Mutilated, Maimed and Marred

On 12-3-18 i had face lift and neck lift w platysmaplasty by Dr Vincent Zubowicz. From the moment i began waking up my neck was way too tight. For the first month I could barely move my neck. Now 15 months out my neck is a seriously uncomfortable botched job 24 hours a day. In May of 2019 the swelling under my chin, he had traumatized it terribly, had diminished enough to reveal how badly botched the aesthetic result of his work is. 

I am harmed; maimed and marred. He tightened the muscles in my neck way too much.The platysma came apart at about 8 months post op but the muscles on the sides of the neck are shortened too much and not the same on the right and left sides. Similarly too much was liposuctioned under my chin in the center with copious skin hanging down from the left jawline and skin though not as much hanging down on the right jawline. This looks awful. Additionally at the top of my throat there are my submandibular glands sticking out like eggs. The look is awful. 

I would have been so lucky not to have gone to Dr Zubowicz for face and neck lift. This horror story is only the beginning because after getting nothing from Dr Z; no answers and only mockery and sarcastic, unkind comments I appealed to Emory Aesthetic Center manager for help. Believe me Emory Aesthetic Center does not have your back if your Dr screws up. The Emory University Hospital administrators refuse to be helpful as well. This misfortune has been a long road for me. I was told i had to wait a year before anything could be done to make this better. 

I have consulted 4 Board Certified Plastic Surgeons here in Ca. Each one has seen what an awful mess Dr Zubowicz created. 1 of them suggested numerous months of injectables, fillers and fat melters. The other 3 referred me to another Dr for consultation of what they recognize as an unfortunate mess. I don't think anything can be done to make my neck more comfortable. My neck is disabled / ruined now. The docs here referred me to the other doc saying that he is the person that I should consult about surgically make better the aesthetic mess that I am left with. I looked my age before the surgery. Now I look like I got some 4th rate surgery from an illegal operator in the back room of a beauty salon. 

I would have given $17,000 not to have chosen Dr Zubowicz and the Emory Aesthetic Center. My experience is that they are cynical nasty people after they mess you up for life. I feel that they should pay for the corrective surgery. Had I gone anywhere else this horror story would not have gone so badly. I trusted Dr Zubowicz and I trusted the Emory brand. How could a professional with 35 years of experience doing this very operation have had such poor judgement? 

I almost forgot he also did my lips. For 3 months the left half of my upper lip was huge and the the right half nothing. Now the left half is still slightly bigger. The material he used is outside and below the lip line of the lower lip. Definitely not worth the trauma. Every other Board Certified Plastic Surgeon says the method he used for the lips is outdated precisely because it is so unpredictable and imprecise. The way he did the neck seemingly with a tight cord around the top of the throat from ear to ear is also an outdated method. I thought this guy was the current day Dr John Lewis.. He couldn't shine John Lewis's shoes. 

I asked for my patient record. It finally came and across the top This Record Has Been Altered. There is nothing included regarding the complications that I have suffered. I have been waiting on my before and after photos for close to 2 months. They say they are waiting on a USB stick. When I get them I will put them up. Nobody deserves such a bad experience. On aftercare I give them a 0. On quality of the surgery a 0. It is the worst result that I or any of my family or friends has ever seen or heard of. My rating for Dr Zubowicz 0 for a very bad surgery as well as no help after having harmed. For Emory Aesthetic Center I give a 0 for having been absolutely unhelpful. For Emory University Hospital administrator that i appealed to I give a 0.. Going there was great misfortune.