Not the Results I Was Hoping for

I’m now 9 months post op from a lip lift with Dr Mascaro. I did heavy vetting online before choosing him to perform my lip lift. He seemed like a nice, talented doctor and his pricing was moderate compared to some other top doctors I was considering seeing. However I have been left with a pretty nasty scar under my nose. I’m too self conscious to go around without makeup on as it’s extremely visible and I feel people staring it when they talk to me or they’ll ask what happened… even when I do wear makeup it’s still very visible in photos and people notice it often. It’s very disappointing as I thought I was in good hands when I chose Dr Mascaro. I reached out to him and his team a few months after to let them know I wasn’t happy with the distance he removed as I wanted a much more dramatic result and also the scarring is bad. They informed me I could pay another $2,000 to have a revision with him in 6 months. However after this first bad experience I declined the offer for revision.
I’m now going to have to invest a lot of money into treatments to try and get rid of this embarrassing scar. I would do your research far and wide before choosing a doctor! I’m also considering going to see Dr Talei for advice on getting rid of this scar and possibly for a revision surgery which will cost another $8,000+…. Make your decisions wisely because sometimes it costs more to fix that the procedure costs in the first place.

I had a lip lift with Dr Mascaro this past December 2020. I was super excited as all I’ve seen are super positive results and great before and after photos.
Unfortunately what I wanted (and showed him pictures of) and what he did were two different things. I wanted a dramatic lift having little space between my upper lip and nose. Instead there’s hardly a change in the proximity at all... if anything it’s only 2.5mm of a change. After healing I went in public and none of my friends or family even noticed a difference. Now some people may think this is a good thing but I didn’t pay all this money and endure the recovery to come out looking the same as I did before... overall dr Mascaro is very nice but I unfortunately didn’t get the results I thought I clearly communicated that I wanted. I am now planning to schedule a revision with Dr Talei in Los Angeles, which in hindsight I might should have chosen him from the beginning but Dr Mascaros pricing was so much better! Dr Talei gives a more dramatic before and after while Dr Mascaro keeps it very modest. It all depends what you want, but for me I need more! I’m also left with a pretty noticeable scar that hasn’t made much healing progress.. I may look into laser treatments to help it go away soon.