Joseph Poggi, Dr

★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1.0

Nov 19, 2024

I have 184 Google reviews. This is the first one star I have EVER left. So trust me when I say that it took a lot to post this. I had my surgery here in January 2024 and my personal experience with Dr. Poggi has been absolutely terrible. He has only what I can describe as a very sensitive ego. The women working here are incredible though.

During my first consultation Poggi had zero regard or care for what I was saying to him. He continuously interrupted me any time that I attempted to get a word in and talked over me rather than listened. A couple of years later I come back to Poggi as I had saved up more money for this surgery. Poggi’s immediate comment to me was “Wow you got fat, man”. I had gained 15-20 pounds by that point due to a medication and it was humiliating to hear a doctor say that, especially in his field of plastic surgery. He later claimed to be joking, but why would you joke like that when your patients come to you with physical insecurities that they are wanting fixed?

Surgery day I bring in example photos of what I am wanting as I was worried he had ignored what I asked for previously (he did) and he shoos away the photos and says “We’re making your chest more masculine. I don’t need to see those.” Again ignoring any of my concerns.

Five months after my surgery was over with I regrettably scheduled an appointment with Poggi as I felt that he didn’t take enough of the gland or fat out of my chest. If he had listened to what I was asking for from day one then this wouldn’t have been a problem.

This is where his sensitive ego really came to light. He walked into the room immediately on the defensive and clearly angry demanding that I be honest with him and tell him what the problem is. I try explaining my concerns to him but he continues to interrupt and talk over me with a negative attitude. He is raising his voice at me so much that his nurse had to intervene and tell him to stop. I was trying to show him photos on my phone and he’s forcibly tapping and grabbing at my phone clearly angry at the situation and practically yelling that he doesn’t know what I’m talking about. And remember at this point I simply came in to have a conversation with them. After the surgery was over I was told that I could come in at any point if I had any concerns at all. While trying to explain my concerns he is very loudly and aggressively speaking over me. I told him that he’s being difficult to talk to at one point and he responds “Well maybe you just don’t know how to talk”. I have a slight stutter naturally and freeze up when nervous and I can only assume that this was his way of teasing me about it. His nurse had to tell him to stop again. For the rest of this meeting he became completely obsessed with my comment about him being hard to talk to that he would not stop prying. He wanted exact and specific examples. At this moment he was more worried about his hurt ego during this meeting than he has ever been over my procedure or concerns. I gave him examples of how he hasn’t been the best listener in hopes that we could move on from this fixation but rather than respond he just sits there and stares at me. Concerned I asked what was going on and he sarcastically responds “Well I’m listening like you wanted now aren’t I?”

I scheduled the revision today while he sat there and berated me in front of his nurse, but I’ve decided to cancel it and potentially pay the $6,000 again to another plastic surgeon that is more experienced as I just want to put this entire situation behind me and move on from this awful surgeon. I can’t imagine this man going anywhere near me with a sharp object after his tantrum today.

I also later found out that my sister went here when she was 9 years old for reconstructive surgery on her lip. He asked her if she was “ready to stop looking like a boy”.

I wouldn’t recommend Poggi Plastic Surgery to anyone. Poggi does not stand behind his work and uses what I can only describe as intimidation tactics to avoid any sort of revision surgery.

Daniel — google_place

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