in to get my deviated septum fixed as well as the bump taken off. he wouldn't give me anything close to the nose I wanted and I came out looking 10x worse than I did before. my tip points completely to the left and it looks as if I was hit. I have never received anything positive about it, only friends saying that they can't believe I actually paid money for this. not to mention it looks like a different
The absolute worst experience of my life
The only saving grace was the peripheral staff. This experience was atrocious and I have been left mutilated. I am not sure if I was just not an ideal patient to him, but he treated me coarsely and did a horrible job with the surgery and followup. My husband tried to talk me out of surgery with him after meeting Dr. Smith. My scarring looks like a cog in a child's toy. I will need painful surgery to fix it (from a different doctor), though I will never look natural again. I should
I'm so nervous, I'm not sure how big to go!
I am scared and not sure how big to go. I want them to be proportional to my body. I don't want people to judge me and suddenly think I have boobs that are way too big for my body. I would gladly take any help or suggestions.

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