POSTED UNDER Breast Reduction Reviews
I Have Never Regretted Something So Much...
ORIGINAL POST
I Have Never Regretted Something So Much...
$9,000
As you can clearly see from the headline, I regret that I ever had a procedure with Dr. Gabriel. When I first went to see him, my concerns were minor. My previous implants were a little too big, and I thought that maybe now that I was almost 40 I wanted to chat about a lift as well. Let me start off by saying, the scheduling staff should have been a warning. I had so many issues just trying to get in to see the Dr. I had made two appointments that never really got put on the schedule. No call backs, and rude staff. Finally! I see the Dr. He spends 5 minutes with me telling me he can make my dreams come true and its a straight forward case. I pay the exorbitant amount of money he was asking for and scheduled my surgery. The surgery center itself, was dirty and chaotic. I felt very anxious as I was lined up with dozens of other patients with only a thin curtain separating us. I have had a few surgeries in the past after a massive weight loss, so I have some experience. I had high expectations, and was very disappointed. The Dr. comes in, marks me up, another 2 minutes and walked out. I woke up from surgery and was rushed thru a discharge. I didn't even see the Dr. when I was out of surgery. I had a post-op a few days later, still no Dr. It was maybe my third appointment that I saw him, after complaining about some redness and irritation. Quick 1 minute with him and I was on my way. I had tape on all my incisions for quite some time, so I didn't notice how bad it was right away. The tape came off. I noticed immediately that he cut me from my side to almost my sternum, thick horrible scars. My nipples are so high they pop out of tank tops and bras, they are also almost in my armpit. The other thing I noticed, was that my nipples are puffed out like the eyeballs of a stress ball. They aren't round or even oval, they are a very uneven circular shape. Just horrible. There was another issue I had mentioned to him, I advised him that I had had a 'Double bubble' and my previous doctor injected fat to hide it. He forgot about it, so that part has created a deformed cleavage. I finally get into see him, he ignores my other complaints and schedules me for a quick fix of the fat pocket. A few weeks before my surgery I am called and rescheduled without explanation. Then a few months later the second appointment is cancelled the day before surgery, the whole goal for me was to have this done before my Hawaiian vacation. The day before I am contacted again and told the doctor still can not see me and they cancel. I am told I would be contacted the next day for scheduling. Weeks go by and nobody called. I finally get ahold of someone and am put on the schedule again. Yesterday was my pre-op, now 8 months since surgery, he was an hour late which is pretty typical at this office. He looks at my breasts and tells me that I must not scar very well, and basically spends a few minutes explaining that it's me that is the problem. I explain to him that I have had surgeries and have NEVER had this happen. His plan to fix me is to EXTEND my scar which I already told him that I was upset by how long he made it. I am mortified. I loved my breasts before, scars and all. They were just a little big. I feel so deformed and ugly I can't even let my partner see me without a shirt. I was supposed to go in tomorrow for the 'revision' and I DO NOT TRUST him to do it, so I am not going to go. I do NOT want him coming near me with a knife.

Replies (5)