WARNING: KEEP DR. YADRO DUCIC AWAY FROM YOUR LIPS. HE HAS BUTCHERED MINE! TWICE!
After two surgeries in the span of over a year by Dr. Yadranko Ducic, I sit here with two aggressive lines of rock hard scare tissue. One scar tissue line on the inside of my mouth...and one scar tissue line visibly exposed on the OUTSIDE of my lip line, both on my bottom lip. My lips are visibly deformed now. And to make matter worse at the same time I had him "fix" a small scar on my upper lip (very minimal surgery ), and he even managed to make that far worse.
(NOTE: before the first surgery, the way he described "scarring" made it seem like it was purely visual and NOT actual rock hard scar tissue).
Its more than likely that I was basically a guinea pig for Dr. Ducic, and he probably has very limited to no experience performing surgery on lips (other than maybe lip injections). I wish I would have known that before hand. Could have avoided this nightmare.
Twice he told me that the scare tissue would go down in close to a years time. That is the reason why I waited so long to write this review, to be clear that there were no more excuses he could make.
Overall the nurses were nice, and even Dr. Ducic himself is a nice guy. But at the time of my first surgery with Ducic in 2017, the system they had up there in the office he works was bad in regards to communication. It was even a hassle for me to pay THEM. And to make matters worse yet again, they ended up "accidentally" charging me double. After some time I was able to get a partial refund for what I was overcharged, but come on... As of 2019 I was told by someone at the office that they may have improved their office system. But I am not sure of the changes they have made.
In the FIRST SURGERY, I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE DR DUCIC AT ALL BEFORE OR AFTER THE SURGERY. And instead of doing the surgery under local anesthesia (I asked twice but he brushed me off), he did the surgery at a hospital and that would later end up costing me at least an extra $1400 due to the surgery being done at a hospital and NOT under anesthesia like I had asked.
So the morning of the surgery while at the hospital I was told repeatedly I was going to see Dr Ducic before the surgery, including when they were strolling me to the operating room. Then I wake up...surgery was already done...but Dr. Ducic was still no where in sight. And when I woke up from the surgery I shortly realize NOTHING was achieved that he said he was going to do. No reduction of my bottom lip and no masking of the hypopigmented (loss of color) area at all. Only a MASSIVE line of scar tissue on the inside of my mouth on the bottom of my lip.
Over a year later, early 2019, the SECOND SURGERY was done under local anesthesia but it somehow ended up with worse results. The suture job was terrible(some of the sutures busted open even before I left his office). And this suture line of hard scar tissue was on the OUTSIDE of my lip line making my lips permanently and visibly deformed for all to see. And my lips feel worse than the look which is saying a lot. So much scar tissue inside and outside of my bottom lip. And the simple scar revision surgery on my top lip he made far worse too. It looks so awkward and unnatural now.
Overall TERRIBLE experience, especially in regards to the surgeries. He has made this humiliating issue for for me far worse.
I have never sued anyone in my life, but as I sit here out of thousands of dollars and deformed lips thanks to Dr. Ducic, its hard for me to justify not going through with it, and I am seriously considering it. I don't think he meant to do this. But if he didn't know what he was doing he should have just said he didn't have experience in this area. I had to learn the hard way, that just because a Dr. might better in some areas does not mean they are good in ALL areas. I hope everyone that reads this understands this as well when choosing their Doctors.
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