Dr. Eve Bruce, Maryland Cosmetic Surgery Center ripoff, malpractice, disfigurement, I am simply asking for the return of my money , I suffer from what she has done to my face and body Lutherville Maryland
Regarding Dr. Eve Bruce
For 1 1/2 years I have had terrible experiences with a doctor, Eve Bruce, who performed 3 surgeries on me. And I now know my problems with her will not be resolved unless I take some action.
In February 2003 I paid Eve Bruce $2570 to simply take a little fat off along my jawbone and just under my jawbone. My face had never been touched by any previous surgery (please check with Eve's "before" photos of my face). The surgery created unsightly depressions in my face.
I went back in June 2003 to straighten out the holes in my face and also paid her another $3500 to touch up the gouges left on my stomach and thighs and knees by another doctor. I had yet another touch up in early 2004 for the problems unfixed on my body and continuing problems with the holes she had created on my face. I was charged another $300 to have this additional surgery at the Maryland Cosmetic Surgery Center, in Lutherville, MD. The surgeries, unfortunately, we all failures (see photos). Nothing was corrected on my face and body; as a mater of fact, more holes resulted on my thighs, no correction on my knees, new gouges in my buttocks, left leg and stomach from the second and third surgeries.
I did not wish to go any further with this if Eve Bruce returned my money. This whole business has been incredibly stressful and I want it behind meand to think I paid all that money to be stressed and disfigured! I am simply asking for the return of my money and interest for the dismally failed surgery in the sum of $6070 with interest, $2718, total: $8788. I requested the total be received by November 15, 2004.
My odyssey with Dr. Eve Bruce began in February 2003 with the first surgery on my chin and jaw. I had spoken with Eve several times about what I wanted done, the last conversation only minutes from the surgery. I had repeated over and over, "I don't want any fat taken off my face; I like my cheeks the way they are." I even demonstrated "only along the jaw" As she began taking fat out of my jaw, she went way up into my right cheek, up to my cheekbone! I was surprised and remarked -- in front of the staff in the operating room-- "I don't want you to go into my cheeks. You're cutting into my cheeks." She remarked, "I'm not taking any fat out of your cheeks I'm just feathering." She continued to "feather" both cheeks up to my cheekbones and as a result has disfigured me.
I have been the object of Dr. Eve Bruce's malpractice and every day I suffer from what she has done to my face and body. It is clear to me now that she is incompetent and did not know what she was doing when she operated on me, then had no idea how to fix it.
Anne
Washington, DC, District of Columbia
U.S.A.
5 Updates & Rebuttals
SSmith
Baltimore,Maryland,
United States of America
One negative experience does not equal a bad doctor
#6Consumer Comment
Fri, February 12, 2010
I used Dr. Bruce for my breast augmentation 3 years ago after a friend had also gone to her. She did an amazing job and was caring and helpful along the way. She helped me with any decisions I made and she even kind of felt like a mom with how she explained things and acted. She and her staff were incredibly helpful and kind. I got so many compliments from her work and had to go back multiple times to get more business cards for friends.
I'm sorry some one had a bad experience but it's really hard to tell how things are going to turn out with plastic surgery. I was fortunate I guess in that aspect. But Dr. Bruce is not an unethical doctor or individual and several people in the medical field also conferred with me that she was a great doctor who performed beautiful work.
Please don't take this one bad comment to heart if you ever consider using her.
Acurtis
Columbia,Maryland,
U.S.A.
Plastic Surgery Comes with No Guarentees or Refunds!
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, July 24, 2008
As a former employee and patient of Dr. Bruce, I urge readers to disregard the negative comments in this rip off report. Plastic surgery has inherent risks of which the patient are always notified. You must make an informed decision and be sure you can live with the outcome of that decision. Poor results can and frequently do come from patients who do not follow doctors orders, for example taking bandages off too soon etc. I do not know what the case is with this disgruntled patient, but I do know that if Dr. Bruce had done anything wrong her license would have been suspended or some other action would have been taken other than mean-spirited letters to websites aimed at getting a refund for work which was completed as requested. No surgeon can guarantee results, but surgeons who are highly qualified are members of professional organizations. Most surgeons also have several pre and post op photos so you can see examples of real former patients.
Dr. Bruce is a highly qualified and experienced surgeon. Her license is in good standing and she is a member of several professional organizations. Do not allow one person's negative experience to stop you from getting the best possible surgeon!
A. Curtis
Acurtis
Columbia,Maryland,
U.S.A.
Plastic Surgery Comes with No Guarentees or Refunds!
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, July 24, 2008
As a former employee and patient of Dr. Bruce, I urge readers to disregard the negative comments in this rip off report. Plastic surgery has inherent risks of which the patient are always notified. You must make an informed decision and be sure you can live with the outcome of that decision. Poor results can and frequently do come from patients who do not follow doctors orders, for example taking bandages off too soon etc. I do not know what the case is with this disgruntled patient, but I do know that if Dr. Bruce had done anything wrong her license would have been suspended or some other action would have been taken other than mean-spirited letters to websites aimed at getting a refund for work which was completed as requested. No surgeon can guarantee results, but surgeons who are highly qualified are members of professional organizations. Most surgeons also have several pre and post op photos so you can see examples of real former patients.
Dr. Bruce is a highly qualified and experienced surgeon. Her license is in good standing and she is a member of several professional organizations. Do not allow one person's negative experience to stop you from getting the best possible surgeon!
A. Curtis
Acurtis
Columbia,Maryland,
U.S.A.
Plastic Surgery Comes with No Guarentees or Refunds!
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, July 24, 2008
As a former employee and patient of Dr. Bruce, I urge readers to disregard the negative comments in this rip off report. Plastic surgery has inherent risks of which the patient are always notified. You must make an informed decision and be sure you can live with the outcome of that decision. Poor results can and frequently do come from patients who do not follow doctors orders, for example taking bandages off too soon etc. I do not know what the case is with this disgruntled patient, but I do know that if Dr. Bruce had done anything wrong her license would have been suspended or some other action would have been taken other than mean-spirited letters to websites aimed at getting a refund for work which was completed as requested. No surgeon can guarantee results, but surgeons who are highly qualified are members of professional organizations. Most surgeons also have several pre and post op photos so you can see examples of real former patients.
Dr. Bruce is a highly qualified and experienced surgeon. Her license is in good standing and she is a member of several professional organizations. Do not allow one person's negative experience to stop you from getting the best possible surgeon!
A. Curtis
Acurtis
Columbia,Maryland,
U.S.A.
Plastic Surgery Comes with No Guarentees or Refunds!
#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, July 24, 2008
As a former employee and patient of Dr. Bruce, I urge readers to disregard the negative comments in this rip off report. Plastic surgery has inherent risks of which the patient are always notified. You must make an informed decision and be sure you can live with the outcome of that decision. Poor results can and frequently do come from patients who do not follow doctors orders, for example taking bandages off too soon etc. I do not know what the case is with this disgruntled patient, but I do know that if Dr. Bruce had done anything wrong her license would have been suspended or some other action would have been taken other than mean-spirited letters to websites aimed at getting a refund for work which was completed as requested. No surgeon can guarantee results, but surgeons who are highly qualified are members of professional organizations. Most surgeons also have several pre and post op photos so you can see examples of real former patients.
Dr. Bruce is a highly qualified and experienced surgeon. Her license is in good standing and she is a member of several professional organizations. Do not allow one person's negative experience to stop you from getting the best possible surgeon!
A. Curtis