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Dr. Sydney Coleman, founder of Lipostructure has more than 50 complaints against him that have been filed with the DOH in NYC. This doctor has no business calling himself the founder of anything much less fat transfer. His fat grafts do not last at all and he harvests fat from areas without the patients' consent and leaves them with new problem areas. He took an oath to protect the patient, but he destroys their lives. He charges exuberant prices and you end up disfigured. Please do not go to him. You will be making the biggest mistake of your life. I made the mistake and have to live with the consequences daily. He has no conscience nor regard for his actions.

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 03, 2008 2:50 pm EDT

I must be hallucinating...

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Jun 03, 2008 10:14 am EDT

Who is the doctor that did the face of booboo123 on that page he is good, does anyone no?

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 03, 2008 6:09 am EDT

Hoping to get a picture up soon, of the swelling after surgery by Coleman. I feel it is important for all to see the size of my face, so they can better grasp the fact that this "Hugely Bulbous Look"...is how it remained for over a year. I had smaller fine features, so imagine being stretched out for such an extended period of time.

The changes that took place from then on, were gradual. The reduction in fat...began in different areas and was incredibly uneven...very obviously so. I witnessed how one cheek was larger in the upper area of the other, grotesquely so and my other cheek was much larger on the lower side than the other. This was intenional. There is no doubt in my mind, that Coleman was acutely aware and very methodic in wanting to harm me.

NOW..."I TOO AM GETTING SICK!"

THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE OUTCOME IS ALL OF THIS...IS PRISON FOR COLEMAN! THESE HEINOUS CRIMES COMMITED AGAINST THE INNOCENT, WHO HAD PLACED THEIR TRUST IN HIM...ARE AN ACT OF VIOLENCE...NOT JUST AGAINST THE VICTIMS...BUT ALL SOCIETY! EVERYONE READING THIS...PLEASE DO NOT STOP HERE...AND JUST NOT GO TO COLEMAN. SPREAD THE WORD! SAVE LIVES AND STOP THIS PSYCHOPATH!

It hurts to know others have gone through this as well. The amount of suffering this man has caused/is still causing is unforgivable. Please help us to stop him?

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CASEY
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Jun 03, 2008 4:59 am EDT

There seems to be a pattern here. It seems that the patients claiming that he did wonders were unattractive before surgery. The patients he has totally mutilated have been beautiful. I was pretty before my surgery. So, there seems to be a pattern...he hates beautiful people, especially woman. There isn't an attractive woman that works for him...the receptionist was gorgeous...what was his name? The woman all unattractive, so I suppose prior posting were correct, and this man has been seriously wounded by a woman, perhaps his mother, and now he secretly seeks revenge behind the closed doors of the o.r. I feel sick.

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pup
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Jun 02, 2008 4:39 pm EDT

http://talk.facialplasticsurgery.net/member/ViewPhotos.do?m=c631c7d75ee2f6789bec412627a5dd15

OK
Just copy this url and paste it into the url section of your screen: where the "http://www." sits.

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 02, 2008 2:59 pm EDT

Pup, It would be nice for others if you were to post directions, to get to my pictures on the "New Image" site. I do not know how soon they will post here...on this complaint board, but I have sent them to the administrator of this site already. Thanks for suggesting this site. And if you have more complaint sites for me to post, please share them. I will be sending them to everyone that I learn of. And that goes for anyone else that may have such information to share.

Not to worry, I am feeling pretty good inside right now. Coleman did not cut into my face, so it can be corrected...just waiting for the right surgeon to come along.

Fellow victim, she knew that I was a real patient. Even her lawyer knew this. I just could not make my apointment into New York and needed to reschedule. This infuriated her and she would not find it acceptable for me to come the following week...a three hour drive into the city. I did not serve her purpose any longer, so she made every attempt to alienate all against me. It did not work as you can see. It was a fabrication on her part, telling everyone that I was a mole for Coleman, when in reality, I did not meet her demands, what she wanted...and when she wanted it. I told her attorney, that I refused to be her doormat, because when he tried to encourage me to be a witness for her? NOT! Not after that kind of betrayal.

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pup
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Jun 02, 2008 1:51 pm EDT

What amazes me... is that he actually ADDS the hallmarks of age to your face. He makes you brows stick out...and have deep furrows between them. Sooooo wrong! So crazy!

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pup
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Jun 02, 2008 1:48 pm EDT

Also, did you try having the fat remmoved?
If you loose weight does it make a difference?

