David P. Mueller, DDS

I always thought I would have a facelift around fifty years of age, and now was the perfect time. I researched many websites prior to making my decision, in addition interviewed one other surgeon. Dr. Mueller has an artist's eye which is a great benefit when doing work on your face and eyes. My lower lids will be done in a few months. I will post more updated photos at that time.

I’m not much of a reviewer but I thought my experience could help prevent someone from going through what I continue to go through years later because of this doctor. In 2016 I had my upper jaw reconstructed/realigned by Dr. Mueller. I thought he was a godsend at the time because he made me love my smile/face. 11 months later, according to him, “my body rejected the bone graft placed.” And I quickly went into surgery to fix that under his care. 4 years after initial surgery, I blew my nose and a screw comes out followed by bleeding that wouldn’t stop for awhile. I called and I was told “this is normal.” 3 years ago as I type this, I had swelling in my face and was living in Nevada at the time so I found a new oral maxillary facial surgeon out there and he had to put me in nearly emergency surgery to remove some hardware that was infected. This new surgeon also stated he never heard of a screw coming out of a nose after a jaw surgery. Sometime between then and now: two root canals because at least two teeth’s roots were hit during the 2016 surgery and my teeth were now dying. August 2024: I had a draining fistula in my mouth near my scar tissue from the previous surgeries. I flew from Virginia to Nevada to see the new surgeon because no surgeon in Virginia will take on my case. Again I went into emergency surgery. We quickly found that Dr. Mueller put a screw into my #7 tooth (one that was attempted to save by root canal). My body had been rejecting the tooth so badly that the infection ate so much bone. I now have a huge hole in my mouth from the bone loss. 2 weeks later, I have to go into emergency extraction of that tooth. Last week, we find another infection above tooth #10 from a screw being drilled into it (the other tooth that was attempted to save by root canal). So we are planning on extracting that one in early 2025. Today, I meet with multiple doctors/surgeons nearly weekly and across the country to try to find a plan to help the bone loss and find a permanent option for the missing teeth. Many doctors/surgeons nearly hold my hand as they say “I’m sorry you’re going through this and will continue to.” I’ve had surgeons say, “I wish you found us back in 2016.” I was never warned I would deal with this almost the rest of my life. I paid Dr. Mueller out of pocket because “insurance says it’s cosmetic.” I’ve paid $100’s of thousands on my mouth and have probably double that in costs ahead of me because of Dr. Mueller’s work. If you’ve made it this far, get a second opinion away from Dr. Mueller. My surgery by him is my biggest life regret.

I'm getting chin liposuction tomorrow Apr 22 2021. I've had chubby chin and undefined jawline my whole life, even at my lowest weight. But right now I'm a bit overweight bc i gained weight at the beginning of quarantine, then got pregnant and gained even more. I'm 8 weeks postpartum right now and wanted to do this during maternity leave so I can have 4 weeks to heal before returning to work. I hope the healing process isn't so bad that it makes caring for my newborn difficult. I'm 37 and I'm worried about skin elasticity. But I figure I better give this a shot before I'm so old that I need a neck lift. After the lipo heals I may get filler in my jawline. I've thought about getting an sliding Genioplasty to make my face less round. I've hated my round face shape my whole life. But I'm seeing if the lipo and filler will be good enough. I'm also getting Botox in my forehead at the same time as the lipo.