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Do I REALLY Need This? UH... HELL YEAH - Wayne, NJ

UPDATED FROM cruisegirl223
1 year post

GOING FOR CHECKUP

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cruisegirl223October 22, 2015
$15,000
Well I am going for my 2nd checkup since my tummy tuck and lipo in December 2014. Isn't it weird that the last time I saw my doctor was in May and now we are in October, he originally has me scheduled to come see him in November but because I felt I wasn't healing properly and I wasn't happy, they bumped me up all of 2 weeks. I just hear people seeing their surgeons like on a monthly basis to see how they are healing. Well anyways, I will keep you all posed as to what I get told as to why my flanks still exist and why my stomach when I run my hand over it feels like a dome. I am sure if there are any revisions to be made it will cost me over $10,000, I mean I only paid $16,000 for this surgery, it's not like they could work with me here. Sorry if I sound bitter but I don't expect this visit to be a positive one, I am sure I will be blamed for any weight gain or try to tell me why the flanks are still there. How that requires a different type of surgery that focuses just on that. I have lost my faith in all plastic surgery. Nothing helps get rid of fat. I have done lipo 4 times and now a tummy tuck and if that couldn't fix my issues then nothing will. Keep in mind i have never had children so I had no loose skin, I just had a pouch that would have benefitted from a tummy tuck. Well apparently I am no better and for that kind of money it simply makes me sick that I am stuck with this body til I die. I will update you all when I get back from the infamous Harvard trained doctor that has such excellent credentials.

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Parham Ganchi, PhD, MD

Parham Ganchi, PhD, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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October 22, 2015
Lots of doctors go to the best schools but that does not make them the best doctors. I regret having met dr. Ganchi and wasting money with him. I advise you to check dr. Breitbart or Dr. Tehrani, they are both good. I am having Lipo on my back with one of them next month.
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cruisegirl223
October 23, 2015
I know alot of doctors go to the best schools and have excellent training, how then are we supposed to choose if not by their credentials and seeing their actual work? And the day of my consultation after I was given the astronomical price of $15,000 I was ready to walk out, I said to myself, this is insane, until Karen the woman who gets you to book a surgery date, says that his wife had a tummy tuck and would I like to see it. So his wife comes in and shows me everything and of course she looked fantastic. No issues with her! (What a surprise). If you don't mind me asking what are you paying to have lipo on your back next month. I just want to know what I am in store for in the event my husband remotely lets me go under the knife again, how much $$ am I looking at. It sickens me that I have to do anything of this nature after spending what I did.
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October 23, 2015
I understand you, it is very hard to know if a dr. is good they have great credentials and fantastic marketing, and some great reviews written by their own employees. But I did put my review about dr. ganchi and I explained that he was not good and he did a bad job on me and whoever decides to go to him spite of my review, they take a risk. I am so sorry you are going through this, send me a private e mail and I will tell you where I am going and much I am paying.
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cruisegirl223
October 23, 2015
Well went for my 5;00 checkup was up in one of the rooms with the gown and the underwear that fits like dental floss. Waited for an hour and 15 minutes before Dr. Ganchi saw me. See I realized that Tues, Thurs. are his consult days so he has to squeeze as many people in as possible to make the money. It was like cattle in there. Appointments really need to either be spaced out better or don't schedule so many people in one day. Apparently he thinks I look great. I don't know what he is seeing but that is far from what I am seeing. I asked about my flanks and what could be done about them, he said since it's still hasn't been a year give it another 4 months and if there is something to take out he will look at it then. Yeah in my head I am saying I am sure to another amount of 8-10,000. But I will update you when I go back in February. I highly doubt I will do any further work with him or any other doctor at this point. I have had liposuction 4 times and the fat is still there as well as other places. I weight 156 pounds, my highest weight IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I am 5.1" on a good day so you can just imagine what that weight looks like on me. Having a tummy tuck was my last resort and since I have had it, I look and feel worse. I am obviously never going to be happy with my figure. There is no help for me to lose weight at this point and I am done trying. Good luck to everyone out there who goes under the knife, I sincerely hope you have better results than I did and it gives you the happiness and confidence that comes with having a body where you feel proud to walk in a room with your head held high and can say "damn I feel good". Best wishes to you all.
UPDATED FROM cruisegirl223
1 year post

Not as happy as I thought.

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cruisegirl223July 31, 2015
My stomach feels like a dome when you run your hand over it. And my flanks look just as horrific as before. I tried to keep telling myself to give it time but there is no difference and this is 8 months post op.

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520snowflake
August 1, 2015
So you still haven't seen a difference ?
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cruisegirl223
August 2, 2015
Nope
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October 22, 2015
I am sooo sorry, I don't want to tell you I told you so, but this is exactly what happened to me with dr. Ganchi. Great credentials he has but he does terrible work.
UPDATED FROM cruisegirl223
10 months post

SOOOOOO HAPPY!!!

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cruisegirl223January 2, 2015
2 weeks post op and my results are beyond what I expected. I am still swollen and just got my drain out today but I love that my flanks are practically gone and my stomach doesn't take over my whole entire torso anymore! I can see my "feminine" parts again as well as my toes!!

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cruisegirl223
August 1, 2015
When I commented that my flanks were almost gone, that was before I could fully turn around and see. They appeared to be less but nowheres near what I was anticipating. And not bec I had high hopes it was bec what the dr told me in the consultation as well as what was written on my quote.
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