Body Lift: Stories

Who did your surgery?

Please read the poor reviews posted by people who went to the above referenced doctor, Siamak Agha. I've never been and am not familiar with a body lift but other's should check them out before taking the above words of his seriously.

I have being performing body lifts for the past 10 years and still continue to do one per week. We have one of the largest before and after galleries of body lifts in the nation with many successful and aesthetically pleasing outcome. I invite you all to check our website and see for yourself. If one person is unhappy with her results, you should appreciate the other side of the story before making rash judgement. I am not here to discuss the above patient's medical detail. But plastic surgery is about removing and remolding tissue through incisions in order to improve or enhance shape. As such, the outcome of any surgery is affected by a number of factors. These are: 1) The extent or severity of the problem area. In our practice, a large number of our patients have lost significant amount of weight and have severe tissue laxity. 2) Revision plastic Surgery is often far more difficult that primary operations. The number of times that another surgeon has operated a patient, will have a significant impact on what we can do for that patient. Sometimes, too much tissue has been removed, or the scars are in the wrong place and cannot be moved, or there is not enough skin to move. Again, a significant number of our patients come for revisions. 3) Surgery is a contract between a surgeon and a patient. The surgeon is responsible for the surgery and the artistic enhancement. On the other hand, the patient is responsible for complying with post-operative instructions in order to heal well after the surgery. Lack of compliance results in complications. Examples that I have seen in my own patients over the past 5 years are worth mentioning. • I had a patient who opened her tummy tuck incision by 2 inches on day 4 after a tummy tuck while she was having sex. She required re-stitching of her opening that I performed under local anesthesia. • Another one of my patients opened her thigh incision while taking her German Shepard dog for a walk the next day after her surgery. • Another patient who had stopped smoking prior to her surgery, re-started smoking after her tummy tuck. The patient was given information on the adverse effect of nicotine on wound healing on several occasions before her surgery. Unfortunately, the patient’s tummy tuck incision did not heal and ultimately opened up. She required a revision that I performed at a later date. 4) There are other factors that can affect your outcome negatively. These include: • Extreme dieting before the surgery • Diabetes • Connective tissue disorders • Steroids • Use of Aspirin, Advil, vitamin E or any other blood thinner close to the surgery date • Recent infections such as sinus infections 5) Thus, as a patient, you are required to invest time in recuperation, follow your surgeon’s post-operative instructions, change your dressings, keep your incisions clean, avoid lifting, consume a high protein diet, avoid strenuous activities, etc. 6) In our practice, I perform over 1000 body contouring procedures per year. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts to detect these patients, a small population of body contouring patients have Body Dysmorphic Disorder. These patients present with extreme body image dissatisfaction before and after plastic surgery and typically seek more cosmetic procedures in pursuit of their body image. To learn more about this visit the link below. Body dysmorhic disorder is a psychiatric diagnosis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18255365