Dr Robert Vitolo, MD, FACS – Account Suspended 10128

Name: Robert Vitolo, MD, FACS
Last name: Vitolo
Began aesthetic medicine in: 1979
Years experience: 44
Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgeon
Business: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery- New York City
Address: 1136 Fifth Ave.
Phone: +1 212-289-5200
City: New York
State: New York
Zip Code: 10128
Country: US
Additional Address: 1504 Richmond Road, Staten Island N.Y,10304
1136 Fifth Ave,N.Y.,N.Y. 10128
9920 4th Ave Suite 308, Brooklyn, N.Y.,11209

Statement: I am Dr Robert Vitolo and I realize that the choice to undergo cosmetic is a deeply personal goal and vision for each person. With the eye of the artist and the sound judgement of an experienced surgeon I strive to make that vision a reality for each individual that comes to me.
Consulting Fees: 0$
Has Sponsored Offer : No

Clinical Privileges: 
  • Northwell Health- Staten Island University Hospital
Education: 
  • Undergraduate: B.S., St Johns University
  • Medical School: M.D., New York Medical College

Robert Vitolo, MD, FACS – Account Suspended

Postdoc Training: 
  • Internship: Surgery N.Y.Medical College
  • Residency: General Surgery, S.I. Hospital
  • Fellowship: Plastic Surgery, St Barnabas Hospital, N.J.
Member of: 
  • American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
Board Certification: 
Robert Vincent Vitolo (ABMSUID -02818)

Viewed: 7/28/2008
Day of birth:
6/25/1943

Status: Alive
Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery – General

Status: Certified Active Lifetime Initial Certification
4/27/1979 –
Education: 1970 MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Location: 106705th AveNew York, NY 10128-0101 (United States)

GPS coordinates on map: 40.7869137,-73.9561648

Primary location: 
Location name: Manhattan
State: NY
Country: US
Map point: 40.7499,-73.98799896

Google plus: https://plus.google.com/+robertvitolomd

Treatments: 
  • African American Rhinoplasty
  • Breast Augmentation
  • Breast Implant Removal
  • Breast Implant Revision
  • Breast Implants
  • Breast Lift
  • Breast Lift with Implants
  • Brow Lift
  • Cheek Lift
  • Chin Implant
  • Chin Liposuction
  • CO2 Laser
  • Dermabrasion
  • Dermal Fillers
  • Diastasis Recti Repair
  • Dysport
  • Eyelid Surgery
  • Facelift
  • Facelift Revision
  • Facial Fat Transfer
  • Forehead Reduction
  • Gynecomastia Surgery
  • Laser Resurfacing
  • Lip Fillers
  • Liposculpture
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction Revision
  • Liquid Facelift
  • Lower Facelift
  • Mentor Breast Implants
  • Mini Facelift
  • Mini Tummy Tuck
  • Mommy Makeover
  • Monsplasty
  • Natrelle Breast Implants
  • Neck Lift
  • Nonsurgical Facelift
  • Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL)
  • Revision Rhinoplasty
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Septoplasty
  • Sientra Breast Implants
  • SMAS Facelift
  • Tumescent Liposuction
  • Tummy Tuck Revision

RealSelf Info

Awards: 
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
  • Licensed by the NY State Education Dept. for the Practice of Medicine and Surgery
  • Licensed by the Medical Board of the State of New Jersey to practice Medicine and Surgery

Rating: 4.8
Profile views: 16112
Answer count: 118
Review count: 41
2 star count: 1
5 star count: 4
Total star count: 5
Star rating: 2.9604224178627
Anonymous votes: 25
Offer count: 0
Profile created: Aug 10, 2009
Profile modified: Oct 2, 2021
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Free
Tier: Pro
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
RealSelf’s PRO: No
Doctor Designation Start Time: Apr 11, 2018
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • New York, NY, US. GPS coordinates: 40.7561,-73.98699951
  • Manhattan, NY, US. GPS coordinates: 40.7499,-73.98799896

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Brow Lift (Jul 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Liposuction (Dec 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Laser Resurfacing (Sep 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Facelift (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Brazilian Butt Lift (Mar 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Liposculpture (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Lower Facelift (Oct 2017) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Rhinoplasty (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Rhinoplasty (Jul 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Lumpectomy (Jun 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Jun 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Rhinoplasty (Nov 2015) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Implants (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 4/5 (Wait times: 3/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 4/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 4/5, After care follow-up: 4/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 4/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Rhinoplasty (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 1/5
  • Rhinoplasty (Mar 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Implants (Apr 2016) – Overall rating: 5/5 (Wait times: 5/5, Doctor’s bedside manner: 5/5, Phone or email responsiveness: 5/5, Payment process: 5/5, Time spent with patient: 5/5, After care follow-up: 5/5, Staff professionalism & courtesy: 5/5, Answered questions: 5/5)
  • Rhinoplasty (Feb 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Facelift Revision (Sep 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Tummy Tuck (Dec 2018) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Rhinoplasty (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Rhinoplasty (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Restylane Silk (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Breast Augmentation (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 4/5
  • Mommy Makeover (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5

