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Not Impressed with Yily - Dominican Republic, DO Poor performance, attitude and deformaties

UPDATED FROM Tiffany Taylor
4 years post

My deformed back (and arm)

$3,500
Well, here it is. Here are two photos showing my back (and the darker one shows my arm a bit). It is hard to see in these photos. It is worst in person (I think), especially the arm. I was not trying to photo the arm, but I noticed that you can see the indent. I took these to send to Dr. Gomez who hopefully can fix this. As you can see I am not really much overweight. I'm about in the same shape I was when I went to see Yily, only now I am lumpy. If you look, you can see that I have fat pads at the top of my hips, but none in the middle or lower. Now my butt is more square. I have some before pics somewhere in an old phone. I would have to find them. Clearly you can see the lipo damage. There was no need for this -- expecially in my back. I had a great back until she did this to me! I know Gomez can fix my stomach with a TT, but what about this? It pains me to look at it everyday. I know some people had worst, but this is pretty bad. I don't think I have seen worst on the back.

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Yily De Los Santos, MD

Yily De Los Santos, MD

Plastic Surgeon

4.3 | 2037 Reviews
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Dr. Yily is way too overbooked. The day before my surgery she did surgery on five patients and had 7 post-op patients. Four of the 7 post-op patients had complaints about Yily missing something (arms, thighs, or something). The day of my surgery, which she almost did 7 patients, but ended up only doing 6, she FORFOT my thighs even though I bought a 5-page printout with photos and verbiage in both English and Spanish to to explain all my wishes and concerns. In addition, I had to fill out two sets of papers the day of surgery-on each of these sets of paper, I filled out the procedures being performed: THIGHS were one of the FIRST three words I wrote on each document. When I brought it up to her after surgery. She said I didn't say anything beforehand. I insisted I did and she said, "Don't lie." I kid you not, she said that and I quote her exact words. She did not know that the two women in the attached room were my friends-staying with me at the RH (Blitzgirl and Fabulous Fifty) who will both confirm this is accurate. I did not battle her on it as I was trying to get her to fix it before I left. I later determined I just could not handle another procedure this soon, so I did get my money back. She is a good surgeon. Don't get me wrong. However, she is slipping - big time. She does too many surgeries and is making mistakes, getting lax, and cutting corners IMHO. To give her the credit that she deserves, what she did do for me is fabulous. I do have a great shape. She otherwise followed my wishes/instructions. If I don't lose any of the butt I have right now, I do have exactly what I wanted. So she is good and I did like her, but she was not professional in how she handled the situation and it was a loss for me because now I'm stuck not having my thighs done and it will cost me a lot more now to have them done. She should have on file what I asked for (seeing it was in the first and subsequent emails, it was in the paperwork she requested, as well as the one I brought into consultation AND I paid for it). She shirked responsibility and treated me like I was trying to get away with something and talked to me like you would on the street. I replied with something like, "there was obviously communication issues or misunderstanding, but it is neither here nor there, I would just like it fixed" and I told her I was staying two weeks and asked if she would do it. She said she would see. Normally it is 20 days before you can have surgery again. I do think that she would have done it if I stayed and was fit for it, but I don't like that she said "don't lie." THAT is NOT how you talk to a patient! Period. So that is my final review on Yily. Too much risk, and too much money to fix the errors. It would have been better to save and go to someone who takes their time. Many people need something fixed (uneven lipo, lumps, bumps, unevenness). Given the current state and what is happening and what happened to me even though I knew about the situation and was tring to avoid it, I would also avoid her. :-/

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thank you for sharing!!
UPDATED FROM Tiffany Taylor
4 years post

Five (5) year update -- ready for round2 / revisions

Okay, well it has been almost 5 years exactly and I am finally ready ($) to fix it (wish I could afford to see a lipo revision specialist like Hughes), but I still don't have that kind of money. I believe a TT will fix my stomach issues, but not sure what can be done for my back. I HATE that she messed up my back--at the base of my spine where there is NO damn fat--i had a nice back and she effed it up (or let others work on my which is what I really believe because she had military duty that day, but I regress). At any rate, I started (3 days ago) doing Castor Oil packs (stomach & back) and sleep with a heating pad all night. In the morning, I use a double (blue) ball roller that has little spikes on it (to break up the scar tissue and/or fat), then a follow with a small marble rolling pin that I heat up in boiling water and roll the area a bunch of times... pressing pretty hard. I am going to do this up to my revision surgery, which I hope I can do late May/early June (coming up). I am posting this here on my original review, as well as my new review. I will be having a BBL & TT. I am going to look into correcting the arms as well, but will see when I get there. If I don't do the arms then, I will find someone to fix them elsewhere. My arms need more lipo (because she left fat pockets near my elbows and gave me some pretty big indents on one arm. I saw a specialist in NY (Engler) to remove a lipoma and he said it was deformed -- he compared it to a shark bit (I think it just looks like really bad lipo, but maybe that is only to those who have had lipo). He referred me to another dr in NY, a specialist, but he too retired (as did Engler). So, first things first. First, my belly/back will be fixed with a BBL/TT (I know the stomach will be. If the back is not, then I will have to find a specialist to fix that). I will start my new review as soon as I connect with my new Dr and confirm surgery.
Thank you to all who have supported me on this journey. I can't believe I'm doing this again. It is difficult in every way, especially when you have complications. I know PS is not perfection, but I also believe Drs should fix their errors when they are clear to everyone that it an error and not just someone being picky. Mild uneveness is bound to happen in lax skin in many cases, but big dents is an error. AND people should not have to pay (with cash and horrible results) from others practice (yes, I think some doctors allow other doctors to work on their patients). Also, when they are new doctors (even in the states) you should be able to know when newbies are working on you. IMHO, it should be dirt cheap, free or even get paid to be a guinea pig. I have big indents and lines on my back where there is barely anything but muscle there (in the lower back in the center where the base of the spine is). What the heck was anyone doing lipo-ing that area?!!! I'm still so mad!!! There was no need to put a canula in that area of my back!!! Grrr... Trying to move on and correct it, as I am so sick of being self conscious. I would actually rather have a scar (I heal well) that have the dents (some of them are big lines, like 4+ inches long, a long narrow dent--it looks so weird).

