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“For Me Fat Grafting Definately NOT Worth the 4 Grand!”

Not Worth It
Spent: $4,000 in Florida

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Updated 10 Nov 2009

Posted 10 Nov 2009

Crooked, overfilled, bumpy. I was a good looking woman that wanted some fat replaced over my previously high, fine cheekbones that I had lost. My cheekbones of course were still there but some of the fat of youth was thinned.

The doctor did not do anything we had discussed. I was completely overfilled in my now dumpy, low, chipmunk cheeks. I have a ridge in front where it was overfilled and then drops off now having a nasolabial fold there for the first time. I had a smooth relatively flat stomach.

Now I have dents all over my stomach where he took fat making it look lumpy like I am covered in cellulite. In actuality, I never had cellulite there, I have always had a taut tummy, and was so proud that I gave birth to a tremendous baby and never got stretchmarks.

But now... there are pieces pulled out all over my stomach instead of inconspicuously taken out, that looks like I was attacked with an ice pick 100 times! The pen where he marked and where the needle went in left me with a blue dot tattoo on my face, where he wiped the marker off over the entry hole, but marker went into the hole and healed over.

This has ruined my life, looks, self esteem, attitude and belief in doctors and due to my complete loss of confidence...and my relationships. I cannot stand how I feel when I wake up in the morning everyday and see myself in the mirror as I find myself unrecognizable!

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Darryl J. Blinski, MD 11 Nov 2009

Please call my office to make an appointment. Maybe I can help you. Sounds like you had an untrained surgeon or non surgeon do this very delicate operation on you. Or send more info, like doctor's name, location of donor fat, your medical history, etc. But really, I might be able to improve your appearance. Best to you & good luck, Dr. Darryl J. Blinski, MIAMI

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Matthew08 7 Dec 2009
I hope you can fix this and thank you for sharing your experience.
regina98 6 Jan 2010
i really feel for you. i have had a bad surgery myself and know how upsetting it is. you must make your surgeon's name known so he will not ruin other people's lives and insist on the refund. he should not be allowed to get away with it.
Vickisue (RealFriend) 27 Jan 2010
It always amazes me that Florida is over priced on procedures done elsewhere for less cost, with more experience and skill. I think $4,000 is high compared to California and other States. However, Please give this surgeons name and location. It is all we can do to protect others from the same emotional, mental, and financial hell an unskilled, over priced surgeon can bring. I hope you find correction. I too am looking for fat grafting in my upper eye lid area and so far I haven't found many in the state of Florida I would trust with that task. Good Luck.
tried but failed 20 Feb 2010
Dr Blinski has shown before that he is not afraid to try to help fix the botched jobs of other doctors. I think this is highly commendable as many doctors do now want to touch the mistakes of others. From his other posts, I think he is very kind and you have nothing to lose by going to see him. I am sure he will be honest if he can't help you. Best of luck. Cheers
Teryosha 20 Feb 2010
Dr Blinski, Do you have a site? Do you have anything that would show any of your patients before and after's? At this point I am not comfortable traveling to see a doctor with no clue what his work looks like. Is there anywhere to view your work? I am so shellshocked that everything that was discussed with this doctor was not only not done, but he took it upon himself to add fat where I did not want it...fat where I never had it...completely changing the natural shape of my face. I brought photos of myself from years before. I have (formerly had) a smallish face with a pointy chin. He knew I was there to replace fat over the cheekbones on the side of the face. I was seeing a slackness in the side jaw (which also made my chin not seem as pointy) due to loss of fat from the side cheekbones...and vertical drooping. He said there was some slackness in the jaw due to fat loss, he was in agreement to that fat placement. Not only was the fat over the cheekbones NOT replaced, fat was replaced on the front...wait fat was placed on the front...that was not supposed to be, which now gives my face a narrow look because the fat in the width that I formerly had that I wanted replaced was not replaced and the fat all in front gives my cheeks an appearance like they are heavy and much lower on my face than cheeks on my size face should be. I would like to write the name of my doctor...can I get in trouble doing that?
Teryosha 20 Feb 2010
PS he also filled in a dimple ...a dimple I had all my life...not a wrinkle. I told him "you filled in my dimple!!!!!!!!!" ...and he said it would probably absorb...but it didn't.
Vickisue (RealFriend) 17 Mar 2010
No, you cannot get in trouble for giving us your doctors name. Please do, so others can look him up and see how many other complaints he has. And always take before and after photo's.
viviparker 4 Mar 2010
i absolutly agree this is a waste of money i spent 5000 dollars on somthing that lasted 2 months now its all gone i was so swollon for 2 weeks i looked like a monkey now i am back to the way i was before the doc told me i would have to have it again and it probably would not work as good the second time it didnt work the first time i cant beleive i spent my money on fat transfer i just cant see how they they charge that money when they do liposucsion and charge the same doesent add up they only take it out of one side

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