I paid for a procedure expecting improvement, not a result that now requires reconstructive surgery to correct. Given the outcome, I am requesting a refund so that I can put those funds toward repairing the damage caused. I am also extremely disappointed that my attempts to communicate have been met with silence and that I appear to have been blocked from email communication. That is neither professional nor an acceptable way to address a patient's legitimate concerns. While I would prefer to resolve this matter amicably, I am requesting a direct response regarding reimbursement. I did not anticipate paying for surgery only to need additional surgery to fix the results. I expect a reply within a reasonable timeframe and would appreciate the courtesy of addressing this matter rather than avoiding it. read more

I would give NEGATIVE STARS if possible !!! DrSHAMway is a butcher with terrible bedside manner. He's a misogynist who disrespects his wife, and he made the same mistake to his own office staff that he made in me. 1. The day after my breast augmentation surgery, i had enormous bruising where the blood had pooled on both of my sides, at my hips. Shumway skipped my appointment and left his resident to see me instead. My implants were too far apart and the resident tried to move them toward the center by taking each one on both hands and pushing them inward. It was extremely painful 2. I was told to call the office any time with any questions after surgery, but when i did I was made to feel like a nuisance. I kept having to ask about when to start massaging, and every time i asked, the patient care coordinator asked me back if the doctor had told me to start. I wouldn't be asking if he had! 3. I lived out of state so had to do virtual video consults for my follow up. At about 4 months, i expressed concern about the implants being too high (my nipples literally point downwards) and too far apart - one of the implants is so far to the outside that i have underarm hair growing out of it. Shamway's response was, "Well you wouldn't want them down at your waist would you ". That's beyond bad besides manner. Oh how i wish I'd seen a different doctor. 4. After a couple of these virtual visits, i shared that i was not comfortable using FACETIME since its not HIPAA compliant. I asked the patient care coordinator about using HIPAA compliant software and even sent her names of some free software she said that FaceTime is secure. IN YOUR IMAGINATION!!! Regardless, it's not HIPAA compliant. THEY ARE SO UNPROFESSIONAL. He offered to address my concerns by doing another surgery, and wanted to charge me $10000 - this was $2000 MORE than what I paid for my original surgery with him. If he couldn't get it right the 1st time, why would I expect him to get it right the 2nd time? No, thank you! I had red flags leading up to my surgery, but I didn't want to lose my $500 deposit so I ignored them. Don't do that! MAKE SURE YOU DOCTOR IS LEGITIMATE BEFORE COMMITTING!!! Good luck!! read more

Horrible please dont come here! They botched my chin lipo and left me with major scarring. I regret it so much, wish i would just stayed with my old chin. They did the chin lipo wrong too, they left more fat on one side than the other. Its all wrong, one of my biggest regrets was coming here. read more

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Unfortunately, I have to rate them a zero for lip fillers -They ignored emails sent trying to get response -when I did take of on my own they said nothing they can do I owed it to them The lips were done wrong worst experience was how they set and the pain as if they did not do it right at all I got ripped off $1500 and it was completely messed up Had to have dissolved and fixed somewhere else that is trusted and guaranteed to make right This office is ethically immoral and greedy and maybe boobs are the dots thing but NOT fillers do not go here for any of it Also they had a trainee in there assisting with injections Just unprofessional and this was my experience read more

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Dr. Shumway is great! The entire staff is friendly, kind and always warm welcoming. They have addressed any and every question or concern I've had throughout my cosmetic procedures. I would highly recommend their services. read more

