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Not a Positive Experience
It took me a long time to decide to write this review, but I think it is important for anyone considering surgery to have a full picture of the Dr. and their practice. Sorry if this is long but I feel it's important to go into detail.
I went to Dr. Sandovich for a consultation for a cheek implant revision. Had them done previously when I lived in Los Angeles and had them in for about five years. I liked the volume it gave my, so I didn't want to go back to baseline I just wanted a smaller and softer implant. Dr. Sandovich was very attentive and thorough during the consultation. He answered all my questions and seemed very knowledgeable. However, after I paid my deposit things changed.
He wasn't planning on attending my preoperative appointment so I had to request his presence. I found this very surprising because I have had other procedures done with other doctors and they always met with me during the preoperative appointment and went over everything in detail. It had also been 7 months since my consult. He finally did meet with me for probably less than 2 minutes. He was very short.
Morning of surgery he didn't meet with me either or do any preoperative markings. Again, I have never had this experience with any surgery. I told the surgical nurse that I wanted to speak with him. He finally came in when I was hooked up to IV and spoke to me for probably less than a minute. I was very nervous that he did no preoperative marking so I asked if we should look and some photos on my phone of what I wanted, and he flat out told me no.
When I woke up from surgery, he told me he had placed 2 implants on each cheek. That made absolutely no sense considering I said I wanted less and not more projection. Also, he took out my previous implant and then basically replaced them with the same ones and added two more. He clearly didn't listen to my desires as a patient at all.
I was expecting bruising and swelling for a couple weeks as is normal with most procedures. And considering I had this same procedure done in the past I knew what to expect. I looked like a complete side show freak. My family members were horrified. My father even told me he was afraid for me to go back to Dr Sandovich and begged me to go to Los Angeles and have them removed. As the swelling went down it was clear the implants were completely mal placed. The Dr. finally agreed to take them out at close to the 3-week mark. If you research this procedure most if the swelling should be gone at the 2-week mark. I even threw my daughter a party at around three weeks post op the first time I had this done and I looked great. This time I couldn't even leave my house it looked so bad.
The Dr then blamed me for not giving the healing process enough time. I will attach photos and you tell me how long you would be willing to wait with your face looking like that. It was far beyond normal bruising and swelling. I looked disfigured. Thankfully after removal I look normal again.
On the positive the surgical nurses and staff at this place are friendly and attentive. Other than that I did not have a good experience.
I went to Dr. Sandovich for a consultation for a cheek implant revision. Had them done previously when I lived in Los Angeles and had them in for about five years. I liked the volume it gave my, so I didn't want to go back to baseline I just wanted a smaller and softer implant. Dr. Sandovich was very attentive and thorough during the consultation. He answered all my questions and seemed very knowledgeable. However, after I paid my deposit things changed.
He wasn't planning on attending my preoperative appointment so I had to request his presence. I found this very surprising because I have had other procedures done with other doctors and they always met with me during the preoperative appointment and went over everything in detail. It had also been 7 months since my consult. He finally did meet with me for probably less than 2 minutes. He was very short.
Morning of surgery he didn't meet with me either or do any preoperative markings. Again, I have never had this experience with any surgery. I told the surgical nurse that I wanted to speak with him. He finally came in when I was hooked up to IV and spoke to me for probably less than a minute. I was very nervous that he did no preoperative marking so I asked if we should look and some photos on my phone of what I wanted, and he flat out told me no.
When I woke up from surgery, he told me he had placed 2 implants on each cheek. That made absolutely no sense considering I said I wanted less and not more projection. Also, he took out my previous implant and then basically replaced them with the same ones and added two more. He clearly didn't listen to my desires as a patient at all.
I was expecting bruising and swelling for a couple weeks as is normal with most procedures. And considering I had this same procedure done in the past I knew what to expect. I looked like a complete side show freak. My family members were horrified. My father even told me he was afraid for me to go back to Dr Sandovich and begged me to go to Los Angeles and have them removed. As the swelling went down it was clear the implants were completely mal placed. The Dr. finally agreed to take them out at close to the 3-week mark. If you research this procedure most if the swelling should be gone at the 2-week mark. I even threw my daughter a party at around three weeks post op the first time I had this done and I looked great. This time I couldn't even leave my house it looked so bad.
The Dr then blamed me for not giving the healing process enough time. I will attach photos and you tell me how long you would be willing to wait with your face looking like that. It was far beyond normal bruising and swelling. I looked disfigured. Thankfully after removal I look normal again.
On the positive the surgical nurses and staff at this place are friendly and attentive. Other than that I did not have a good experience.
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