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Unethical & unacceptable - my result has lasting issues

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Unethical & Unacceptable

SimpleGoneWrong
I went to Dr. Choi for a simple vertical 1/3 inch long facial scar revision. We agreed on the plan during the consultation. On the surgery day Dr Choi was an hour late and did not want to discuss until the OR room. He invited in the whole office staff to watch and then drew out a different plan going off to the side. I asked him to correct it per what we had agreed. He refused to correct it and just started the surgery while we were in a state of disagreement, saying “you’ll see”.

Dr Choi did what he drew going against what we agreed and against what I reminded him of several times on the OR table. He also “redraped” my skin, which was not discussed (in fact I didn’t know what it meant at the time), and was totally over the top for a tiny scar revision and irresponsible. In addition, he ignored the top third of the original vertical scar because it didn't coincide with his new, unapproved alternative plan. The part he did address was left indented, jagged, and with an unjustifiable horizontal scar from his weird flap approach that he has never disclosed. He got fancy and failed without my consent, while seeming to be showing off in front of his young all-female staff.

There's another website called "health grades" with 2 negative reviews which are similar. In addition to the above, he had the nurse dressed me up in full body dressing as if we were doing major surgery, and scrubbed my entire face like crazy 3 times including sticking her fingers in my mouth (all 3 times)! The scar was half a foot from my mouth. My result has lasting issues despite a responsible revision procedure (by another doctor) due to Dr. Choi’s unethical behavior.

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Joon Y. Choi, MD

Joon Y. Choi, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

4.6 | 10 Reviews
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