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Portugal Filler and Botox Nightmare
I choose Dr Tony Bettencourt, as I have been going to him for Botox for a few years. Yesterday, he 'sold' me on doing fillers in my face, first time.
Cheeks (Juvederm) and Jowls (Restylane).
He injected them in very unevenly, and my left cheek has a hard round marble sticking off, and the right cheek has nothing?! I was in tears, because the results you see immediately are what you are left with forever, and I look like a freakshow! After crying in the bathroom, I came back to ask him to fix me please.
He said I was fine, nobody would notice (?!), and the was not going to do anything to fix his work! I was in shock. He refused to even acknowledge what everyone else could see....I was uneven and unnatural, and very scary looking.
This morning I woke up, day after the procedure, and the bottom part of my face is PURPLE! I cannot go to work, or even leave my house!
Now, I expected some bruising, and I choose him *specifically* to do this procedure because he bragged and told me he has a Laser there, that corrects the bruising, and if done in 24-48 hours it reduces bruising by 80%. I choose him because he had this (others in area don't).
So I called this morning to ask if he can please laser this so I can go back to work. He said no. To maybe come back in 11 days (after he was done with his vacation!!). So 11 days without me being able to work. He NEVER told me before the procedure that he would be on vacation and not able to follow up with any issues!!!
So now I have cheeks that are freakishly uneven and I have to pay to have fillers dissolved (800 euros), and I have a black and purple lower face that is overfilled (did not solve the jowls issue I even had!). And he does not want to 1. take any responsibility. 2. to help fix his mistake, 3. does not respect his patients (their work or life).
Doctors take the Hippocratic oath do no harm.
This doctor did not take that, or does not respect the oath he took.
How can you mangle someone, and just leave them....and not fix what you did?!?!
Even children are taught to say sorry and help fix when they make a mistake....should a grown man, a doctor, not be expected to do that too?
If you want a skilled practitioner, look elsewhere.
If you are looking for a doctor who wants the best for you, look elsewhere.
If you need someone you can rely on and trust, please please look for someone else!
His office is pretty, and that is about all I can say that is good at Clinic Prive in Portimao.
Cheeks (Juvederm) and Jowls (Restylane).
He injected them in very unevenly, and my left cheek has a hard round marble sticking off, and the right cheek has nothing?! I was in tears, because the results you see immediately are what you are left with forever, and I look like a freakshow! After crying in the bathroom, I came back to ask him to fix me please.
He said I was fine, nobody would notice (?!), and the was not going to do anything to fix his work! I was in shock. He refused to even acknowledge what everyone else could see....I was uneven and unnatural, and very scary looking.
This morning I woke up, day after the procedure, and the bottom part of my face is PURPLE! I cannot go to work, or even leave my house!
Now, I expected some bruising, and I choose him *specifically* to do this procedure because he bragged and told me he has a Laser there, that corrects the bruising, and if done in 24-48 hours it reduces bruising by 80%. I choose him because he had this (others in area don't).
So I called this morning to ask if he can please laser this so I can go back to work. He said no. To maybe come back in 11 days (after he was done with his vacation!!). So 11 days without me being able to work. He NEVER told me before the procedure that he would be on vacation and not able to follow up with any issues!!!
So now I have cheeks that are freakishly uneven and I have to pay to have fillers dissolved (800 euros), and I have a black and purple lower face that is overfilled (did not solve the jowls issue I even had!). And he does not want to 1. take any responsibility. 2. to help fix his mistake, 3. does not respect his patients (their work or life).
Doctors take the Hippocratic oath do no harm.
This doctor did not take that, or does not respect the oath he took.
How can you mangle someone, and just leave them....and not fix what you did?!?!
Even children are taught to say sorry and help fix when they make a mistake....should a grown man, a doctor, not be expected to do that too?
If you want a skilled practitioner, look elsewhere.
If you are looking for a doctor who wants the best for you, look elsewhere.
If you need someone you can rely on and trust, please please look for someone else!
His office is pretty, and that is about all I can say that is good at Clinic Prive in Portimao.
Provider Review
Dr. Tony Bettencourt