$100 for the consultation and I was impressed. $4500 for ab and flanks lipo. After surgery, I was in terrible pain from dark bruising on my chest and shoulder blades and couldn't understand how those areas were injured when the procedure was performed on abdomen and waistline. Found out from the visiting nurse who told me the bruising was the result of being pushed down on the hard, unforgiving metal operating table during the procedure. I wish I had been given a local anesthetic so that I could have witnessed my treatment.\r
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After a rather, in my opinion, long recovery period (3 - 4 months), my waist was definitely more defined but there were unsightly lumps where Mintz apparently missed using the cannula to remove the fat cells. Because of my age, he recommended I have a full tummy tuck but I chose to have only the lipo and take a chance with having sagging skin on my middle. Well, the elasticity of my skin did not let me down even at the age of 60 plus and the only unattractiveness were the lumps that he failed to remove.\r
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From the time of the procedure (November, 2003) to present (August, 2007) I have experienced a numbness and discomfort in the area on my right side below the waist. I must assume that there is nerve damage and will question my gasteroentologist at my next appointment with him. I am under his care for Hepatitis C for which I was diagnosed in November, 2004; the virus believed to have been passed to me via tainted transfusions during complicated, childbirth which resulted in a stillbirth and my almost bleeding out in 1965.\r
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Summary: In my opinion, Mintz may have been a competent surgeon at some point but has become desensitized to the desires and needs of his patients. He seems to care more about getting his patients in and out as quickly as possible and getting paid for it. In my opinion, his work is careless and sloppy.
Pros: Lovely offices, great post procedure visiting nurse and referred hired private nurse
Cons: price, actual procedure
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