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pup
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Jun 02, 2008 1:45 pm EDT

OK, finding this is a bit complicated
Corey, would you like me to type directions here?

I just saw the photos...Oh my god. Firstly, you were soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so BEAUTIFUL before he did anything to you. Prettier than sharon stone.You looked a lot like Kim Catrall when she was a bit younger. I really have no words...What he did is ETHICALLY WRONG. You are right what he did goes beyond a subjective, aesthetic down-grade, he genuinely MUTILATED your BEAUTIFUL face. Dear God.

Corey, email me if you can.

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 02, 2008 7:33 am EDT

Have sent in photos for this site. Will be arriving soon. Thank you...

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 02, 2008 5:22 am EDT

Also, if you see my pictures on this other (New Image) site, note that my after pictures should look as my before...so you would think? Sadly, the more youthtful picture is before Coleman and the old haggy one is after Coleman's mutilation of me. The sagging was caused by extreme amounts of fat placed all over my face, which remained for such along period of time, that it stretched the skin to this very degree.

Have Coleman explain? how a woman who had lived forty-seven years...did not have this amount of sagging...before her face-lift one year prior...yet in several years after his handi-work..., her skin drooped to such a degree. I will need corrective surgery and will get it eventually. Just afraid at this point, to risk being in the hands of another surgeon. I have one last shot. My facial struture is the same...he did not cut any skin on my face, so there is hope if I find a skilled and sane surgeon.

OH! By the way Coleman...I dare for you to doctor up my pictures or lie about them. I had a plastic surgeon and professional photographer document before and afters of my own. I probably should not have given such a heads up...would love to see you lie about htis before a jury...but you are going down regardless.

Note all..."READ MY PREVIOUS POSTINGS! THIS WAS ALL DONE WITHOUT MY CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE! ONLY THE OUTER CORNERS OF MY EYES AND LIPS WERE TO BE DONE!" COLEMAN CHOSE TO EXPERIMENT ON ME! DO NOT FORGET THE OTHER BODILY MULTATIONS THAT I ENDURED UNDER HIS "SUPPOSED CARE?"

SHAME ON THOSE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD...WHO STAND BY AND ALLOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN FOR "THE CODE OF SILENCE!" YOU ARE JUST AS GUILTY!

Will be posting more pictures on all sites. Especially after getting home from Coleman's office...the one with my head twice it's size...which remained so for over a year...progressivley getting back to looking human. This spring is the first time a man has looked at me as a possiblity since Coleman. Not a wow, but a maybe.

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 01, 2008 10:53 pm EDT

I would like to thank everyone for the tremendous amount of support and caring. I have posted my pictures on the "New Image" web-site posted by Pup. My picture, one year prior to mutilation by Coleman...will be my icon. My after mutilation by Coleman pictures, will be in my album...and do click on the "other pictures" to find more.

Will be updating in the near future, even more revealing pictures. My name being used is Prethenie and I am listed under plastic surgery. If anyone has difficluty finding this, please ask Pup on the "how" of getting there? Laughing/Smiling.

Will be forwarding..."FINALLY" to this complaint board...my before and after pictures as well.

I encourage others to follow...:)

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 7:36 pm EDT

how to resize
here are sites that says how to resize
http://www.resize2mail.com/

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:MHvxL8JmsOYJ:www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/tips/eschelman2.mspx+how+to+resize+photo&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 7:33 pm EDT

http://www.ibdguy.com/posting.shtml

this one too gives instructions

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 7:32 pm EDT

http://forums.tweakguides.com/showthread.php?p=39496

this is a site that tells you how to post images

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 7:29 pm EDT

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 01, 2008 7:00 pm EDT

Hello Pup, Thank you for posting these links. I have registered with New Image, but my pictures were too big and only my forehead and hairline were visible. I needed to delete. The policy is only for posting, no bashing. But the pictures will speak for themselves...along with a description of my request of Coleman. Need help on sizing...computer friends?

Dr. Coleman's Patient egged me on and now it is backfiring. One can only be beaten down for so long and then you learn the "ART OF WAR!" Will also be sending pictures to this site and any other that you recommend for posting.

Will answer any e-mails in the future and encourage them. :)

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 1:34 pm EDT

i found that on "yestheyrefake" If you want to view the image cut and paste the web address:

http://newimage-media.spartasocialnetworks.com/images/legacy/Facialplasticsurgery/img2204200717395716.jpg

or view it here:
http://talk.facialplasticsurgery.net/forum/topic/view/56082/

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 1:23 pm EDT

is this any of you?

