Azouz Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery — Local services in Dallas

It’s been a month since I had gynecomastia surgery with both Dr. David Azouz and Dr. Solomon Azouz (they’re a dad/son dynamic duo haha).

Price-wise, expect this to be pricey for several reasons: this procedure is elective, these surgeons are very experienced, and they have generally outstanding feedback from their patients (he gave me a discount for being a healthcare worker). Dr. David Azouz is one of the most in-demand board certified plastic surgeons in Dallas. He also treats patients from all around the world and performs gynecomastia surgery very frequently as its one of his most popular procedures. He conveyed to me during my appointment that sometimes he performs over five of these procedures on different patients on a given day. Therefore, he has likely perfected every tiny surgical detail as well as its typical post-operative management. My insurance didn’t cover this. However, because of their long-standing experience, I didn’t have a problem with their price tag. I paid the whole thing out of pocket but I believe they offer installment plans if I’m not mistaken.

As far as the surgery itself, I was given IV sedation with Propofol and Versed; there’s no need for intubation. Of course anesthesia is individualized based on your history and preferences. For myself, Anesthesia was able to manage this procedure without an invasive airway (its kind of like if you’ve ever had a GI scope - similar level of sedation). The CRNA I had was pretty chill and answered all my questions pre-operatively. It takes place at an outpatient surgery center near Medical City Dallas and you can go home the same day with a designated driver after recovering in PACU. The day will go like this: you go to the surgery center, you change into a gown, a nurse inserts an IV, and you walk yourself into the OR. During this time, the CRNA (or whoever is the Anesthesia provider) places EKG stickers on your back and you lie down on the OR table while they restrain both your arms. The last thing I remember is this and Dr. David Azouz starting a pleasant conversation with me (I believe he does this to calm your anxiety and assess your level of consciousness to see if you’re adequately sedated for the procedure; at this time the CRNA is pushing sedating medicines through your IV). I honestly don’t even recall seeing my CRNA pushing meds through my IV. I was asleep during the procedure. The next thing I remember is being in the car at CVS Pharmacy with my family telling me they’re going to go inside and get my pain meds real quick. (Side note, my family said I was trying to jump out of the car on the highway on the way home hahahahahaha). I don’t even remember waking up in PACU. I got home, they got me dressed in my PJs, and I went to sleep. I don’t really recall much else from that day. To your benefit, the IV meds you’re given intraoperatively produce varying levels of amnesia.

As far as pain, I didn't have any pain at all following the procedure. I think I was given Tylenol #3 with Codeine (I forgot tbh because I didn’t use it much). My only complaint was the skin agitation; I developed blisters and inflammation around my torso which was WAY more uncomfortable than the surgical sites themselves. Dr. Solomon was really nice to me and gave me free Aveeno eczema sample creams and balms as well as a prescription for a corticosteroid called Clobetasol propionate cream (which worked wonderfully).

I’m writing this testimonial to give you an idea of what to expect and to give the praise Dr. David Azouz and Dr. Solomon Azouz deserve. They’re both excellent surgeons and I recommend that they treat your gynecomastia. I chose them specifically after researching their website, reading their biographies, and reading google reviews (most of them are 5-star reviews that attest to their greatness I might add). Therefore, I hope that this review will allow you to comfortably select Dr. David Azouz and Dr. Solomon Azouz as your surgeons of choice. I love these guys and I’m extremely grateful they...

My experience with Dr. Azouz was nothing less than world class. I have more work that I want done and I will without a doubt return to this Dr. Let me take you through my experience. . .

My husband was deployed, and so I came home to Dallas to visit my mother. After researching surgeons on vitals, google, and realself, i made three consultation appointments. Dr. Azouz was my second, and my last. Not only did his staff and he understand what I wanted, and why I wanted it, but they helped me to prioritize my treatment plan into what could be done safely and effectively in the time I had before my husband came home, and I flew to Arizona to meet him. Dr. Azouz was very clear, and concise, giving me three or more crystal clear options for each procedure, which outcome scenerios to accompy those procedures. He let me decide every detail, only making sure that his very prestigious medical oppinion was an option, and not something of force.

Let me add, that while my husband was deployed, I had my three year old son with me. Dr. Azouz, while staying focused and on task for such a serious set of elective procedure, still was courteous and kind, as well as understanding of my circumstance.

I booked my procedure feeling extremely informed, and very confident in the merits of my BOARD CERTIFIED plastic surgeon.

