Very Bad Lipo Result - Marietta, GA

Did you have any success with your botched areas?

Hi yes - I went to Dr. Coleman he fixed it - much better , but need to do more....... Will go after summer and hope that will be the end to the ordeal .......

How many months since the fat transfers? Dr Coleman did the major fat transfer in 2012 and a minor additional transfer in Dec 2013.

Hi Karf glad you are back to forum.May i know how much percent fat survivial rate do you think you have attained for the past 2 tranfer at Dr Coleman's?thank u.

I would have to say at least 80% of the fat has stayed, maybe more. Its been 2 years and the double gluteal fold is gone. I will take some more photos soon and post.

I am so happy for you. I have fixed appt with Dr Coleman too. Wish me good luck in my revision too. I hope I can achieve as nice result as you.

Thank you. Keep me posted on your progress and best of luck to you.

Kaf, are you still here? I had botched surgery 11 weeks ago. I can't believe there are so many of us with the same sad story. I'm trying to find a surgeon to fix me. I went to look in your FB page, but I notice there aren't any updates there. I imagine that you would rather forget this chapter of your life. I am very, very, happy that your issues are resolved. I'm going to see Dr Mendieta next week to see if he might be able to help me. Quite frankly, I don't think he will be able to. I have extensive damage, similar to yours, that keeps getting worse as the weeks go by. I will be making an appointment with Dr Coleman soon. I'm going to wait a year before I have anything done, but I wanted to start going to consults and see if any other can help me. Again, I am very happy for your great results.

Sorry for the silly question, you mentioned his full name earlier :) Just saw it..

You stole the words right out of my mouth about my surgery. My doctor did not listen to what I wanted, did areas I said to leave alone & was over aggressive on fat removal. He put 9 incisions in my body. Only two can be hidden by pantie & bra. All of them healed open looking & diveted. The thread & needle he used left scars making the incisions look like big X's. I wear clothes when I go swimming because I can't find any suits that hide the hypopigmentation, scars, sagging, lumps & lines. I feel like a mutilated monster. I'm humiliated & ashamed. I cry every day or just try not to even look at myself. I'm completely devastated. I don't know how it can be fixed & terrified of trying to find a doctor that actually can fix it. It's emotionally draining & has affected my sex life with my husband. I hope you are able to find a competent doctor. I'm trying to do the same.

Sambra, I am so sorry you are going through this. I too am dealing VERY similar results from a Tampa FL dr last Feb. I have never had kids, never smoked, good skin, I was NOT over weight; H/W; 5' 4" tall, 138 lbs, BIG BONE structure (thanks for that dad), and I had NEVER weighed more than my ideal weight, never. I simply had my weight mostly in my torso and a VERY flat rear end. I had a brazilian butt lift (fat transfer) with lipo of muffin top, abdomen, lower abdomen, and lower back area. He butchered me! I am a dented, lumpy, bumpy mess, and my Brazilian Butt Lift is COMPLETELY gone 1 year after having it done, the left side of my lower stomach area (below my belly button) sticks out 2 inches further than the right. He gauged a tunnel on my right hip (flank) and for some reason he took fat from my pubic bone but ONLY ON ONE SIDE!!!!! So now I have a big dent on my pubic bone. I was only 32 at the time, and I am now a monster!!! I WISH bad lipo like this would be an automatic FULL REFUND so we can actually afford to fix the damage being done by all of these BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON'S....They all say research your doctor....but that REALLY makes NO difference, I researched for a year, the results were still dreadful, and then this "Dr" actually told me my results were "normal" and I should give it "a couple of years to fully see results"!!! CAN you believe it? Me either! I am a shell of the woman I was, despite being the "ideal" candidate, I now live in shame, I am TOTALLY humiliated if my shirt rides up and someone see's my GROSS DEFORMED lower back, and I WILL NOT let my husband see me naked in normal lighting! I think the obvious BAD lipo suction's SHOULD be FULLY refunded. MAYBE that would SLOW these over aggressive FAST doctor's down so they no longer DESTROY their patients. I cry many days out of a month, but I am a step mom to 3 kids under 9 so I don't get much free time to grieve the very deep emotional WOUNDS (scares heal, this is a permanent WOUND) that this "doctor" left me with.....Of course, with 3 stepchildren now, I will NEVER be able to afford to fix it. These doctor's do not seem to understand (or CARE) how much emotional turmoil we feel for the REST OF OUR LIVES......but hey, at least they are $12,000 richer than before we were butchered. I wish I could offer some words of encouragement, but I know we are just victims of "LEGALIZED malpractice". I know there are good doctor's (somewhere, right?) but it truly is a matter of what the doctor does THE DAY YOU are on his operating table.....

I think these so called Board Certified Plastic Surgeons get their CERTIFICATION out of a cracker jack box. It is evident they don't have to perform accurately or to any standard!

Seattle2584, so sorry to hear about your situation. Did you have your corrective fat transfers? Did they help?

I posted more photos today.

Try seeing Dr. Coleman directly, as he is the pioneer of fat transfer. Outside of that suggestion, go with Dr. Markmann's plan. Your body needs time to heal after a fat transfer and, if you do not have a lot of fat to begin with, you need to be as careful as possible after the transfer to optimize the amount of fat graft that actually takes. Outside of the fat graft alternative, you could try the silicone butt implants, if you are a candidate. Also, this question would be best answered by the doctors of RealSelf community - so post a question with some pictures to the doctors (under Q&A section) for some expert advice. Good luck!

I'll look into that for sure - the questions to Drs The problem I have w/ 6 months off life /activities is that that means 6 months off work for me - I'm not that wealthy to be able to do that unfortunately. But I'll see if Coleman can sit in on the next consult down there - it's $400 to see him directly & I've already paid to see his partner...many more NYC consults & I'll be tapped out :) Thnx for the input HappyGirl

I'd love to hear your feedback on the consult as I am in the same boat. Could you please message me or is there a way I can message you?

Hi Sure sg2012 - is there an email attached to my profile? ( I'm not sure how this place really works :) If not I'm happy to email you I continue to explore as I just know there's a solution...I am a stunt person so implants w/ their risk of 'migration' etc are not an option for me as I'm'tossed about' a lot. So right now it's either fat or one of the many non FDA approved non-silicone fillers available overseas, Mexico or Canada

There is no email attached to your name. Could you message me and I'll give you my person email address? I think you can also change that in your profile settings. But please message me, I'd love to chat with you