‘RHOM’ Star Lisa Hochstein’s Ex Sued After Patients Allege ‘Permanent’ Deformities

Lisa Hochstein’s ex Lenny Hochstein, a plastic surgeon, is facing three separate lawsuits from former patients who claim his allegedly negligent care left them with infections, deformities, and chronic pain. The women’s complaints were filed in Florida’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County and also name Hochstein’s North Miami Beach Surgical Center as a defendant.

Morgan & Morgan, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, says the women are seeking accountability for injuries they allegedly suffered after undergoing abdominal and breast procedures at Hochstein’s clinic. The allegations have not yet been proven in court.

Each complaint centers on a different patient’s experience under Hochstein’s care. One 46-year-old woman alleges that substandard treatment connected to an abdominal procedure caused multiple infections, scarring, deformity, and continuing pain.

A second woman claims her breast augmentation left one breast so distorted that another plastic surgeon had to perform corrective surgery.

The third plaintiff underwent an initial breast augmentation in 2022 and a revision surgery with Hochstein in 2023. She alleges that both procedures ultimately left her with breast deformities and chronic pain.

“These women trusted Dr. Hochstein with their health and their bodies,” Morgan & Morgan founder John Morgan and plaintiffs’ attorney Jack Cook said in a statement with PEOPLE. “Our clients deserve accountability, and we will fight to ensure they receive justice.”

The firm previously filed another lawsuit against Hochstein on behalf of a patient in June 2025.

Patient Claims She Developed Infections After Abdominal Surgery

The first plaintiff underwent multiple procedures on May 27, 2025, according to her complaint. Hochstein allegedly performed a tummy tuck, liposuction, fat grafting, a breast lift, and a breast augmentation involving implants.

The woman said she was discharged from the clinic that same day but subsequently developed “worsening symptoms.” She described pain and tightness throughout her abdomen, along with swelling and discoloration near her surgical incisions.

On June 17, 21 days after the operation, the patient sought treatment at a wound-care center in California. She alleges doctors discovered accumulated fluid and dead tissue. According to the complaint, the condition required “painful and invasive wound management” that allegedly resulted in “scarring” and “deformity.”

She is accusing Hochstein and his clinic of providing care that fell below the appropriate medical standard.

Another Patient Alleges She Was Not Warned About Mesh

The second plaintiff underwent breast augmentation surgery with Hochstein on May 6, 2025. She alleges that he used Meso-Biomatrix mesh without adequately disclosing that it would be implanted “in an off-label manner.” Her complaint claims the consent documents did not explain that the material “lacked FDA approval for breast surgery” or outline the alleged risks and alternatives associated with that use.

Following the procedure, the woman allegedly informed Hochstein that a drain inserted to remove excess fluid had become dislodged. According to her filing, he told her that nothing could be done. The patient also claims Hochstein observed a “change in breast position” and acknowledged that she might require corrective surgery, but “no corrective intervention was undertaken.”

On July 15, 2025, she visited a Long Island clinic while allegedly suffering from “breast pain, droopy breasts, implant rippling, nipple and areola concerns and asymmetry.” Another plastic surgeon performed a revision procedure in September.

The patient alleges that she “continues to suffer from permanent…distortion, pain and the likelihood of future corrective surgeries.”

Third Woman Claims Revision Surgery Worsened Her Condition

Hochstein performed a breast augmentation and lift on the third plaintiff on March 15, 2022. The woman claims she later developed “breast asymmetry, cleavage distortion and early symmastia.”

Symmastia is a rare condition in which the breasts move together toward the middle of the chest. It can occur naturally or as a complication of breast augmentation when implants shift toward the breastbone, potentially creating the appearance of a single breast.

Hochstein performed a revision surgery on the patient in April 2023, but she alleges that the procedure made the symmastia worse. According to her complaint, she “remained in pain, continued to experience swelling and fluid accumulation, and continued to exhibit breast distortion, despite her compliance with all postoperative restrictions.”

The woman said other surgeons later advised her that she would need a third operation to address the complications. She claims Hochstein’s surgeries left her with permanent “breast deformity” and “chronic pain.”

Attorneys Describe An ‘Added Layer Of Emotional Damage’

Morgan and Cook said the intimate nature of the patients’ alleged injuries made the emotional effects particularly severe. “When injuries like these occur, ones that involve intimate parts of the body tied directly to a person’s identity, it creates an added layer of emotional damage,” they told PEOPLE.

“Every one of these patients has suffered, and continues to suffer, emotional harm from the sense that the trust between surgeon and patient was broken,” the attorneys added.

Speaking to CBS News, the lawyers said the women are pursuing compensation for medical expenses, missed work, hospitalizations, and future corrective procedures. “These women are seeking monetary damages, that’s what the system allows,” they said.

“A lot of them have a lot of medical bills, some of them have had lengthy hospital stays, a lot of them had to be removed off of work, and all of them are kind of left with permanent issues,” they added. “Just about every one of them needs future surgeries, to try to repair a lot of the damage.”

Cook also alleged that staff members at Hochstein’s clinic downplayed or dismissed the women’s concerns.

Lenny Hochstein has not yet publicly responded to the three latest complaints. For now, the patients’ claims remain allegations that will have to be tested through the legal process.