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Thank you for updating ! It’s so valuable to be able to read your story a few years on and to see how you have progressed.
thank you for this update, wishing you the best
UPDATED FROM Tiffany Taylor
1 year post

Going over my body now that I'm a year out and really evaluating everything.

I am debating posting the deformities on my body so you can all see the errors she made. I'm actually glad now that she did not do my thighs. I sooooo wish she forgot my arms too. I am saving to get my thighs done (even if I need a lift for loose skin) and having my arms fixed. In addition, now I know what one girl meant when she said that yily puts hips that are too high sometimes. That is what she did to me. I couldn't put my finger on it before, but I still have indents on my sides she didn't fill, but she put hips too high and makes me look MORE square from the back than I did before. I need that fixed. I have a few real indents in my back. Two of them are deep indent lines about 4 inches long. It looks messed up. My skin on my stomach is uneven. If I stretch it looks okay (like many of the pics I see on here), but when relaxed it is not smooth. I am considering a reverse TT to fix that. I will have the thighs lipoed and fix my hips, fill indents and divots. I am probably going to go to Markman and pay 18-20k or so, but I am not willing to risk getting worst. Maybe Mendietta. I want someone skilled at evening out lipo issues through more lipo as well as filling in with fat where there was too much taken out.

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oh my god girl, i feel so bad for everything that have to go through. My friends were telling me that the cops have been watching out for a long time and there Dominicans. They have a house out there and the cops have pressed them for money and jewelery its sad that the power of authority. Hope your doing well theres been a few people here have been having crazy ass experiences out there. It's so good for the newbies that are coming into the world of the BBL out there in DR. Best of luck to you love.
Thanks love. Yeah there is some shady stuff out there. Its rough out there and no one can deny that it is not a meat market. It is truly a cattle thing and Yily is just about the worst as far as taking too many patients and rushing them. There is NO recourse whatsoever.
girl i was shouting these things that u are say from the roof top last year. I'm so sorry for your experience, but thank God you are still here to tell you story.
I read you review and i want to say thanks for your honesty and bravery. I say bravery because you knowingly went out there and gave her the benefit of the doubt but her bed side manner was rude and unprofessional. I am glad she forgot to do your thighs!!!! It's nOt WORTH THE RISK! I hope you interview at least 6+ ps's in the USA to do revisions. I wish you the best and take care Bella
Thank you Bella :-)
I had surgery in the DR with no problems. I guess I was lucky. My facility was spotless and the doctors were kind and competent. I think, despite all the lousy US press and apparent difficulties people in this string have had, the DR still is a good venue to get elective surgery done quickly and inexpensively. In fact, I have set up a company to send patients to the DR, and the early results are extremely positive; I just took my whole patient experience and replicated it/improved on it (particularly the transfer of funds part so you aren't driving one hundred miles to Chase Bank or whatever the bank is that the doctor is restricting you to) for the benefit of others. I read strings like these to continue to fine tune our service offerings; there is some excellent feedback here that will be integrated into our evolving service offering. We're DRinDR -- a Dominican-based medical tourism company.
You guess you were lucky? You were lucky and if you didn't feel like you were, you wouldn't have felt a need to set up a company to help patients navigate the systems in DR for more successful medical outcomes...
This was a difficult read. I don't agree that Dr. Yily is a good surgeon. You cant assign the good qualities of a surgeon based upon the results that you got. You are not completely satisfied, you care was substandard and Thank God you survived with no infection or other major complications. Your experience was horrific to say the least. And judging by how you rated her, I would categorize her in the worst surgeons ever!. This is one of those situations where you BEWARW. Many will continue to go to her because the price is right. But you really have to ask, is it worth risking your life. Girl God was with you all thew ay. Just on you experience I would pause before thinking of going to her and that clinic!> Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
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