Ever since I was a young girl, I dreamed of having a beautiful nose like many others. Being Asian American, I had a wide nose and nostrils. I was very self-conscious about my nose growing up. I went in for consultation with Dr. Shumway in 2010. At the consultation I explained I wanted to have nice and balanced nose with my bridge, tip, and even shape on the sides. He explained he would put silicone implant for the bridge, do pinning on the sides of my nose, and make the nose tip with some point like I mentioned at the consultation. I called right away and scheduled my surgery date for June 2010. After the surgery I noticed right away the imbalanced implant, the sides were totally different, the nose tip was still round and large. I didn't know the implant would stop right in the middle of my nose and not be centered. Which causes the bridge of my nose to concave in the middle and looks and feels very odd. At my consultation Dr. Shumway didn't mention the silicone implant stopping in the center of my nose. When I mentioned my concerns at my follow up appt. he said "I shouldn't look closely into the mirror at my flaws." I thought the point of the post op appointment was to address my concerns that was noticeably worse. Since 2017 until now I've been having a lot of breathing and physical complications with my nose. I can't breathe well, the implant is very uncomfortable and shifts a lot, my bridge dips in the center and all of my nose is very imbalance. I went to a follow up appointment to discuss my nose issues with Dr. Shumway. He told me he would help me. I don't believe he could make my nose better. I don't want to risk another chance to have my nose messed up again. That's why I've been saving up and searching for board certified Rhinoplasty surgeons to help me. I have consultations soon and hopefully the doctors will help with my issues. I'm writing this review if I could prevent anyone from going through what I had to suffer with for 10 years. Please if you proceed with any surgery do your research. Make sure you and the doctor will have a good and clear understanding of your situation. read more

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This review is NOT for the work of the doctor (I'm sure he's wonderful) , but whoever is running the Instagram page needs to have a firm talking to.. I inquired about implants and I was responded to once and after I asked for some more info and requested a consultation someone read it and then ignored it.. I was quoted a price and then they tried to say they never said that, but the pictures prove otherwise - they also told me that they'd get back to me with promotions for the time I wanted to come in and days went by and then I had to ask them and then they finally responded they didn't have anything.. complete waste of time Breast implants are pretty pricey and if I were this doctor I'd be very pissed that someone went and spent their 6k+ elsewhere . * I picked another doctor and spent 12k read more

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Have never felt more comfortable with staff and MD before, love how they answer all my questions and concerns and have been working with me to accommodate my busy nurses schedule. read more

Amazing experience from start to finish! Kat is a blessing and so is Abby! Felt like I was part of the family! They answered all my questions and were very thorough with their explanations! Absolutely love this office and would give 100 stars if I could! read more

STAY AWAY FROM THIS DOCTOR! He Botched my breast. Tried to fix it and ruined them again. I paid about 18K. I DEMAND A FULL REFUND SO I CAN FIX THE MESS HE MADE. :,( I'm embarrassed of my body. I hate you doctor. My nipples look like someone tried to slaughter me. You've ruined my life. read more

Way to go yelp. Once again hiding a legitimate review. I wouldn't want anyone else to go through what I did!!!!!So I will once again share my review. Let me guess the pics aren't real??? I had rhinoplasty done by dr Shumway back in 2013. I had saved and waited for years to get this done. My results were beyond disappointing to say the least. I came out of the procedure looking like I was beaten . I've never seen anyone with bruising and also bleeding that didn't stop. I had to go back for a revision surgery as well to correct the bottom part of my nose that was still crooked and to see why I had a infection that didn't seem to clear. The bruising was soo bad I had to go back to have a peel done to try and lessen it as well as lightening cream. That still didn't help so I ended up going to a laser specialist that corrected it somewhat. Dr Shumway did my breast previously with no issues but I do not think he should be doing noses. Maybe one day I can save up enough to get it how I wanted it. read more

