Stephen Steinmetz, MD

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May 19, 2024

I was so excited for my consultation for breast augmentation. The staff was friendly, but Steinmetz was so incredibly awful. I felt judged the entire time he was in the room, and he rolled his eyes at me at least 4 times over my life choices, such as how long I breastfeed my children, my goals for better looking breasts, etc...I felt humiliated. It was already very uncomfortable for me to show my breasts, and have them handled and analyzed by a strange man in front of my husband....and would have been the same (or worse) even if my husband wasn't w me...I fought back tears after he left the room. He acted like I was ridiculous and freakish for favoring larger implants over anchor scars bc of my current breast size. And how dare I consider that possibility...not knowing anything about plastic surgery....

His assistant was very "salesy" and tried to talk me into a lift or reduction instead of implants. Maybe that's my only option...but the scars were VERY visible no matter how hard she tried to convince me they weren't. I understand bc of my anatomy, I may have limited options, but we said from the beginning, anchor scars were a deal breaker. His portfolio was unimpressive, and a lot of women's breasts looked better to me and my husband in the before pics than the afters.

I wouldn't hire a plastic surgeon for their personality, and this one was supposed to be a "perfectionist," but the way he judged me the entire time, and pretty much made me feel incredibly unattractive and stupid made me want to leave his office as fast as possible. I'll have a second opinion this Friday. Hopefully this surgeon will have some respect for the people who are considering hiring him.

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