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Horrible experience as far as recovery. He…
Horrible experience as far as recovery. He is great if you are happy with results, if unhappy he will say you have body image issues and should seek a phsyciatric. He takes shortcuts with your physical health and he needs more years to be skilled in his craft. You can see my pictures and how he botched me with huge implants and how he had a breast revision contract with me but refused to honor it.
Dr Alvarez results after 7 months of Breast…
Dr Alvarez results after 7 months of Breast lift and augmentation post op please see my pics. He is now at Mia Aesthetics. Nice staff very different than Spectrum. Spectrum was nice once they got your business rude, never return calls, very unaccomodating they actually treat you like you are no longer their patient and also very combative with anything to help me get my records. Lol the invisible Lisbeth the coordinator never returned any of my 7 phone calls to her. I was no longer a patient, no commission in it for her. I got nasty emails from Spectrum explaining that they have nothing to do with Alvarez and I had to follow him with his contract. Just super unprofessional Stephanie "the supervisor".
Lina at Mia was a great transition for me trying to get all my previous files from Spectrum and new medical files from current Dr. every one I spoke to at Mia was just very sweet and helpful. They returned calls right away and correspondence. They have great staff. Doctor Alvarez is still nice, personable, but only if you agree with him, doesn't like to hear anything you don't agree with, still very pompous and arrogant if you disagree that results aren't right. He will say something is wrong in your head and with your body image, it's what he did to me....Well yeah after he did surgery on me! He messed up my breast augmentation and breast lift where they were boulders and 3 times bigger than I wanted. So ide day I have a bit of a complex. My lift dropped worse than my before pics after only 7 months not to mention the constant shaving of my painful stitches that kept growing out of me. The several visits to that horrible place Spectrum in Miami. He agreed early on after sending him pictures that it wasn't results we both wanted and after another visit to Miami to a revision with a contract. 7 months later the contract went with him after he left Spectrum or was let go as rumored by Spectrum staff. He retracted his words as man and surgeon. At my pre op just recently in his new office that was in the back room of a Hair Salon/ Nail Salon!!!!! Yes trust me I cannot make this up!!!! No hospital gown no nothing a lil room office in the back. It was not a gd experience, especially if you are a new patient and have never been thru plastic surgery. Very demeaning! I just wanted to get my revision that I still had to pay another 2500.00 for taken care of on top of the 5,000 I already paid when he was at Spectrum. The pain in my neck, shoulders and upper back from the weight was too much to bear. He came in the room and asked if I can undress. I was waiting thinking an exam room at least. Maybe an extra room in the back of this hair salon. I undressed and after I was nervous told him I still trusted him and was relieved to see him. This Dr is going to fix my ugly, heavy, hurtful breasts. I had to stay although I wanted to run out of there, I had too much invested not to mention the 3 trips from NY and all the hotel and rental car expenses. He was friendly said he was going I Dr his notes and his first question was if I got my mental evaluation he suggested before. Now you lost my trust again! To try and put me down for your mess up!
He still said my unhappiness, it was in my head, i really actually liked him but he tried to play my self image. My therapist that he said I should see, said he was the one giving poor body image to even suggest that, and if it weren't for women with poor body image he would not have a career. He even said he felt bad for other women who would believe him. I don't have a poor body image I only want to look better. Cheap shot but he insisted I looked great not admitting his errors. The day before surgery he planned shortcuts on my revision. He refused to honor my breast lift revision. He tried to say i still need a phsyciatric Eval because i had beautiful breasts and nothing was wrong with me, yeah well in his narcissistic eyes because he can't later admit that he himself said it's not results we both wanted. His offer he wanted to remove my implants no reconstruction of my breast from outstretched implants, or take out old implants and no new pocket to hold the new one once again no fixing of the excess outstreached skin in other words another botch job. He didn't care that I flew out once again and after I paid over 900.00 extra for prepaid hotel and flight expenses, rental car, not to mention time off from work and for my caregiver who traveled with me. My bf his time off from work, his expenses. Lastly