any good doctors

[thebeastdan]

ANYone know of any GOOD DOCTORS IS THE LOS ANGELES AREA

[steve6161]

Hi.
I've been looking myself and have interviewed several docs.

This guy has the best photos that I've found:
Dr. Tarick Smaili (Bev Hills)
http://www.californiasurgicalinstitute.com/photos-male.html
He seemed competent. A few people griped about him on www.ratemds.com though I don't know how reliable that site is. (Cost is approximately $6,200. Free consultation.)

This guy has good photos as well: Dr. Sean Younai (Encino)
http://www.beautifulfigure.com/
He seemed like a nice guy. (Cost is approximately $5,300. Free consultation.)

There is another doc who claims to do many of these procedures, Dr. Sanders (Encino) and has a lot of photos on his site, but the problem is I don't think the surgery looks that great.
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(Cost is approximately $6,200. $100 consultation.)

There are many more docs in the area who have before and after photos. You can find them by googling "gynecomastia surgery, los angeles" or going to one of the many plastic surgery and doctor referral websites such as http://www.plasticsurgery.com.

Here are some other ones that I've found on the web (I've called and emailed many of them, but haven't met any):

http://www.drkapoormd.com/beforeandafter9.html (His photos are good, but he doesn't have that many.)

http://www.garytakowskymd.com/gallery_gyno.htm#1 (His photos are good, but he doesn't have that many. $4,500 for the procedure)

There is the list shown on this site:
http://www.gynecomastia.org/content/surg_listing/surgeons.cgi?filter=USA&filter_state=CA

http://www.fodormd.com/gallery/gallery.php?page=Gynecomastia&num=1#procedure-subhead ($100 consultation. I think this guy does lipo only, but his photos are pretty good considering they show lipo only and no excision. Most people on this board have written that lipo only is not enough and that you need glandular excision as well.)

http://www.marinaplasticsurgery.com/

http://www.drcorbin.com/gynecomastia.htm (Many photos but all very small.)
http://gynecomastiaexpert.com (Alternate site for same guy.)

http://sunsetcosmeticsurger.reachlocal.com

http://drdavidhopp.com/gallery.htm

http://www.rodeodriveplasticsurgery.com/gynecomastia.html (They charge $200 for a consultation.)

http://beverlyhillsbody.com/ (I contacted them by email and they never got back to me.)

http://www.drteitelbaum.com/before_after_photos_men5.html (photos of only 1 person)

http://www.aaronstonemd.com/gynecomastia.shtm (photos of only 1 person)

I haven't that impressed with the photos of most of these. I don't know if I'm putting too much importance on the photos, but my feeling is that they are probably putting their best work on their websites and if their best work doesn't look like the kind of results I want to get, why would I use the doctor.

As you can see some give free consultations and some charge. The prices of the procedure vary as well. Most of the doctors will offer to let you speak with their patients if you would like a referral.

You can also check out doctors on this site:
http://ratemds.com/filecache/SelectDoctor.jsp?sid=5
As I mentioned above, I don't know how reliable this site is and it seems like some of the doctors have people posting phony testimonials, but they do have links to the state board medical records of the doctors so you can see what their license and certification is in and if there have been any. You can go to that site directly here:
http://www.medbd.ca.gov/
Also, sometimes people post useful information such as that one doctor I was looking it is board certified as a radiologist - not a plastic surgeon - and that he has had a fraudulent advertising charges leveled against him.

Some people on this board rave about Dr. Delgado in San Francisco (btw I think this is his site):
http://www.sanfranciscocosmetic-surgery.com/

And others have posted about doctors in the San Diego area (e.g. Dr. Wallace, one guy on this board loves her):
http://www.gynecomastia.org/smf/index.php/topic,7271.0.html
http://drwallace.ucsd.edu/default.aspx

If you search through the forums you'll find other postings.

I would be willing to travel if I thought it would make a big difference, but from what I'm seeing you should be able to get a good doctor in the LA area (with at least as good a result as you would get somewhere else).

I'm still looking and hoping to get some references from this board, but no one has posted so far. I will post again if I find out more and please do the same. If you have contact or consultations with any doctors, please post the information.

S