Mommy made ooh la la - my results are nothing short of amazing

Dr. Kagan is a Rock Star. He is now with Unique Aesthetics/Body by Unique. I had my Mommy Make Over on August 31. I am 21 days postop. My results are nothing short of amazing.
PROS:
1. Dr. Kagan reviewed each and every page of my medical records within my eye view and initialed several pages.
2. I received a tummy tuck with muscle repair, breast lift, and lipo of the flanks and the results speak for themselves.
3. Dr. Kagan has years of experience which supported my decision to chose him, in addition to the fact that I personally know someone who had lipo 360 and BBL by Kagan, prior to my procedure.
4. He engages with you in such a way that you feel valued (eventhough you only meet prior to surgery).
CONS:
1. Cons are related more to his association with surgery center than Dr. Kagan personally as he is an independent contractor with Body by Unique (currently).
2. I booked with Kagan in June 2022 when he was with Prestige. About two weeks later I found out he moved to Unique Aesthetic because I could not log into the portal because my account was locked. I was very upset that I was not told because I felt Prestige and Kagan knew or should have known he planned to leave before they accepted my deposit.
3. My surgery date had to be rescheduled due to his departure from Prestige. Prestige tried to play games with my deposit, but I don't play about my money.
4. Unique claimed that Kagan moved to provide a better patient experience. I decided to trust Kagan to make this move because he has been in this business long enough to determine what is best for him and his patients. And he had done good work for my friend.
5. The reputation of the prior facilities he has worked for especially Jolie Plastic Surgery.
6. The Florida State Medical Board charges about $38 to obtain information about a licensed doctor. One would think this information would be provided to the public for free. Shame on Florida.
7. Dr. Kagan (as well as most Miami surgeons) does not carry malpractice insurance despite what the Florida Medical Board website says.
8. You do not find out Dr. Kagan is an independent contract of the facility until you are in a room with other people completing documents that virtually none of the read as I witnessed.
9. The documents required before surgery are dense for a Mommy Makeover and I was never offered a copy of what I signed, though I did take pictures of some pages that seemed questionable. In fact, I did not sign a particular form that stated, in part, that I acknowledged that I was leaving the facility against medical advice. I was told that that wasn't what the form meant. I pushed back to explain that it is what the form said and I that was not the case so I would not sign. The person went out of the room and we never discussed it again. We had conversations about other pages that were were able to resolve with me lining out passages I did not agree with because I DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING I CANNOT ANNOTATE OR ALTER.
10. The machinations of these 'surgery centers' these doctors align with can be disconcerting. I understood (based on many reviews and videos) that this would be substandard surgery practices so I proceeded with that in mind choosing to rely on the reputation of Dr. Kagan. I watched the investigative report: Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller on HULU and had a sense of what to expect minimally.
11. Hidden costs and unexpected fees. When Kagan switched from Prestige to Unique there were extraordinary fees that were being charge for items not disclosed when I booked. So we had to have a meeting of the minds on what I wasn't going for. I ended up relenting with the biopsy fee for the breast lift, but to date there is no proof it was actually done.
Overall, I had a great encounter with my selection of Dr. Kagan as my Mommy Make Over surgeon. I didn't have billing issues so I worked well with my patient coordinator. I paid half up front and half when due. However, there was one call where she said I needed to work on my balance and I had to check her because I paid half when he moved to Unique and my surgery date got cancelled to ensure that wouldn't happen again. She then realized I am not that patient that needs to be talked to in that manner. They were paid in full within 60 days.
I will say my opinion of the 'Miami Surgery Scene' is that they offer low cost procedures to people predominately in a low income bracket and therefore employ tactics and schemes that are manipulative and tantamount to fraud in a lot of ways. I did address my concerns in emails to my Unique point of contact on several occasions because I do not play that phone call crap. They say anything on a call, I need my responses in writing. So I think we understood eachother early in the process. I am not for shenanigans. I understood what I was venturing into, but I would not tolerate games.
My advice is to read as many reviews of any surgeon or facility to weed through the complaints. Also READ WHAT YOU SIGN