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Unhappy Result - Bellevue, WA

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I had fat injected into my face with dr. Phillip Young

$8,400

I had fat injected into my face with dr. Phillip Young in Bellevue, Washington.
He over filled my whole face and left side of my face was filled more than right side.
I'm now at 2 years and 8 months after surgery my face still big, unnatural looking and uneven. Everyday I'm waiting and hoping for it to goes down.
I do not recommend dr. Young. Be careful.

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Philip Young, MD

Philip Young, MD

Board Certified Otolaryngologist

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Sorry.for.your unhappy results. Hope all gets better.
Thank you !
I'm 42, I don't think I needed that much. Also, this is a touch up/ second time. I hope dr. Young read this.
Did you try to talk to him about removing the fat? I am also around 3 years after a bad fat graft. It never goes away, sadly.
I saw him 3 times after surgery. At 1 month, at 3 months, at 6 months after surgery. Every time he said that I look good, I look young. Young but ugly I rather look old but Beauty. I never went back to see him again, I don't trust his work. I have narrow face now end up round face. My friends all said I look different and my body still the same why my face is so fat. That because they didn't know I have fat transfer. I went to see dr. Sam Naficy in Bellevue,Wa. Show him my before and after surgery (6 months post) before. I want to have some of it remove. Dr. Naficy said I didn't have much fat to begin with if he removed now in the future I might come back and want more. So he said wait 2-3 years my face will go down. So I wait, it does goes down some. My face look less round, and a little narrow but the left cheek still bigger than the right side. He even injected into my upper eyelids ( between the brow & the eyelid) I should not listen to him, it makesmy eyes look smaller. I had bad luck chosing this doctor. I did look him up and he is board certified. I forgot to mention, prior to this surgery. I had fat transfer into my face in Hawaii with Dr. Bao Phan. I'm so happy with the resulted, no one know or asked what I did. It because Dr. Phan only injected into where it need it. And it last about 1 year. I wish I never go for the second time. I'm done with fat transfer, If I got my face back ( I pray) I will not do anymore, I like my skinny face better than overfilled face. Unnatural and look swollen all the time. I living in hope for the past 2 yrs & 8 months and still hoping for it goes down.
I know so disappointed. A lot of us are on a quest to look better. Nothing wrong with that. However, we take big risks with our bodies (face, breasts, etc.) because we never know what the outcome will be. Even the best plastic surgeons can make mistakes. It's a crap shoot!. I'm 64 and would love to get rid of my under eye bags, my slight jowls, etc. but I don't like anyone messing with my face. With all of its flaws it's the only one I have. I've resorted to massage (face, breast). Chinese massage is really good and if you can find someone in your area check them out. They have therapists that specialize in facial massage. You may need to go one or twice a week for a while but maybe they can get your face back to normal. God bless.
Hi, this is Dr. Young. We want the best for our patients. First of all I'm unaware of any patient that was this dissatisfied with their fat injections. I would welcome you to come in for me to see. I will totally take care of you. We have a mission in our office: Our mission is to provide unwavering quality care to improve people's lives through facial plastic surgery and the YoungVitalizer. I'm committed to that mission. In fact, every person that I do a procedure on has my personal cell phone. You likely have this and you are welcome to text me or call me to let me know how you are doing and how I can help. If it is really uneven this can be changed and improved. I also have to say that we are a really busy office. Plastic surgery is a very competitive field. I do have to mention that we have a lot of competitors that try to disparage us because we are so popular. Please let me know that you are an actual patient and that this post is real. Thank you.
Dr. Young, I'm a real patient.
If you are a real patient please call us asap and come in for us to see you. We won't know how you are feeling unless you tell us. We didn't know how you felt until we read this review. I always think it is better going to the person that you are having some issues with instead of the indirect route. That's just been my experience with friends, etc.
Same nightmare here,I don't want to discuss whether he skillfull or not,if you guys take a look at my before and after photo you will understand how I feel right now.
Hey ronniewan1222, I'm so sorry for what you are going through.... and thanks for sharing your pictures. Are you considering going to another doctor for revision??
I've already had a cousultation with a well known surgeon,I'm going to have a revision after 3 month,because Dr Young did a liposuction to me three month ago with no any improvement at all,I mean there's nothing has changed on my cheeks.He said he took 15cc fat out my cheeks and I asked him why I don't get any reduction and he told me to wait at least 6mo to a year before assessing the final result.It's alredy been for 3 month after he did the revision and I took photo every day,I'm pretty sure I don't get any improvement at all,I think he's not a honest man and not skillful,first injected too much fat on my face then have no improvment with his revision.He destroyed my entire life.
Ronnie I saw your pics. How much fat did he inject into your face in total? Where did you want the fat to be originally?
I'm sorry to you too,we had bad luck to choose Dr Young,what he's done just made us so stressfull.But we're gonna be OK,make sure find a well known surgeon for revision this time,God bless you.