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Please review ALL 12 photos. These pictures show the gravity of damage done by an overly aggressive CO2 Laser resurfacing that should never have done by Dr Shumway. Too many passes on my porcelain fine skin, resulted in severe damage throughout my face. Dr Shumway should have known better!!! To add salt to the wound, he and Kathy Shumway completely ignored the signs of scarring which I had pointed out to them. Instead they made it look like I was being irrational, and seeing things that weren't there. This was the most insulting thing, and was a literal slap to my face. Having worked for two highly reputable Cosmetic Dermatologists in the Bay Area years back, I was well versed in Cosmetic procedures, including CO2 Laser resurfacing, so I knew that something was not right within a month. I have known the Shumway's for over 20 years, and was absolutely shocked that they would not address what was clearly a botched surgery. They should have put the patients needs before their own by either helping me or sending me to a Dermatologist right away so I could get immediate attention. The longer you wait, the scars become irreversible. They told me to give it a year without any medical intervention. At this point I knew that I was not receiving the Standard of Care, so I sought Dermatology and Plastic Surgeon opinions. They ALL unanimously said Dr. S had gone way too aggressive for my skin type. In fact, a couple Dermatologists stated that they could see the stacking marks/lines from going too deep from the laser. One of their employees who has been in communication with me from the beginning told me that she was appalled at the way they had treated me. It was clear to me that Dr S and Kathy both knew that he had made a big mistake because they were in defensive mode, and immediately had a couple employees in the post-op room, in addition to Dr S stating more than once that my results were excellent. In fact, in his clinical notes, it said "excellent results", furthest from the truth!! What's so darn upsetting is Dr. S leaves his practice each day returning home to his family without a care or concern of what he has left behind. And that is a patient that is suffering each and every day from going from having beautiful skin that I've taken great lengths to take care of, doing all the right things, no sun, Vit topical C, Retin -A, sunscreen, etc .I saw an Esthetician at a top Derm office before my surgery and she said" why are you here? In the 30 years of practice I've never seen such beautiful skin." Of course we're our own worst critic so I said my goodbye without doing a facial, and said OK to what Dr S. recommended which was CO2 resurfacing. Now I know that they'll take the $$ even knowing that the procedure is NOT the appropriate procedure. This has been a literal nightmare, and I cannot express the sadness of going from having what Dermatologists and peers had always complimented my skin, to now having heavily scarred skin. Words cannot express my grief. Thank you for reading, and I hope that my experience has shed some light on the importance of finding a surgeon that will put his patient first before himself. read more

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Terrible! I asked for a C/D cup and ended up with a DDD/E and even bigger after having 2 kids. 1 year after my surgery I noticed my right breast was falling. Shumway had to do a 2nd surgery to reinforce the area so my implant wouldn't fall down beneath my bra line. Sadly, he didn't listen to what I wanted and decided 600cc+ implants would be ok. My recovery was horrendous. My skin was extremely stretched. Shumway should be ashamed of his actions. I've been hiding my extremely over sized breast ever since my surgery. It was a life changer but not in a good way. read more

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I am shocked to read the terrible review on here. I have had a completely different experience. I found Dr. Shumway to be so kind, knowledgable and very good at surgery. I am very happy with my results so far. The entire staff who works there, are so fun, happy, kind and posititive. I am telling everyone I know to try Dr. Shumway. I am sorry you had such a bad experience. read more

He is a butcher! Unethical and a liar! He experimented on me and kept telling me it would all be fine. I finally took myself to the Kaiser ER. I have extensive records from Kaiser and one of his nurses who was trying to help me made me a copy of my complete file from his office. I had in excess of 55 visits to his office. Eventually I was paid to shut my mouth. read more

I also want to add that since my surgery I've been coming to the esthetician Heather for facials since I've been getting Mask-ne (thanks Covid) and shes amazing! She's helping my skin get back on track and her prices are super fair. She's the sweetest and I've booked 3 facials with her so far. Definitely recommend ! Try the hydrating facial & chemical peel. read more

Robert Shumway, MD - I wanted big boobs that we were proportionate to my larger frame. I love them - Cosmetic Surgeons Near Me - San Diego, California

Please read all the reviews..there is reason why some many people complain about Dr. S actual plastic surgery skills. His work should be criminal since he butchers people bodies. I should have ran out when I realized he was doing 3 other people consecutively. I was under anesthesia for over 6 hours. My tummy tuck looks like I was ran over by trucks. If I can save one person from making the same mistake I did by using this monster... PLEASE GO SEE SOMEONE ELSE read more

I will give him 5 stars friendly staff, they made me feel supper comfortable.I love my breast implants went from a nearly B to a D we made the best choice and i mean we because he help me out decide what was best for my size.I am petite and i went looking for something that fit my body.I honestly had no complications.the scars are fading away my breast looks awsome. Overall awesome experience!!!! Cant wait to go back read more

