Originally Syndicated on June 10, 2024 @ 9:49 am
Well-known facial plastic surgeon Dr. Andrew Jacono has been the subject of several accusations of botched plastic surgery operations. Concerns concerning his surgical techniques and patient care have been raised by patients who have experienced serious complications and disappointing outcomes.
In one well-known instance, the plaintiff filed a medical malpractice claim, alleging that Dr. Jacono of the New York Center for Facial, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery had caused them serious harm during a mid-face lift procedure. The plaintiff claimed that Dr. Andrew Jacono violated recognized medical standards, causing harm to two or more branches of her 7th cranial nerve, even though a jury trial ended in favor of the physician.
Following the first trial, the plaintiff filed a move to vacate the judgment, asking for a new trial as well as an examination of Dr. Andrew Jacono’s alleged perjury. The Supreme Court, however, rejected this move, and the appellate court maintained the ruling, pointing to a dearth of fresh, relevant evidence and inadequate evidence of Dr. Andrew Jacono’s fraud or misconduct.
Other patients have come forward with similar accounts of mishandled surgery and complications, despite the court’s findings. According to these reports, there appears to be a pattern of problems with Dr. Andrew Jacono’s surgeries, causing the people who are impacted great bodily and psychological suffering.
The problems surrounding Dr. Andrew Jacono serve as a reminder of how crucial it is to choose a plastic surgeon after doing extensive study and giving it great thought. Patients are advised to get second views and confirm that the surgeon they have selected has a proven track record of excellent results.
The medical community and regulatory agencies may need to reassess plastic surgeons’ standards and practices as more people share their stories to stop more surgical errors and patient injuries. The situation involving Dr. Andrew Jacono should serve as a lesson for both clients and other cosmetic surgery professionals.
Case Study
Krajcik v. Jacono, 2022 NY Slip Op 00413 Krajcik rendered on January 26, 2022, by the Second Department of the Appellate Division Published by Judiciary Law Section 431 by the New York State Law Reporting Bureau. This opinion has not been revised and may be changed before it is published in the official reports.
Decision and Order
In a case to recover damages for medical malpractice, the plaintiff appealed an order from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Judge Robert A. Bruno) dated February 13, 2019. The order denied the plaintiff’s motion to vacate a previous judgment (by Judge F. Dana Winslow) entered on July 16, 2015, which was based on a jury verdict in favor of the defendants. The motion also sought a new trial and a referral to the Nassau County District Attorney to investigate allegations of perjury.
The order was affirmed, with costs.
The plaintiff initiated this medical malpractice action in October 2010, claiming injuries from a mid-face lift performed by Dr. Andrew Jacono at the New York Center for Facial, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery. After a jury trial, the verdict favored the defendants, concluding that Dr. Andrew Jacono did not deviate from accepted medical practices in causing injury to two or more branches of the plaintiff’s 7th cranial nerve. Consequently, a judgment was entered on July 16, 2015, dismissing the amended complaint.
In August 2018, the plaintiff, representing herself, moved to vacate the judgment under CPLR 5015(a)(2) and (3), request a new trial, and refer the case to the district attorney for a perjury investigation against Dr. Andrew Jacono. The defendants opposed this motion, and the Supreme Court denied it on February 13, 2019. The plaintiff appealed this decision, but the appellate court affirmed the order.
The court found that the plaintiff did not provide new, material evidence that would change the outcome of the previous trial or that the evidence was not merely cumulative or impeaching the credibility of an adverse witness. Additionally, the plaintiff did not prove fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct by the defendants. Consequently, the motion to vacate the judgment under CPLR 5015(a)(3) was rightly denied.
Moreover, the court saw no reason to refer the matter to the Nassau County District Attorney to investigate the perjury allegations against Dr. Andrew Jacono.
Customer Experiences with Dr. Andrew Jacono
#1. Maria I. claims that she had a facelift and eyelid surgery performed by Dr. Jacono two years ago.
She appears to have done nothing despite spending $120,000. She did not remove years from her face, despite what his Instagram feed constantly shows. That is untrue; following a protracted recuperation, she appears the same, and her neck has a noticeable red stain that did not exist before the procedure.
Not only did she not own up to his errors, but she also made an effort to hide them by using phrases like “everyone heals differently.”