Latest Prices

Breast Augmentation Prices

  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $12000 – Jun 6, 2009 – New York, NY
  • $9000 – Sep 2023 – Manhattan, NY
  • $9000 – Apr 2021 – Manhattan, NY
  • $13200 – Apr 8, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $13200 – Apr 8, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $13200 – Apr 8, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $13200 – Apr 8, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $12000 – Jun 6, 2009 – New York, NY
  • $12000 – Jun 6, 2009 – NYC
  • $9000 – Sep 2012 – Manhattan, NY
  • $9000 – Sep 2012 – Manhattan, NY

Liposuction Prices

  • $9800 – Dec 14, 2018
  • $9100 – Jan 22, 2013 – Staten Island, NY
  • $9800 – Dec 14, 2018
  • $9800 – Dec 14, 2018
  • $12000 – Oct 2018 – Staten Island, NY
  • $9100 – Jan 22, 2013 – Staten Island, NY
  • $12000 – Apr 2012 – Staten Island, NY

Brazilian Butt Lift Prices

  • $8500 – Mar 10, 2017 – Dr. Vitolo
  • $8500 – Mar 10, 2017 – Dr. Vitolo
  • $8500 – Mar 10, 2017 – Dr. Vitolo

Liposculpture Prices

  • $8500 – Mar 10, 2017 – Dr. Vitolo

Lower Facelift Prices

  • $10000 – Oct 5, 2017 – Staten Island, NY
  • $10000 – Oct 5, 2017 – Staten Island, NY
  • $10000 – Oct 5, 2017 – Staten Island, NY

Rhinoplasty Prices

  • $9500 – Sep 2023 – New York, NY
  • $10000 – Jul 14, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $9500 – Oct 2018 – New York, NY
  • $10000 – Jul 14, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $10000 – Jul 14, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $9500 – May 2016 – New York, NY
  • $9500 – Jan 2012 – New York, NY

Breast Implants Prices

  • $10000 – Sep 2023 – Manhattan, NY
  • $8200 – Apr 21, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $8200 – Apr 21, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $10000 – Oct 2018 – Manhattan, NY
  • $8200 – Apr 21, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $7500 – Jun 16, 2016 – Staten Island, NY
  • $10000 – Apr 1, 2011 – nasty staten Island hospital which he claims is state of the art
  • $10000 – Apr 2013 – Manhattan, NY
  • $10000 – Apr 2013 – Manhattan, NY

Tummy Tuck Prices

  • $14500 – Sep 18, 2019
  • $14500 – Sep 18, 2019
  • $24000 – Apr 2011 – New York, NY
  • $24000 – Apr 2011 – New York, NY

