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UPDATED FROM Original384596
1 year post

I Hate him!

Just want to do a quick update it's been almost a year since my 360 lipo and I truly hate my results I feel like my body looks worse and I wish I never ever went to him still till this day eventually I will go find a new Dr do lipo and a tummy tuck I feel like that'll be the only way to save myself until than luckily I can hide it in clothes for the most part but when I look in the mirror I get so mad ladies and gents please run and don't even look his way!

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Michael Constantin Gartner, DO

Michael Constantin Gartner, DO

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

4.6 | 248 Reviews
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I wish I could go back in time. My procedure date for Lipo 360 was on 8/7/20. This quickly back fired and on the day of my surgery his staff was about 40 minutes late. I’ll give him this his anesthesiologist was absolutely amazing! She explained everything to me. Dr. G didn’t even say more than a word to me besides marking my body up. When I woke up I was absolutely freezing beyond control the IV was still in my hand (with nothing in it) and so was the catheter. I was so uncomfortable and in pain! I kept saying to the nurse I’m sorry but is there something in me? I begged them to take it out it was killing me and she took forever because she was too busy getting another girl ready for her surgery. Finally she did and they sent me on my way. Dr.G made the wrong call on my body and HE CHOSE not to put drains in me; he left me to drain on my own which was the worst idea ever! My body never drained properly and I was in way too much pain to go to my post week appointment. I had to push it back by a couple days. When I did finally return, after paying this man $8,100, he didn’t even remember who I was and said “okay we did this procedure four days ago” my head almost rolled off my shoulders. Not only did he not know who I was he didn’t even know when he did my procedure until he opened the folder. I showed him how uneven I was and how I did NOT drain at all like I should have. He said he had to manually drain me and just stuck me with a needle and alll of the drainage started to pour out in my OWN clothes and my shoes. He did not even offer to give me a garment to change into I had blood, puss and liquids all over my clothes with the nurse barley helping. You could tell she had no clue what she was doing either, she was taken back by what just happened. He then rushes out of the room and leaves me there soaked in all this liquid that drained from my stomach and I look at the nurse and ask her if he’ll be coming back in the room? She said, “no he’s with another patient now” ??!! To Make a long story shorter, I had to drive an hour there and an hour back once a week for 4-6 weeks out of my way to get drained manually now! Each time it was the same result, let’s just get this done with like I was and issue and a burden. It was rushed and it was the most uncomfortable feeling in the world. The only part of my body that looks a LITTLE different is my back—my stomach looked worse than what it was originally. When I went for my final check up, I explained to him that I was unhappy with the results and my lower abdomen especially looks completely wrong and bloated he did offer to go over only the bottom hump for free as a revision—but I had to wait 6 months for the revision. When I went to go see him even though he offered to redo the bottom bulge I now have sticking out, I could see he was getting annoyed Bc I was pushing for my whole stomach to be redone and he was trying to get more money out of this new procedure. As if $8100 wasn’t enough to basically still look the same and go through a hell!
I finally got him to redo my entire stomach which he did, but he was upset the whole time doing it. I’m the one walking around with a giant lump under my belly button. The nurse was beyond rude to me, she called me the day before and said you need to be here at 1230 and I said but my procedure is at 3pm she goes well we moved everyone up, so be here at 12:30. She didn’t ask, just told me with an attitude. I make it there by 1230 and she’s on the phone, texting in front of me talking to whoever called her saying I’m trying to leave but I can’t, like she’s annoyed to even be at work. She takes my blood pressure and tells me I have high blood pressure out of no where I told her I never had high blood pressure before she checks again and goes oh nvm. I wanted to add, the Definition of Lipo 360 is that the hips are also done (mine were never done, but whatever). I didn’t want to argue with him even further I wanted to just get this done and never come back. Moral of the story—believe the bad reviews and this one !

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Some of this surgeons are out of their minds! They care nothing about their reputations
Yes I agree it’s truly sad I’m just happy I’m safe and it’s over with
I'm happy you're safe as well ... finding a good surgeon is such an exhausting task
Thank you ♥️ I just hope other people see it and do their research Bc you pay so much money and in a sense a lot of people are treating themselves and want to do something nice for themselves and they end up with nightmares it’s horrible
Thank you so much ♥️
I went to Dr Gartner as well and he is clueless with what he is doing to his patients. I was rushed exactly the same as he did to you. It was like a factory. I went out bleeding while walking to the car, and nobody gave a crap. Worse worse doctor
Omg I'm so sorry that happened to you that's the best way of explaining it like a factory I felt like cattle and I still hate my results till this day but I'm so Grateful unless I tell you I did something I can Disguise it he's horrible!!!! He really shouldn't be doing anything on people it's scary
Omg I'm so sorry that happened to you that's the best way of explaining it like a factory I felt like cattle and I still hate my results till this day but I'm so Grateful unless I tell you I did something I can Disguise it he's horrible
My results are awful!!! I have I center bulge and I never had before my extended tummy tuck, dog ears on both sides and my incision looks like Edward Scissorhands did it! Obviously they only post good surgeries or they edit all their pictures. This has made me extremely depressed. I had to figure out where I’m going to get another $13,000 to fix his mistakes!!! Absolutely disgusting he should be a ashamed of himself.
Yeah I totally agree it's horrible!!! I feel the same way