Steve Samuel, MD

Tired of not feeling sexy or beautiful.. Wanted to feel good about my self image and make improvements . Wanted some self motivation.. to not give in to accepting aging and also to stay healthy, for myself and family! I was tired of the sagging belly in yoga class.. I knew lipo would not be enough to make me tight firm and flat. TT was the only answer. So glad I did it.

Updated on 5 Jul 2015:
The first thing I said to myself when I came out of the anastesia was " what the hell did I do to myself" the pain was so intense I never experienced anything like it. I suddenly had a new found respect for women who gave birth via c-section. The lipo and BREAST LIFT were a piece of cake compared to the abdominal burning and stiffness I was experiencing. Thank god I had great support. I dumped the husband and kids for 11 days til I went home. Did not look at my body for 21 days.. Here are post op pics while I was experiencing seromas at the time. And pics of my breast lift

Updated on 14 Jul 2015:
Im at 11 weeks as off july 16, 2015 post op.
after having the lipo on my upper and lower abdomen and flanks and bra line, the tummy tuck and the breast lift. Im feeling really good and comfortable with my new body. My stomach muscles feel like I have the the great wall of China in there or the berlin wall. Rock hard. I do have some small issues such as on my one breast the areola looks like a tear drop but will be revised in October along with a revision to the scar on my tummy from the tuck. It looks like I have small dog ears.. but my surgeon was great about it and will correct that too.

Updated on 20 Oct 2015:
On April 30 2015 I posted pics of my tummy tuck and Lipo suction of braline and upper flanks and love handles and breadt lift. I was not happy with the lift cause I had no upper pole and I still could hold pencils if you will under my breadt. So I decided to re-do my surgery and got it done october 16th 2015. My photos are posted from my last surgery here are my new breast photos two days post op. I will post more when I'm healed. This surgery cost me $13000 CAD This time I went to DR. Bendago at the Toronto Cosmetic Clinic.. Very compassionate surgeon I even let him do my upper eyelids with fat transfer on the bottom $5000

I have recently had 2 surgeries by
Dr. Steve Samuel.
A breast lift/augmentation. Then went back 2 months later for a tummy tuck & lipo!
Dr. Samuel has changed my life!
I find him to be utmost professional and honest.
I was extremely nervous before both surgeries. He put me at ease and I knew I was in the right hands. His post op care Is second to none. He watched me so closely. His staff is also top notch! Caring, friendly and they made me feel so special pre op as well as post op. I've had such an amazing experience, that I'm going back for a 3rd surgery! Btw, I am a huge suck when it comes to pain but his work proves it all worth it! I'm 50 years old and now I look in the mirror and feel & see 25 again! I don't even think I looked this good at 25! I recommend Dr. Samuel to anyone that wants the best Plastic Surgeon in Toronto. Thank you to Dr. Samuel (aka Dr. Golden Hands!) and to his staff for all their care & support. I give him 10 stars out of 5 all the way! With love & appreciation to Dr. Steve Samuel and Staff!
M.C

Updated on 15 Mar 2015:
I'm not a Mommy makerover.

I am a teenager who have extermly bad back pain from her 38DDD boobs. I went to Dr. Samuel from my family doctors referral. I only had one appointment before I had my surgery with him which I found odd. But I put my trust in him. He did not answer any of my questions pre op and post op. I agree with all the negative comments. Post op I developed a huge hole that looked incected, he said it's not. but me being me I went for a second opinion and it was infected. My next visit I told him I went for another opinion and he got so rude and unprofessional. He doesnt care to explain anything, it's like he's waiting for you to finish speaking so he can speak (if you're lucky), or he just cuts you off. He will leave you with no explanation or suggestions. If you ask a few questions, he reacts like you are questioning his knowledge. He has no compassion for his patients and won't even try to understand your pain and problems. It is hard to believe the words "respectful", "calm", or "comforting" is used in the same sentence as "Dr.Samuel". It seems that his "many years of experience" that he loves to refer to, has blown up his head. He isn't doing you any favours, so do yourself one and see someone else.

The worst experience I've ever had. I'm 19 and he talked over me when I was trying to explain why my one larger breast caused me pain so I could get ohip coverage. He kept telling me that my pain didn't make sense because it was on the opposite side of my larger breast and when I tried to explain more to him he talked over me again (I was also crying) and then filled out the ohip form with me having back pain which I never claimed to have. He also tried to insinuate I was lying about having pain so I could get the surgery for vanity reasons. He clearly thought I was too young and that my breasts weren't significantly different enough to warrant the surgery for medical reasons. I know my own pain I've had it for 3 years and I won't be doing the surgery with him because he lacks respect for anyone who's experience doesn't fit within his own, I mean I get it but how about trying to understand what I'm saying instead of telling me that because I don't have back pain I can't get ohip.

I came to Dr. Samuel after having done A LOT of research because this was a procedure I had been wanting to do for a very long time. I told him how important it was for me to have my nose be smaller and make SURE he fixed the bridge of my nose. Essentially after the procedure was done, NOTHING CHANGED! On top of that, the skin on my nose got lumpy! Nobody could even notice I had anything done even though my nose had A LOT of things that needed changing. For the first year every appointment I went back to him he kept saying "give it a year". A year down the line he would not admit that he had done such minimal work that nothing changed but agreed to give me cortisone shots. Which did not help at all and were very painful. He finally told me if I wanted to redo the surgery despite the fact that I had already paid seven thousand dollars for the procedure I would have to pay another $2500. I was even willing to do that but he threatened me with comments like "I can't guarantee it will get better" and "it will most likely even get worse than what it already is" so I got scared and forgot about it. I believed him and felt defeated. Finally after 2 and a half years I decided to give the doctors back home a chance (in Iran), and requested a copy of my files to be sent to me by Dr. Samuel's office. His receptionist was disgustingly rude to me, was going to charge me $50 for 4 sheets of photocopy and told me I would have to wait A WEEK to get it. I finally got my procedure done in Iran and my surgeon there told me how Dr. Samuel had practically done NOTHING on my nose. How could he tell? Because usually when somebody has a rhinoplasty done it's very clear to the surgeon who goes in the second time. At the end my nose is beautiful! Such a masterpiece! Oh and I paid less than half the amount.

My doctor did alar base reduction for me, but on one side he stitched it too tight so I have a big scar on the outside of one of my nostrils now. I am very self-conscious because of it, and wish I had never gone for this rhinoplasty!