Other Prices

  • $12000 – Jun 6, 2009 – New York, NY
  • $10000 – Apr 1, 2011 – Manhattan, NY

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Specific treatments

Doctor's answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
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Will my areola/nipples stretch once I get my BA? Should I get the implant through the areola? (
Areola stretching
Mar 21, 2018
The areola is basically just pigmented skin. Most women have areola that are portioned to the beast size, When an implant is inserted there is an increase in volume of the breast , and consequently the skin and the areola stretch. They result is usually in proportion the the new breast.
If your areolae are abnormally large, they probably will become larger. The can be made smaller by reducng the size of the areola. surgicaly.
Placing the implants thru an...
Time for implant removal. So tired of them. Do I have to deflate them (saline) before the breas
deflation before implant removal
Jan 23, 2018
Partial or complete deflation will allow the skin to shrink back towards its pre implant state ( how ever it usually never gets that tight) It may then not be necessary to do a lift if the deflation was done over a long period of time. The need for a lift depends on how much extra skin you are left with. For a small implant its probably worth a try.
Liposuction Swelling - How Long Until It Goes Down?
Liposuction- Swelling
Nov 16, 2017
After the External Ultrasonic Liposculpture (EUAL) that I perform on my patients a prelininary result is seen 2 days after surgery when the garment is changed. That , however is only the beginning of healing , skin contraction and swelling reduction. The use of ultrasound stimulates skin contraction and the body begins to absorb the excess fluid that remains in the remaning fat.
I frequently use a diuretic for a short time after liposuction to mobilize and remove the excess fluid...
Liposuction Recovery
Liposuuction-recovery
Nov 16, 2017
My average liposuction patient, after a central body liposuction (abdomen, flanks, inner and outer thighs with buttock sculpting ) can usually return to work on the 3 rd day after surgery. The patient would wear a garment for a total of 2 weeks after liposuction.
The technique that I use , that makes this possible, is External Ultrasonic Liposculpture (EUAL). In this technique,after fluid injection ((tumescence) ultrasound is applied to the areas that we are targeting thru the...
How Long is Breast Implants Recovery Time?
Breast augmentation- time off
Nov 16, 2017
Using the Scar Less (TUBA) procedure, most of my patients can return back to work in 1-2 days . Some patients return to work the next day, even with sub muscular placement. With sub muscular placement I advise patients to avoid upper body exercise for one week.
With the Scar Less (TUBA) technique there is no scar on the breast or anywhere near it. A 1/2 incision is made in the belly button , and since the belly button is everyones one natural scar, this incision heals as a...
Do ultrasonic liposuction cavitation slimming machines work?
Liposuction machines-cavitation
Nov 16, 2017
Cavitation machines have been around for over 20 years, starting with the Lyposonic machine. This was supposed to be sciences answer to perfect liposuction. These machines have been living in the corner of plastic surgeons operating rooms for the last 18 years,collecting dust. Imagine a pencil with a tip that heats up and burns fat to dissolve it, then the melted fat is suctioned out. This takes forever and perforations and skin burns were common. Even the newer...
Do I have tubular breasts?
Breast augmentation- tubular breasts
Nov 9, 2017
You do not have tubular breasts, in fact your breasts are well shaped. You would be a good candidate for the Scar Less (TUBA) procedure which takes 30 minutes to perform and healing is 1 to 2 days.
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Please help me! Is this a double bubble or what?
Breat Augmentation- double bubble
Nov 4, 2017
From your photos, it appears that your right breast implant is under the muscle , but your left seems like its under the breast tissue. You don really have a "double bubble" yet, but the right will probably progress to that.You dont get a double bubble when the implants are in the sub glandular position because both the breast and the implant slowly age and droop together. Not so with submuscular placement. This can be fixed by an experienced plastic surgeon. Hope...
Is the profile type a decision?
Breast Augmentation- Implant profile
Nov 4, 2017
The selection of the profile of the implant is , perhaps, the most important decision in breast augmentation. Size is simpler.. bring a picture, try on sizers and pick something you would like to look like. Type.. you have 2 options , saline or silicone .. do your research independent of your surgeon, and come to a conclusion as to what you are comfortable in having in your body for the next 10 to ??? years. Most plastic surgeons favor one over the other and may lead...
Breast Implants to improve the appearance of Pectus Excavatum?
Breast enlargement- Pectus Excavatum
Nov 4, 2017
From your photos, it is difficult asses your pectus excavatum because you have round perky breast, that in themselves, camouflage the depression of the pectus. That is what implants will do to a greater extent. The idea being, that by bring the edge of the implants closer to the center of the sternum, the pectus depression looks like more cleavage. From looking at your photos it also looks like you have "flared" rib cage under your breasts. Placing implants to...
I am curious what I could do about this chub of stubborn fat in my armpit area. Lipo for armpit
Axillary " Chubbs"
Nov 4, 2017
Does this area swell with your menstrual cycle or becomes tender? If it does, it may be axillary breast tissue mixed with some fat.If that is not the case, then it is probably weigth loss resistant fat.In either case, it can be corrected with liposuction and the results are usualy very good.In my technique I make a1/4 inch incision under your armpit and after injection of a saline solution I use ultrasound transmitted thru the skin, which softens and melts the fat. I then can use...
Thigh lift? Tummy tuck? Liposuction? Other? Or all of the above at age 40
Body make over
Oct 25, 2017
I really dont think that you need those pretty aggressive procedures. With a liposuction and buttock sculpting with my external ultrasonic liposculpture, Im confident that you will achieve the results you wish.The procedure takes about 1 !/2 hours during which you will be asleep. Most people are fine in about 2 days after the liposuction and there is minimal discomfort.You can see typical results of this procedure if you go to my photo gallery on Real Self.
Submusular vs subglandular: Which placement stands the test of time, especially if you plan to
Breast augmentation placement
Oct 25, 2017
For most women, the configuration of their breasts will determine the best placement. For women with minimal breast tissue and small perky breasts, sub-muscular placement is usually the best. That placement will result in high "perky breasts", that will slowly soften over time. However if the woman has any significant breast tissue ( more than and A cup) and the implant is placed sub-muscularly, as she ages ( even in a few years) the implant will say fixed under the muscle,...
What procedures would achieve normal looking breasts that will age well? I don't want to have a
breast augmentation-natural looking breasts
Oct 25, 2017
Natural looking breasts have a gentle sloped look with most of the breast tissue and or breast implants in the lower part of the breasts. In fact, your photos show that you have a natural looking breast now, but with a loss of volume and a little too much droop.Those things could easily be corrected with just an implant , without a surgical lift, with the Scar Less TUBA procedure. If you really think about the reason your breasts look the way they do , its because you have lost...
Is breast augmentation safe for a patient with asthma?
Asthma and breast augmentation
Oct 25, 2017
It is not unusal to perform breast augmentation on women that have asthma. Some of the factors that would determine the safety of anesthesia would be the severity of the asthma, the medications you are on, and the level of control with them. Also whether you have had emergency room visits recently for asthma attacks , and the duration of asthma attacks.
Most plastic surgeons would require a clearance from your
primary physician or a pulmonologist who would asses the level...

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