Wayne W. Carman, MD (closed)

Dr. Carman is THE BEST! I had facial fat grafting done by Dr. Carman and the results are fantastic. I would absolutely travel across the world if need be to see Dr. Carman for any further cosmetic procedures. Besides being an incredibly competent doctor I really appreciated that Dr. Carman is very down to earth (other doctors that I consulted with in Toronto came across as snobby and insincere to me..), professional, kind and very patient, explaining everything to me and addressing all of my concerns no matter how silly they may be. I initially found Dr. Carman when researching facial fat grafting, a procedure that seems to be quite rarely practiced at least in Toronto (not sure why) so I would definitely suggest consulting with him if that is something you are considering. I also loved that he operates out of his own completely private surgical suite (so discrete!) and his fees are very fair. Cannot say enough good things!

I have seen Doctor Carman for various reasons throughout the years. (skin cancers, removal of moles and follow up from another plastic surgeon's big massive screw up. Dr Carman has the best bed side manner. He is so educated and always has time for you. His staff are amazing, very polite and compassionate too. I had a major skin cancer surgery where they had to dig down to my skull and rather than me having to travel all the way down town he took out the stitches for me. Do not go to any of his colleagues that he works with at Scarborough General Hospital, go to the best and that is Dr Carman. My mother worked with Dr Carmen for years at Scarborough General and she always said everyone knows his amazing stitch work that he does. He doesn't care about the money as most plastic surgeons seem to but he cares about you as a person and he is so genuine. Thanks Dr Carman for being you!! I sure do wish I had my major plastic surgery with you rather than your colleague who basically screwed up my life.

I had always wanted to have my breasts done but waited until after kids. I have always been small, between an A and B cup and just wanted to be fuller and perk them up again after having kids. I am just under a month post op and so far so good. I wanted it to look natural not obvious and Dr. Carmen achieved that.

Dr Carman is absolutely unbelievable. I did a LOT of research and this was the first surgery I have ever had. I trusted Dr Carman to do a breast augmentation and mastopexy on me- a huge job. I was so scared that he wasn't going to be big enough, or that it would be too big. I was afraid of huge scars and just poor work. He is so so so amazing and I could not have even imagined better work. Everything he did suits me- he just knows. I barely had to tell him what I wanted. I didn't have to tell him a million times- he just knew. He is gentle and kind. He puts you at ease and is so professional. One of the things that stood out to me was the fact that you stay overnight with two nurses. They take such great care of you. Colleen and Alicia were my angels that night. They did everything for me and were there no matter what. The entire procedure was so comfortable. I would do it again in a heartbeat and recommend Dr Carman and his team to everyone and anyone I know.

Dr.Carmen is the epitome of professionalism, kindness and overall an amazing Dr. I have had a few surgeries performed by him and he has always put MY needs first NEVER MONEY!!!! He actually cares about his patients...which is rare these days. Our bodies do strange things and react differently to foreign materials..this is NOT a DR's fault!!!! I am a perfect example of that and Dr Carmen has always been there to listen...offer advice and calming words followed by "don't worry, I am going to do everything I can to get you where you want to be..just breath"! He is extremely constructive with his decisions and only does what's best for his patients. He also offers warm hugs :). I absolutely love Dr Carmen...have recommended him to several peeps and I can guarantee you they would back me up in a heart beat! If you want the BEST then go to the BEST!!!

Had an initial breast enhancement done back in 1999. For personal reasons, decided to have a second enhancement . My original surgeon had passed, so meant finding someone new.
I saw three Toronto Plastic Surgeons for consultations. I had researched many, and picked the three I considered to be the top ones.
Of the three, Dr Wayne Carman was the one I best connected with. I felt very comfortable, he is extremely kind, and patient with questions.
My surgery was Feb 3,2016. I went from 360cc to 575/550 (offset was to make breast symmetric)
I'm beyond happy with the results, and would highly recommend this surgeon to anyone.
He is so nice, and comforting, and does brilliant work.

Kathy

Breast augmentation has been a procedure that I've wanted since I was 19. I've always had small breast and working out has made them become even smaller. I've been self conscious about my breast as they looked more like "pecks" than breast. I was tired of buying extra padded bras and gel cups to make it looks like I had normal size breast that were proportionate to by body.

Updated on 13 Dec 2014:
Still feeling a little bit sore specially on the side of the breast. Everything feels pretty tight. Have lowered my pain medicine indicate. Only taking it if I really need it.

I had my TT done on Nov. 21, 2012 and the result has been amazing beside the ugly scar from it but I'm hoping it will fade in a few years.


Here's a little about myself:
Age: 33 Height: 5'3" Weight: 113 lbs (before TT) 105 lbs (after TT for a few weeks) then 110 lbs until now
3 kids and breast fed them all for about a year for each


I'm not a big girl, in fact I don't look too bad in clothes when I sucked my stomach in but the stretch marks and wrinkly skin on my belly are horrible. I knew I could not live with it and felt so insecure about my belly all the time. Getting intimate with my hubby is the worse. I would not show my belly and would always wear a skirt to cover it or I would have to turn off the light so the room has to be really dark. The stretch marks don’t bother me as much as the loose skin.