I received upper eyelid surgery about a year and a half ago. There was no follow-up appointment because the doctor moved office locations & my appointment was dropped. I actually found out after calling in to reschedule and I was just too tired to pursue it after having some earlier issues and reporting them and being dismissed. sorry to say that the results I requested to be achieved left me with a hollow-eyed look that I have to hide daily with make up. Huge disappointment & I still wonder If I was subject to a teaching hospital situation. No deal is worth being put in the hands of others. read more

I highly recommend Dr Shumway! He and his team are absolutely amazing. They performed my breast augmentation in June and the results have completely exceeded my expectations. Dr. Shumway is an artist and I'll be returning to him for all future procedures! read more

I absolutely love this place. Dr. Shumway and Dr. Sabo and his staff are amazing and always make me feel welcomed. I am extremely satisfied with the work I've had done!! I highly recommend this place. read more

The staff is extremely friendly and welcoming when walking in!! You can definitely tell you're in great hands with this staff!

Bought a groupon for here and what a deal!!! Jillian is the aesthetician here and she is wonderful! I can't comment on surgery, but I go in once a month for a micro-peel and come out feeling fabulous! She uses the lowest strength on my skin and it goes very quickly and smoothly. It's minimally painful, just a brief burning sensation for a few minutes. She recommends these peels over micro-dermabrasion which she feels is potentially permanently harmful to your skin. The setting is very relaxing and professional. She answered all my questions in detail with ease. Her hands are very steady and she has a very calming voice and personality. Pamper yourself and try it out! read more

find a diff doctor and run for your life!!! He has negligence charges from recent surgeries and currently being investigated by officials for more fraud and negligence (he claims to be have had the best training and school all lies he isn't even American board certified) all this is public information google board of physicians state of California and look it up! He went to med school in Arizona and is a throat /ear doctor with absolute minimum certificate to perform in "cosmetic surgery" he isnt a plastic surgeon wish I knew the difference... He claims he trained doctors in Mexico on fat transfer BBL and almost killed me with back to back surgeries not only botched me but removed the fat within 60 days (total waste of money and 8 mos of my life bed stricken with infections, holes in my belly, where do I start or end?),,, the nurse who was in the surgery ended up leaving this racist office due to his behavior issues and later told me I was his first patient in the 3 yrs she worked there to get a BBL! What happened to the thousand BBls you performed?? He is a complete joke. He isnt good at anything but being racist and brags about his training in Arizona and Hemet. I am working with one of the investigators for the murdered scene scars he left on me and lies he has told Stay away from here people!! Message me for botched pictures and negligence along with his racists rants! read more

He screwed up fat injections under my eyes and then accused ME of having a filler done. What a fake. If you screw up, then admit it and fix your mistakes, don't tell the patient that its THEIR fault. I wouldn't recommend this doctor to anyone, any time. Find someone else, he's overpriced and doesn't fix his mistakes. read more

What Dr. Shumway did was wrong and his avoidance of admitting to his mistakes is abhorrent. I'm still living with the body in the pictures attached to this message. I can't afford corrective surgery at this time. How should I feel and how would you feel in my situation or if your wife/female loved on was in my situation? I was concerned about scarring and found a doctor, Dr. Shumway, who assured me it could be done with the "benelli" or "donut" lift and larger 500cc implants. I was sold on this idea of beautiful, full and unscarred breasts. I even planned on a lower abdomen liposuction at the same time. Following the surgery I noticed that my right breast was extremely larger than the left. It turned out that Dr. Shumway overfilled the right implant over 200cc more than the left as an obviously mistake since there was only about 50cc difference between the implants as discussed before surgery. I also experienced tearing and very ugly scarring around the areolas that were now shrunken down to the nipple. My stomach looked strange due to the navel scarring and trans- umbilical insertion of the implants. My stomach looks like a horror show! I decided to give Dr. Shumway another try at correcting the surgery but although the implants were properly filled this time and the scar tissue cut away, they again scarred terribly. I still look like a freak. Nancy read more

