TheChosenOne -- yeah I thought the same thing about Blau..in fact did a phone consult (which costs 150$ by the way) I sent many pictures in along with real good details on my situation and didn't get much of an answer. In fact, what he told me was "they left gland in there, I can promise you it will be flat, but when raising your arms you will have indentions" The 150$ consult with such little info seemed strange, so before going on a whim just by all his promotion online I looked into it more...here's one example what I found:
Originally found Dr Blau on a male breast forum. During the consult he seemed to try and make it short and sweet and keep assuring me he does these types of surgeries everyday.
Well i personally was pressured by this Mary Ann "his secretary" who kept telling over and over Dr Blau really is the best Dr. When I told her i was thinking about going to a different surgeon she keep assuring me Blau is the best and you won't be disappointed.
Well the day of surgery I was being rushed from getting ready to know one being able to answer any last min questions. Blau looked nervous that day, sweating and getting patients in and out as fast as he can.
To make a long story short the day after surgery both sides of my chest were so badly bruised you couldn't even see skin color.
When i went a week later to have the bandages removed i literally cried. One side of my chest looked like someone took an ice cream scooper and removed a chunk of my chest "an indentation" while the other side dented in due to his stupid method of wrapping the chest. The support plate shifted and dug in my chest. If he did it the right way by using a compression garment this could have been avoided.
I asked what have you done, he stated don't worry I assure you iv seen this many time it's just swelling and will go away in time, be patient. Also asked, well if i have a huge indentation how is that going to magically fill itself. He stated bodily fluild and natural healing will fill it out.
Fast forward 2 months post-op and the indentation is still there, the dent is now a huge lump of scar tissue. The post-op recovery room is a joke to say the least, i felt like i was in middle school clinic. I removed the heart monitor to see how long it would take for someone to come to my aid, well they never did till about 4-5min of listening to a loud flat line.
When I confronted Blau on how he was going to fix it, he suggested he take out more fat on the indentation. How can you take out more fat when there is nothing to take because you took out to much to begin with? I suggested aren't you supposed to fill it in with fat? He stated yea yea I can do it. Why is the patient telling the surgeon the proper way of fixing his MISTAKE?
Im going to cut this short. Over a year later and seeing other surgeons for pain in my chest it was confirmed i have permanent nerve damage which causes slight pain in discomfort which i have to live with for the rest of my life. The other side has a huge line going across which is a huge ball of scar tissue.
I later asked myself how this Dr even have a medical license. Well I later found out he was banned from the website I originally found him for him and or staff making many false testimonials. I do not know if this is true but after going through what i did i would not be surprised. Also I do not think a website owner would go through all that trouble unless he was 100% sure due to legal reasons.
Then I later searched through the NY lawsuit directory and was not surprised about what i found. I later used this directory for a Dr i was planning on using to fix this mess cause i had a weird feeling and bam another surprise. So now every time i go to a consult i look up the Dr's lawsuit history because after what i went through i can no longer trust anyone.
So not only did i pay a outrageous price, im stuck with permanent pain and discomfort and a chest that looks deformed. There is much more to this story but what i posted should be enough to explain the horrible experience i had.
Now that's not to say he's bad...this may just be one case and I'm sure doctor's have a few. But honestly, I'd like to hear from patients first hand that had good experiences and aren't getting paid from Blau to say it, which I would bet a lot of bodybuilders are because Blau is part of a lot of bodybuilding forums to promote himself.
