Lipostructure Fat Grafting / TriBeCa Plastic Surgery review: buyer beware! 541

One of the richest source of stem cells is adipose tissue (fat) research it and you will see.Stem cells play a role in repairing
damaged cells .UCLA has a lab studying all this.

I dont know what percentage? and I am not a know it all. What I am is just a "result" of plastic surgeons messing with stuff that they should leave to scientists and ginnie pigs at this point in time! I totally agree.

I actually know nothing about Dr. Coleman, just posted my complaint about Dr. Tameira Hollander here and saw a link to this complaint.

I read through the first page of comments here and then did some google searches. Someone had posted the link to wearecolemanpatients.com -- it's no longer active.

So I searched for other complaints http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS245US245&q=Dr%2e+Sydney+Coleman+complaints and http://www.ratemds.com/social/?q=node/28873&did=41095 has many negative reviews and there are a few other sites with complaints (including one with a Google warning - ?), but I found NOTHING about litigation.

He prevailed in a domain name dispute at arbitration, but I'm wondering about patient suits against him and of course I wonder whether he had any sites shut down through defamation lawsuits.

Please let me know if you have any info on litigation involving Dr. Coleman. It blows my mind to see all these complaints and I wonder why ANYONE would see this doctor for any reason.

Christine

I called Coleman's office and was told that there are currently 2 lawsuits out against him. One is active and one inactive. Not sure what that means by inactive.

Go to this link to learn about stem cells:

http://www.realself.com/question/does-analogous-fat-transfer-lead-sagging-facial-skin?p=s#tip-62942

Has anyoone who has tried steroid shots had there fat
graft come back bigger ayear or so after?

I just want to say that I can't believe anyone likes Sydney Coleman's before/after pictures. They are almost always from two slightly different angles.
I think there isn't really any change and that the change is from the two different angles from which the photos are taken. If this can be proven then Sydney is in big trouble.

So depressed I am 19 months post op having some fat graft cut out-yet my lip is puffier now than at 6months post op.What the hell is the deal! Anyone else out there on the treadmill of surgeries to try to remove unwanted fat grafts?

atleast not any good change...

Coleman put fat in my lips in 2000 and now, 9 years later I still have enormous, crazy looking lips. He made my lips extremely uneven, as in one side is twice as big as the other side. It is so uneven that there's no way he didn't see it, I mean I noticed it right away, so I'm pretty convinced he did it on purpose. He is a crazy gay man, who is jealous of beautiful women and tries to disfigure them on purpose. No doubt about it. A real crazy ugly man, with lots of issues. Twice I've had doctors cut out some of the fat, but there is still a lot of work to be done. Stay away from this psychopath!

did he mutilate that poor woman who had 8 kids? she looks weird!

I thought the same thing about Nadia, my
fat graft got bigger when I was Preggo.

Godessa did you get my message, I cant figure out if messaging on this site works or not.

So Sorry Taylor. I was just feeling desperate. I was just hoping someone out there would help me. It seamed that no one would. I can't even get a lawyer to help me. I am not your typical plastic surgery patient because I actually spent my life savings on one little thing. I figured you would all have lots of money and might want to help, since most people who have plastic surgery are not poor like me. Anyway, I suggest that you all represent yourselves and forget lawyers. They are just as evil as doctors. They the predators in this animal world that we live in!

Taylor, I asked Complaints Board to remove those comments I made. I did not mean to offend anyone. I wasn't thinking. I will move on my way and stop bugging you people. I truly am sorry and wish all well!

corey, do you have a link to your myspace

Good for you, Taylor. You look very pretty in the befores.

Corey are those after pictures recent or old?
Where and how does this group of unhappy fat
grafters communicate? There really should be a support group!

Taylor,
I looked weird in close up pictures, even before a single one of the fat injections. I was lucky to have happened to have taken some close up pictures BEFORE the horid injections so I could compare. Can you please post photos from further away and with the same angles so we can get a better comparison and see exactly what has changed.

I have no question that he did try to mutilate you, simply because I know from my own experience. However, the hideous look was not lasting in my case. I know because I took a weird looking close-up before the injections. Then over a year later, after having taken this picture of myself, I was able to use this photo to determine if my face had actually changed. I cut a piece of clear plastic and taped it to the screen on my digital camera to protect the screen. Then I took a fine black pen and I traced the before close-up on my digital camera, marking the center of the eyes, the top of the head, the nose, the chin, and the distance from each side of the face by the eyes. Then I had my friend photograph me, lining up the markings to my face, and discovered that I looked identical to the weird close-up. There was only one difference. My skin looked a bit worse from the trauma of the over-correction and areas where I had NOT gotten injected(my cheeks) had gotten a bit fatter. I assume because I had stopped all my old habits because I was so depressed from the nightmare that I had been through. The injected area (my lower eye area and brow) had not gotten puffier. The brow only looks puffier from different angles and this was true before the injection. I am not saying that this is true in your case! but I just want to offer you a little hope. I must warn you, if you want to compare photos it will be very hard to do without knowing the exact lense, distance, angle that were used. The only way I happened to know all this was because I still had the old photo on my digital camera and could trace it.
As for Coleman, I believe he is a very stupid, evil man. I see he went to a school in Texas and I am not sure why anyone ever trusted him? I also know that art tallent is very rare and this is why I find it all so questionable, all these creepy doctors pretending to have this rare tallent and then, on top of this, pretending to be able to make people look like younger photos or more pretty.

