Several years now, post-procedures. Happened to come across other reviews on Dr. Chang and it reminded me that I should finally take the time to submit my own. I had been feeling very insecure about my appearance and wanted to tweak a few things before a supposed pending move at the time. He came highly recommended by my husband, who had assisted him on breast surgeries. (What I had wanted done though was not breast-related) First off, at the initial consultation, he had asked me about my concerns. He complemented me, saying I didn't need any work done. But then a minute later he rattled off a list of procedures he recommended. (I saw he has done this before, as posted by another reviewer) What I had agreed to, was a mini-lift, filler in the temple and chin, and a lift lip (gull-wing type) which he had said he'd done a few times. He also said he'd do a complementary skin-tag removal on my neck. Day of surgery (done under local anesthesia and valium)...all happened so quickly..I sensed he was rushing through the procedures. In no time, I was back home. Swelling and discoloration was to be expected for a couple weeks at least. I noticed however that my once normal-looking earlobes were now attached to my jawline..aka "pixie ears"
"One complication of facelift surgery is the pixie ear or satyr ear deformity. This is cause by excess tension on the ear lobe after surgery that causes the ear lobe to gradually become pulled down or stretched down onto the face. The result is an unnatural-appearing earlobe that is a giveaway that someone has had a facelift." So yeah, this happened to me. When I had discussed my concern with Dr. Chang, he just suggested wearing big heavy earrings.
Re the lip procedure, well what he said was going to be an increase of only 2mm ended up being probably twice that. So I went from having basically NO upper lip to too much of one, with no "dip" in the center. I wish I had asked him to show me, with a pen, what it would look like afterwards. He also only lift the center portion of the upper lip, not from corner to corner as I had expected. Regarding the filler in the temples, well that was never done. Instead, he injected filler into my upper cheeks, which made my temples by comparison look even more narrow. When I asked him about this, he said that it would've taken so very many vials of filler to fill in my temples. SO, if that was the case, why did he not explain that to me "before" surgery? I could've saved several hundred dollars. He did remove the skintag, however with no numbing to that area..he lopped it off quickly and it was painful. Remembering the follow-up visits, I recall his demeaner being anything but caring, compassionate, empathetic to my concerns. He was actually combative, arrogant, cold, uncaring, and not taking the blame for anything that I voiced my concerns about. I do feel that he's all about making the most money he can in the shortest amount of time. As I said, this was several years ago, so maybe he's changed his ways since then. I certainly hope so. read more