Before the pandemic, I traveled across the country to see Dr. Yaremchuk for a revision surgery. I had a previous surgery elsewhere. Dr. Yaremchuk gave me his expert opinion--and two options. A few years ago, I chose to have the revision procedure, a very tough procedure, with him. The outcome was exactly as he said it would be and I am extremely happy with the result. He is a brilliant doctor and most importantly, he was willing to do the surgery. I am forever grateful for his expertise and his willingness to improve my life. Thank you Dr. Yaremchuk! read more

I would give this a**hole negative stars if I could. I have never met someone so arrogant and entitled. This "person" has absolutely no bedside manner; you will be met with hate at the door. Beyond this, Dr. Yarumchuk genuinely seems like a bad person. He will offer the most invasive approach with minimal information, and refuses to offer multiple approaches. If you ask any questions, they will not be answered, or you will receive a vague, more confusing responses When I came in for a consult, this guy had one leg up on his chair and laid back in his seat while speaking to me. He laughed while I described a traumatic surgery experience. He laughed when I asked if there were other options for my surgery besides cutting half of my scalp off of my head. I've met with many other surgeons who have offered WAY less invasive procedures. This jerk will not treat you like a human being- more like an experiment. Save yourself the trouble and the expense of this quack and find ANY other surgeon. Someone off the street would do you less harm. I saw all the negative reviews and figured they were dramatic, but I was definitely proven wrong. Yarumchuk sucks and his credentials are outdated. He's living in the 20th century. Wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy. P.S. his medical license was recently under review, which completely makes sense. Can't believe he is still practicing. After reading these other reviews, hopefully the board will strip his title soon so he cannot hurt anyone else!!! DO NOT GO TO THIS FACILITY !!!!!!! read more

Extremely unprofessional team. I am interested in working with this doctor but the rudeness I experienced with just one phone call (his staff hanging up on me while I was explaining something) makes me question how this business is being run. I was contacted by their office saying that they are no longer accepting patients and that I have left a review for the wrong clinic- username D.M. This made me uncomfortable and targeted because I left a review. I am willing to take down the review if they are able to speak to me kindly and offer polite customer service. read more

Brilliant surgeon. I can't even begin to say how grateful I am to have had surgery with him. My face was destroyed during a "rhinoplasty" with a well-marketed (but NOT well known) "surgeon" in Beverly Hills. The bones of my face were cut and jaw out of alignment, and I developed enophthalmos. I went to Dr. Y for interventional surgery in the fall of 2018, and after a 7 hour surgery, my eyes are moving in the same direction now, my jaw is lined up so that I don't lisp (as I had after the surgery in BH), and while I can never look like myself prior to that "rhinoplasty" in BH that destroyed my facial bones and orbit bones, I look like me - just a little different. I went to Dr Y in 2010 -2012 or so for other cosmetic facial work of my soft tissues to address aging. And looked fantastic afterwards (I was about 48 at that time). Dr. Y IS well-known internationally - and plastic surgeons in Los Angeles would study my face like a specimen and say things like, "Yaremchuk does facelifts?". These plastic surgeons in Los Angeles were in absolute AWE of Dr Y's credentials and were able to look up close at his work by looking at me - and humbled by how natural and proportionate I looked for what was done and for my age. I cannot say enough about this surgeon. While, yes, his administrative staff can be a little all over the place, I can tell you that his work is absolutely fantastic. I wish him all good things and blessings in his life because I was so incredibly blessed and am so grateful to have known of and have had surgery with him. read more

Review of Dr Y from a fellow physician (resident) I came to Dr. Yaremchuk for a custom chin/jaw implant in April 2023 because he was friends with a mentor of mine. Immediately, I was disappointed in the communication between the nursing staff and Dr. Yaremchuk. I was told that I would be able to return home and to work after a few days, and that I could stay at the hotel during the acute recovery phase. When I arrived, I was told that I needed to stay overnight at his facility (at 1000$/night), and that I would not be able to return home (I was out of town) until the end of the week. Luckily, because I was a physician, Dr. Yaremchuk allowed me to stay at the hotel instead of his facility. Dr. Yaremchuk was also kind enough to refund me for my extra hotel nights and Uber rides, but that still did not justify the poor communication from his office, nor offset the financial hardship of my being off work for so long. To summarize my surgical experience, the implant was placed incorrectly with the chin protruding off to the side at about a 15-20 degree angle. Further, I had complete loss of sensation to the entirety of my lower lip and chin on both sides. Also, I awoke with an injury that made speaking difficult and resulted in an asymmetrical smile and inability to hold liquids in my mouth (I think it is a marginal mandibular nerve injury, but Dr. Yaremchuk adamantly denies this). I also do not feel that I was counseled well on the potential side effects by Dr. Yaremchuk nor his fellow, and it was disturbing to me that I had accumulated such a high number of supposedly rare complications. Dr. Yaremchuk offered to take me back to surgery for a revision the following day, but, given all of the complications I had had so far, I opted to just have him remove the implant. In all honesty, I had lost confidence in Dr. Yaremchuk and his office to care for me properly. As such, I left the office with scars, nerve damage, and no implant. He provided me with a 5,000$ (I had paid 16,000$ in total) refund only after I mentioned that I would likely have to take more time off work to recover and was afraid I would not be able to pay my bills. Now as I am writing this, almost 3 months later, my quality of life is greatly decreased. I still cannot feel my chin and lips. I struggle to eat solid foods as chewing has caused me to bite through my lips on numerous occasions (which has required stitches on numerous occasions). I struggle with speech and holding liquids in my mouth. I drool when I eat now, and my facial asymmetry has not corrected. The wounds within my mouth also did not heal, and I now have two large pockets on either side of my cheeks that collect food (which I have to scrape out with a dental pic every night). Further, when I emailed Dr. Yaremchuk asking for his office to refund the remaining surgical fee (7,000$), he stopped corresponding with me. I am very disappointed in the behavior of this physician. Although all surgery has risks, I feel that there were very simple things that could have been done to make my overall experience better that were neglected. read more