I originally found this office thru Instagram! And I'm soo happy I did!!! The whole staff is awesome I was soo nervous at first but they all made me feel comfortable. I have had bad experience in the past so I was worried that this would be the same I was wrong!!! Kathy was soo helpful and understanding with all my concerns and yonni was soo good and helping with pictures or answering my Qs, Surgery day cane and I just wanted to be over with it and it was the best healing experience I've ever had. Heather is soooo awesome!!! She took me on a Saturday on Labor Day weekend! Her office ambience is sooo relaxing and smells soo good! I went in for a hydrating facial and the experience was everything, the masks felt amazing, the massage, i was in heaven!!! At the time they were offering by one get one half of promo for the month of September so I jumped on that and got 2 more facials. Can't wait to go back now my bf wants me to bring him too!Thank you again heather!! read more

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Let me start of by saying Dr. Shumway and his staff are amazing. Since my first appointment to now almost a year post off since my breast augmentation there always giving me the bestservice. I am a mother of 3 and my goal was a natural look and Dr. Shumway did such an amazing job and I highly recommend him. I am from Southern California and I had been debating for years to go to Mexico for my surgery obviously due to the fact in Mexico I would of paid alot less, butI love my results and it was worth every penny. My health was worth every penny to get my surgery done in a safer environment. read more

I went to Dr. Shumway in August of 2019 for a TUBA breast augmentation (done through the belly button) and I COULDN'T be HAPPIER! I went in for a consult and a week later I had my surgery done. Every turned out absolutely AMAZING. I got saline implant it's been around 5 months and they look and feel great! He is extremely knowledgeable his staff is so sweet it was overall a great experience and I wouldn't have gone anywhere else! I'm literally obsessed with my results! read more

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Dr. Shumway did my rhinoplasty surgery. I had a broken nose from a really long time ago, and I had wanted it fixed for many years. I am so, so happy with my results. Dr. Shumway fixed the symmetry, removed the bump, and lifted the tip of my nose. My results are beautiful and very natural looking. I don't think anyone would look at me and think "oh, she had a nose job." I feel very confident with my improved look. The results are very fitted to my facial features and I think Dr. Shumway did an excellent job meeting my cosmetic goals. He is such a nice man and I love his office staff. I am really happy that I chose Shumway Cosmetic Surgery. I highly recommend him!! read more

I'm sure they probably do great work, but I wouldn't know. I set up an appointment three weeks ago. Took off of work, I even received two confirmation text messages from them. I walked in today and they told me that the doctor was in surgery all day. I drove 35 minutes just to be turned around. I am very upset. The front desk clerk was not even apologetic.I even had to pay for parking. I am very disappointed read more

I had the best facial with Heather Shumway. I would highly recommend her and this office. Thank you, Laura read more

I had breast augmentation done Nov 2008. I went from a small 36A to a full 36D. I look at my breasts every singe day and love love love them :) My first appt with Dr. Shumway sealed the deal. My husband was with me and we were shown several sizes of actual implants so you could hold them and really get a good idea of what was best. Dr. Shumway explained how to choose the correct size that would look appropriate on my body frame. We chose silicone high profile implants. The surgery was done on a Monday and I was back at work the following Monday. I took pain pills the first couple of days and then other than Motrin and ICE that was all I needed after that. The entire staff was always very caring, never rushed, answered questions ... over all a wonderful experience!!!! Love Mary!! Jillian was always very cheerful!! Kathy was very through in explaining every aspect of the entire process!! Dr. Shumway .... Amazing!! Over all my experience was FABULOUS!!! Thank you Dr. Shumway for giving me what I always wanted :) read more