Taylor,
It is aaaaa...I forgot my password so I have to change my screen name a lot.
I just saw your new pictures today. Thankyou so much for posting them and letting the world know what a fraud Sydney Coleman is!

I think I'm going to have to get in touch with Dr Coleman to see if there is anything I can do to assist him in shutting you up.

You need serious help.
And your internet connection severed.

I have no standing to threaten you.

You haven't wronged me.
But I think you are wronging the party which you attack, and wronging people who seek information.
You aren't claiming that he didn't send you a "get rich quick" kit in a timely manner, like most of the whiners on here.
You aren't even claiming malpractice - you're claiming criminal acts, which if true, would result in serious prison time and complete loss or career.
To make such a charge in a public forum without being able to back it up is irresponsible.
I've sent you nothing privately.
Why would I do that?
I guess the harshest thing I could do to you is to educate you.
IANAL - everything I know abut our legal system comes from TV and movies.
That also means this is pretty commonly understood lay knowledge.
I'm sure that should Coleman decide to file suit against you, your postings here will all be admissible as evidence of several points.
In your various statements, you've established that you know that your statements have the potential to interfere with the business of Dr Coleman. That, combined with you presenting your interpretation of events and Dr Coleman's motivations as fact rather than opinion, puts a lot of the legal burden on you in a libel case.
The only real defense you would have would be truth.
And because you've stated your views as fact rather than opinion, and have a malicious intent, you don't get to say "gee - guess I was wrong."
Unless you can prove that a reasonable person - whether or not you happen to be reasonable - would reach the same conclusions as you - it's libel.
The reason I'm breaking that down for you is that IF you get sued, you won't be able to claim you didn't know.
And you won't be able to deny having read it unless you stop posting.
And you won't stop posting.
Which will make legal action against you *after* you've had the obvious pointed out to you, and you've acknowledged the information, and you continue to libel - a slam dunk.
I'm not going to contact the Doc - I'm far to lazy and I think my purposes are better served by simply exposing you for the liar you are.
Yup - I'm publicly calling you a liar.
I'm stating that you are deliberately trying to mislead people in a callous attempt to aggrandize yourself, interfere with someone's business by doing irreparable damage to their reputation, and boost your poor self esteem.
Liar, liar!

Nothing sneeky.

You made a point of not using anonymity (that debatable - but another subject) so I copy/pasted you into google.
It wasn't hard and two about 90 seconds to follow the obvious pattern of paranoia.
Typing all that crap took longer, but only because I wanted to be as clear as possible, and I *do* have other things going on.
We all love to hear stories about the valiant victim rising up to throw off her oppressor.
At best, you're unstable and misguided.
At worst, you're malevolent and psychopathic.
Either way, you're not a person to be trusted, and I submit that you are a great example of why these sites don't work well for anything more serious than "I didn't receive my rebate."
What I'm trying to do is point that out.
Why I'm doing this is a valid question.
I find most people to be a bit thick headed (yes, I'm an elitist) and the user base here is pretty far down the food chain.
There really isn't any reason to pity them, and I certainly don't identify with them.
It could be that I have a deep seated natural protectiveness of my fellow man.
Or perhaps I'm merely elevating myself by diminishing you.
It really doesn't matter.

My position relies on your statements, not who I am.

Zombiewolf, you are quite strange. What business is it of yours if this woman wants to complain about Coleman? What is your relation to Coleman?

If you think it is simple to file a civil suit against a plastic surgeon for a poor outcome, or against anyone for anything, you are an intense combination of poorly educated and stupidity. Its one thing to be ignorant, its quite another to issue proclamations about a subject you lack basic knowledge about --like you said, everything you know about civil law come from tv. Sorry. That's not a foundation to deliver statements of certainty from.
And with comments like: "maybe i just like to help my fellow man. everyone likes to see a woman rise up against her oppressor" you really come across as not right in the head. Your comments about the psychology of strange posters as it related to the coleman situation is..uh..a little unnecessary, TMI, just plain weird?

Zombiwoof go away! You have no idea of the gut wrenching pain that comes with being disfigured .

You can rail at me all you want - but this woman is a raving loon.

I do know there are a lot of hungry lawyers out there.

I had one offer services to me on contingency when it was clear my surgeon was blameless.

I busted my hip in a freak accident some years ago, and being lazy, I blew off my post-op physical therapy.

As a result, I get an annoying twinge every now and then.

There wasn't a damned thing wrong with the procedure.

Yet, the lawyer knew full well that he could likely extort money from the insurance company if I whined loudly and convincingly enough.

There is no shortage of lawyers willing to take on malpractice cases, so - again - I'm calling ### on this.