Anyway, I went to see him again for the 2nd time and asked him if I should also do some Lipo on my hips (love handles). He said that I don't need to because he will try to extend the scar further out to the hips so that he could get rid of some of the love handles. Ladies/Gents, I'm telling you PLEASE considered doing lipo on your hips as well because I regret it so bad that I didn't do it. My stomach is really flat and no more loose skin after TT but I still got the love handles when I wear jeans and pants which bothers me so much. I had recently went for a BA and decided to do Lipo on my hips as well. I'm now 2 1/2 weeks post-op on BA and Tumescent Lipo on the hips. I'm still swollen and haven't seen a difference yet. Anyway, that is another story which I will write a review on separately later on when I have time.

As for TT, recovery time was really long for me; I think it took me 2 months to actually feel 100% myself again. I still have some swelling at the end of the day after 4 1/2 months. My swelling was never too bad though. My doctor is the one of the doctors that did not require his patient to wear a garment after TT. But I do have to wear one for my Lipo now. The pain for TT wasn’t that bad for me. When I woke up from the surgery, I just felt really sore like I just did 1000 push-ups the day before. I didn’t feel any pain at all on the incision.

My PS allows his patients to stay overnight at his private clinic for TT and BA. There were two nurses there to attend us (myself and two other girls who had their BA done that same day). My surgery was at 7am but I think it didn’t start until 8am and they called my hubby at around 10:30am to tell him that everything went well. I woke up from the anaesthesia at around noon or so and was put on IV the whole time until I went home the next morning.
I had one drain only and it didn’t bother me that much for the first few days but then it started to sting. It was so irritable and uncomfortable that at time I just wanted to rip the darn drain out lol. I got my drain taken out on my first week post-op appointment. Oh boy, it made such a difference to my recovery. I felt so much more human again. Having a drain on you and you could see the blood running through the tube was definitely not a good sight. I tried to hide it from my hubby because I didn’t want to gross him out. Even though he was so supportive and had been a great help to me, I still didn’t want to let him see me like that. He took 2 ½ weeks off from work to help me with my recovery.


It took me 6 weeks to finally stand up straight without feeling the tightness like a pulling sensation on my upper abdomen. I stopped my pain meds on the day 3 post-op and didn’t take anything at all after that. I slept on my Lazy-boy’s recliner for two weeks and slept on my bed with two pillows on my head and 1 pillow underneath my legs for another 4 weeks. After 6 weeks, I could sleep with my legs straight and only 1 pillow on my head (that’s the way I like to sleep).


Swelling comes and goes even until now 4 ½ months later but not as bad. My swelling never made me looked 3 months pregnant or anything like that. My incision heals very well but now the scar is getting wider and looking darker. I didn’t really use any scar therapy except bi-oil. I know, I should invest in other scar creams. I didn’t have any infection or seroma…lucky me. I had no complications at all.
My belly button’s scar is dark too and I don’t know if I like my new bb or not. Every time, I look at it I could see it’s a TT belly button. I could see it’s not a real one and it just makes me conscious about it that people can tell that I had my stomach done. I kept it a secret for 4 ½ months from my friends but I think I’m going to come out clean. I felt so bad to not telling them the truth when the TT topic came up in our group conversation. It’s really hard to tell friends about doing surgeries because they tend to judge you and have too many opinions about it. I’m pretty sure they all would want to do it as well if they had the money. I was lucky to have an option with my finance to be able to spend that much money on my TT, BA, and LIPO. I really hope they won’t look at me differently like I’m a plastic surgery girl or something. It’s funny, how I fear to tell people around me than the surgery itself lol.

I was a A cup had three children never breast fed and my skin was very tight. I wanted big breasts but it was not explained to me that there wasn't enough room for the size I wanted. It was more painful then explained to me and it has been a year and three months and I’m still in pain I can’t use my left arm as it feels like a rubber band that won’t stretch any more. I can’t straighten my arm and can’t open jars or anything. I can’t lay on my stomach as it hurts so no massages while laying down. I can’t sleep on my side still because it’s so uncomfortable. It has affected my sex life very negatively and yes while my breasts are bigger it did not boost my confidence as I hoped. You can change your body but it doesn’t mean your perception of yourself will change . I have had the surgeon inject 3 rounds of cortisone into my arm he never explained what he was injecting or side effects or anything to me. The last round he hit my nerve in my arm pit which was so painful and my fingers are still numb and tingling in some spots. I feel like it was not worth everything I have had to go threw and I really don’t like the way the look. It’s not what I wanted and I’m afraid to get the surgery to have them removed. He is a very nice man I have had many friends recommend him but I guess each procedure affects people differently.

I ened up going to another doctor to fix Dr. Carmen mess! Breast implants and lip injection. Articla injections for lips band! Made my lips looks deformed! If a doctor is injecting you with stuff that they use in the office and it dosn't go with your body and all of a sudden you start looking deformed. Do you think he should charge you to remove the stuff that you paid for and you definalty didn't know that your body was going to react the way it did with it? I think he should of though about the situation and then said omg I'm so sorry that happen to you and I will defiantly fix the problem no charge since I injected it and the deformity it caused. Sleep less nights crying with the deformed lips!