Deep Plane Face/Neck Lift

I went back to see him and he did offer me less than half my money back. I told him no, I needed all the money back where I could get the surgery I need to be fixed. With Dr. Barrera making an offer to me mean he it admitting he did something wrong. I looked that up. I did sent him demand letter which he did not answers and tried to go to mediation with him. He declined the mediation. Now that it's now been 2 years and he knows that I can sue him. I know he's not going to do anything. Please spread the word about him to other if they are looking into him for surgery. I don't want anyone else to go through what I have been through this past 2 years.

I meet Dr. Barrera on July 20, 2015, while seeking a plastic surgeon for a face lift. I had done my research and had consultations with several other doctors before deciding to go with Dr. Barrera. Dr. Barrera is a Triple Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Which I have found out that really doesn’t mean anything. He had suggested a deep plain face and neck lift to get the results that I wanted. After surgery, when the swelling went down I could tell there was something not right. Instead of pulling my face up, it looks like he pulled it down. I know frown permanently and I’m not sure what he did to my jaw but I could not open my mouth wide enough to even bit a sandwich. I feel like my jaw is pulled back. I also snore like a freight train and did not before the surgery. Which is not something that should happen after a face lift. Under my chin now looks worse and now I have what is called a cobra neck and I also have pixie ears. He also did my upper eyes and fat grafting. The fat grafting, he was to inject the fat into the marionette lines. Which I guess he forgot where the fat grafting was to be injected. He put it the fat around my eyes. Which we never discussed the fat to be injected around my eyes. When I asked about why he injected it around my eyes and not the marionette lines he said he thought it would be better there. He also said, well you know I was doing that for free. That shouldn’t matter if it was free or not it was something he said he would do for me.
I went in for my three-week post-op appointment and mentioned something was not right. His response was to wait for my five-week post-op appointment and results should be better. At my five-week post-op appointment, he could not tell the difference between my before and after pictures. He kept saying that my before surgery picture was the post-op pictures. I had to correct and show him that was not right and I looked worse than my before picture. He was adamant that he made me look 10 years younger, not true. And that he did nothing wrong. He also suggested that I needed more surgery. He was dismissive and unsympathetic towards me at this point. I thought he lost his mind after I spent $13,295.00 and needed more surgery. I did ask him for my money back so I could find another doctor that could fix what he did. He told me that he couldn’t do that because he already paid everybody for the surgery.
Since my last consolation, I have seen four more Board Certified Plastic surgeons and all have said that I need a revision of my face and neck lift. One surgeon suggested that I pull the hospital records to see what actually was done. All surgeons said, what are in my records that Dr. Barrera wrote is not what they see was done with the results I have.
I know that Dr. Barrera's office will probably respond to this review, like they respond to all reviews, saying that they did nothing wrong and unrealistic expectations. I was 55, nonsmoker when this was done.
I do not recommend going to Dr. Barrera for a neck or face lift. I have attached some before and after pictures. The first picture was taken at his office pre op and the following are the ones I took 5-month post-op and 1 ½ year post-op.