This site is pretty much a joke anyway - more than 80% of the complaints are from people who have been bilked by hucksters after they've sent away for some "get rich fast" scheme.

You can't con an honest man.

FYI: I'd never heard of Coleman until I came to this site the other day.

Zombiwoof monster from hell,
I did not read every word of your rantings but it is clear just from your name that you are EVIL! It is so clear to me that you must be an ANGRY PLASTIC SUGEON that is AFRAID of being found out yourself, for having cheated thousands upon thousands out of their money!
How many of your youth potions and unscientifically backed procedures actually work?
And I am so sorry you are against freedom of speech...so you can't just cheat every single living soul out of their money! MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO AMMEND THE BILL OF RIGHTS!
Let me remind you... the First Amendment states that:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for the redress of grievance.
NOW WHILE YOU AND OTHER BAD DOCTORS GO AMMEND THE BILL OF RIGHTS...we will continue our little expose here!
( so you know...I am screaming now...because you are so dense!...)
AND AS FOR TAYLOR...SHE CAN'T GET A LAWYER BECAUSE THEY TURN DOWN PLASTIC SURGERY PATIENTS ----AUTOMATICALLY!
I ***!KNOW!**** BECAUSE I CALLED 20 LAWYERS MYSELF AND THEY TURNED DOWN MY CASE -------BEFORE!---- EVEN SPEAKING TO ME, JUST BASED ON THE FACT THAT I HAD
***ELECTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY***!
So be gone you zombiwolf... Go prey on your victims but beware the day when they read this cite and discover they have been had...

"Zombiwoof monster from hell,
I did not read every word of your rantings..."

Sorry - I stopped reading there.

I just read his comments fully and I must comment on zombiewoof more. You must be nuts, Zombiewolf!
And from the sounds of your rantings I would say you are also senile! I have noticed that it is pretty common for senile or nutty people to think they are much better than "the commoners" when they are just senile and silly in the head. And if you have never even heard of Coleman or undergone fat grafting, why are you here? Zombiewoof...I think you are a senile plastic surgeon!
"I find most people to be a bit thick headed (yes, I'm an elitist) and the user base here is pretty far down the food chain.
There really isn't any reason to pity them, and I certainly don't identify with them.
It could be that I have a deep seated natural protectiveness of my fellow man.
Or perhaps I'm merely elevating myself by diminishing you.
It really doesn't matter."--Zombiewoof, the Great!

You're opinion of me is entirely irrelevant.
My comments here are intended to serve only two purposes:

Amuse me.
Deny you the ability to post unanswered libel.

Why do jewish doctors like to mutilate people and make them look weird? Is it just money or is weird beautiful to them?

I looked at Coleman's face the other day and he is ugly. Coleman is so ugly so why does he feel like he is an authority on beauty? He is too ugly to know beauty.
His face is fat in all the wrong places, his skin is old looking, his eyes are too close together, and his hair is curly like pubic hair. He is old looking! How dare he show that illustration of an old face turn into a young face when it does not work for him even! When I see the people who went to him I wonder why they thought such an ugly man would make them better looking.

Hello,
would any of you mind telling me how long ago you had your surgery?

While i am here, if you have problems with over grafting. you might want to try dr carraway. he does a lot of facial lipo and has lipo ed unwanted grafts for a lot of people

Taylor. You are a beautiful person. Not because of Coleman stuffing you like a turkey and driving you nuts, but because you have survived and recovered. Please do not go to doctors and let them screw with your face anymore! Plastic surgeons are the sleeze of the medical community. They are a clannish group of rats and they use the media, their position, and flash to manipulate people!

You are fine the way you are. I would stay away from all Plastic surgeons if I were you! I don't see any that look good! Maybe you just think they do because they dress up in suits, act rich, and pretend all the patients are their good friend. And if you suspect that they had plastic surgery that is enough reason for their results to be considered bad, in my opinion.
Otherwise you will end up looking like Joan Rivers with a freaky look. That nutcase, Joan, was yacking on the apprentice about how the poor should have be allowed to die with dignity. What a nut job! She has no dignity with her freaky looking face. She looks like a dead carcass should look!

Did not mean to be rude but I just want to warn you and others against plastic surgery with a good descriptive warning. I do not believe in it one bit and I do not think you or anyone here is freaky looking at all. I do not like Joan Rivers. She advocates plastic surgery but she looks horrible. She is trying to make it seam fine to mutilate people. And her remark about poor people dying with dignity seams cold and morbid.

How long ago did the people who feel disfigured by Coleman have their surgeries?

Hi Corey,

Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

I am not sure what is going on because I can not find your answer to my questions. If you do not mind repeating yourself too much, would you mind, saying once more how long ago the Coleman victims' posting here had surgery?

Also, are the close-up photos of the person with the drooping chin, and drooping the mid-face drooping of you after surgery?

Finally, as a person who has had to deal with bad surgical results, let me advise you, don't give into depression.

Its very brave of you to publicly recount your travails, but don't just do that. If you can, start trying to fix yourself. At 6 mos to a year it's safe to move forward.