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Boobs done in Argentina - WRONGLY EXECUTED

UPDATED FROM Renee'L
3 years post

Revision done! 3 weeks post op. Amazing result

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Renee'L
$7,000
I cannot thank Dr. Cooter at the Waverley house on South terrace enough. After years of being in pain, sutures stuck under my breast, sagging and constant problems, I’m finally fixed and I never thought that my breast were able to be this amazing. Unfortunately I still don’t have much, if any sensation of my left nipple, I’m hoping that I’ll get that back over time because it terrifies me to think that I may Never be able to breast feed. Right nipple is extremely sensitive. Dr. Cooter removed my 225cc implants from over the muscle, closed the pocket after cleaning out the stitches and scar tissue, then created a new pocket under the muscle and inserted 250cc implants. He also went in with another full lift and reduced my scaring dramatically, if not completely. Initially I did want to go much smaller and reduce the size of my breasts but he said that he was committed to the current scars and that would leave me with risen scars that would be visible and that wouldn’t be on the crease of my breast where it drops. I just asked him to do whatever was fit and that wouldn’t cause me pain. The first week was horrific pain for me. My muscle was stitched so tightly onto my chest wall that I couldn’t even get out of bed. Going to the toilet resulted in me crying every time and I would be yelling out for help to get into bed as I could not lay myself down without feeling like I was being ripped on the inside. The drains stayed in for a week as I had more than 150ml of fluid draining every day! The nurse removing them was utter relief and didn’t hurt one bit. Week 2 felt slightly better and at week 3 I still can’t reach my arms up too much but am going for gentle walks, able to sleep slightly on my side with the support of pillows and my scaring is minimal. I do believe there is a suture or two which weren’t snipped enough and it is escaping out of my skin so I need to make an appointment with the nurse to remove them so they don’t cause any infection or cause me any further irritation. All in all, extremely happy so far with my result and I hope they don’t drop too much from now as I am very happy with the look of them.

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Dr Gustavo Chiglione

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I will never visit this surgeon again. He was a family friend and I trusted him with my body and now I am extremely unhappy and depressed with my results as well as being in constant pain. The first two weeks of surgery were a dream however since my problems have risen my ps has refused to see anything wrong in his surgery and has not helped me.

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L
March 7, 2019
Renee`L Your new breasts are beautiful. Excellent job. Beautiful scars. I am happy that your nightmare is over. I am doing well. I am still healing. SinceI bleeded very heavy at operation, I had some bloodie scabs, what was holding back fast healing, so we removed them..And now I need to take care of them till they close. I just asked my doctor, where he puted implants. He said under muscul, which usualy is teh case for breast lift. And I have 420 extra high profile implants. Its just sad that taht doctore from Argentina did not had any consequences.
R
March 8, 2019
Thank you! I am very happy with them. He did an excellent job and his work is just perfect, so very careful with my breasts, I didn’t have any bruising until he took out my drains which I think is from a little bit of fluid left around my left breast which was draining a lot. Did you have any drains or any bruising? Under the muscle is perfect! I believe it is the best choice for most women as over the muscle can hang off your natural breast tissue. I hope my breasts don’t drop too much more haha I am very happy with how they look now! :) :) :) x
R
March 8, 2019
And yes! My old surgeon said he would re do them but I did not want him to touch my breasts again. Funny enough, he was a guest speaker for plastic surgery in South America! I do not know how... he almost completely ruined my breasts.
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L
March 8, 2019
I remember when I was reading your old review...And when I saw stitching of your breasts, I was worried.With new doctor you have nice, normal stitching. I did not had any drains and did not had realy any bruising. But I hav mini open scabs now. And 2 weeks after surgery suddenly one nipple became darker and it open mini hole, where dark blood came out. So, no I need to heal that mini hole as well. If you checked my profile, you can see pictures, afer surgery, I have very long scars under breasts, but I asked my surgent to tighten my breasts as much as possible. So, I udnerstood thats why he removed extra skin from sides, which left me with long scars, but I dont care that. Because I dont want hanging breasts.
I had 10 year ago my first breast augmentation, and then they put implant over the muscle, which is common for surgery without lift.
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L
March 8, 2019
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L
March 8, 2019
Renee`L Of course I would not do revision with that type of doctor. Would be nice to get back some refund:)And it is amazing how he can be guest speaker for plastic surgery in South America. Why your doctor used sutures? I guess Its is not bad idea, to use them in few places, where scars more often can open. Your breasts now are realy beautiful.
M
March 8, 2019
Wow! Nice work! I hope it just gets better for you! You deserve it after all this agony. Beautiful so far!!!
M
March 8, 2019
Argentine doc shameful!!! Ugggh!
V
March 21, 2019
Who are you doing?? I hope very well
R
March 28, 2019
Hi there!! Doing very well! I think on my right breast I have some spitting sutures, I’m booked in to see my surgeon next week for my six week follow up so hopefully this can be sorted out so I don’t have to face any other problems! [RS bleep]
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L
March 29, 2019
Renee How are you healing? When you say SPITTING SUTURES...You mean threads coming out from stitches?
My doctor used dissolvable threads, but even then some of them came out and even in more places. Doctor removed them. And I will not be suprice if there will be still some coming out. But will not see my doctor then, because he is in Mexico and I will be back in Canada. I am 6 weeks post op.
R
March 29, 2019
Hi babe! I’m healing very well. I should probably upload some more photos :) my futures are dissolvable, but sometimes if they are not dissolving properly, the body recognises them as foreign objects and starts to spit them out of the body. So I have some hard stitching that I can feel is a bit prickly poking out of my breast, but it isn’t affecting the result. How is your healing process??
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L
March 29, 2019
Renee In the picture 3 weeks after surgery...your scars look fantastic. I guess, everyone heals differently. My scars even after 6 weeks, still are very pink and dry. Love my results as well, just waiting when scars will get lighter. Your scar under breast are very small and nice, my are very long, but it is what it is:) Better long scars, then long boobs.:))))
UPDATED FROM Renee'L
3 years post