Tweep I went to Dr Young initially to fix my acne scars,then he provided his Scar Vitalizer Treatment which composes CO2 laser,dermasanding,fat transfer.I only had few shallow ice pick acne scars on my left cheek,tow shallow rolling scar on the right cheek,and few shallow rollling scar on the both temple areas,I thought fat transfer is only spot treat,but he injected my whole face instead of.I aske him how much he put into my face,he said 20cc,I ask why he don't do it like spot treat,he told me it shoule be like that.He never even mention me fat transfer will make me looking chubby,otherwise I wouldn't choose this procedure.By the way,he charge by per CC,so he can make enough for his car payment.This is the most horrible experience in my life.Stay away from him.
Dr Young do you remember me,3 month ago I went to your office for revision of fat transfer overfilled by your dangerous shaky hands.You performed Liposuction to my chees and temples,and you told me you took 15cc fat out of my cheeks and now it's already been for 3month after the revision,I still don't get any of improvement at all.Don't tell me to wait for another 6month to a year before assessing the final result,if this procedure works at this time I should at least see some improvement but unfortunately that's not a case of me,I don't think you are an honest person,if you took 15cc out why I don't get any reduction at all? I'm so sick of you push me around. What's your excuse this time?
Ronnie. It's obvious this surgeon messed up bad. You look so upset on your pictures and deserved a far better result! It looks like you were duped by this Scar Vitalizer treatment. At first I thought this must be a whole new thing he's offering, so I found his webpage and read through. Now I'm SMH! This type of site is called a squeeze page, or lead capture page! The goal of this type of page is to capture contact details from as many people as possible. The text on the page doesn't tell you until the very end what the Vitalizer treatment even IS. You have to read the whole thing until you find out and then he calls it something totally different. SMH! Deceptive! This Vitalizer is actually a plain old FAT TRANSFER that every other doctor on the planet can do! He's grouped together a bunch of treatments and rebranded the original Coleman Fat Transfer as part of his Vitazlier packages because he's trying to reinvent the wheel. No wonder he's so busy with all the people he squeezed off that page! SMH!
Tweep, I just found out his complaint review today. Thanks to you.
Yes, so terrible. Never see that huge scar from a chin implant or from liposuction of the neck.
Vicky I'm reading this 4 months after my procedure as well with Dr. Young. Before my surgery he told me how much fat he was going to transfer to each area of my face. I'm only 41 and only really wanted my hollows corrected. When he told me he was going to plump my cheek bones back up, I told him I never had cheek bones. I insisted that de decrease to volume he intended to inject there. Even after cutting the amount in half I still was quite distorted and the right side was bigger than the left. I only went back for one follow-up because I was so unhappy. He said I looked good but I knew I didn't. My husband said it looked like I had gained a few pounds. Definitely not the look I was going for. I looked so disfigured and unnatural. It's been 4 months and my saving grace I'm sure is insisting he adjust his numbers on what was to be injected. I also developed hemosiderin stains under each eye, that is still visible. I know that part isn't necessarily his fault. Long story short. Bad experience.
Again, we aren't sure if this a real patient. If you are a real patient, can you contact us directly so that we can help you. You can call any time and we will fit you in as soon as possible. It is helpful to hear about your issues directly and not through a forum as we have commented above. We want the best for you. You likely have Dr. Young's personal cell phone. Please text him or call him directly if you would like and we will help you immediately. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery
I can assure you that I am a real patient! Otherwise I could care less!! I will take my chances with what I have. I definitely will not be having any other work done. I agree that Dr. Young is nice, professional and caring. My most annoying thing is that he gave more than I wanted and therefore the result is not good for me. Someone else may be thrilled but people still remark that my face is still not symmetrical and round! I never had a round face or cheeks that were so noticeable. I appreciate your concern/desire to help but I will pass. Thank you.
Dr Young, you are mentioned my name. Yes, I have waited patiently for 3 years. Do you know how stressful this past 3 years I have lived. Praying for it to go down and more stressed because I don't know it will or not. I know it can be fixed but the result maybe worse so I take the chance to wait. I'm so glad I did waited and I'm definitely will not do anything to my face any more. To you injected lot of fat to make that person look young is pretty. Sorry, that's not what I wanted.
Here you go again with the "fake patient" accusation!
Fake or not you can ask dr. Young about me.
Oh it was you Amimjger. I thought it was one of dr. Young people calling me fake patient. We're fine.
A while ago, I also went for my hollows. I got convinced that if I dont plump my cheeks, he cannot correct only the hollows, "it would not hold". When it was done, I looked like watermellon and still don't look like myself few years after, my brother barely recognized me. I already had strong cheekbones, didn't want to tripple them in size. Sometimes I think that happened because he charged per cc so more he injects more he charges. I don't know, but that theory of beauty certainly didn't work on my moon-round face that I ended up with. Now I have so many noticable calcifications under eyes that I don't even know what am I supposed to do or where to go to fix that. If anybody had those, please advice how to get rid of them or I have to do now eye job?
Hi Zaki, did dr. Young did the fat transfer for you?
yes