Steven Teitelbaum, Dr

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Apr 18, 2025

I had my breast implants removed by Dr. Teitelbaum about 2 months ago and although the surgery turned out as expected ( I only got the implants out, no other work was done) my aftercare did not go as planned. 7 days after surgery ( and 4 days after being told to told by the doctor to stop taking my antibiotics due to a “rash” ( which I directly texted him a picture of) and never put on different ones) , I contracted a cellulitis infection on my feet and chest wall. I spent 4 days in the hospital on IV antibiotics and had a 20% chance of dying according to Dr. Kang at St Johns who was my attending physician. If I had been home alone and didn’t have someone to get me to the hospital she said I most likely would have died due to delirium and not being able to know I needed help . When I showed Dr. Kang the exact picture of the “rash” I sent to Dr. Teitelbaum she said (and I quote ) “ WOW ..: that looks just like the cellulitis on you feet” .

I understand infection is a risk with surgery but when I returned to the doctors office to see him not only did he refuse to take any responsibility at all , he tried multiple times to blame me for the infection and proceeded to try and makeup stories about my life to convince me it was my fault. Saying things like I walked around without shoes on or that my job was dirty and it happened at work. He never brought up the fact that I was taken off a 7 day course of antibiotics on day 3 which could of been switched after I sent the rash pictures and could of possibly protected me from any of these things he was making up about my lifestyle.

And to be fair, I was REALLY nice and understanding when I first went back 3 days after leaving the hospital , most people wouldn’t have been. I really just wanted him to make things right and comfort me and assure me he would do anything to help , that we were in this together, but that’s not what happened at all. Not at all. He said “ this has NEVER happened to me in 30 years “.

My best advise would be to ask your surgeon if he’s capable of making a mistake or if he’s ever made a mistake. Is he answers NO to one or both of those questions. RUN. If he says “ yes of course” , ask him how he would handle the situation if something like this happened to you post-op because it can happen and it does happen and no surgeon is right 100% of the time. Not even the best of the best like De. Teitelbaum.

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