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CASEY
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Jun 01, 2008 12:05 pm EDT

pup
if i were considering eye surgery with a doc everyone promoted, i would be confident in my going. however, if i saw one persons complaint that some monumental happened to her or him, i would change my mind. one person, or a thousand...would not make a differance to me. this site was not up when i had surgery, if it had been, well, i guess i would not be talking to you.

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Elaine
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Jun 01, 2008 10:38 am EDT

blah...blah...blah...

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 10:15 am EDT

victim i know what you mean about the lack of protection for patients. People don't know how criminally negligent American legal structure is in defending individuals against powerful people or groups

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pup
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Jun 01, 2008 10:13 am EDT

Well, for one I hope you keep sharing. The people who are being cruel are neither intelligent or wise and by being sadistic they are detrimental to their cause. As a perspective patient, I appreciate GREATLY your bravery and caring in coming foward.

Unhappy, you should realize that people considering going to coleman are being told that the people posting are all the same person, or are "crazy." There is definitely an effort to deligitimize you, and it's hard to know what to think when you are being reassured by doctors that they guy is great. . Also, people considering going to coleman are between rocks and a hard places-: they are not going to coleman for vanity's sake but for reconstructive surgery and have been told by other docs that they can't be helped.

Keep posting for yourself and don't be offended by other's ignorance

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CASEY
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Jun 01, 2008 6:32 am EDT

don't post pics. they are part of your private life to share with few. if these people want to see coleman, well, who cares. just concentrate on you, and getting better. stop putting your energy into trying to protect others.
read an interesting article in a recent surgery journal...fat grafting, what works, what doesn't, long term results...safety, results, problems.etc. all inconclusive...in other words, he sells something for a high price that has no conclusive results. what a scam.

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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Jun 01, 2008 5:26 am EDT

Dr. Coleman's Patient.

I have been mutilated, so it is a bit more difficult to bring myself here...picture wise.

If you are here to promote Coleman, do so. Post your own personal pictures of his "supposed amazing results." Your words mean less than mine without proof.

Example of "BORING!"

"Your being to bore me. Send the pic.
I think your full of ###."
~Dr. Coleman's Patient

SURPRISE! SURPRISE!

Emotions? I must be feeling better. The desire to respond to such mindless chatter...is no longer fulfilling. A sign that I have begun my healing process. That I am "finally"... begining to want life again. To want to be happy and not get sucked into another's misery.

This is a nice start for me.

Good-bye Dr. Coleman's Patient. May you find your way out of an unhappy life. It is obvious that the surgery did not change for you...what you are feeling inside. Your sadness...I can feel it.

Love...

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Elaine
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May 31, 2008 7:44 pm EDT

Your being to bore me. Send the pic.
I think your full of ###

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Corey Taylor Clegg
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May 31, 2008 5:18 pm EDT

I will be posting pictures soon, but no longer participating on this board. Unless of course...the urge occurs. Smiling. My pictures will be payback time for Coleman.

And it does not stop here. It is only part of the process that has begun. I have a few suprises in store. Watch if unfold Syd. Soooo looking forward to your downfall.

Not answering e-mails, only because I feel I have shared...all that I have to offer at this time. Other than my pictures...

On their way!

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victim
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May 31, 2008 5:09 pm EDT

To the woman in her 40's can you show us your before and after photos I have never seen or heard of a "true" good Coleman result you sound very excited share with us your life changing story!

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victim
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May 31, 2008 5:00 pm EDT

After being violated by Coleman I think patients should be more aware of how the medical community works and how the legal system works in order to promote our own safety.

We have been conditioned into believing doctors should be trusted automatically.

Bare in mind doctors are not beings with magical powers behind every “medical title” there is a human being with feelings, emotions and intentions; like anybody else these feelings emotions and intentions could be positive or negative. In Coleman’s case his intentions are purely negative.

Patients should also understand because plastic surgery is not regulated properly by our legal system, sadly and rapidly, is turning the plastic surgery profession into a great opportunity for doctors like “Coleman” to hurt patients, without being held accountable.

Even though I am strictly talking about Coleman’s actions I feel people must be aware that there is a “Code of silence” created by the medical community, for the medical community, this code is also insulating Coleman from being prosecuted.