BREAST REVISION BOOKED

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Renee'L
Finally, after almost 4 years of pain, discomfort, complications and confidence issues due to my poor breast job in Argentina, I am finally rebooked on the 12th of February to see Dr. Rodney Cooter in Adelaide. My mum had her implants removed and replaced by him about 10 years ago and I know other women who have had surgeries through him before and he came highly recommended. I am super nervous and excited. I have asked to go down a little in size however my 225cc implants are already quite small, he is worried we can’t go much smaller because of the amount of skin that stretched and isn’t sure how much of my natural breast is left. He is ordering in 200cc implants just Incase we can go a little smaller. They are now going to be removed and replaced to UNDER the muscle, and a revision mastopexy will be done to make my nippled symmetrical and to lift years of this implant sagging over my muscle. I will be documenting my revision surgery and taking plenty of photos as I did with my first surgery. Just over two weeks now!

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V
February 4, 2019
Hi! I am from Spain, this friday im going under mastopexy with 295cc implants under the muscle but i think my skin is similar to yours. Are your fingers super extensible or do you have very lax articulations??
R
March 7, 2019
Hi there! How did your breast lift go? X
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L
February 16, 2019
Looking forwards for your new breast lift...i am more than sure it will be much better then it is now. Readed all of your story. That's was very traumatic experience. I just had my surgery few days ago 13 of february, I am at home now recovering...After reading your post, I even dont know if my implants are under or over muscul, I hope they are under. I will see my doctor next monday. Breast lift is dificalt surgery and its not easy to find a good doctor. This is my second surgery...first time I had breast agmuntation, and now they took out old ones and made breast lift and puted new implants. But both times my surgents used for stitch dissolving threads, so they disapear with time...but I need to eat regular good food, protein, carbs and so on.
R
March 7, 2019
Hi love! My new plastic surgeon did an amazing job. He is the best in my city and I am so happy I went to him- if only I had gone to him from the beginning! How are you feeling? Have you found out if your implants are under or over? I hope you are enjoying your results! This time we surgeon used all internal stitches which has been amazing and stress free and there is no track marks. He was able to remove all my horrible scars!
M
February 28, 2019
I really hope things turned out better for you this time!!! Post when u can.
R
March 7, 2019
Hi there!! Please check my most recent post, my new surgeon did an INCREDIBLE job [RS bleep]
UPDATED FROM Renee'L
1 year post

One year post op. Unhappy. Revision booked for next June.

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Renee'L
so it's been obvious that from the beginning I was never one hundred percent satisfied with my result. My breasts have been nothing but a horror from the beginning. Wound separation, pain, sagging, just horrible. I cannot have a revision until next June because I had problems signing back on a health insurance and I was told I had to wait a year... So here I am. I have to live with these ugly things for a year. I guess I should blame my weight loss but that's still not a good enough reason or my 'stretchy skin' for my breasts to have sagged to the extent that they did. My surgeon has been extremely unhelpful. He is not giving me any money back or would not correct his mistakes. He has left me feeling ugly and deformed and if he was in Australia I probably would have sued him. He refuses to recognise he did anything wrong in the surgery. And blames it on my skin. My skin cannot be blamed entirely? My result is hideous. It is the most disgusting breast lift I have ever seen. And I am disgusted in him as a plastic surgeon and he should be ashamed of himself.
I have re booked with dr Kolias in Adelaide and I trust his judgement... Here are some updates

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D
July 13, 2016
I'm sorry you are going through this . That's my worst fear . Getting my surgery and being un happy. Save money and trust your doctor and they don't do a good job. :( again I'm sorry this happened to you. It's the surgeons fault not your weightloss.
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C
May 4, 2017
Wish you could travel to see Dr. Ary Krau :-(