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Carey Nease, MD
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
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I am hoping I have found someone!

I have an upcoming consultation and am hopeful he can fix my eyes. He has already viewed my pictures. I will update once I know for sure. The cost to have this fixed is a whole other issue but I CAN NOT and WILL NOT be ok with my eyes looking this way. I have man-made bags by Dr. Nease among other issues that were caused by the FT. I am trying to be positive with the new surgeon because this is the only area he performs surgery. He is an expert on the eyes and botches like this. AND I have seen DOZENS of before and after pics of this surgery he has performed.

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STILL DEVASTATED OVER A YEAR LATER!!

The results from the fat transfer by Dr. Nease deformed the under part of my eyes.It has been over a year and it continues to look worse and worse! All plastic surgeons say that the botched fat transfer under my eyes is ANYTHING BUT an easy fix so I don't have a lot of hope that I will look normal again. I will search until I find the right plastic surgeon. I am going to choose wisely this time and I have said before, I will not mistake confidence for competence. This has devastated every part of my life, not to mention what it has done to me financially! ALWAYS look at SEVERAL before and after pics of the procedure going to be performed!! it will save you the nightmare I am still going through.

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Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
1313 McCallie Ave, Chattanooga, Tennessee
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My intent with this review is to hopefully save at least one person from going through the mental, emotional and physical anguish I have experienced because of Dr. Nease. In the beginning I LOVED his bedside manner and his confidence in the procedure he was going to perform on my face. He convinced me the procedure was the “golden standard” and I shoudn’t settle for anything less. I asked he and his nurse many times if he had done this procedure many times and they told me it was one of his routine procedures and the outcome would be great. I failed to ask for before and after pics of his work. PLEASE ALWAYS ASK FOR MULTIPLE (at least 10!!!) BEFORE AND AFTERS OF THE PROCEDURE THE PS IS GOING TO PERFORM!!! He performed the procedure on my face and after a week or so things just didn’t seem to look the way he had said they would. I made an appointment to see him and I asked him why I still saw a few things that were supposef to be removed. I said are they going to be better or resolved?? He said IDK!!! IDK??? I just let you cut on my face and NOW you’re telling me you’re not very confident in your ability like you were before??! Then he said “If I’m not worried you shouldn’t be worried.” Everyday I looked in the mirror hoping all the things I saw were part of healing. I went back several times in tears to which he said at this point he could “fix” the things that went wrong. I went in EVERY WEEK FOR WEEKS for revisions ( he told me there would be NO scarring!!!) Without being too detailed about my experience I endured weeks and months of revisions to my face. He asked if I would just “give him time and be patient to fix things”. I was VERY patient!! He and his nurse would make condescending remarks and make me feel as if I exaggerated what I saw in the mirror. However, privately his nurse said “I have never seen this happen before and I would be furious if he did that to my face!” Of course once he realized how terribly he had messed up my face he convinced his nurse to go along with him and make me feel as if I am not seeing what I knew I saw. He kept denying the damage he had done to my face UNTIL I demanded to go take “after” pics in HIS lighting and HIS camera angles (he and his nurse kept saying it was bad lighting and bad camera angles that made it look so bad). We compared the before and after pics and needless to say he did NOT have a lot to say when he saw for a fact with his owns pics the damage he had done that was never there before. He then again asked me to be patient and give him time to fix things. He even had his colleague try to “revise” his work. After WEEKS of weekly visits for revisions I emotionally could not take it anymore! My face had scars, scabs and bruises for MONTHS and it affected my job and personal life. I called his office and asked that he call me back, but of course he had his nurse call me back and basically tell me that what I see is not reality and that he told me this would be the outcome!!!! I then scheduled an appointment so I could meet with him and I took in HIS before and after pics and showed him. He then said “what do you want me to do!!!” He became angry and rude and then his nurse came in and they smirked as I talked about how I felt. He then stated he had done everything he could to help me, but sometimes he just couldn’t help everyone!! Before I met with him i consulted with other PSs regarding my face and they wholeheartedly AGREED that his work was not only a less than a desirable outcome, but had permanently disfigured my face unless I have revision suregery. I told him this and he said I hope you really know what you’re doing as far as revisions and I hope you have a reputable PS. His nurse made a comment once again about me overexaggerating SO I held up the after pic and said “Would you be ok if your face looked like this?” At that point she was speechless and replied “no.” Case closed!!! I then asked him for the money back so it can go towards the many additional THOUSANDS it will take to fix the damage he had done. He then agreed and said now he will lose money on me!!! I was floored at such a pompous statement when he had damaged my face to the extent he had!! I am scheduled to have revision surgery and then hope to be at a place that my life returns back to normal. All of the damage can’t be fixed, but at this point I will settle for my face to go back to somewhat looking like it did before the surgery. I did let he and his nurse know that one thing that DID help was getting validation from other PSs that I DO have damage to my face and i am NOT imagining all of it!!! Let me leave you with 2 pieces of priceless advice….DO NOT MISTAKE his confidence for competence and ALWAYS look at 10+ before and after pics of whatever procedure or surgery is going to be performed! One last thing…I was so desparate to look normal again that he talked me into doing a $1500 procedure to fix the damage he had done (which he denied) and I did it. When I went and said I see no difference he said it just takes time and maybe another 1500. procedure!!!! Btw…he did NOT gove me the money back for the 1500. procedure because he denied that he had caused the problem (which was CLEARLY not there before and it showed in the before and after pics!!!) It at least makes me feel better to tell part of my story so I can begin heaing emotionally and physically.