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pup
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May 31, 2008 3:39 pm EDT

I am a perspective patient that is now thinking of going to berman. If any happy patients would like to email me photos...that would be good. I'm trying to get a realitic idea of this guy's work. So far no one from either side has emailed me any photos.Please, either dmamged or pleased patients email me..?.

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pup
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May 31, 2008 3:33 pm EDT

To the damaged patients: how long ago were you operated on?
Were you damaged, perhaps, a long time ago when he was just starting out, or something?

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May 31, 2008 3:06 pm EDT

I am a woman in my 40's and I had a bad accident that left me deformed in my face, I went to Coleman 2 years ago and very scared of course to have this surgery not turn out right, Well after surgery i was very swollen, and like he said it will take a few weeks, and sure enough all of my friends and family are always commenting to how great i look, I thank this man with all my heart! I truely thought my life was over but of course because of him, Its not:)..Anyone that chooses to have surgery with Dr coleman Please U are not making a mistake this man changed my life and i am sure he can change yours to, for the better:)...

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pup
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May 31, 2008 1:44 pm EDT

is there anyway to view the pictures of people that coleman is said to have hurt?

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CASEY
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May 30, 2008 4:43 pm EDT

yes ella, you are right, i should have posted comment under my thought...you sent an email to me, and i replied, as an unhappy patient...i should have been clear as to who was responding. whatever you choose to do, i wish you well.

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ella
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May 30, 2008 3:53 pm EDT

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ella, in response to the email you sent me...have you not read the board? only my posts? i find your question bizarre, and the answer quite crystal clear.
good luck

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oh, i'm sorry. i'm confused. i don't think i sent an email to you. i sent an email to "My thoughts of sydney coleman." Is that you as well? it gets confusing if you use differnt names evry time.

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dalyroad
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May 30, 2008 2:21 pm EDT

corey - what i meant to say was "is it all scar tissue" on the patients that fat grafting actually supposedly works on...NOT what happened to you. i could only imagine from all of your descriptions what you must be dealing with. i have read all of the posts on this thread and am appalled this can happen to anyone. i did want to mention that i have read horrible things (similar in a twisted way) about dr. ellenbogen on other message boards. i only bring this up because his name was mentioned earlier in this thread.

i am also appalled at the "happy" patient(s) writing in. it is so obviously coleman or his office staff - anyone with a half a brain knows this. it is bizarre that they actually think people are stupid enough to believe. i just hope many many people do their homework online and find this complaint board. it makes me sick to my stomach that these doctors are mutilating patients as if it were a game.

i feel for you all in such a deep way. since the laser destroyed the fat in my face...i have been on a mission to fix it...and dealing with the medical industry in ways i never thought i would have to. i think of my problem non-stop, and know i will never be the way i was before. it is a grieving process and hopefully we find ourselves in a deeper way in the end...and our loved ones continue to support us through our turmoil. what has helped me the most has been talking with others about laser damage. it sounds like you all have found support through this board. that is a beautiful thing.

please continue to post your updates. if you leave, this doctor will feel that he has won and that all of his sick posts have paid off.

sorry for the long post. i realize this is a complaint board but wanted to offer my support.

i hope you ALL band together and make him responsible for his actions...and i hope you save the lives of others.

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CASEY
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May 30, 2008 2:03 pm EDT

i have read your posts concerning dr coleman. i was planning on consulting with him in the future to have fat grafts done. now i am not so sure. do you know of many others that have been disfigured?

thanks.

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ella, in response to the email you sent me...have you not read the board? only my posts? i find your question bizarre, and the answer quite crystal clear.
good luck

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CASEY
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May 30, 2008 1:55 pm EDT

corey

if you do not post (and i do not blame you, with all these babbeling idiots that post) please still read. i have been in touch with a west coast doc that says he has fixed many a overdone patients. he will be sending me information, and as soon as i receive it i will email you with it. will not post any doctors names that correct patients on the site, but i will make sure it gets to the real patients.
stay well

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pup
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May 30, 2008 1:39 pm EDT

corey,
don't stop posting. You have every right to voice your displeasure about what happened to you. It's a public service and a service to yourself

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pup
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May 30, 2008 1:31 pm EDT

"Second, Dr. Coleman has NEVER been found liable for malpractice and no judgment in a malpractice lawsuit has ever been entered against him. The links to the New York State and Federal Court websites are another attempt to mislead and misinform."

I found this on coleman's anti-unhappy patient site.
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