I waited a whole year to see my final results from my rhinoplasty to leave my overall review with my experience with Dr. Pontell. Over all the surgery itself was a breeze! I was very pleased with how quickly everything was set up and how little pain or bruising I experienced during recovery. I was not happy with how rushed the entire environment is in his office though. I always feel like I am asking too many questions, and that he already has a preconceived idea of what he wants to do before hearing my input. He was not there after surgery to talk to me either which was very uncomforting. My breathing was also extremely altered and I had to go back for a revision 8 months later because I could not breathe on one side. He did fix it for free, but it was still another surgery I had to sit through and to this day my breathing is worse than it was before my nose job. I also recently went in for lip fillers and was put off by how little information he provided in regards to the different types of fillers. He didn't seem to care much for my opinion and like I said before, acted like he already knew what I wanted. It's been enough time now for the swelling to go down and one half of my lip is extremely disproportionate and actually painful from how my filler is in it. I wanted to like this place so badly but I am going to explore others options at this point.
I waited a whole year to see my final results from my rhinoplasty to leave my overall review with my experience with Dr. Pontell. Over all the surgery itself was a breeze! I was very pleased with how quickly everything was set up and how little pain or bruising I experienced during recovery. I was not happy with how rushed the entire environment is in his office though. I always feel like I am asking too many questions, and that he already has a preconceived idea of what he wants to do before hearing my input. He was not there after surgery to talk to me either which was very uncomforting. My breathing was also extremely altered and I had to go back for a revision 8 months later because I could not breathe on one side. He did fix it for free, but it was still another surgery I had to sit through and to this day my breathing is worse than it was before my nose job. I also recently went in for lip fillers and was put off by how little information he provided in regards to the different types of fillers. He didn't seem to care much for my opinion and like I said before, acted like he already knew what I wanted. It's been enough time now for the swelling to go down and one half of my lip is extremely disproportionate and actually painful from how my filler is in it. I wanted to like this place so badly but I am going to explore others options at this point.