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Struggle breathing & my nose is more crooked

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I decided to get a rhinoplasty procedure with Dr....

$7,000
I decided to get a rhinoplasty procedure with Dr. Smaili because this is a procedure he performs commonly and I felt I could trust his work. My nose was originally slightly crooked and it was affecting my self-confidence and self-esteem. I saved for this procedure for a year and was really looking forward to having a straight normal nose. My consultation was really brief and rushed. Dr. Smaili is overwhelmed with patients and I believe has more business and clientele than he can handle. the day of the surgery I pointed out the crooked issue to him and he asked me how I would like it to look I specifically asked him to just please straighten it out. He literally spoke to me no more than a minute the day of surgery. I was rushed out of surgery immediately waking up from the anesthesia. His office was again loaded with patients. I noticed my nose cast was crooked but hoped for the best I thought it may have been more swollen on one side. One week post op my nose cast fall off and my nose was extremely more crooked than it was before. My whole entire nose shifts more to the right more than ever before. He made it 10x's more crooked. I now have difficulty breathing and it has been well over two months. Majority of the swelling has went away but my nose is horribly crooked. After saving for this procedure for a year and looking so forward to it, I am left with total regret. I am extremely self conscious, and it has made me slightly depressed. I'm not rich and I do not have money to go and get rhinoplasty all over again. I went to a post op appointment and Dr. Smaili was out on vacation. I hope he will repair these issues. The worst part about it all I struggle breathing now its horrible and my nose is MORE CROOKED. Dr. Smaili is trying to make so much many he is not taking the time he needs to perform these critical procedures. His concern is getting to the next patient to make more money. Hes trying to perform multiple surgeries at once, while conducting consultations for about 15 patients, and post ops for another 15. Hes greed is causing him to do horrible rushed work. I believe he is good at what he does but is so MINDFULLY PREOCCUPIED, RUSHED, AND HUNGRY FOR MONEY it is causing him to do poor work. He isnt paying attention to his patients needs. This is my face we are talkinging about. I paid him $7000 to make my nose more crooked than it already was. It's depressing. I hope people read this and take what I am saying into consideration.., You will see for yourself if you chose to get your consultation. Remember while your getting your consultation there are numerous patients in the back that just had surgery. Would you want to be in the back post op with the office as chaotic as you will see it. I dont think so. I wish I took all these factors into consideration, but now it is too late. Please for your own sake search for another plastic surgeon who will take time out to hear your concerns and truly want to help you with your facial or body insecurities. This doctor is not recommended.

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Tarick K. Smiley, MD - Account Suspended

Tarick K. Smiley, MD - Account Suspended

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (5)

I am sorry to hear about your terrible experience. Just unbelievable that a doctor will treat his patients like this! Very greedy indeed to perform surgery and have patients waiting for consultations so that he makes more money. I wouldn't ask him to do a revision even if he does it for free. How can you trust him again with your nose!! I hope you will be able to fix your nose soon.
From my understanding I have to wait approximately a year for scar tissue to heal properly. So for year I'll have an extremely crooked nose. It's horrible! His office is so chaotic wish I put these factors into consideration before performing facial surgery. Reason for this post is to inform prospective clients considering to have their surgery performed by him. I hope I can reach out to people before they get their surgery done by him. People will see for themselves how impersonal, chaotic, and rushed there experience will be if they visit Dr Smaili.
You did what you could to inform prospective patients. Thank you! You can start searching for a surgeon and it's never too early. It took me more than 10 years to have my revision. The reason was financial but also I couldn't trust doctors. So I consulted a total of 11 surgeons and chose the last one to perform my surgery. So far my nose looks great and breathing is also wonderful. Good luck to you and please stay positive.
Thank you so much for your encouraging words zooster. I seen your profile and your nose looks great!! Beautiful!! Your so right I guess its not to early to start looking. I hope to be able to get it revised as soon as I can. Its given me such a bad complex I didnt even want to go out for Easter. Surgeons really need to put peoples lives into consideration while performing surgery rather than dollar signs. I hope to find a great revision surgeon that I could trust. Dr. Smaili specialized in rhinoplasty, I thought I could trust his work. Whoever reads this review on him take my advise into consideration, and search for another surgeon. His inexpensive work is not worth ruing your face. He has left me feeling unbelievably deformed.
I have been in your feet and I can totally relate to your situation and the frustration you're going through. What helped me move on is that I knew my nose could be fixed and that one day I would be able to have revision. You should also have real expectation of what can be done to improve your nose. I prepared myself this time around because I knew I wouldn't have a perfect nose right away after surgery. So I have to be patient for all the swelling to subside. I'm certain one day you'll find the surgeon to fix your nose. Please keep us posted. Take care.
Sorry for you bad experience with this greedy plastic surgeon
same here awfull experience.. im really sad about my rhinoplasty results. the doctor didn't change anything that i told him and im so [RS bleep] because i went 3 times before i did the surgery and he told me oh yes off course to all my questions.. the day of the surgery i told him again what i want it to change and againg he said yes that he was going to do it..( i just want my nose to be smaller and straight ). and then after that surgery i didnt saw any changes i was positive about it but its been a year and my nose is not even straight and i had a lump that i didn't have before.. i went for my 10 month revision and i told him about that lump and that my nose wasn't straight and he told me ( oh yeah i see wait im going to come back and a second) and he left then a white women got in to the room and told me if you want to change that you have to pay again! I got so mad and sad at the same time because i didnt have a lump in my nose before .. she was really mean with me and she told me it was a mistake but you have to pay againg!"wtf" how come im going to pay for something that i didnt have before.. im very disappointed and i really dont recomend you to have a rhinoplasty with this doctor i really had a awful experience.
DO NOT GO TO DR SMAILI!!!! I recently found out about this site.. And I'm so glad! Because it really helps prevent people going to doctors such as dr SMAILI, who is in fact very rude and uncaring. I had my buttock augmentation with him two years ago.. And I had gotten both breast and buttock surgery at the time same to save money. Well that was a horrible decision because I felt neither healed correctly. I was uncomfortable the entire two weeks. And right away my left implant started to shift!!!! Dr SMAILI blamed it on my pregnancy but I only gained 25lbs my entire pregnancy. And I got pregnant 3 months after my augmentation. I felt the cause of this was his rushing of surgeries to do more patients in between the days. He does not care to spend the time he needs I'm order for you to revieve your expected results! I can't get over how upsetting it is to spend THOUSANDS of money to receive be disappointing results.
I had a similar experience with him and was also unhappy with my nose job.