After the procedure, the staff was expected to get in touch with her family; she provided them with his phone number, but they never did. His family was incredibly anxious as the hours passed. At last, on the day of the surgery, at 10 PM, they called the emergency number, and they were informed that she was okay. It was unbelievable.
She does not at all RECOMMEND Dr. Andrew Jacono, nor does she believe that what she does on his Instagram page displaying his money by popping open thousands of dollar wine bottles is appropriate.
#2. As per Emily, she had two poorly performed procedures from this surgeon, which made for a horrible experience. The revision procedure exacerbated the problems from the previous operation. The severity of the abnormality has prevented previous surgeons from successfully repairing the injury in the past. She had hoped for a minor treatment but ended up with a major malformation in her neck.
His surgery notes are incomplete, which makes it more difficult for me to get the proper care from other doctors after he left me. The fact that these doctors had to continue without precise knowledge has made the care she has been able to find less effective.
Throughout our follow-up sessions, he harassed and badgered her, lied to her frequently at post-operative consultations, and wrote false summaries that covered up the problems he caused.
#3. Alexia B. said how she wished she had read these earlier! Since he was supposed to be the greatest at this, she went in for a V-Y lip lift. He was quite affable up until around two years after her operation when her lips weren’t healing properly. Her upper lip is enormous, bloated, and continuously leaking lymphatic fluid from the Y incision line. The inner incision is painful. The philtrum is drawn down to be even longer and skews to the right.
Her upper lip swells like a boxer whenever she eats or drinks anything, hot, cold, or at room temperature. She bites her upper lip continually, causing the sides to drop down. The flaps hanging over her mouth make it difficult for me to speak. Additionally, it seems and feels like a boxer’s mouthguard. Additionally, food sticks to the spot on her upper lip where lymphatic fluid seeps after eating, leaving an ugly line behind. Her entire face has transformed because of her utterly covered upper teeth, which appear foolish.
Her goal in having this surgery was to seem natural and avoid any scars. She now has a crazy appearance as though she recently had a lot of filler injected. Everyone makes fun of it, and it’s awkward.
You would also expect that she would receive first-rate aftercare after paying $15,000 for a thirty-minute operation. However, she has had all of her appointments canceled for the past three months. She was given five minutes, told that she felt like she had an abscess, and told to get an MRI when she insisted on seeing him. After that, it took the medical staff seven weeks to fax the clinical notes to the imaging department so that her insurance could be authorized.
They treated the clinic and me rudely, and when they did submit notes, the insurance company rejected them as they weren’t signed. It took me about seven weeks of calling every day before they finally took action and approved me. And it took me over two weeks to follow up with a call regarding the results of the MRI. “The medical team will get back to you” was the recurring assurance, but nothing ever materialized.
Finally, she received a call yesterday from someone who said, “There is nothing we can do.” Nothing was seen on the MRI. “Dr. Jacono advises you to consult a neurologist,” and with that, she was dismissed, her mouth malformed, to take care of it on her own. I’m unable to see him for a comprehensive checkup to find out why the incision hurts and why fluid is seeping out of it.
She will thus be visiting another lip surgeon to rectify the disastrous mess her face has become.
He simply advised me to get a bullhorn live for an additional $12,000 because the operation had made her lip much longer. Had she desired it, she would have had it done sooner and with a different physician. similar to Dr. Gary Linkov, who bills $6,000 as opposed to his $20,000!
He is affable, but I’m upset and unhappy that he was taken by surprise and that a Top Facial Surgeon and a purportedly competent team are discarding a client who is deformed from his hand and not even trying to assist. It seems like being famous or planning to spend a lot of money is the only way to garner attention. The staff’s sole response to me is, “I’m sorry you feel that way.” It’s a physical deformity that has been left in the middle of her face, not an emotion!
#4. HORRIBLE!
According to Clara K, it is evident from the startling price of $70,00+ for a facelift that this cosmetic surgeon is only interested in making money, not taking care of his patients. The seventy-k was all-inclusive of the facelift; the neck would have to be paid for separately. Although she was aware that this was an elective operation, the cost was absurd and amounted to theft. I’ll look for services somewhere else.