About six months ago I came to Dr. Shumway's office for a TUBA (Trans-Umbilical Breast Augmentation) AKA "through the belly button" and I am very pleased with the results. All of his staff were helpful, friendly, took a good amount of time with me on each visit, and made me feel welcome and well taken care of. I believe Dr. Shumway is the GO-TO expert for this procedure, which is why I choose him, and I am sure glad I did. No complications, I had my surgery on a Monday and was at a wedding THAT Friday, although I did follow his direction to "take it easy" which is very important. I am shocked at how affordable his procedures are. The value WELL exceeds what you spend. After a few months I did start to experience the beginning stages of "capsular contraction" on one breast, which means my body started to form scar tissue around one of the implants, but this had nothing to do with Dr. Shumway, in fact, this is very common for any patient, it just meant my body decided it wasn't used to the implant being there and I needed to massage it more deeply, just as he instructed, which I have, and the situation has improved. Just follow his instructions and everything will turn out perfectly! read more

I am a 21 year old college student, 5'10'' 118lb female who has always been self conscious about my flat chest. I chose Dr. Shumway for the TUBA procedure, and words cannot express how thankful I am for that decision. Everything about my experience was perfect: the staff was so friendly, the office is beautiful, and most importantly, Dr. Shumway is a master of his art. Today is the first morning after my surgery, and I am feeling great! I am beyond thrilled with my results, My surgery was performed yesterday morning, and I came home by 11:30AM, feeling great, never took a nap or experienced any nausea, and felt like a million bucks! Not a bruise in sight, or any scars thanks to the TUBA procedure. I am so elated with my experience, and most importantly, my results. THANK YOU DR. SHUMWAY AND STAFF, YOU ARE ALL AWESOME!!! read more

I highly recommend Dr shumway. I will recommend him and his staff to anyone. I got a BA in nov 17 and my results amazing I also got some Botox in my forehead. When I first went in I was so nervous but the dr shumway and his staff made me feel so comfortable read more

I was so nervous finding a surgeon for a breast augmentation and I am SO GLAD I found Dr. Shumway! I am 3 years post-op and have the most amazing results! I then went back for lip augmentation to help disguise an old scar of mine and I almost cried tears of joy after seeing the work he did. His staff is SO sweet and amazing and I love them like family! Incredible bedside manner!! I wouldn't go to any other doctor now and am so pleased with the service and skill he and his staff provide. Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart!! read more

I feel bad leaving this kind of review, because Dr. Shumway and his staff are genuinely good people, and I believe that they try to do their best and want the best results for their patients. That being said, Dr. Shumway's aesthetic surgical skills are lacking, to say the least. I trusted him to do my rhinoplasty and it looks AWFUL. Maybe even worse than to begin with. After the bad results of the initial rhinoplasty, he offered to revise it basically free of charge, so I let him do it again. The results were not much better. Some time after the second surgery, I let him do a 3rd rhinoplasty on me. I am now living with the results of 3 failed rhinoplasties, and I feel insecure and disappointed every time I look in the mirror. My nose is crooked, still too large, and has a large dent on one side. There is still a hump on the dorsal bridge. You would think that 3 times would have been enough to give me results that I would have been happy with. Nope. At my last appointment, Dr. Shumway mentioned wanting to "do a little more work" on my nose, but unfortunately, it's 3 strikes and you're out! No way am I going to let him work on my face again. So, if you're looking for a plastic surgeon to do your nose, I strongly urge you to spend more money and go somewhere else. Don't waste your time, money, and confidence on Dr. Shumway. Very sorry to say, because again, he is a very nice doctor with an impressive resume and a great bedside manner, but people should be informed of what they're getting into. read more

Went in the other day for some skincare. Made an appointment with Heather and was very happy with Heather. I told her I felt and looked "tired" in my face and wanted an anti aging and rejuvenation facial. The experience was great. I felt very relaxed and comfortable. She was very knowledgeable about products and exactly what to do. The experience and skincare was the best I ever experienced. Thank you Heather read more

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Dr. Shumway, and his team, could not be more professional, caring and helpful. I just had a surgical procedure done in his office and they were gentle and did an excellent job. Dr. Shumway is an excellent cosmetic surgeon and I could not have been in better hands. He even started all my IV's himself. What attention to detail!. Do yourself a favor and use this office for all cosmetic surgery and procedures! read more