Gregory Mantooth, Dr

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Nov 24, 2024

I am an older female that has lived with the scars of acne for all of my lifetime.  For once in my life I decided to treat myself and have these emotional and physical scars removed.  I was sold on the Pearl Fusion lazer treatment by the 'Sales Woman' and decided to get it done!  I was told by her, and Dr. Applebaum, that my scars would be gone! In addition, some lines and wrinkles would be gone especially those around my mouth. They seemed so kind and caring.  I was in Heaven looking forward to a scarless face for the first time since my youth.
After the surgery I was so happy to watch myself heal and wait for smoother skin to replace the old scars.  Only that is not what happened.
I started to see new scars developing from the treatment itself. Yes, some acne scars were getting better, but the treatment itself left scars that were in some ways worse than those I had lived with for so many years. And I paid thousands of dollars for these scars.
Dr.  Applebaum has never acknowledged being able to see any scars at all. Yet, everyone who knows me can see the scars this has left.  He dismissed me and said we were done.
So, I wrote to the main office in Charlotte and expressed my disappointment.  A woman called me and was very kind. She said she would see what she could do.
I was then called with a new appointment to see Dr. Applebaum.  He saw me monthly, never acknowledging the scars, yet slipped once that these marks will go away.  I also learned during these months that I was lead to believe that he was a Plastic Surgeon, and he is NOT. He is a dermatologist.  I would not have had this procedure done if I would have known.
He offered a deep acid peel at one time. But reneged on his offer the next appointment. Seeing him monthly became distressing. It was the same old song and dance. Eventually I would show up for appointments and he would not!
It has been almost six months.  Yesterday, I caught my face in a mirror while shopping.  I felt so sad and sick inside to see my reflection looking worse than before I ever started. I rushed out of the store and cried in my car. That is when I decided I have been pushed far enough, and it was time to leave a review.
A final note, he took pictures every month of my face. These pictures are sort of white washed with light.  They do not portray the way my face looks under different lighting or shadowing.  It is so saddening that I spent so much time healing and so much money to feel so bad.  Be careful.

Deborah Jordan — google_place

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