no return of the $5,000 I initially paid to get botched. I have pics to back it all up, he had my loyalty and trust and that's gone. Second opinions at his suggestion from doctors, one said he was sloppy took shortcuts and probably doesn't know how to augment or lift breasts and asked if he was board certified, the other said that I should never let him do a revision anyway because he will prob do worse the second time and he would never have put such a big size implants with knowledge on a women who had a breast reduction in previous years. Gd luck in your new practice Dr. Alvarez if you don't listen to your patients you will not suceed! Spectrum even told me it's not their fault he messed up he is no longer with them. So it's my fault I put my trust and health in him to only be treated so unfairly. To give him some credit. He has done great work on women who are younger, I am 54 years old, he even said at one of my first post op visits my skin was stretchy it's why they are dropping, oh and I'm not a candidate to wear braless clothing items. So what was the purpose of your empty offerring before surgery that I was going to look great. Ummm didn't you see me before surgery to assess that early on before you performed surgery? Excuses for his shabby work on me. He takes shortcuts ladies beware you may not notice it now but he was going to redo the same botch he did on me once before. I even sent 4 lady friends to him and he did great on 3 of them. Sometimes i get it something doesn't work out for one and I was that one and was actually very understanding and patient until I went for my revision. Thank God I walked out of there, he is very nice if you agree with him, disagree with him he will put you down. He is the one who early on sent me to see one of the drs who gave me a second opinion. His words were " I have no problem you going to the other Dr. If he can do a better job than I can than by all means". The other Dr. Said to me after I called him to explain the way he was gonna botch me again, that he didn't care who I went to but definitely not a doctor who isn't listening to his patients and definitely not a doctor who isn't going to take time and detail to perform a revision correctly. He needs to put new pockets, cut excess skin and tight and lift and Dr. Alvarez was not going to do any of that but take implants out and stitch me up or replace with smaller one and stitch me up. Do your research ladies it's not proper procedure. I watched enough you tube videos to know it's not how it's done. I hope I helped one of you ladies.
Lina at Mia was a great transition for me trying to get all my previous files from Spectrum and new medical files from current Dr. every one I spoke to at Mia was just very sweet and helpful. They returned calls right away and correspondence. They have great staff. Doctor Alvarez is still nice, personable, but only if you agree with him, doesn't like to hear anything you don't agree with, still very pompous and arrogant if you disagree that results aren't right. He will say something is wrong in your head and with your body image, it's what he did to me....Well yeah after he did surgery on me! He messed up my breast augmentation and breast lift where they were boulders and 3 times bigger than I wanted. So ide day I have a bit of a complex. My lift dropped worse than my before pics after only 7 months not to mention the constant shaving of my painful stitches that kept growing out of me. The several visits to that horrible place Spectrum in Miami. He agreed early on after sending him pictures that it wasn't results we both wanted and after another visit to Miami to a revision with a contract. 7 months later the contract went with him after he left Spectrum or was let go as rumored by Spectrum staff. He retracted his words as man and surgeon. At my pre op just recently in his new office that was in the back room of a Hair Salon/ Nail Salon!!!!! Yes trust me I cannot make this up!!!! No hospital gown no nothing a lil room office in the back. It was not a gd experience, especially if you are a new patient and have never been thru plastic surgery. Very demeaning! I just wanted to get my revision that I still had to pay another 2500.00 for taken care of on top of the 5,000 I already paid when he was at Spectrum. The pain in my neck, shoulders and upper back from the weight was too much to bear. He came in the room and asked if I can undress. I was waiting thinking an exam room at least. Maybe an extra room in the back of this hair salon. I undressed and after I was nervous told him I still trusted him and was relieved to see him. This Dr is going to fix my ugly, heavy, hurtful breasts. I had to stay although I wanted to run out of there, I had too much invested not to mention the 3 trips from NY and all the hotel and rental car expenses. He was friendly said he was going I Dr his notes and his first question was if I got my mental evaluation he suggested before. Now you lost my trust again! To try and put me down for your mess up!
