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Tom J. Pousti, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Sorry about all the typos!:(

I guess I should read before I post

Reached out to doc

Last year I rote to Doctor Pousti showing him pics of all my surgeries explained my concerns and requested 10k back (after paying 25k) to help with a or recruit surgery. Of course he denied it. This is how he responded.....
Mrs. Astudillo,
I have read your emails, reviewed your chart in its entirety, have reviewed your series of photographs and have read your online posts (including relative recent additions on the Real self website). This thorough review has allowed me to fully understand your concerns.
I find it very unfortunate that you are focused on the breasts’ imperfections and do not acknowledge the significant improvements achieved with the (complex) revisionary breast operations. You presented initially with severely encapsulated breast implants as well as asymmetric and ptotic breasts.
With us you have received outstanding preoperative education (with hours spent discussing the need for realistic expectations), excellent surgical and post surgical care and very significant clinical improvement (which is the objective of complex revisionary breast surgery).
The funds you have paid our office have been utilized to compensate surgical facilities, anesthesiologists, my efforts, and that of numerous staff involved in your care. Your current request for funds will not be met.
Please know that I have reviewed all the relevant material and feel that I understand your position. Further communication will not be helpful. Per our records your medical records have been sent to you on three separate occasions (9/29/17, 2/8/18, and 2/22/18).
Tom J Pousti MD
Diplomat American Board of Surgery
Diplomat American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Don’t you just live docs that don’t take responsibility? This doctor I not hrs pressed. H has tons of business. If it’s an occasional case that he doesn’t nail why not just help that patient? I just feel this is so unfair.

NOT WORTH IT 25k later and this is it!

Had a third revision with dr Pousti on 6/29/2017. My breasts looked like they needed a revision not like I had had two. Dr Pousti may have done great with other revisions and I had hoped so dearly he was the answer to my prayers but these boobs do not look like I have spent 25k on them! First of all that’s a lot of money to pay for bad results. I don’t know why I kept going back to him. I should have stopped after the first revision and he said the results were great, didn’t know why I would be unhappy and made me feel like a crazy person. But I continued to have faith in his “greatness” and just felt inside that he could fix them.......wrong very wrong. I keep saying that for 25k I should be saying “the rest of me may need work but my boobs are hot” I should want to walk around loving my breasts. On the contrary I hide them. I don’t like my husband to see them and even after I take a Shower a bra s the first thing that goes on. Even with my capsule I had great cleavage now not so much! He made me feel like I was a perfectionist but I am not. I just wanted a decent pair of boobs. In the first visit I came in asking him to make the capsule one look like the other one. The other one sagged but I was ok with it I was 55. A little sagging is natural. I even wanted a little smaller telling him when you’re older you lose sexy and start looking “matronly”.....
Well what do you think? For me third time wasn’t a charm. Dr Pousti I would not be proud of this work. Sometimes, maybe even most of the time you can do great things. It comes a time when you have to admit “not this time”.

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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
8851 Center Dr., La Mesa, California
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Dr Pousti is an awesome person and doctor. He listens to what you want and recommends the solution. He does so many re visionary breast procedures with great outcomes and I'm hoping to be his number one spokesperson when all is said and done He makes me feel beautiful everytime I walk Into the office and puts up with my and my husbands questions which have been many. He does not rush out, he does not push. I loved that about him. His office staff is outstanding, friendly and personal. They make me feel like a friend. They have called me everyday after the procedure. I've had a few and no one ever called me everyday to see how I was doing. So, so far so good. Can't wait to see what lies beneath all these bandages!!!