58 Years Old, WeightLoss of 165Pounds After Lapband 8/19/2010, ExtraSkin, Start of SeveralSkin Removal Surgeries. Georgetown, TX

vangoe2's provider

Craig A. Staebel, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

I have never met a more honest, compassionate doctor who is respectful of his patients and his staff. When you are talking to him, it is as if no one else exists and he hears you. No question is stupid or insignificant. After being a large woman the majority of my life, I always felt that plastic surgeons were only for the elite and never for someone like me. After my first visit in Dr Staebel's office, I left feeling so special and valued and that it would take time to do all the procedures. He did not promise miracles and he spelled it out so I would understand instead of all the fancy medical terms that doctors always love to use. We talked about all the different procedures I could have done and we worked to create a game plan that worked for me, as well as my budget. Again, I couldn't ask for a more honest doctor with integrity and kindness and a little spark of onryness. Sometimes when there is pain, laughter makes it feel better. Overall from the time you walk into the front door of his office to the time you leave, whoever you come in contact with is your friend for life. These women who work with Dr Staebel in this office are like a well oiled machine. They can read your face to know if you are in pain, best said, you would just have to see it to believe it. This Tummy tuck was my first procedure; I have been in every summer since 2013 and will be in this summer 2016 for two more procedures, one out-patient in the hospital and one in office. In the summer of 2014 I had my arms and thighs done overnight in the hospital. In the summer of 2015 we did some revision work done where my body was not cooperating. This summer, we will defy gravity and put my boobs back where they belong and do a mini facelift to get rid of my jawls and excess skin on my neck. I will be 61. I can't wait to come back here and show the final results. It's amazing when you work with such nice people who encourage you and believe in you, it helps you heal in more ways than one. I feel you not only look better on the outside but it changes you on the inside too. Once everything is done this summer I will submit pictures of all procedures before and after. I am so glad I invested in myself. I now how two great men in my life, my husband and my plastic surgeon. I have had one for over 40 years and the other for almost three years.