He still said my unhappiness, it was in my head, i really actually liked him but he tried to play my self image. My therapist that he said I should see, said he was the one giving poor body image to even suggest that, and if it weren't for women with poor body image he would not have a career. He even said he felt bad for other women who would believe him. I don't have a poor body image I only want to look better. Cheap shot but he insisted I looked great not admitting his errors. The day before surgery he planned shortcuts on my revision. He refused to honor my breast lift revision. He tried to say i still need a phsyciatric Eval because i had beautiful breasts and nothing was wrong with me, yeah well in his narcissistic eyes because he can't later admit that he himself said it's not results we both wanted. His offer he wanted to remove my implants no reconstruction of my breast from outstretched implants, or take out old implants and no new pocket to hold the new one once again no fixing of the excess outstreached skin in other words another botch job. He didn't care that I flew out once again and after I paid over 900.00 extra for prepaid hotel and flight expenses, rental car, not to mention time off from work and for my caregiver who traveled with me. My bf his time off from work, his expenses. Lastly no return of the $5,000 I initially paid to get botched. I have pics to back it all up, he had my loyalty and trust and that's gone. Second opinions at his suggestion from doctors, one said he was sloppy took shortcuts and probably doesn't know how to augment or lift breasts and asked if he was board certified, the other said that I should never let him do a revision anyway because he will prob do worse the second time and he would never have put such a big size implants with knowledge on a women who had a breast reduction in previous years. Gd luck in your new practice Dr. Alvarez if you don't listen to your patients you will not suceed! Spectrum even told me it's not their fault he messed up he is no longer with them. So it's my fault I put my trust and health in him to only be treated so unfairly. To give him some credit. He has done great work on women who are younger, I am 54 years old, he even said at one of my first post op visits my skin was stretchy it's why they are dropping, oh and I'm not a candidate to wear braless clothing items. So what was the purpose of your empty offerring before surgery that I was going to look great. Ummm didn't you see me before surgery to assess that early on before you performed surgery? Excuses for his shabby work on me. He takes shortcuts ladies beware you may not notice it now but he was going to redo the same botch he did on me once before. I even sent 4 lady friends to him and he did great on 3 of them. Sometimes i get it something doesn't work out for one and I was that one and was actually very understanding and patient until I went for my revision. Thank God I walked out of there, he is very nice if you agree with him, disagree with him he will put you down. He is the one who early on sent me to see one of the drs who gave me a second opinion. His words were " I have no problem you going to the other Dr. If he can do a better job than I can than by all means". The other Dr. Said to me after I called him to explain the way he was gonna botch me again, that he didn't care who I went to but definitely not a doctor who isn't listening to his patients and definitely not a doctor who isn't going to take time and detail to perform a revision correctly. He needs to put new pockets, cut excess skin and tight and lift and Dr. Alvarez was not going to do any of that but take implants out and stitch me up or replace with smaller one and stitch me up. Do your research ladies it's not proper procedure. I watched enough you tube videos to know it's not how it's done. I hope I helped one of you ladies.
If I can help one woman to beware of Dr. Alvarez @ Mia and Spectrum than I'll be ok
I need a revision and I have to go thru this all over again. If I can help one woman than I feel it wasn't all for nothing. This is my own personal experience. He has had great results that I have seen myself, it just wasn't with me. If you want results that will last and you can live with do not see Dr. Sergio Alvarez and if you want the best customer service and care and attention stay away from Spectrum. In May 2016 I had a breast lift and augmentation, to this date I have lost 3 lbs not gained anything since May 2016 surgery date. We cannot blame my breast dropping out of their pockets and down to my mid chest on weight gain since surgery. I wanted a breast lift and Dr. Alvarez said I needed a implant to give myself volume. To backtrack a lil I had a breast reduction over 20 years ago and I explained to him I also told him lost 85 LBS so he agreed I had hardly any breast tissue left I need a minimal implant for volume . I told him I do not want to look like a [RS bleep] star i joked im a grandmother he was very kind courteous and said no it will be a wider implant making me look full and voluptuous. Said I won't be so big. Ladies do your homework I knew nothing about ccs only about bra size and that’s what I told him he said he goes by ccs. Here I am an hour before surgery and trying to make a decision about my size. I signed my life away I wish I had known about ccs. It’s horrible that Spectrum does the pre- op day of surgery, I wish I could have done research or seen what it looks like. My preop time that’s the only time I was given that they said was how Drs do it. Huge mistake! I woke up was huge and swollen and was told by the nurse will go down give it time. I was like OMG I feel big. I went back and forth last summer because of issues with stitches, the one was a big square at the bottom. I could not go back home to New York right away because my stitches were all coming out thru my skin even 3 weeks later. My left breast was deformed like a square he cut my insicion sideways not straight I looked like sponge bob on my left breast. I sent pictures to the coordinator Lisbeth who never ever returns a call. I had to keep calling the office until someone finally had her call me. Finally after several days Dr. Alvarez calls me and he tells me after reviewing my pictures, it’s not the results we both wanted. He tells me come back in 5 months because I need more time to heal. I went back in August 2016. Meanwhile I am shaving my stitches that kept coming out of my skin on my breasts and nipples. No they didn’t dissolve to this day I still feel them inside of my nipples.
