Bonnie Roberts

Review of Christopher Costanzo MD INC

At 77 years of age I decided to have major cosmeti...

At 77 years of age I decided to have major cosmetic surgery: I wanted my 30 year old silicone breast implants replaced and lifted, a mini face lift, and a tummy tuck. I went to Dr. Chris Costanzo, Thousand Oaks, Ca. I paid him in the amount of $33,200.00 for these procedures. The breast implants and the face lift were disasters, and the tummy tuck stitches were done in a most sloppy manner.
The face lift resulted in one side of my face being noticeably higher than the other around the eye area. Dr. Costanzo tried to fix it, but couldn t. Ultimately, I have had the left side of my face revised by another cosmetic surgeon in the amount of $5,000.00.
The implants he put in were 75cc smaller than we had agreed upon. In addition, I ended up with an inverted right nipple (which sits 1/4 inch lower than my left nipple), my left breast also became smaller than my right breast with the implant sitting way too far to the left toward my armpit. Dr. Costanzo redid this job as well, making things even worse. I now have a deformed left breast in addition to all of the same problems he left me with the first time. It has been over a year. The good doctor offered to redo my breasts again for the price of $8,700.00 (full price) CAN YOU IMAGINE THE NERVE OF HIM! Presently I am scheduled to have them reconstructed by another cosmetic surgeon in the area. I was told that there is nothing that can be done to un-do the damage which he created, but I was guaranteed that the results would be greater than 50% improvement from what I have now. Wish me luck, and stay away from Costanzo s office.
I have learned that in Dr. Costanzo s opinion he is never wrong it s always someone else's fault. So, I expect his denial and excuses forthcoming on the above comments. All I can tell you is that this statement is made less for revenge and/or anger than it is from the hope that this will prevent him doing this to someone else.