“Emotional Mess After Tummy Tuck”

First let me say how sorry I am for you! I know what it's like to be dissatisfied with your tuck. I woke up with a scar that all but 3 inches encircled my entire torso! We DEFINATELY did not agree on that, and I've had horrible complications due to the fact that he cut me so far around, I have permanent nerve damage. Your scar is very high. Did he mark you before you went into surgery? I had a breast reduction in addition to the tuck and he marked the reduction really well and he did some marks on my stomach but they DID NOT go as far around as he made the scar. I am 19 months out and still seeking help for my pain. If I were you I would high-tail it to another reputable surgeon and see if the surgery could be redone with the skin pulled down some more making the scar lower. I know what you mean about the emotional side of dealing with it, I am seeing a pain management psychiatrist to help me learn biofeedback and how to cope with chronic pain. Please keep me posted how your doing. My email is Hillman@windstream.net if you'd like to email me. Best to you. Missy

I'm so sorry you had a bad experience. I just had a tummy tuck about two weeks ago and i was kind of upset because I had gotten it done because I had a lot of stretch marks. I was upset because I still have some left under my belly button, but I guess that's the best the surgeon could do for me.I really wish you wouldn't have gone through such a bad experience.

buy mederma skin cream, it will lighten the scar as it heals drastically. for 16 dollars a tube, trust me, it does work. i used it for my c-sction scar, and you can barely see it. for the swelling there may be some fluid build up that can removed manually, but it is painless, so ive heard. and since you had lipo done also, there still might be a little trauma on your body getting used to its new form. i suggest to not eat food high in sodium, it will retain a lot of water and the swelling may get worse. im sorry to hear about your experience.

Hi, I know what you're feeling and I'm sorry. I kindda went through the same thing. I did a mini tuck after being told that the scar was about 6 inches long which is about 2 inches longer than my c-section scar, but would be much lower so I could hide it more easily. Of course afterwards, the scar was nearly hip to hip and I had no idea about drains and that I couldn't shower while I had the drains in (8 whole days). Needless to say I was shocked at both the scar/pain and then the post care that I hadn't expected. I refused a full tummy tuck all along because I didn't want that kind of scarring and now I managed to get into one without knowing so. My PS justified it by saying I had a lot of skin to work with.. all bull and if that were true, he should have told me during the consultation and pre-op, not let me wake up to it. And worse than the betrayal I felt, the mini tuck turned out HORRIBLE!. 4 months post op, my upper belly flops over the lumpy but flat bottom belly. The PS suggested that I do a full tuck and he'll discount it for me since I was unhappy but the scar's length would increase.. no way! Plus I don't trust him anymore. I found another surgeon and I just did a modified tuck. It's been 2 weeks post op and I have high hopes because so far so good. Go get some more opinions from other surgeons and if they start looking or smelling funny, go somewhere else. My 2nd experience was entirely different and much more positive than the first. And finally, I can tell you that you can get the scar lowered through another tuck or modified tuck and don't let any surgeon tell you that it's not do-able because I know for a fact that is it.

there should be a crime against doing that, there is no reason he or she had to do that. just ridiculous. you have a nice figure and I would go to someone else and have it lowered and yes i believe it is possible :) I might have to get mine revised too. good luck :)

Yeah you can't sue and even if you tried, most Plastic Surgeons make you sign a waver in your right to sue to protect there ass. I am going through something similar my scar is very high as well and my scar is all jacked. I am talking to my PS about revision and he gave me the whole bs story, I cannot fix it and its my fault. I came out looking the way I do. I feel the same in I hate hearing about TT's and some peeps don't realize that bad things can happen and do. I wish I found this site before, I would have reconsidered. Sure you get a flatter stomach but a messed up scar is far worse than excess skin and fat in my book. I was told I was going to look great and be able to wear a bikini, I am not able to and the line comes out of all of my pants. I am completely humiliated that I put that much trust into someone. He has offered to give me laser treatments in a sense to shut me up. I have to wait like 3 years to have mine fixed. I was going to say to you personally you can find a medical malpractice attorney in your area actually and see if someone will take your case for free and sue for medical malpractice. Pull the card that you are disfigured and have been through emotional turmoil because you were told something and now... Hopefully you have alot of before and after pics that can help the case alot. I wouldnt just sue for money back but, more...compensation.

Look at it this way, since you have skin left over its a possibility it can be fixed, my situation my PS did a great job on making my skin as tight as he could but my scar is high on one side and he might not be able to fix it. Good luck.

Have you been able to fix your scar? and do you have a pic of your revision? I too have the same problem, high tt scar, and very unhappy and depressed. Dr's dont realize how much damage they do to a persons emotional life when they dont put importance to a small detail that is big to us the patient. Sorry and hope you get your problemed improved.

I will add to u ladies about tramatized bad results. I had a ftt with ab tightening a year plus ago, results left me looking about 4mths pregnant which was very obvious about 4mths after surgery. OMG after doing about six mths of extensive search and research for BSPS and about ten consults which all concluded that my issue was lack muscles. After sleepless nights, keen consideration, tears, frustration, depression i gave in a few mths ago and did a revision after been advised that a revision would improve my situation the job was worst than the first i am so confused i don't even want to talk about it no more, but just to let some of u ladies know that some of us did really get a raw deal and left us an emotional wreck.

i just feel like ps's are brutes and they totally lie to get you as a client and then you come home and you are liek a victim who is left alone to deal with all of your sad thoughts and feeling so thrown off by the way you look. This has made me really want to fight for women to accept themselves for who they are and to put these guys out if business. Work out, eat sensibly and if you do not have a perfect body so what?! You have perfect children that God gave you and this is what happens - it is not unnatural or ugly in any way - only what we make it. It's like be careful what you get for. I do not feel like my PS thoroughly informed me at all. But it's done and over for us all and we must move forward. See a counselor if needed so you don't compound the mistakes and I would stop - don't get anymore surgery and live with your self for a while.