I had an interesting experience

Provider Review

• 30 Apr 2018

Well, if I had never gone to Doctor Baker, the doctor who performed my first rhinoplasty, I never would have lost weight. I came when I fit into the scared stereotype of an overweight teenage girl who thinks a nose job will change her life. If I remember correctly, I came when I was 16 for the first time, to his office, where there was a wait (but it's always quite packed and the women are always fun to look; also, who wants a "barren" plastic surgery office?) When he did see me, he told me that he wouldn't operate on me unless I lost the weight. Out of the six doctors who I did see (Including Ashton), he was the only one to explicitly state how important doing so would be. I'm surprised people say he is super cruel because I started to cry when I heard he wouldn't do the surgery and he pulled me back and went through, feature by feature, what was good about my face. I don't think most doctors will do that. Then he didn't charge my mom on our way out. He also told me to come back when i lost the weight. Which I tried to do, struggling down from 200 pounds to 145-his own goal, which I would look better at--was 135. He also performed the nose job on me, which I saved up years for. The nose job itself was ok. I wasn't that happy but I had viewed him sort of as a god and I don't think I made it that clear what I wanted before hand. As it was, it was so conservative; he didn't touch the bridge or thin the tip-whenever I mentioned I thought he would do more, he sort of shrugged it off, like you read about here a lot. At the same time, recently, he told me if I lost the remaining weight, to sharpen my features, he would do it. (Keep in mind, at this time, his office(-Robert-Sandy-Mirette--probably hate me and think I'm that crazy patient pestering their boss so it wasn't fun going). This seemed like a good tactic as well as a way to save up the money, which I did do. He then said he changed his mind and wouldn't touch it. At that point, I had passed up 1) a chance to go to Athens while saving for the rhinoplasty revision and 2) another top doctor who had been ready to do it, open, at a reduced rate. I only really trusted/loved him-I remember, he had brought a Brazillian dcotor into the waiting room with us to see my nose and that really upset me because I just felt she would confirm whatever he would say. For some reason, I was beyond shocked. My mom was also really scared because i came home researching the fabeled "cheap surgery in India" while crying. I guess it's okay to string along patients for no reason. Or maybe there was a reason-when we were looking at my photos together, he said "focus on inner beauty" which seemed to be what you would say to someone who can't really be beautiful. I started to cry and he said "sorry, honey." Anyway, my nose that I have from him is goodish for new york standards but bad in how badly my "relationship" with a doctor I once thought was a, basically, a god ended and now I'm really following through with this goal of the perfect nose, as I'll be flying to turkery to get it. I hope this was helpful. Basically, as someone who believes in plastic surgery, I think he can do the job but he's very refined, which is exactly what East Side daughters of bankers/lawyers/whatever want. Seriously, when I compare my nose to VG in Glendale or any nose in Iran, I want to die, but when I compare it to the "best" in New York, it's him. He has a very effificent office staff and a beautiful office. As a person, while I was in love with him as a child, I have no idea who he is but it certainly made the somewhat easy in theory process of getting a revision rhinoplasty a drawn out, year of your life sucking nightmare.