Tummy Tuck: Stories

Hi, my revision was done with Local anesthesia. I was asleep through out the surgery. It cost me less to go with local anesthesia than epidural.

Dog ears never go away unless they are removed. I'm glad that your PS is going to do the revision. Good luck and post pics

Hi,
The Dr. only cut around the scar and extended the incision to remove the dog ears.
No drains were needed since, he didn't lift my skin up.
I have not idea how many layers of skin he cut through but, I think it was only the top skin.

Hi, In my revision the Dr. had to pull more skin down to bring down the scar and to revise the scar and remove more skin from the sides to remove the dog ears. No drains at all.

Thanks.
I actually started going to the gym again...

I'm positive that your revision will go well too.

Thanks.
Keep me posted on your results.

You are welcome!!! And I will thanks!!

Yes, you're right. Thanks.

I too was debating between the first Dr. or a new Dr.

I told my self: "if the original Dr. doesn't see what he did wrong, then how can I expect for him to fix something that he doesn't see wrong"

I went ahead and contacted other Doctors before my 3 month follow up with my original Dr. Other Doctors were recommending the removal of the dog ear through an extended incision. Which, I had read that the was the best way.

In my 3 month follow up I asked my original Dr. about the dog ears and he only wanted to do Lipo, which would only make my skin more saggy and make the problem wrost. The Dr. didn't mentioned anything about fixing my Belly button or the scar.
I walked out kind of upset cause, he couldn't see anything wrong with what other plastic surgeons and people saw as wrong.

I was super blessed to find Dr. Suarez, cause he really wanted to help me to improve not only my dog ear but my scar and my belly button.

I didn't put any posting regarding my TT cause, there are so many cases of TT. But I decided to post about my revision because, I want people to know that there is a second chance.

By the way, I too didn't have a lot of cash left and I never expected to pay to for a revision.

Yeah, I don't know 100% yet if my PS will realize what is wrong with my current results until I go back next week. In the beginning she was seeming like she knew the scar was high and was talking about possibly lowering it early on but then when I went in again, she was saying it may be hard to do but she hasn't seen me in a while and if you saw my pictures, I cannot see how she would be able to deny that I need some additional work. She had mentioned Smart Lipo to take some of the fat off but I am pretty sure like you said that it would not fix the problem and it would leave me with additional saggy skin. I made an appointment with another doctor (that I had liked before but didn't chose as he wasn't as gung-ho or familiar about doing the procedure along with the other ones I had) the day before my appointment with my current PS so I will already have a second opinion in mind when I go to see her. My appointments are next Thursday (other PS) and Friday (current PS). I know the other doctor is very caring and would probably want to help me too but I don't know how much he will work with me on fees which I am sure Dr. Suarez probably did for you. If I go in for a revision, I am hopeful that she wouldn't charge me a fee but I would probably have hospital and anesthesia fees I would have to pay. The other doctor has his own surgery center so he can be more flexible because of that.

Thanks
I'm really glad that I was able to get it revised.

Thank, I'm really happy with the results.