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WARNING: Dr. Pourtaheri Left Me Botched - Learn from my Costly Mistake!
If you're considering plastic surgery, heed my cautionary tale about Dr. Navid Pourtaheri of Bay Area Esthetics Plastic Surgery. Trusting him was the worst decision I've ever made, and I don't want anyone else to suffer the same fate.
Initially, I believed in Dr. Pourtaheri's good intentions, but his lack of skill and competence shattered my hopes for a successful outcome. From the outset, he misled me about recovery times and expectations, setting the stage for a series of disastrous results.
I shelled out over $20k for what was promised to be a transformative V-line jaw surgery, lip lift, and genioplasty. However, almost a year later, I'm left with nothing but regret and a laundry list of botched procedures:
- Unsightly chin indents and asymmetry that defy the very purpose of the surgeries.
- Muscle detachment in the jaw area, necessitating further surgery to rectify, exacerbated by ineffective attempts at correction with filler. This has also caused a vertical line on my face and hole where the muscle was removed on ONE SIDE - a recommendation he made THE DAY OF SURGERY while I was out of sorts.
- Poorly placed, conspicuous stitches on my nose.
- A visible, poorly placed lip scar that CO2 treatments failed to rectify.
- A botched, uneven lip lift, for which Dr. Pourtaheri conveniently shifted blame onto me, despite being aware of previous fat injections in the area.
My experience with Dr. Pourtaheri has left me profoundly disillusioned and filled with regret. Trusting in his expertise was a costly mistake that I implore you not to repeat. Spare yourself the pain, disappointment, and financial loss. Learn from my ordeal and seek out a qualified, reputable surgeon for any cosmetic procedures. Your well-being and appearance deserve better.
I wish I had never trusted Dr. Navid Pourtaheri of Bay Area Esthetics Plastic Surgery - learn from my mistake!
FWIW: He "tried" to fix things by filling the jaw gap and the lip unevenness for free, but even the filler placed was done poorly and ended up lumpy.
Initially, I believed in Dr. Pourtaheri's good intentions, but his lack of skill and competence shattered my hopes for a successful outcome. From the outset, he misled me about recovery times and expectations, setting the stage for a series of disastrous results.
I shelled out over $20k for what was promised to be a transformative V-line jaw surgery, lip lift, and genioplasty. However, almost a year later, I'm left with nothing but regret and a laundry list of botched procedures:
- Unsightly chin indents and asymmetry that defy the very purpose of the surgeries.
- Muscle detachment in the jaw area, necessitating further surgery to rectify, exacerbated by ineffective attempts at correction with filler. This has also caused a vertical line on my face and hole where the muscle was removed on ONE SIDE - a recommendation he made THE DAY OF SURGERY while I was out of sorts.
- Poorly placed, conspicuous stitches on my nose.
- A visible, poorly placed lip scar that CO2 treatments failed to rectify.
- A botched, uneven lip lift, for which Dr. Pourtaheri conveniently shifted blame onto me, despite being aware of previous fat injections in the area.
My experience with Dr. Pourtaheri has left me profoundly disillusioned and filled with regret. Trusting in his expertise was a costly mistake that I implore you not to repeat. Spare yourself the pain, disappointment, and financial loss. Learn from my ordeal and seek out a qualified, reputable surgeon for any cosmetic procedures. Your well-being and appearance deserve better.
I wish I had never trusted Dr. Navid Pourtaheri of Bay Area Esthetics Plastic Surgery - learn from my mistake!
FWIW: He "tried" to fix things by filling the jaw gap and the lip unevenness for free, but even the filler placed was done poorly and ended up lumpy.
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Dr. Navid Pourtaheri