#5. Diana D stated in her review that Dr. Andrew Jacono charged 70,000 for a facelift, neck lift, and other procedures; if he had done a better job, she wouldn’t have cared.
In addition to his awful work, which left her neck tied and embarrassingly uneven beneath, he also seriously damaged her nerves, rendering me completely incapacitated. It’s awful, and he won’t admit it or provide any assistance. He administered Botox injections, but they had no effect. And her face is not proper. Her head and neck are hurting so much and are tugging.
I’ve seen a nerve specialist who she thinks can assist, but she needs to cut the nerves that are numbing her face.
Dr. Jacono is not trying to think of any practical solutions. Her life is devastated by him.
More Patient Opinions on Dr. Andrew Jacono
1 year after the neck revision
A year has passed since my neck surgery revision. My scalp and behind my ears are covered in horrible scars. They have a noticeable thickness. Anyone would be able to tell that I had surgery because of how lumpy and strange they look.
The baldness and scars from the needless brow lift are still quite severe. I give it my all. Nutrafol, Regain, and specialty shampoos and serums. Nothing can ever cause the scars on your scalp to develop hair. Since I’m so bald, I appear considerably older. I try to hide my baldness every day by using topix fibers. Where the four cuts were made, my scalp has dents in it.
Why raise your eyebrows? I’m not sure. I had no desire for one. I sent the doctor an email ahead of time, expressing my concerns regarding my hair. Compared to before the brow lift, my forehead now has more wrinkles. I still have ptosis in my eyes. The eye surgery didn’t assist at all; in fact, it made things worse because the stitches are now wrinkled and lumpy, giving the impression that the procedure was unsuccessful. My eyelid’s creases from the stitches cannot be concealed by cosmetics.
Regarding the ineffective CO2 laser, my wrinkles and brown patches are exactly as they were before the surgery.
I’m glad the surgeon made the necessary adjustments to my neck. He attempted to mend it. Simply put, this isn’t the procedure I had intended to have. The majority of the deformities on my neck that were caused by the initial operation were corrected by the revision. My scalp, wrinkles, bald patches, brown spots, scars, etc. were not addressed.
I think I appear false right now. Too many indications point to a poorly performed surgery on me. I regret ever committing to surgery and believing reviews. Too many steps and each one ended badly.
The majority of reviews lack images. I’m starting to believe that isn’t real. Then there are somewhere the subjects look fantastic and have pictures. The doctor said he believed my scars didn’t heal properly and that my skin simply grew back and drooped quickly (unlike most people).
Perhaps I’m simply a strange one. I still regret not seeing a truthful and realistic evaluation before my first operation. Then, people are aware of the dangers. Not every person has an effective process. Then, knowing that no doctor can perform magic, individuals can decide whether to do it or not. It’s probably not realistic for everyone if it seems too fantastic.
About Dr. Andrew Jacono
Renowned facial plastic surgeon Dr. Andrew Jacono is well-known in New York City for his cutting-edge and inventive methods, which include minimally invasive facial rejuvenation and both surgical and non-surgical procedures. Prominent American and international socialites, TV news presenters, editors, models, actors, actresses, and others looking to improve their looks are among his clientele.
In addition to his aesthetic practice, Dr. Andrew Jacono is also committed to philanthropy. He works to provide operations, such as cleft lip and palate restoration, to children all over the world who have little access to healthcare or money.
Conclusion
Dr. Andrew Jacono, a well-known facial plastic surgeon, has faced numerous allegations of failed plastic surgery operations, raising serious concerns about his surgical techniques and patient care.
In one prominent case, a plaintiff filed a medical malpractice lawsuit, alleging significant injuries from a mid-face lift performed by Dr. Jacono at the New York Center for Facial, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery. However, the Supreme Court and the appellate court denied these motions due to insufficient new evidence and a lack of proof of fraud or misconduct.
These cases underscore the importance of thorough research and seeking multiple opinions when selecting a plastic surgeon. Patients should verify the surgeon’s track record of successful outcomes to avoid similar distress. As more patients share their experiences, the medical community and regulatory bodies may need to reassess standards and practices for plastic surgeons to prevent further patient harm. Dr. Jacono’s situation highlights the critical need for accountability and patient safety in cosmetic surgery.