By default Dr. Yaremchuk became my Dr. after the resident who performed my septoplasty/rhinoplasty surgery relocated to California. I then went into the office to express my concerns several months after the surgery as I was hoping what I was seeing would correct itself and it was all part of the healing process. I had a plan for follow up with Dr. Chang (who performed my surgery) and she ensured me that it was all in the notes and everything of concern would be addressed. When I met with Dr. Yaremchuk and team he was beyond rude, zero bedside manner as I'm crying at the results of my surgery. Somehow my right nostril is now flush whereas my left nostril has its natural curve and I of course want them to symmetrical. Dr. Yaremchuk suggested dermal fillers to correct the problem that I would have to pay for after what I consider a botched rhinoplasty. His suggestion was to take away the natural curves in my nostril to look like the nostril on the right basically making it look like a big block on my face. I reached out to Dr. Chang in California, I was even willing to go to California so she could fix this but she pretended she didn't hear the suggestion and didn't address it but gave me the name to another plastic surgeon. I've heard from people who work at MGH including OR nurses that he is EXTREMELY difficult and basically wants nothing to do with MGH patients on patients at his private practice. So here I am 4 years later walking around with this mess on my face. It looked better after my accident m! Avoid this man and anyone associated with his practice at MGH or private practice also located in Boston. read more

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So when I tried to edit my other review to add an update, I don't know if it deteled it or temporarily got rid of it, but this is really important to me so I'm placing it here again. My name is Michael and I can vouch for the excellence, quality, and outcome of the surgery I underwen and the care I receieved... I did many procedures at a time wanting a large "overhaul" of my face: rhinoplasty, customized jaw/cheek/chin implants and cheek fat removal. The recovery was painful from so many however I had good care. The results are INCREDIBLE. I'm extremely happy with this surgeon and the care he gave me. He was also the only surgeon who was able to do it when other surgeons insisted that fat grafting or bone cutting was necessary--Yaremchuk was able to do it with customized implants. I can't recommend him highly enough. UPDATE: September 2017. It's now been over a couple years since my complex surgery with Dr. Y and I frankly don't think Yelp should be in the business of reviewing surgeons to begin with, especially since they allow for ads that look like reviews. But I want to say how much I stand by with what I wrote. If you're not sure if I'm a real person, CONTACT ME. I can tell you full details of why I'm EXTREMELY happy with the surgery that he performed and the care I receieved from him and his cash. Is the overall outcome absolutely perfect? Certainly not. But is it amazing, wonderful, and life-changingly positive for me? ABSOLUTELY YES! Here is my full Real Self review for proof of who I am, the surgery performed, and details including many updated pictures and before pictures as well. I can't speak to or for everyone's experience and I don't know which reviews out there for a given surgeon are real, reliable, exaggerated, or accurate, but I can tell you that mine was fantastic and more than what I could have hoped for. realself.com/review/bost... ~Michael read more

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Very disheartened at bedside manner and office culture. Minimal if any time is spent discussing procedures, if you ask questions you receive a very brief and unclear answer. The only time you hear from the office is to collect fees. Never received one post-op phone call to check on my well-being, nobody even asks how you did when they see you in person. I asked for my prescriptions to be called in and my point of contact, Jackie, said she would take care of it. Both times she failed to. I even emailed her to remind her and never received a response. My surgery was botched and I had to return for emergency surgery due to a severe infection. Not a single person including Dr. Y ever showed a glimmer of concern or compassion. I actually cried in the office before the second surgery because I feared for my well-being after I was treated so coldly. Either the staff are uncaring people and that's why they work for him, or they became heartless and cold after working for him. Seeing this surgeon was the worst experience I've ever had with a doctor. As far as the surgical outcome, I'm very happy with it so far. I'm still healing. But when something is so serious and such a big investment, a certain level of care is expected. read more