The day of surgery, i checked into the hospital and was immediately taken up to the room. I was even told "Dr. Azouz's patients don't wait. We take them right up!" I was then started on an IV on fluids, which my nurse (whom I also loved, short blonde hair) informed me that Dr. Azouz was very adimate about. (Another sign of five star treatment and great care in detail)

I waited a short time and then I was off. The surgery seemed only minutes long after coming too. I woke up to him talking and joking with me, and before I left he checked twice more.

Here is the best part of the entire experience:

I had an appointment after my surgery thay following Tuesday (Surgery friday before memorial day) and then I got on a plane to fly to meet my husband at Sky Harbor Phoenix, with a three year old in tow.

Dr. Azouz and his staff set me up with two phone appointments, and called me every other day to check my progress. If i had a concern, (which I did just being my over analytical self) I sent a picture via email directly to Dr. Azouz, and he responded NO MATTER WHAT. Nights - weekends - business hours - sometimes within three minutes! His sense of humor, the volume and integrity of his merits, his transparency, and his attentiveness made a worrisome double surgical procedure a BREEZE, even out of state!

His two front desk associates are adorable and knowledgeable. From start to finish, i felt like a friend, and i felt as if I had previously known them both.

Ive heard a saying; "the best priced elecribe procedure is one that you only have to pay for once", which is a scary notion. After seeing my results, only half way through recovery of a breast augmentation with a lift of both sides, compared to friends and co workers who are much long out; i agree with that notion in its entirety, and I cannot reccomend this Dr or his staff enough. If you want a Dr who knows what he is doing with years of experience, and proven results, alongside of staff who are on the same page, please take the time, and make that drive, or flight, to see this Dr. You will not regret any single part of the experience!

I should add, that I also had my ear sewn up, and had stiches that needed removal in Arizona. Dr. Azouz made an appointment with colleagues of his for me hear, I had my stiches removed in less than 15 minutes of my arrival in Scottsdale, Arizona. Nothing about my experience was short of wonderful.

Sincerely, a VERY happy patient for life ♡

P.S - My husband is VERY...

My wife's review of Dr. Azouz:

Dr. Azouz is a gifted surgeon who has succeeded where numerous others have failed and enabled me to live my life without constant pain.

I'm a healthy, young marathon runner, so when I started to have significant pain in my upper thigh that kept me from running, I was highly concerned. I visited 2 orthopedic surgeons, both of whom said imaging was clear and that they couldn't find anything wrong with me. They both referred me to physical therapy where I wasted months of my time and thousands of dollars and saw no improvement. Finally, someone suggested that I should see someone in a different surgical specialty, so I reluctantly went to Dr. Azouz, wondering what a plastic surgeon could possibly to help. Within a few minutes of his first examination, he said he felt a mass in my thigh he wanted to remove. We were a bit incredulous that he could find something in 2 minutes that numerous surgeouns hadn't found over the course of a dozen visits, but we agreed to move forward. The following morning he removed from my thigh a fibrotic lymph node which had been pressing on a nerve, and I was running pain-free several weeks later. I was shocked that the other surgeons who specialize in that area of the body could not have figured this out.

About a year later I started having knee pain. I looked for the best knee surgeons I could find and tried everything from cortisone shots to physical therapy. Nothing helped, so eventually one of the orthopedic surgeons concluded I had plica syndrome and performed an arthroscopic surgery. However, even after surgery, the pain continued to increase in severity and became chronic over the course of 10 months; it would keep me up at night and was literally ruining my life. Post-operative imaging looked clean and multiple orthopedic surgeons -- the best I could find in Dallas at multiple top-rated clinics -- agreed that I should just wait it out and it would eventually get better, but it never did. Finally, with nowhere else to turn, I went back to Dr. Azouz hoping for another miracle cure. After a couple visits, he felt reasonably confident that the lump that had developed over the arthroscopic entry points should be removed. In the surgery that followed, he removed a significant amount of scar tissue, and also repaired a hernia he found on the tendon. Once the surgery healed, the chronic pain was gone yet again!

Each time I went to Dr. Azouz was a Hail Mary attempt at fixing something nobody else could fix. He initially just wanted to take a look and hadn't even planned on doing surgeries for either of them, but upon examination correctly concluded that surgeries were necessary. This whole situation brings to mind the old adage that "when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail." All these other surgeons were so focused on the specific types of issues and surgeries they're used to that they missed what was right under their noses. Dr. Azouz, on the other hand, looked holistically at the person and the problem from all angles before he decided on an approach. His methodical, caring approach is what made all the difference in my outcomes.

I cannot recommend Dr. Azouz...