Constantino Mendieta (born December 6, 1963) is an American plastic surgeon.[1][2] He is considered a pioneer and leading practitioner of the buttock augmentation surgery known as a "Brazilian butt lift."[3][4]
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| Born | December 6, 1963 Los Angeles, United States |
| Education | Creighton University School of Medicine, University of Miami, Harvard University, Valleywise Health |
| Organization(s) | American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery |
| Known for | Buttock augmentation |
Early life and education
Mendieta was born on December 6, 1963, in Los Angeles, California. He developed an interest in plastic surgery in Nicaragua, where his uncle practiced as a plastic surgeon.[5][6]
Mendieta earned his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine. He completed general surgery training at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, and plastic surgery at the University of Miami in Florida. He received a Research Scholarship in Aesthetic Surgery from Harvard University.[5][7]
Career
In 1987, 1991 and 1993, Mendieta was a volunteer doctor for the American Cancer Society. Between 1996 and 1997, he was the medical director of Air Ambulance and flight surgeon. In 1998, he was a fellow at the Harvard Medical School. Later, he founded 4 Plastic Surgery Aesthetic Beauty Institutes based in Miami, Florida and was certified by the American Board of Physician Specialties.[6]
In 2004, Mendieta was featured on Bravo's reality TV show Miami Slice.[8][9]
Following increased media coverage of celebrities' buttocks, Mendieta's butt lift practice began to grow. The proportion of buttock augmentation procedures in his practice grew from 10 percent in 2005 to 95 percent by 2015.[10] In June 2012, a woman sued Mendieta after he had allegedly left the tip of a medical implement in her breast after surgery. The suit was settled out of court.[11] In the wake of negative media publicity for Brazilian butt lifts, Mendieta joined a Multi-Society Task Force for Safety in Gluteal Fat Grafting that issued a practice advisory in 2018.[12] Mendieta also serves as president of Surgeons for Safety, an advocacy group of plastic surgeons that has opposed proposed state legislative restrictions on buttock augmentation surgeries.[13]
In October 2013, Betty Pino, a radio DJ, died due to an infection. According to the Miami-Dade County medical examiner's report, Mendieta performed reconstructive surgery on Pino's buttocks on June 14 to remove hardening silicone implants, and Pino developed infections in the wounds that would not heal. The report noted that Pino developed infections in the surgical wounds, leading to sepsis and subsequent complications that resulted in her death. Mendieta disputed the autopsy findings, citing "much misinformation in the report," as reported by the Miami Herald.[14]
In 2020, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Jenelle Butler, who received gluteal implant removal from Mendieta as part of an appearance on The Doctors, had sued Mendieta and the producers of the show, alleging that "[t]he doctor she had originally wanted to perform the surgery, Alberto Gallerani, has testified that Mendieta made several critical errors including failing to view MRI films before the surgery, failing to determine where to make incisions prior to the surgery and cutting too many of Butler’s blood vessels."[15] Mendieta denied the allegations.[16]
Bibliography
- Mendieta, Constantino (2011). The Art of Gluteal Sculpting. Thieme Medical Publishing. ISBN 9781626236486.
Selected publications
- Mofid, Mark; Steven Teitelbaum; Daniel Suissa; Arturo Ramirez-Montañana; Denis C Astarita; Robert Singer; Constantino Mendieta (July–August 2017). "Report on Mortality from Gluteal Fat Grafting: Recommendations from the ASERF Task Force". Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 37 (7): 796–806. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- Mendieta, Constantino (November 2006). "Gluteoplasty". Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 23 (6): 441–455. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- Mendieta, Constantino (July 2006). "Classification System for Gluteal Evaluation". Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 33 (3): 333–346. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
References
- ^ "Watch One Woman Get A Transformational Brazilian Butt Lift in Miami". Harper's BAZAAR. April 3, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Cooper, Wilbert L. (January 18, 2012). "Culoplastía: Los traseros perfectos del Dr. Mendieta". Vice (in Spanish). Retrieved January 7, 2024.
- ^ Kilbane, Brennan (March 1, 2024). "Tight Ends: The B.B.L.'s popularity grows by the minute—especially now that so many men are getting in on the action". Airmail. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ EFE (November 3, 2017). "La grasa, la "lámina de oro" que está en auge en la cirugía estética". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved January 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "Conozca la historia del cirujano plástico Constantino Mendieta". El Universal Digital (in Spanish). December 26, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ a b Digital, Redacción El Universal (April 2, 2024). "Constantino Mendieta: Un Pionero en la Cirugía Plástica y el Levantamiento de Glúteos Brasileño". El Universal Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Newsweek (September 1, 2022). "Constantino Mendieta – Board Certified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon". Newsweek. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/arts/television/where-the-doctors-are-real-and-the-patients-enhanced.html
- ^ Donahue, Ann (September 1, 2004). "Miami Slice".
- ^ Edwards, Erika (February 26, 2015). "Butt Augmentation, Labiaplasty on the Rise, Plastic Surgeons Say". NBC News. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ McCoy, Terrence (October 21, 2013). "Betty Pino's Doctor Has Been Sued Multiple Times for Botched Procedures". Miami New Times. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Del Vecchio, Daniel (2023). "Practice Advisory on Gluteal Fat Grafting". In Del Vecchio, Daniel; Duran, Hector (eds.). Aesthetic Surgery of the Buttock: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide. Springer. p. 50. ISBN 9783031138027.
- ^ Chang, Daniel (March 6, 2023). "'I was getting sick of reading about women dying.' Brazilian butt lifts worry some doctors". Miami Herald. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Perez, Maria (October 14, 2013). "Betty Pino: Popular Miami DJ died from cosmetic surgery complications, autopsy says". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Cullins, Ashley (January 15, 2020). "'The Doctors' Producers Sued Over Botched Implant Removal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Lipscomb, Jessica (January 27, 2020). "Fitness Instagrammer Sues Miami Plastic Surgeon for Botched Butt-Injection Removal". Miami New Times. Retrieved May 14, 2024.