Dr Gal Aharonov reviews and complaints
Lack of competence
Dr. Aharonov is falsely advertising himself as a Facial Plastic Surgeon. In reality he is not certified and has never been Certified by the American Board of Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery. He was only trained as Ear, Nose and Throat doctor who takes care of bad tonsils and nose polyps. Stick to to your day job! He maimed my family member, refused to issue a refund and behaved in the most unprofessional, rude and unexpected for any physician manner. Man! That guy has a really bad temper! he is not competent in what he does. This is why you see so many complaints from verified users of various accounts on the Web. His passionate advocates are only those who are related to him. Do not count their testimonies as real! This doctor put us through hell! Karma will get him! You reap what you sow!
Country of complaint: United States
Address: Los Angeles, California
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
refused to do what I wanted
Dr. Gal Aharonov refused to do the surgery I flew all the way to talk to him about! I flew to Los Angeles from NYC because I found Dr Aharonov's website and wanted him to do my facelift. I booked my appointment and flew to see him. I was just 12 minutes late for my appointment so they decided to see the next patient before me! they made me wait 40 minutes! When I finally met with Dr Gal Aharonov he was nice enough. I explained to him that I wanted a facelift. He said I was too young and that I didnt need it yet. I insisted and he flat out said no! Who is he to decide? I did plenty of research and I know what I need!
I then told him fine, but I thought it was only fair for his office to reimburse me for my travel expenses. The only thing he offered to do was not charge me a consultation fee. That is ridiculous. I spent close to $1000 to come see him. Gal Aharonov is stubborn and does not listen to what his patients want! If you are reading this Dr Aharonov: I will only take this review down if you reimburse me my travel expenses or if you agree to do my surgery! Thank you for making me waste my time! His employee, Faye was very nice and helpful but Dr Aharonov is a jerk!
Country of complaint: United States
Address: 436 N. Bedford Dr. Suite 300 Beverly Hills 90210
Phone: 310-276-1126
Website: draharonov.com
This is just an update: Dr. Aharonov did reach out to me to see how I was doing, but he still refued to pay me anything. He was very sorry that I felt hurt and upset. I still dont like him, but he is not that bad.
HAHA! yeah right! so how easy it is to be convincing? Just like that Dr Aharonov can write something like that and it makes it seem like I AM CRAZY. it is that easy.
This is the craziest thing I have ever read. I have been researching Dr Aharonov like crazy and coming across this sealed the deal--now for sure I will be going to him. I am glad this doctor has the integrity to not fold to pressure and pay losers like you off!
Ha! you are audacity that I am the only one with more than one user name! you clearly are the same person who is writing all this comments! It is free country! I can write as many complaints as I want! who is stop me?
Ha! It is so obvious that all of you work for Dr Aharonov! or may this all be the good doctor himself? Everyone feels bad for the rich Doctor? certainly him can afford to pay for mistakes. For me was alot of $$$. No person on here feels bad for me?
Ha! and just for the record, Dr Aharonov, now you will have to pay me $2000 to take this complaint down.
Listen you "angry asian woman", Dr Gal Aharonov just no listen to what I wanted. Enough said. I should be able to decide what to do to my face. What kind of world this is? I was more than happy to pay him for his surgery. Guess what, I found a surgeon who will do my surgery for way less money. So there you have it Dr Gal Aharonov, you just lost out on a lot of money!
Just for the record, after I left this comment Faye his office person called me to appologize. She is very very nice lady. But she thinks it does not make sence to give me $1100 for the cost of my travel expenses to come see them. Ha! you be rediculous! maybe if I was the one who decided to not have the surgery, but how does it make sence if your good Dr Aharonov was the one who decided?
This has got to be a troll. No person is this crazy...
OF COURSE HE ISN'T GOING TO PAY YOU, YOU PSYCHO! Do you not know how consultations work? I agree with the woman above who said to leave this up. It shows he has morals and cares about his patients more than making a buck.
I had a consultation with him this past week (over SKYPE- might want to try that for your future out of town consults, you crazy [censor]) and he was lovely and honest.
