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Scar was awful - Before and after results were identical

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Humiliating and Traumatic!!

Brave368608
His attitude and demeanor is abhorrent. Any issue or criticism is met with arrogance and excuses. The entire experience is beyond words. The nurse and the receptionist are fine. They're a very awkward team and REALLY impatient. Lacks compassion more than any doctor I've ever encountered. They boast 'dr brace goes above and beyond' and that's not the case. Above and beyond to benefit himself and get as many customers in and out as quickly as possible.
He did my procedure when I had a RAGING sty. My eye was literally swollen shut, and to my shock, he proceeded to operate! Needless today my body could not handle the trauma, further infection developed and the surface stitches split. The deep sutures were supposed to dissolve but we're rejected instead. Complete knots were pushed out of the wound, and the nurse said it looks to be healing great!
The scar was awful, my before and after results were IDENTICAL. $5000 spent so I could get my face sawed into by a really inconsiderate doctor and no improvement. He also referred to my facial asymmetry as a defect. Which I had never considered it to be, but I'll never forget it now.
A year later I did a scar excision. The experience was even worse. The result is much better, but I am now exaggerating when I say what he did makes me sick.

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Matthew Brace, MD

Matthew Brace, MD

Facial Plastic Surgeon, Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

4.9 | 70 Reviews
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Replies (4)

March 6, 2022
Did you go to the same Dr. for your scar revision? I hope not.
April 15, 2022
He sounds like someone who's hubris exceeds his skills, which is always scary when people like him do medical procedures. sometimes they have no business doing them in the first place.
September 4, 2022
I'm shocked he did this when you had an infection,, and so close to the operative site. Your lucky you didn't go septic. God, I cringe when I hear about these lip lift review that cause so much trauma to the patient. Your photo shows what appear to be stitches and this is one year post op????? I hope you are feeling better now. Thanks for the warning about this A.H.
April 9, 2023
Im so sorry to hear about your experience. My result after my first surgery (not the same doctor as you) were minimal. Barely noticeable to me. I was sad but I knew a revision was an option as he told me in the beginning he was going to go conservative and see what it looked like.

5 and a half months later he redid it and it came out the way I wanted it to. He only charged me $1500 as well which was crazy. A simple scar revision is $750 so for this to be such a low charge I couldn't believe it.

Have you had yours redone or have any resolution? :(
April 9, 2023
No, I don't ever want to face dr Brace again. He's just unpleasant and when he did the revision, I could feel the frustration.
Both times, they gave me Ativan beforehand to help calm me. The second time, I asked for more because I felt like I needed it. It hasn't even dissolved under my tongue and they were urging me to get started. I hate the scar but my lip definitely looks better than it did before. I think I'd rather have the "defect" I had instead of the experience I had with Dr Brace.

Do you mind sharing who did yours?
April 9, 2023
That was a big worry for me, that the dr would be mad at me or feel insulted that I wanted a revision but luckily for me he is very laid back, nice guy. I live in Winston Salem, NC and used Dr Tucker from Salem Plastic Surgery. I have posted a review but waiting for it to get approved.

I had a chiropractor ask me to fill out an update sheet of how my treatments were going. I answered honestly and said that the pain was actually worse. I wasn't mean or rude I was just honest, thinking it could help him help me. I thought that was the whole point of asking for the detailed update. He flipped his attitude from always being nice to being nasty and offended. I canceled my treatments that day and never went back. Idk why some ppl act this way but it is unacceptable to treat patients like that and your case was worse since you had already spent so much and were basically at his mercy :(