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Wilberto Cortes, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Lost a few more lbs

Weight is at 147, just 10 more and I'm at my original weight before the "professional" had me gain 30lbs. and told me to be near my ideal weight, makes no sense right? I know. But that's Dr. Cortez LOGIC for ya. Anywho, here's my photos.

Photos speak for themselves

At surgery I was about 175lbs per the "doctors" request to gain 20lbs, which to this day should have been my biggest warning sign. He tells girls to gain weight(ranging from 5-20lbs.), but to be near our ideal weight. First of all, what the f**k? That should have been my sign to gtfo of there and never look back, but I didnt listen to my gut. I wanted the stupid closeness, I went by all the good reviews I read, the stories, his ranking in houston. I ignored my gut feeling. Never ignore it, ladies. Anyways, my update weight to this day is finally 150lbs, only took a year -_-. I have to thank my husband for being my rock through all this mental and emotional anguish I've gone through, he has always been there. He doesn't see my scars, he just sees me, and that is what gave me the courage to lose the weight, he made my self esteem go from dragging on the ground, to just the right level.

Effects I'm Noticing now, serious questions

I've noticed some of the effects of having had this surgery with THIS doctor. I'm sure you can all see the work hes done on me for yourselves, ladies, but its what also lies under the skin that is in really bad shape due to his lack of skills. Not only did he mess me up on the outside, but I now feel hopeless as to what will happen when i have children.

Yesterday I decided to pick my sister and Goddaughter up for a girls day. We went out and I decided I would let her shop, since the baby doesnt really let her do any of that without getting cardio in from chasing. lol So I decide I'm going to babysit while she shops. As I'm holding the baby on my hip, i notice this sharp pain on my side. So I put the baby down and hold her hand. A little while passes by and the need to pick her up arises, so i do so, but this time i put her on my other hip to avoid the pain I'd felt earlier. I'd felt this pain before when carrying her, but it wasnt as bad before. Well, my niece is growing and gaining weight little by little. When I picked her up that second time and put her on my other hip, I knew it couldnt be coincidence that I was feeling this pain on both sides. So I tell my sister to hold the baby, as shes doing so I lift up my shirt slightly and kind of pull down on my hips skin, and BOOM, sharp pain across my side. It's the VERY THIN SKIN THE DOCTOR LEFT ON MY SIDES. In the places where he left those ugly indentations, burns, and painful shots of pain.

So now I'm thinking, this is just a little tug from my own hands. I didnt even pull the skin that hard. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDE TO HAVE A BABY??????????

How will that work? Seeing that a pregnant belly requires the pulling of A LOT more skin than what I'd just done. Is it going to be painful knowing that I have all of those scars under the surface of my skin? Is my skin going to tear on the inside? What the hell is going to happen?

Before getting this surgery we had decided to wait 3 years to conserve the beautiful masterpiece that was to be my body, after the F*** up I was left with, we decided to start trying in the new year. New years is less than 3 months away. What is going to happen to my belly? I'm genuinely worried about this just knowing how painful my skin is to pull. I started doing stretches that same day, stretches that had never bothered me before and its so painful to stretch my sides cause the skin is still so tender. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? This terrifies me. Is it going to complicate pregnancy? Is it going to cause unnecessary risk? Will it cause unnecessary side effects?

Have any of you ladies gone through this? Please let me know. Thank you.

Provider Review

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
12721 Swamill Rd., The Woodlands, Texas
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Overall rating
Doctor's bedside manner
Answered my questions
After care follow-up
Time spent with me
Phone or email responsiveness
Staff professionalism & courtesy
Payment process
Wait times

OVERALL RATING: (*) I'm not happy with my lipo, he didn't even touch my upper abs and left weird lipo lines on sides. Butt looks good though. BEDSIDE MANNER: (**) If bedside manner started right at surgery and ends right when I left, well, I saw him for very short periods (less than 5 minutes) each time he came to check on me. And when he marked me up preop, he forgot my chin, and when I mentioned it... let's just say he didn't really look pleased. ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS: (***) I didn't ask very many questions preop, but post op I asked about bumpy areas and just felt dumb asking. I felt like he had better thinos to do than answer them and make me feel better. AFTERCARE AND FOLLOW-UP: (**) Well, considering I spent every follow up appointment waiting minimum of 2 hours before being seen, and that's with an appointment, and being freshly PO. It wasn't ok. All the discomfort were feeli MD and having to stand there for that long... He needs to have certain days for recent PO girls only and schedule new patients other days. TIME SPENT WITH ME: (*) Yeah, I think we all know how much time he actually spends with us. I gave him 1 star for the 1 of 5 times he spent more than 10 minutes with him. I just asked my husband if I was exaggerating, he was there and noticed it too, even asked me why such a long wait for a 3 minute appointment. PHONE OR EMAIL RESPONSIVENESS: (**) a lot of times I would call and not get someone to pick up until the 3 or 4 time I called. And when I left a voice mail in the early open office hours I didn't get a response til the next day. 2nd star is for the quick email responses. STAFF PROFESSIONALISM AND COURTESY: (***) the staff was really sweet, answered questions, and welcomed me so it made it a ***** star minus * for the way they pulled out the drain and stabbed me to get out the stitches that they said weren't there and I knew were. Minus another * because I saw an ugly comment from office management to one of our RS sisters regarding defamation of surgeon and a possible lawyer being involved. So unethical and unprofessional. PAYMENT PROCESS: (****) it was really easy to pay them over the phone, no hassles, minus * because it's not so easy getting it back from what I've seen. WAIR TIMES: (*) If you've been there, you know why I gave it *. Terrible TERRIBLE wait times. Never waited less than 1hr30m to be seen. Not cool when you can't sit and your feet and legs are all swollen.