Left with mycobacterial infection as a direct result of surgery

In June of 2021 I decided to have my silicone breast implants removed by Dr. Pozner of Sanctuary Plastic surgery. A breast lift with fat transfer was performed at the same time. Early on everything went according to plan and I was happy with the results that were developing during my post operative healing. Approximately 8 weeks post op I developed a lump like reddened area to my right breast and I immediately returned to the plastic surgeon who aspirated a syringe of yellow-green colored puss and advised me that I probably had tissue necrosis from the fat transfer which is a fairly common occurrence with fat transfer. I was prescribed an antibiotic and the sample was sent for analysis for confirmation. 

After lengthy extensive testing the results came back as mycobacterium abscesses. The family of mycobacterium include such diseases as leprosy and tuberculosis. This is not a common infection whatsoever and is the direct result of contamination that occurred somewhere during the surgical procedure. This is not treated easily. It involves surgery to remove the infected tissue. Possibly skin grafts depending on where the infection is located and months to years of very strong IV antibiotics via picc line. 

I spent 4 days in the hospital and 3 months on antibiotics. These drugs at the dosages prescribed to treat a mycobacterium have serious side effects such as hearing loss, kidney and liver function impairment and bowl issues. An infection like this will undoubtedly take over your life. Financially it will cost you a great deal more than the original surgery did and it will change you both physically and mentally. 

To reiterate, this infection is the direct result of contamination occurring somewhere during the surgical procedure. Google soft tissue mycobacterium abscesses and look at the pictures of what it looks like and read the articles. This can happen in any facility anywhere and the cases of this are increasing exponentially. There's a FB group dedicated to this with members that have trippled since I joined a year ago. Think very carefully about elective procedures.