World class surgeon!! I flew all the way from Australia to see Dr Yaremchuk requesting a full facial transformation Cheek/Chin/Jaw/Rhinoplasty and midface lift. I am now 6 months post op and must say the results are truly sensational. A full facial transformation is no easy task but Dr Yaremchuk went above and beyond what I thought was possible and succeeded with flying colors. He truly is a master of his craft and one of the best plastic surgeons in the world! I look in the mirror now and I like what I see. Thank you for everything you have done for me Dr Y! read more

I have a long, complicated history of plastic surgery (although "complicated" is subjective). So without turning this review into an unabridged novel of endless detail, I'll try to keep things concise and relevant enough. Essentially my entire facial skeletal structure has been crafted "bespoke" by Dr. Yaremchuk over the years. He's used predominantly porous polyethylene (PPE) to augment my posterior/anterior mandible, chin, paranasal, malar, and infraorbital regions. The before photo attached to this review you might notice is already pretty aesthetic and well-balanced. That's because that result was already following lower- and mid-face augmentation with Dr. Yaremchuk (the changes I've listed above). So then you could ask: why did I return for yet another procedure? One's view of ideal aesthetics is obviously subjective (i.e., in this case, chin projection posterior vs anterior to the lower lip, etc.), but I decided to come back to see Dr. Y this time around to have him augment the chin anterior to the lower lip, improve symmetry, and also widen/square-out the chin. He accomplished all three. Really well too. The after result you see here carries increased anterior projection on profile and a more masculinized appearance. Dr. Y's performance in terms of getting the projection to this level has far exceeded my expectations. My hunch is that my current result is actually what most males seeking chin/mandibular augmentation are looking for, but they don't know how to articulate their wants to the surgeon, and/or the surgeon doesn't have the expertise to craft the result. My natural, underlying structure I would conjecture is slightly hypoplastic relative to the population average, so it is impossible for me to effectively convey, via just two photos here, how much aesthetic augmentation I've received from Dr. Y. As I said, the results have exceeded any expectations I had. I should also point out that a somewhat incidental, secondary, positive outcome is I feel my nose is balanced in profile a lot better now. That hadn't been an overt concern of mine prior, but I can assess that the overall convexity of the profile has been reduced slightly, particularly since my brow/supraorbital area is fairly flat (or even slightly feminine) as it is. As I said, I'm aware two photos in isolation don't do justice, but what I can say is from the front and oblique views, my chin is now a lot wider, squarer, and masculinized. It's a solid result. So to recapitulate a little: in terms of surgical skill and experience, Dr. Yaremchuk is pretty much as good as it gets. I can happily put my full weight behind this review to say that I unequivocally recommend him to anyone looking for facial skeletal changes. You can also review his literature contributions online and see that he is the leader in the field. In fact, I doubt anyone out there even comes close. Beyond the surgical elements, his response times, willingness to engage, empathy, and overall bedside manner are great. True intent always shines through, and you can see that he really is in it for the patients - i.e., he's passionate about putting his patients first and taking on difficult cases to get people the result they're looking for. I write this review because of my level of gratitude toward Dr. Yaremchuk. read more

Don't go to this surgeon, he doesn't listen to you, or respond to your concerns with care. He's haughty, his staff are all confused, and it is not clean downstairs where he does the procedures. I think he's been doing this so long he's bored and disinterested. read more

Coming to see Dr. Y in Boston was no accident. I spent hours upon hours researching the best Dr. to correct my chin muscle and give me proper facial support in the jaw. There are very very few Drs who perform the surgeries that Dr. Y performs- he specializes in Cranio-facial surgery, so basically he understands the way the face not only looks (plastics) but how it actually works (cranial) so it makes his decisions on operating reliable and makes his ability as a Dr. exceptional. I met many Drs. and no one has impressed me the way Dr. Y does. He did not talk much, like many other plastic surgeons, but actually observed my face and listened. What he did for me is beyond words...I know there is no other Dr. who could do what he did- he not only corrected certain issues but balanced my whole face with implants. Recovery from this kind of surgery is not quick, because he does a lot of work on the actual structure of the face, so be warned to plan accordingly. I am still healing but everyday I look better and my chin is back to where it used to be. I do not usually write reviews but I know how hard it is to find a good Dr. and so that is why I feel the need to help people out who might be struggling. Take your time, do your research like I did. You only have one face and a lot of quacks have no problem talking the talk and messing it up, and all you are left with is a worse situation and debt. I personally will only go to Dr. Y for surgery and have a couple more things to correct so hoping to go back to him once my face is all healed. I respect Dr. Y and I am grateful that I found him. read more