Avoid at all costs, careless and rushed

I had Liposuction done by Dr. Gruber and from start to finish it was a nightmare of an experience. She took a photo of my during my consult and printed it out and drew on it what my "after- results" would look like. They were much more dramatic then than the other Dr's I had a consultation with. I thought it would be best to pay more and get better results. I got the exact results the other Dr's had shown me, not her unrealistic ones. She charged me $15k, and most good doctors charge $4-5k for this same procedure (do your research!)

More importantly I have irregularities on of my thighs and one of my flanks is visibly bigger than the other. The procedure itself was extremely painful and I was not properly numbed. I asked for more numbing 3 times during the surgery and it felt like it was being stabbed repeatedly. They advertise how painless and easy it is when it was so far from that.  

In addition, I had very severe bruising that lasted over a month, in the first weeks the pain was so bad that I had gone in to Artistic Lipo to show her the bruising which she told me was "very unusual" and "not normal" causing some alarm. On the 3rd visit she told me to leave and go straight to the emergency room because the bruising could be a sign of a life threatening infection caused by her surgery IF I had well water in my home. I do have well water and I was never once asked if I had well water at any time before or during the surgery. Dr. Gruber also told me not to take the antibiotics that were prescribed, since in my chart I had written that over 5 year ago I had IBS, although nothing currently. We drove panicked to the ER, they did blood work and told me there was no infections and that the bruising was certainly from the rough job on the surgery.  

I have found out that bruising is often normal on liposuction so there was no reason for her to cause alarm and panic, although I had awake lipo done by another Dr. a year later in a different area and had no bruising, extreme pain or complications.  

Artistic Lipo overcharge by trying to sell you an experience that is special- like they take more fat off or that you get to be awake and thats its painless. Lots of places will let you stay awake, most doctors will have similar results so don't pay $10k extra for these people because it is nowhere near worth it. Its extremely painful to be awake during lipo unless you are getting "smart" or "vaser" in which case its only "less" painful. lipo 360 for a non-obese person should cost $4-5k please do your research everyone and read reviews to avoid places like Artistic Lipo which are a scam.

I just want to update everyone on the reasons to avoid Dr. Gruber, as some reading my initial review think that the bruising is the part i feel is significant and why they should also avoid Dr. Gruber, maybe because there are photos of the bruising. However, the reason is that she told me that the bruising was "not normal" and "very unusual" and after seeing me 3 times for emergency visit she told me to leave the office and go straight to the ER and that the bruising could be a sign of a life threatening infection caused be her surgery that would have gotten into my incisions IF i had well water. She did not ask me if i had well water before the procedure or at any point and she also told me NOT to take the antibiotics they had prescribed me. I went immediately to the ER and they took blood samples and confirmed there was nothing wrong with me except some bad surgery. MORE IMPORTANTLY my results are very poor, one thigh is visibly than the other and my flank is also irregular and visibly misshapen. Here are photos, the one with black marks is the one from her office, they took a photo of me and printed it out, Dr. Gruber then marked on it what my "after" results would look like, and why i should pay her $10k more than what most lipo Dr's charge. Doyour research most lgood lipo Dr.'s charge $4-5k for this procedure, not $15 like Gruber. So beware of Gruber.

Here are more photos of the various stages of deep bruising that lasted weeks. I started turning yellow, then blue and purple, then to dark purple and black, as seen in the original photos posted. These are on the inner and outer thighs.