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2 1/2 Years Later and I'm Still in Pain. My Eyes Lids Don't Even Look Remotely the Same
I went to Dr Herman for lower eyelid surgery. I already had upper lids done the year before, and the whole experience had been so easy. I had recovered within the week. I was happy, and i thought they looked good. Fast forward a year and i went to Dr Herman, to have lowers done, he convinced me i should do the tops again. My left eyelid was a little more wrinkled but I really didn't think i needed to completely redo the tops. I said no, (and i wish i had stuck to that) but he pointed out that the last Dr that did my lids was a "dentist" and he had done thousands of eyelids, and advised me i should do the tops again while i was under anesthetic, because people usually regret it after. After a lot of back and forth, even at one point telling him i couldn't afford it, he said, you can get finance. At this point i said to my husband "well, like he said, he's done thousands of these and he clearly knows what he's talking about. He wouldn't be advising me to do this otherwise?", so i took his advise, and the day of the surgery he said " do you want me to do the bottoms or the tops too?" the seed had already been sewn, and i said, ok. The worst decision of my life. My eyes don't even look like they belong together anymore, and i have been in constant pain and discomfort. I have been back to him multiple times, and he's tried to fix it. In fact the last time i was there he said "don't worry, we'll get it right eventually"! like that was meant to make me feel better. The first surgery i had, with Dr Helfst, was so easy, and i recovered so quickly. He had been so gentle, and i went into the second one thinking this was no big deal and expecting the same, but I was so very wrong. Dr Herman is far from gentle. Even when he was taking the stiches out of my eye, he literally just pulled them out so fast,, the pain was unbearable, while his assistant took the stitches out of my left eye gently, he left the room when he was done, and she took her time to finish. Dr Herman is part of my health network, LVHN, so i had this sense of trust in him, that he would be a good surgeon. My life over the last couple of years has been going to multiple surgeons, trying to make sense of what he did. When i show them the before and after photos, they all have the same thing to say "I am very sorry that you got that advise, but that was not good advise!" In the mean time I am left to struggle. I would not wish this on anyone. I hope this review saves one person from going through what i'm going through.
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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
200 Plaza Court, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania