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Nightmare experience

UPDATED FROM brandirn
1 year post

Finally had a plastic surgeon fix the last of this crooked mess that Dugar created on my forehead.

$1,000
Dugar created such crooked symmetry on my once smooth forehead, that it has taken me over two years for injectors to get it right. Dr Jason Diamond did a wonderful job with his non-surgical brow lift and I highly recommend him if you want to go see a really competent Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. He can do anything you want from breast augmentation to nose filler too! He’s extremely popular here. And his office is extremely safe and professional during the pandemic as well.
I am extremely pleased with his work and care and will be using him for all my work in the future. I highly recommend him over Dugar. Good luck to everyone! Here’s my “after” pictures since the Dugar nightmare.

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Deepak Raj Dugar, MD

Deepak Raj Dugar, MD

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

4.4 | 46 Reviews
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Response from Dr. Dugar:
We are so sorry to hear about your experience. Patient satisfaction is of utmost importance to us. Due to HIPAA, we kindly ask if you are a patient of ours, to contact us directly at the office. Dr. Dugar is a Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon by the American Board of Otolaryngology who completed a fellowship in Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the core competencies of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery-Facial Plastic Surgery training.

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Thank you for reviewing and posting your botched job. So sorry you went through that.
You're looking great now
UPDATED FROM brandirn
3 months post

Looking like new again

Thank you for all your comments and I hope you are all looking gorgeous and happy with your results! The Botox that was injected finally wore off, I can chew my food again like a normal person and my face is nice and smooth like it was before—I’m so grateful It was only a temporary problem!

I learned that it’s not the zip code of a doctor, but the hard work they put into their board-certified education, combined with the many hours practicing their specialty, and honest, ethical character that create the real stars of plastic surgery. I’ll take responsibility for not fully researching this particular doctor like I normally would, because he moved into my last doctor’s practice and had a dynamic online presence. Don’t make my mistake—always do your research!!! XO

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I need my forehead done,
In between my forehead and nose, my eyes used to be huge, the aren't anymore, and definitely, my top lip.
My neck too! Haha, I look
Like a
How much time you needed to recover?
Dr. Dugar is the absolute worst and biggest fraud out there! Stay away!
He’s a quack. I totally agree. Dr. Diamond is right down the street if you want a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who knows how to make you look amazing. I went there 6 months ago and had an amazing experience. He does a really nice non-surgical brow lift and can do filler rhinoplasty like a pro. I would NOT advise anyone to have Dugan touch their face.
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Nightmare experience

Went to Dugar for continuation of care for dermal fillers. My plastic surgeon retired. Dugar had great market marketing skills; tech savvy. I thought he was much more experienced than he was. Four years? Never trust your face to an inexperienced ENT who is not a BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON. They do not have the same training. I mistakenly thought he was one. He couldn’t even inject Botox on a 54 year old woman. He made my face asymmetrical and lopsided when I moved it, one eye droopy with a saggy brow (I went for a routine brow lift), and refused to smooth the lines on my forehead. Instead he made them wavy. When I had to return to get it “fixed,” he was really nasty to me and began using the syringe in a hurried, angry manner and it was painful (I’m used to being injected, and know when it’s unusually uncomfortable... also the first time he injected the Botox it was totally different.)
That said, I’m unnecessarily bruised, lopsided, sagging brows that look horrible, and lines all over my forehead. He also convinced me to get Botox in my neck and it looks worse than before I did it— plus it affects my ability to chew food and makes me unable to move food from my cheeks. I have to actually put my finger in my mouth to push it away from my cheeks and it’s ridiculous. But if I don’t, I can’t eat, and I don’t want cavities. Does he not know basic anatomy??
One last thing—for whatever reason, Dugar seemed to dislike me from the start. I got the impression that he was a pleasant guy from all the “happy” videos, but he has a really mean, [RS bleep] side to him. Even his assistant looked surprised when he her to show me out During my last visit, he saw a photo of me how I “normally” look and said, “Well I like to have more ‘movement’ in the face —I don’t think I’m the right fit for you.” Movement? —You mean like wavy lines and droopy brows? No thanks, I’ll take a smooth, line-free younger face I worked my [RS Bleep] off to pay for, when I got that facelift a few years ago.
Thanks Dr Dugar for wasting a lot of my time, changing my 2 appointments 4 times due to your “busy schedule” (if you’re not a young pretty girl getting a nose job, expect no less than 2 rescheduling calls or emails from the office), talking down to me, touching me with an invasive instrument while angry and making me feel extremely uncomfortable and upset the rest of the day, and physically physically causing me unnecessary pain.
Let’s not forget the horrible outcome I have to look at in addition to the bruising, and the wasted money I paid, which was actually HIGHER than the previously WAY MORE EXPERIENCED— AND ACTUALLY REAL BEVERLY HILLS CELEBRITY PLASTIC SURGEON. See pics of my face before and then after my unfortunate experience. I’m so upset since my last appointment and the way I was injected and physically treated that I’m considering reporting Dugar to the medical board.

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I am so sorry you had to experience this man. You have every right to expose him and I hope you do. As you know, Botox wears away so you will be okay, but report this man!! Best of luck - you are a beautiful woman, how dare him.
Thank you sondrajoia
Hi there,

Have you seen any improvement since the treatment now that some time has passed?
Hi ! I went to to another doctor who knew my previous doctor (the really great retired plastic surgeon). He evened out the asymmetry and removed the wavy brows as best he could. Because my face was made a bit uneven, it will take an extra visit to totally fix it! The entire fiasco ended up costing me an extra 800 dollars. I’m just extremely grateful I didn’t have any fillers done!
Hi I saw your review and am afraid to get a rhinoplasty with him I just cancel my hotel room and I want o cancel win him too He lie to me telling me that he has 30years experience and when I found out this app he only has 4 years plus he charged already half of the price . On conclusion Do you know how to get my money back am really worried
Well well dr Dugar sure knows his Job @ first I was a bit un- sure almost three months latter my nose job turned out better than he projected good job Dr Dugar you made believer out of me.
I totally get what the surgeon means. A totally line free look on a mature woman looks fake, plastic and artificial. A softer approach looks younger. Look at Christie Brinkley. She looks soooo young for her age but has movement. The frozen look is ageing. It doesn’t make people look young, only artificial. His experience may not be as long as some but his skill in noses is incredible. He’s ranked one of the best in the world. Because he doesn’t share YOUR aesthetic likes for Botox, doesn’t make him a bad practitioner. Quite the opposite actually. I’d have refused you that frozen look too. I agree with him. He was a bad ‘fit’ for you. You were looking for something he doesn’t provide. Sticking with doctors who do that frozen look is best for you if that’s what you like personally.

It’s unfair to brand him unskilled for not wanting to make you look frozen and unnatural.
In reference to the doctors response, it’s not a HIPAA violation of the patient has publicly posting about it.