Fast forward to my August visit he insisted I looked great, nothing was wrong I told him he made me almost 3 sizes bigger I never ever wanted huge breasts I told him the neck pain was unbearable, when I lie down the implants fall on to my sides of my arms very painful to sleep, my lift is no longer a lift, the indentations on my shoulders are digging so deeply from the weight. I’m 5’2 153 lbs with 44 DD cup size now, I was a 38 DD. He said he can take implants out and do revision. Wth I paid 5k to go thru pain and then take them out? He was not very sweet and courteous as initially when we first met, he did not want to even listen to me as a patient. I had great respect for him I even sent a few friends to him. He was frustrated with me. He even went as far to tell me something was wrong with me in the head and I really need to see a therapist! Oh and have the therapist call him! I told him if something is wrong with me then something is wrong with every woman that walks into your door. There is nothing wrong with me but me falling on my face with huge deformed breasts that hurt. After a half hour of him putting me down saying I needed a physchiatrist it was in my mind, and building me up how I looked great he saw me upset and crying he finally agreed to a revision. There is a 1500.00 charge for revision for anesthesia and O.R room, check your contracts ladies. I sat with Stephanie “the supervisor” as she told me that at least 4 times, she is the worse representation of customer service was rude, almost bothered that Dr. Agreed to a revision and told me I have to pay implants again. I of course protested and she said she will get back to me. I left, flew back home to NY. I received a call after 3 weeks of calling and leaving messages at Spectrum a total of 9 times and asked for the manager Christina left her a message of course Angela the medical assistant called me because my coordinator Lisbeth never returns calls nor did the management. Angela told me I can have the revision and do not have to pay for the implants again and Lisbeth will call Me that day. Lisbeth miraculously did call explained the exact same thing to me that I do not have to pay again only the 1500.00, sent me a breast revision contract nothing about that implants were not included and we set a date for Dec. 2016. Ladies when you get that contract and something is promised make sure you do not overlook it and have it more detailed. I should have made sure implant was added on the contract but really it doesn't matter now. Fast forward Dr Sergio Alvarez is no longer at Spectrum he is at Mia Aesthetics, so my Breast revision contract goes with him. Total nightmare to be continued…...
Fast forward to my August visit he insisted I looked great, nothing was wrong I told him he made me almost 3 sizes bigger I never ever wanted huge breasts I told him the neck pain was unbearable, when I lie down the implants fall on to my sides of my arms very painful to sleep, my lift is no longer a lift, the indentations on my shoulders are digging so deeply from the weight. I’m 5’2 153 lbs with 44 DD cup size now, I was a 38 DD. He said he can take implants out and do revision. Wth I paid 5k to go thru pain and then take them out? He was not very sweet and courteous as initially when we first met, he did not want to even listen to me as a patient. I had great respect for him I even sent a few friends to him. He was frustrated with me. He even went as far to tell me something was wrong with me in the head and I really need to see a therapist! Oh and have the therapist call him! I told him if something is wrong with me then something is wrong with every woman that walks into your door. There is nothing wrong with me but me falling on my face with huge deformed breasts that hurt. After a half hour of him putting me down saying I needed a physchiatrist it was in my mind, and building me up how I looked great he saw me upset and crying he finally agreed to a revision. There is a 1500.00 charge for revision for anesthesia and O.R room, check your contracts ladies. I sat with Stephanie “the supervisor” as she told me that at least 4 times, she is the worse representation of customer service was rude, almost bothered that Dr. Agreed to a revision and told me I have to pay implants again. I of course protested and she said she will get back to me. I left, flew back home to NY. I received a call after 3 weeks of calling and leaving messages at Spectrum a total of 9 times and asked for the manager Christina left her a message of course Angela the medical assistant called me because my coordinator Lisbeth never returns calls nor did the management. Angela told me I can have the revision and do not have to pay for the implants again and Lisbeth will call Me that day. Lisbeth miraculously did call explained the exact same thing to me that I do not have to pay again only the 1500.00, sent me a breast revision contract nothing about that implants were not included and we set a date for Dec. 2016. Ladies when you get that contract and something is promised make sure you do not overlook it and have it more detailed. I should have made sure implant was added on the contract but really it doesn't matter now. Fast forward Dr Sergio Alvarez is no longer at Spectrum he is at Mia Aesthetics, so my Breast revision contract goes with him. Total nightmare to be continued…...
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