My experience with Dr. Shahine - You have been warned! New York, NY

Let me first start with, I DID NOT go through with the procedure with Dr. Shahine. I just need to explain why. First visit: I arrived for my consult at 6pm. The office was PACKED with women who were in jogging pants, walking around in socks, hair nets, etc. It was as if they had slept there all night. The receptionists in front, forgive me, but in such an environment should be more professional. They spoke to me and other patients as if were we friends from school, childish. After waiting what seemed like an eternity one of the receptionist pulls me into an office where she, yes she, a girl with no medical license, proceeded to evaluate me. After she was done telling me what I needed done, not asking what I wanted done, she gave me a price quote. She proceeded to say "if you want to do your arms, well only charge you another $2,000" I never mentioned having my arms done. I left the office without ever meeting the doctor himself. Second visit: I decided to go back to see if maybe my first time around was just super busy. When I called they told me yes I would be able to meet with the doctor. So again, at 6pm I headed over. I walked in and found some more woman piled all together in this small waiting area. After about an hour Dr. Shahine finally met me. He gave me his advice, told me I would look beautiful and showed me a pic of someone who had the same frame as I did and what she ultimately looked like. After meeting with him and being desperate for that perfect body, I left my deposit and scheduled my procedure which was a month away. I was given all the procedures to prep for the surgery which seemed a bit weird especially the part where it said to place maxi pads, yes maxi pads on the incision sites to stop the drainage after surgery. Again, outta desperation I paid no mind to this. I was sold on that pic he showed me. Blood work: I was instructed to come in a week prior to my surgery to have blood work taken so I did just that. I went first thing in the morning. 9am to be exact and when I walked in, the lights were off and about 12 woman were sleeping. Clearly they had been there all night. This is where my hesitation started to kick in. The receptionist finally arrived but told me the nurse wasnt available until Wednesday which was two days away. Angrily I left but told her I would return then. Back on Wednesday: went on my lunch break to get the blood work done. Again, walked into a room JAM PACKED, this time worse than ever. I was told by the receptionist that the nurse was busy but would be about 15 minutes. So while I sat there waiting the stories I heard in the waiting area were insane. Some of these girls had actually been there for two days around the clock waiting for their turn. Some were hostile and angry and one girl was even told to leave. That she would be called when the doctor was ready to see her which could even be at 2am. 2am???? After 45 minutes I told the girl at the desk I had to leave because my time was over. She goes to inquire only to tell me sorry the nurse doesnt have time right now can you come back later. At this point, I had had enough. I decided at that moment this place wasnt a safe medical facility. Upon leaving I encountered a woman outside. She has done her procedure with Dr. Shahine but had returned because she had fluid pockets in her stomach. She proceeded to tell me how excruciating painful her procedure was and that it was NOTHING like the videos he posts on youtube. She also made another good point. If you notice his before and after pics, the afters are always taken on the surgical bed right after surgery. Because of the swelling of course your stomach to ass ratio is going to look great. I never really thought of that before. Research:Now I probably should have done my research prior to meeting and scheduling my appt but I was new to this so it didnt dawn on me. However, after my last visit I decided to look him up. He is NOT, I repeat, NOT certified with the American Board of Plastic surgery. If you dont believe me look it up. He may have attended seminars and conferences but that's about it. He is a former OB/GYN now plastic surgeon. While that transition is fine, its questionable as to why he doesnt become certified. Upon further research i found that those woman appearing in his youtube clips were either paid or had services provided for free. Final statement: Dr. Shahine may do good work but his practice is run inappropriate for a medical facility. Dont believe me, go for a consult and see for yourself. I cancelled my procedure the day after my last visit. One last final statement: To show you how poorly his office is run for two weeks after I cancelled my procedure I kept receiving calls to reschedule. They never had me cancelled and whats scarier is they were going to perform this w/o getting medical clearance about me like my blood work. I even rec'd a call from some woman on her cell phone to come in at 8pm that night. UGH! Good luck!