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Fake Looking Rhinoplasty Result - Did Not Listen to What I Requested - Seattle, WA

UPDATED FROM MsX
2 months post

Received email from another ex-Naficy patient

MsX
$14,500
Someone just sent me an email (for some reason they would like to remain private, though they may choose to share their story on real self at a later date) and I want to quote what they said here:

"Hi, I'm so sorry for what you have been through. I am 6 months out and he did the exact thing to me despite numerous photos and just asking him to remove a bump. My nose is so shortened and upturned. I emailed him but he said to wait a year and we can look at options. If he thinks I would do a revision with him, he's insane. Did you ask for a refund? How are you doing now? I am devastated and look in the mirror and see a completely different person now. A revision is another risk and am afraid it will be even worse "

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Sam Naficy, MD, FACS

Sam Naficy, MD, FACS

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Replies (3)

August 22, 2014
Can you share your pics please. I am booking my revision with him!!
August 12, 2015
After reading all of this you were still considering 8 revision with him? I hope you didn't go through with it.
October 1, 2017
I just read this. I hope Nedned did not go to Naficy.
August 22, 2015
I went for a consultation with Naficy in July 2015. I was early but waited about 40 minutes. The staff were not particularly friendly and never apologized for the wait. His care coordinator was super sweet and attentive. She was training another coordinator and we had a casual conversation about my nose. After another 15 minutes Dr . Naficy walked in and looked and touched my nose. I showed him a picture of my natural nose and then the same pic with a wish/program enhanced nose. He looked at it for a split second and said he would not need to use costal (rib) cartilage to shape my tip and never mentioned narrowing my bridge or my nostrils which I precisely asked for. I felt rushed. Then two statements followed: price quote was $14 grand and the anesthesia would be performed by nurse anesthetists. I was floored by both. Even a Beverly Hills rhinoplasty doctor quoted half of that and it included a board certified anesthesiologist. A real doctor would be responsible for keeping me alive and waking me up after surgery. I am not looking for a dirt cheap doctor but I do not want to blow out my bank account either. I am sad for your outcome. Do not give up on yourself or beat yourself up. This is an experience of a lifetime and you will survive. You, a precious soul of God, have helped me and many more steer away from a heartless surgeon. You will heal from this tragedy and I send you my sincerest prayers.
October 1, 2017
I don't know that doctors can refund botched surgery. I had two done (nose) and still not satisfy. The doctor who did my nose has been dead for 4 years. He did my two surgeries around 20 years ago. I should have looked at the before and after surgeries from his patients but I did not. I chose him because he was only 10 minutes away from my home. I think I am going to have another revision with this doctor in Beverly Hills. Fingers crossed.
UPDATED FROM MsX
2 months post

Still no reply from Dr Naficy/staff

MsX
I recently went to see several doctors in London regarding revision rhinoplasty. They all confirmed that Dr Naficy had shortened my nose (when this is not what I wanted) as well as did alot of unnecessary and invasive grafting work, when all I had wanted was for a small bump to be removed from my nose. I emailed this news to Dr Naficy. He did not reply. He is still acting like an offended cry baby. For f's sake. grow up - aren't you a man and a professional? nope. clearly he knows he is in the wrong.

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October 1, 2017
Wow!! Thanks for your note. I was going to have a free consultation for my nose revision, but I changed my mind now.
October 1, 2017
With Naficy.
UPDATED FROM MsX
2 months post

Planning a revision (if I can keep myself surviving that long)

MsX
All doctors I've seen now confirm that Dr Naficy reduced the projection of my nose and shortened the tip when this is not what I wanted (I just wanted a small bump removed). In fact this is why I took photos of myself I loved to see him at the consultation - to emphasise what I currently loved about my nose.

The doctors I've seen have told me that this will be very difficult to restore the length and projection of my nose. Apparently Dr Naficy cut away skin from my columella because of an 'overly bulbous tip' when I had loved my tip.

The doctors I've seen have also confirmed that my nose is wider now because Dr Naficy used so many spreader grafts (down the sides of my nose aswell as on the top). Why I have no idea - I had loved my beautiful delicate femine nose - now it is just this fat shapeless block.

i don't understand how he could have made these changes when i emphasised again and again that i loved my nose and wanted subtletly. especially when i told him that i loved my profile in particular and didnt want this to change. i used to have a very delicate and indian-european/roman nose (to match my ethnicity), now i have a fat block for a nose. and there is no distinct cute tip like there used to be.

all i wanted was subtley. but he did work on the tip (alar graft and reduced tip), he shortened my nose and reduced its projection, and he used spreader graft and did a septoplasty.

so i ended up with about as many changes as one can fit into a rhinoplasty! i had emphasised how much i loved my nose and how i had wanted subtledly and minimally invasive procedure. which is why i had brought in photos to show him what i loved about my nose.

but he basically gave me a new nose. he went with his own idea of beauty instead of listening to me. i was beautiful to myself before, now I can not look in the mirror. it is even hard to brush my teeth any more because of this.

and the mucous has not returned to my nose. doctors have told me that it is likely the nerves were traumatised my the surgery and now and damaged.

the doctors i have seen about revision rhinoplasty want to plan in detail with me what i want - they want to go through each step with me - it is the complete opposite of dr naficy's approach. he gives you hardly any personal time and says "yep, i can do that" and leaves it at that . i can't believe that he does not discuss the surgical steps that he is going to take with his patients. i assume its because he thinks we are too dum to understand. but the doctors i've talked to have explained what surgery he did and i was able to understand so i guess i wasn't eh?

why on earth would a doctor operate on a patient before telling them what they are going to do? i see, it takes up far too much of his time. time that could be used for another operation and earning more money.

i can't believe that i flew abroad to the US for this surgery. i had made all the extra effort because i wanted to go with a doctor who i thought would do a good job. but it appears i couldnt have picked a worse doctor. most doctors will go through modelling and predicted outcome, the risks and the surgical procedure or at least will listen to what you like about your nose. this doctor did none of these things. i keep beating myself up for having done rhinoplasty, but now i see that it wasn't even a bad thing to want to smooth out a little bump, it was just that i should have seen another doctor. maybe i would have seen that doctor and decided not to smooth out that little bump, but it would have been good to have seen a doctor who cared and explained the procedure. i wish to God i had never done rhinoplasty. my life has fallen apart since the surgery. i have gone from being a strong independent woman to someone who needs support and someone who hates herself. i used to have so much self-love and now all i have is self-hate. i was beautiful. now i have this fat shapeless block of a nose. with no tip and without my characteristic beautiful nose length and projection. i hope that i can survive long enough for a revision. i will get the widening spreader grafts removed and see what can be done about restoring the length and angle of my nose. i am distraught that one doctor said that this would be very difficult. i hate that this has destroyed my life.

Replies (2)

October 1, 2017
I read reviews on this Korean doctor (Donald Yoo) in Beverly Hills and he is one of the top doctors to revise botched rhynoplasty. You should consult with him.
August 19, 2020
I know this is a few years later, but I hope you ended up finding someone for your revision?
I had a similar experience with my revision, in that the procedure details were never stepped through and changes that I did not want were made. Afterwards I asked why certain things weren't disclosed prior to the surgery (as i would have probably thought twice about going through with it) and was told that it would take at least half an hour for each consultation! My hopes are that you've found peace with your nose :)