To OP - I strongly believe that you went to see the wrong doctor. You should have consulted a SHRINK before even wasting your money on a plane ticket. Now go troll somewhere else.
HM2 - You obviously didn't understand anything on this thread if you think it's filled with a bunch of horror stories about Dr. Gal when, in fact, the only complaint on here was from the original poster who, frome the way her complaint reads, sounds like a completely out-of-touch delusional liar (her handle reveals that, despite trying to fake another identity, didn't realize that changing handle names here does not hide the fact that you make comments elsewhere under another name) - she posted a complaint that he didn't agree to do the surgery, and in another she posted a complaint pretending to be an actual patient who had undegone surgery by Dr. Gal.
The fact that you could not see that everyone, except for the original poster, was writing in defense and support of Dr. Gal only tells me that you have a delusional problem yourself.
OMG! I've never laughed this hard after reading a complaint. You really need your head checked! It's doctor's decision whether he should do the facelift or not! Just because you are paying money does not entitle you for anyone's expertise or service!
WOW! None of these scary stories surprise me. This doctor is not good at all. I was left very disappointed and traumatized by my experience. Unfortunately I did not see all these bad things until after the fact. Hard lesson learned.
To the original poster - It's difficult to feel bad for you because you're so petty and ridiculous. You seriously need some help. I do not work for the doctor, know him, or have ever even met him but I'm considering him for facial fillers. FYI... YOU ARENT A DOCTOR AND YOU DONT KNOW BEST. Sound like you have some real insecurity and, may I go one step further, anger issues. No reputable good doctor will give you what you want just because you want it. And another poster was right, you weren't going in to have the work done same day (unless it was Botox, etc.) but rather for a consultation. Your anger comes from your own misguided understanding and apparent lack of proper research. And now you're an extortionist to boot? You've got some real talent
In your original comment, when questioning the Dr's. decision not to operate, you asked " Who does he think he is?" Uhh...he's the Doctor and you obviously though highly enough of his qualifications to ask him to operate on your face and flew cross country to see him, why wouldn't you trust him when he tells you HE (the surgeon) doesn't want to perform the surgery? It's not his problem that you live in another State. If you want to see him...you gotta' travel to where he is, it's that simple. Do you expect the Doctor to obligated to operate on everyone who comes to see him based on how far they traveled? You sound like you'd be the firs one to sue him if you didn't like the results he advise you against having. Either you actually weren't ready for a face lift or the Dr. could tell you weren't someone stable enough or reasonable enough to be his patient. From the ridiculous expectation you have of wanting you travel expenses reimbursed and your other comments here, I'd say he made a good call.
I wouldn't be too hard on the old doc, because I suspect he belives you to be in near perfect condition as you are, except for your attitude ofcourse and the out look of your self. Theres nothing wrong with growing old naturally, is it ? Some times we believe we need some thing so bad we will go to strange limits or distances to achive it, then to find we didn't really need it at all.
best regards, william
Well... I'm considering seeing Dr Aharonov and was looking for any complaints regarding his work. This was the only negative review I could find, and I don't think it's negative at all! If he feels I don't need the procedure I want him to tell me honestly rather than cutting up my face.
Honestly they should be able to delete reviews when they catch someone lying, but in this situation they should leave the review because I think it helps the doc out. Not that he needs the help- he is a hottie.
Wow. Just wow. I really hope the original poster gets some professional help. She sounds very desperate, angry and full of hatred. I hope she finds some peace and did not go to the doctor who promised her a face lift. There is no way she will be satisfied with the results with this kind of blaming mentality. Money would be better spent on therapy and learning to love herself and others. Peace.
Very interesting. Especially considering that I just tried to look him up on The American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery website. Shockingly, I was disappointed to see that he in fact IS BOARD CERTIFIED.
look for yourself: https://www.abfprs.org/certified/index.cfm
With that lie, now I question whether or not you indeed contacted every single one of the people who wrote a positive or negative review for him to confirm their identity or relationship to him.