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Donald B. Yoo, MD, FACS
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
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I feel OK now

I am not upset about it anymore. If I have a choice I would still wish I did not go through this. But I've accepted what's done is done. Now I just don't look think about it, and just be confident with whatever I have and whoever I am. I feel like myself again.
For people who are thinking doing it, make sure you know there is a big risk it won't turn out the way you want it to be, regardless how skilled the doctor is, or what other people say. Because it's so personal and sensitive, your experience could always be different. Besides, it's very possible what you've heard and seen is not everything.
For people who don't like their result, I know it's hard, but I suggest move on, don't go through a revision, unless something was obviously wrong. Because with any revision the risk is still the same if not more. What if it's not what you want again, you would be back at the same spot, and it would be even more upsetting, with a big cost of time, money and energy. It would be harder to get out and very unhealthy.
Overall I wish everyone will be happy with who we are and what we have eventually! :)

As much as I hate to realize, I clearly looked better before

I attached pictures. Before it's more defined, has a more cute curve and looks more delicate. After it looks thinker, the tip even look bigger and not as much curve. Before the bridge line to my eyebrow is also smoother. Besides it's not about what looks beautiful as a nose based on some standard, it's about what we want and what fits us. Comporting the rest of my face, before definitely fits me much more.

If I have ever read any negative review about the out come at all, or know there is any risk it would look worse in anyway, I would not have done it.

Dr Yoo and the staff are very gentle and talk nicely, but he has his own vision of standard beauty, and it's pretty generalized. I showed him the picture I want to achieve before surgery and he said we could do that, but it turns out very different from it.

I got many messages saying that other patients of Dr Yoo feel the same way, like "If everyone's happy I can't be the first one and only one to have a problem." and it's been an nightmare for them but many are too embarrassed to post. I personality agree it is much harder to share bad feelings than good feelings. I wish there could be more people doing so because it would help so many other girls to not repeat the same mistakes we made!

I was happy and I trusted him so much because all the good things I've heard. I've felt brainwashed by his opinions, other happy reviewers, the office's opinions. Especially after so much time, work and money has been put into it, I have to believe it's going to be great. So I automatically though it was great without really compare, because I thought it's not possible to be worse, Dr Yoo promised me it's pretty much impossible to be worse and he's pretty sure it's going to be a big improvements.

After is not "bad", but we do it all for improvements, especially on face, a little better, a little worse can mean a lot to us. We spend so much time and money, but only to get the opposite of what we want, and hardly reversible. After we've been through so much, so unhappy and did not get what we are promoted as a customer, if we want to improve again we still need to pay more.

Besides the rib incision looks worse than a year ago. But comparing to the face that's my least concern now.

This is the biggest mistake I've made and I am willing to give anything to go back in time and convince the old me don't do it. But I've spend so much time on it and been so depressed already, I hope I am not going to waste more time on it and be happy with other things and move on. I hope you all make the right choice!

I've changed my mind 1 year later

It's not bad. But overtime it's different now, the tip has dropped and it didn't have the curve and angle that I wanted. The angle looked worse than before sugary, it's just not what I wanted or promised. And I feel my look has been generalized overall. I lost some of my uniqueness that I had before. If I knew it I would have definitely not done it. I may contact the doctor to see what we can do to improve it, maybe with filler, but I am definitely try to avoid any future changes unless it's proven to be improvement or reversible.

I recommendation now is to not do it.

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Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
433 N Camden Dr., Beverly Hills, California
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I was very happy with the result right after, over time it changed, then I realized before was better and I got really upset. Dr Yoo and the team reacted nicely, and listened to me patiently. He give me a touch up with filler and that made a subtle but big improvement. Overall I like some part of my before more, and some part of after. It's kinda break even. For the whole experience, I still don't think I should've done it because overall it's not an noticeable improvement to me, or to my friends and family. And it cost a lot of time and emotion. Money is only a very small part comparing to that. But on the other hand, it was not bad to this point. So I don't feel bad anymore. Besides, Dr Yoo and the team has been very nice and they do try to make me happy. Especially Dr Yoo has been very gentle and patient. I do feel Dr Yoo has passion for what he does and takes pride in his work. Even though the result was different than how I wanted, he still makes me feel very comfortable to talk to, and I still trust him.