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POSTED UNDER Rhinoplasty REVIEWS

Crooked and wider throughout bridge and tip

Name: Crooked and wider throughout bridge and tip
Item: Anand G. Shah, MD
Rating: 1
Author: anxious.fellow

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Dr. Anand Shah convinced me to go with him after...

anxious.fellowFebruary 11, 2015

$10,000

Dr. Anand Shah convinced me to go with him after multiple MD consultations. He told about how another local plastic surgeon caused botulism in one of his patients, , but wouldn't give me the name of the surgeon, he also said I had a complex nose and no one else could do the job but him....very smooth talker, so even though he charged me $3000 more dollars, I decided to go with him to play it safe. Well, he did not deliver on his promises... $10500 and painful anxiety, here I am 6 months post op and with the wider and far more crooked nose, that he gave me. After following up several times, month after month, he refused to do a revision and would not refund a dime. So I'm posting this in hopes that others will not fall victim to this surgeon.

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Anand G. Shah, MD

Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (6)

sunflowerslove

February 12, 2015

Sorry you are going through this. I'm 4 months post op and some days I love my nose and other days not so much. We are still in the healing process. It could take a year or more for final results. Hang in there. We can't judge our results right now. I read its best to wait one year to have a revision. Maybe in a year you'll be happy :) keep us updated. Think positive. I think your nose looks great.

Angie_M

February 13, 2015

Thank you for sharing your experience on RealSelf!

irsi

March 12, 2015

Please get operative notes. I'm sorry for what you've been through. It doesn't look that bad, but this person wasn't an expert in rhinoplasty OR male noses, and I think it's horrible surgeons won't revise their own work if a patient is clearly unhappy.

Amber_Woloshen

March 13, 2015

Would you mind putting a before picture?

trisg

March 21, 2016

Doesn't look bad though from what I see

UPDATED FROM anxious.fellow

11 months post

Finally have some before pics

anxious.fellowJuly 25, 2015

So, I'm just a couple weeks shy of one year post op and there has been no change in the deformity created by Dr. Shah. Still way more crooked and wider throughout bridge and tip, then my nose was before. He refuses to revise his work, and after happily taking all my money, I'm now forced to live with the lifelong depression because of Dr. Shah's mistake.

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wannabehappy

July 25, 2015

So sorry he did this to you. Did you obtain the surgery report? He probably put grafts in your nose and this may be the reason for a wider nose. I hope you find a good revision dr

anxious.fellow

July 25, 2015

I haven't received the surgery reports, and will never be able to afford a revision. Thanks for the support.

wannabehappy

July 25, 2015

Keep the faith. Request the operative report in writing. By law he has so many days to provide a copy of your file.

purplxed

August 7, 2015

I'm so sorry this happened. :(

UPDATED FROM anxious.fellow

11 months post