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Constantino G. Mendieta, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Worst Experience of my Life..... Stay Away!

Stay away from this Dr and office.
I had a lipo 360, bbl, and arm lipo. Experel for pain and j-plasma in two areas.
I had an online consultation and everything seemed fine, the doctor was nice and confident that everything could be done safely. I had my pre op appointment a couple of days before my surgery and I told him what I wanted, and showed him pictures. Made sure to tell him I DID NOT WANT A HUGE BUTT, I wanted a small one with upside down heart shape. Also told him I DID NOT WANT HIPS!!!! I never saw him take notes in this pre op appointment, and the results showed that.
My surgery was scheduled at 6 am (first surgery of the day), he made the marks and I repeated what I wanted: a small butt and NO HIPS. I’m not sure how long my surgery was, but my husband, who was waiting for me outside, did not get to see me until 5 pm!!!!! No one told him anything. He saw girls come in and out after their surgeries, and I was still there. Days later, I was told that my hemoglobin was dangerously low and they we giving me a transfusion. Big lie!!!!! I could barely sit up straight or even move, I was so extremely weak. Not only that, they made my sit in a chair during my recovery, for at least 7 hours!!!!! The nurse that “helped” me to my car asked me to move faster, because she had other patients to attend.
Recovery was hell!!!!!!!! I went to my post op the next day, and they did nothing. My hemoglobin was lower, but they decided to send me home anyways. A couple of days later, another appointment, still with a dangerously low hemoglobin and they sent me home again. BTW, they made me take of my garment at every appointment, and they wouldn’t help me.
The following week, still very low hemoglobin and they wanted to give me a transfusion and charge me $2000. I only thought about sitting down for the 5 or 6 hour transfusion....Crazy!!!!!!
I was eating everything possible in order to get my levels up, and it worked. Slowly but surely, my weakness went away. But it took almost 2 months.
Results: as soon as I got to the hotel I was staying at, the nurse that was helping me noticed a deformity in my right butt. One cheek was different than the other. After about a month I noticed that One arm was so much bigger than the other one. Every appointment I mentioned the deformity, and they insisted it was normal!! I had lymphatic massages every other day. They first month was with the one they recommended and it was the worst pain I have ever felt. Worst than the surgery itself.
By the third month, and hadn’t seen the doctor still, NOT ONCE!!!!! My arms were covered in fibrosis and they decided to do carboxytherapy. More extreme pain!!!!!!! I had balls inside my skin down my arms, and they didn’t know what it was, so they said: “let’s try carboxytherapy, and see what happens”. Crazy!!!!!
Almost at four months, they finally gave me an appointment with the doctor. He came in with an entourage and looked at me for no more than 5 min., and started “recommending” a round two bbl. he said it was my fault because I slept on my back (I was 4 months post op, and I was still sleeping and laying on my stomach. My husband would take me to every appointment with me laying down in the trunk of the car) Even though I told them from the very beginning that my butt looked weird, he still insisted it was my fault. The arms, he just said, yes they need more lipo. Forgot to mentioned that the arm lipo was the most painful of everything I had done. Four months out and I still couldnt use my arms.
He told me to schedule the next surgery and he would fix it. At that time, my result was a huge butt with a shelf shape, and he gave me huge hips!!!!!! Everything different from what I wanted.
For someone who lost more than 50lbs in order to get the surgery, now I look big again!
They sent me an email a few weeks later for my revision surgery and they wanted to charge me $7,500!!!!!! Plus the cost of the j- plasma $2,000!!!! On my very first consultation I asked specifically if revisions are included and they said yes...... now they want to charge me almost $10,000 to fix something he did wrong???
If anyone decides to get surgery with this doctor, make sure to write down everything you want, and make him read it on front of you. Take pictures from day one of your post op. I wish I had pics of my butt and arms from the first day post op.
The ladies that work there, even though they are nice, they will not respond to any of your calls or questions.
Try to find an office that really cares about patients and not the money!!!!! Worst experience of my life!!!! And I was left deformed!!!

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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
2310 S. Dixie Hwy., Miami, Florida
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