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Desperate for a Booty! - Miami, FL

UPDATED FROM hwheeler36

My second review

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hwheeler36
$12,000
If anyone is interested In continuing to followmy progress simply click on my handle at the top of this review. Click on full profile. Scroll down and select which review you are interested in following. Easy peasy!

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Sam Gershenbaum, DO

Sam Gershenbaum, DO

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

4.7 | 187 Reviews
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T
August 5, 2016
I am sorry about your results. It isn't swelling.
And as the daughter of a surgeon (Harvard med school trained) I would NEVER go to a DO for surgery of any kind, especially plastic surgery. I feel you should have had oval implants. There is not much difference in your before or after except that your implants are obvious because they don't fill the lower pole of your buttocks. I would not be happy, if I were you and you way over paid. There are doctors who are very, very good who are boar certified plastic surgeon MDs who charge less and do a better job. I hope you will get some sort of satisfaction. And again, I am sorry about your results.
H
August 5, 2016
Thank you for your kind words. I have already scheduled to see Dr. Stanton the 21st of September for a revision. Already planned for ovals and the expense is giving me hives. Not to mention the thought of recovery again and a 6 hour plane ride during recovery scares me half way crazy..lol. anyway...putting on my big girl panties and get on with business! Keep up with me on my second review if you like.
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T
August 10, 2016
I wish you the best. It is sad that there are docs out there who dismiss their patients just because the doc himself is not accomplished at the surgery. I have definitely had that experience myself. Stanton is very good and I hear he fixes a lot of other doctors' mistakes. I wish you the best. Yes, the recovery won't be fun a second time. By the way...ask Stanton if he thinks you may benefit from a butt tuck so there won't be the loose skin underneath. After my post op visit, he and I discussed doing it next time. I still have skin laxity under there and I am very thin, like you.
H
August 10, 2016
I will do that. I hope I don't have to but I will definitely ask. Thanks for the info. And thanks for the well wiahes.
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A
March 6, 2018
Did u get them placed subfascial?
H
March 9, 2018
They were supposed to be but they clearly weren't. I had the second implants that Dr. Stanton placed removed due to complications and now I've had a BBL. Right now, my butt looks the best it has looked since my first surgery but I may have to have revisions yet to make it look nice like I want it too. But that won't be decided for another 7 months or so.

I might do another review for the BBL but I don't want to jinx myself so I'm waiting.
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A
March 9, 2018
So wheree are they placed now? Sorry for all the questions but i am getting implants too.
H
March 9, 2018
I don't have implants now. They removed them in February a year ago. It's a BBL I have now. They sucked fat out and transferred it to my behind.
H
March 9, 2018
Oh and they weren't supposed to be subfacial. They were supposed to be intramuscular but they were actually subfacia. That's why the first implants looked like crap.
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A
March 9, 2018
Ooooh i understand.
UPDATED FROM hwheeler36

Have to fix this

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hwheeler36
I'm officially done. Dr. Gershenbaum's office never called me after my last follow up to schedule my six month follow up. Fine by me! I'm done! I decided a while back to go to Dr. Stanton and have this mess fixed. There has been a lot of stress over this decision. Still is a lot of stress. I'm going to start a new profile for Dr. Stanton in case any of you care to follow that progress. There is nothing else to discuss here.

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SH
August 3, 2016
Have you ever looking into Dr. Grawe in Ohio? She's awesome!! I think better than Dr. Stanton (referring to end results) but Dr. Stanton is a good choice too.
H
August 3, 2016
Thanks for the suggestion but I already bought my non-refundable airfare. Plus, I've never been to California.
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C
August 3, 2016
Go girl and good look. I didn't have my butt implants with him but I been see a lot of his work and looks incredible. And this time go bigger. I would. I will probably in 2 years.
H
August 3, 2016
Thank you. I would go bigger But not much. My legs are too skinny. Lol. We will see what Dr. Stanton says when he actually sees me.
N
August 3, 2016
I will keep an eye out for your Stanton profile!
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C
August 5, 2016
Wish you luck! It has been over a year since my implants. I have just the opposite problem...my implants hang low. Going for the Dr. to look at me on the 15th. Hate to think I have to go through this again but my implants feel like they are almost sitting on the top of my legs. I am slim with skinny legs too.....but I want more of a booty. Hope I can find your next Profile so I can keep up with your progress.
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August 5, 2016
I think it's under the same handle. If I find it and it's different I will post it here to make it easier to find. Thank you and good luck withis your revision as well.
UPDATED FROM hwheeler36

Just another day

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hwheeler36
So, I just tried to update and lost my information I typed in while trying to post my last pictures from a couple weeks ago.
Since my last update nothing has really changed. I had a follow-up appointment and my doctor says he still believes the bottom bubble us swelling. He said they would schedule me a six month appointent and at that time if it hasn't changed we would discuss lowering the pocket.
I know for fact that the bottom bubble isnt swelling and I'm very concerned that simply lowering the pocket would only cause the dimples I have on the sides of my butt naturally to be seen again. I still believe my butt is too long for round implants. Therefore I'm still planning a consultation with Dr. Stanton. I need a second opinion.
Again, the pictures I'm attaching are from a couple weeks ago (I believe) but I will be posting more in the next week or so to show the change, or the lack thereof, at the 3 month mark.
On a bright note, the muscles are softening up and I don't notice the implant moving around as much. My butt, above the implant, is sore but I believe it's because I am on a road trip and have sat a considerable amount in the car and while visiting. The point being, it's feeling more like me and less like foreign objects.
The lighting is terrible in these pictures.

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SH
June 13, 2016
Go to a different Doctor!! Lowering the pocket will not fix it. Your implant seems too small. Go to dr. Grawe (Ohio) or dr. Stanton (Beverly hills) Keep in mind that you may only have one more chance to get it right, before too much damage is done to actually fix it.
PB
July 12, 2016
Thank you SO much for posting this review! I am no stranger to cosmetic surgeries and luckily have been happy. I had a BBL a few years ago and now want implants as I have lost weight and want a bit more roundness. I was considering this doctor because the choices in Miami for this procedure are so limited, but after this review I will be looking elsewhere. The biggest red flag was when you said he told you the implants will take a year to settle. I ASSURE you that was a lie to put off your discomfort. I would demand a refund. Seriously, no matter how polite they were, I would bring the heat.
H
July 20, 2016
Thanks. Looking at having revisions with Dr. Stanton. Don't do like me and try to save a few bucks. Go somewhere you're comfortable and if it means paying more then go that route. I should have chosen dr. Stanton or the other doctor in Miami. Now I'm paying over twice as much and going through the agony again. Not to mention, flat-ass broke (sorry, no pun intended). I'm a very unhappy girl! Thanks for your support. If there is one thing I can say to everyone out there looking to have implants done NOT EVERY BODY TYPE IS SUITABLE FOR ROUND IMPLANTS OR OVAL...DO YOUR RESEARCH!! Also, if a doctor only gives you the option of either round or oval...LEAVE and find a new doctor.
PB
September 30, 2017
Hey, thanks for sharing this. It's so tough and disappointing having to start over with a surgery. Dr. S does so amazing work! But the $ can be so frustrating with these celebrity doctors .
H
October 10, 2017
You're welcome.

Dr. Stanton replaced my implants but my right one failed. I had to have them removed. Been wearing padded panties for a while now. I guess my last hope is that have a bbl. I don't want to be a super model. Just normal. I would like to go to the beach again.

To be honest Dr. Stanton was less than Dr. Gershenbaum. The big expense was the travel. If I would have gone to Dr. Stanton initially I would have saved the difference.