Tracy Pfeifer, MD

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Nov 19, 2024

Dr Tracy Pfeifer and her staff are indeed very gentle and nice people. They are thorough and professional. I would not recommend for any revision surgery. That type of surgery requires a higher skill set and I am very disappointed and saddened by my own results with Dr. Pfeifer. I've just booked with another doctor to repair the damage she did to me. First, my breasts by the original doctor in England were beautiful-no scars-great shape etc...after 15 years I felt it was time to replace. She never spoke with me about new styles or technologies and in fact strongly recommended textured, tear drop shape 'gummy bear' implants. Research those yourself.

I said I had no interest in those so she simply looked up the exact same old ones I had and ordered those. I have since found out that no other doctor would have done that. They would have gone over options. I'm very inquisitive and would have welcomed such an educational discussion but there was none of that. I said what was very important for me was a natural result with no visible scars. She assured me of that.
The implants were 220 cc's. I previously had no scars as they had been put in through the armpit. She said she couldn't remove them that way. I have since found that other doctors can.
After surgery with Dr. Pfeifer I am left with 5 inches of inframammary scars on my chest and drain hole scars on the side of my breasts. I have since found out that other doctors put the drains through the armpit so the breast has no further scars.
The breasts initially looked the same as before as far as size and shape but over the next few months I realized she had cut all the nerves to the nipples and severed all sensation for the rest of my life.
There is no going back to a doctor and 'crying over spilled milk' I am the one who is to blame for not doing better research about revision surgery in general, which would have been easy, but I relied on web reviews about how nice and comforting she and her staff were nothing about her medical performance of revisions is out there. I did hold her accountable for the nerves and jagged scars. She said that 'nerves were tricky' and when she looked at the scars she shrugged and brushed them off as if it was all OK. She is a doctor with a very nice and gentle manner as is her staff but is of inferior ability and skill. There are excellent surgeons in Manhattan who do extraordinary breast revisions and I now have to pay one of them to re-do what she botched-replacing old technology implants with softer and better newer ones. I also have to pay for scar revision surgery.

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