Early 40s, 3 Kids, 5'1", 110 Lbs.; Breast Lift/augment. - Concord, MA

Went to Dr. Seckel based on reviews online and publications. Was
pleased with his manner and staff. My goals were as follows: Lift and symmetry, implants (sm/med C), areola & nipple reduction. I stated several times in each of my appts that I did not care about an anchor scar or what needed to be done to get a proper lift.

After surgery I immediately was told that he was able to implant
350CC's. That the lift he did was done via the "donut" and that he did
not need to do an anchor. The areola's were 3x size I wanted and nipples were untouched. When he peeled back the bandages he stated "I can fix it". These were not the first sentences I wanted to hear, still coming out of aenasthesia meds, and no ‘concerns’ were yet even voiced by me since I was still high. He was just estatic I got 350’s.

I found out after I went that my breasts were very uneven and the right one was
more painful than the left. Dr Seckel assured me that in a few months they would drop and even out "just give it time", “I can fix it”. Well which was it?

Time passed and my shape worsened. The left now dropping far lower due
to the large implant and I was closer to a D. The right continued to
cause me pain and discomfort so I sought a second opinion. Surgeon 2 stated that the right implant was not done correctly and needed to
be removed. Time would not correct an improperly implanted breast
implant. I had a double bubble at the top and my left sagged
drastically, almost two inches lower than the right. My right breast was still sore and tender 2 months after and I had lost some sensation. I felt like a freak in a circus side show. I immediately took his next available appointment in August and had them removed with a plan on how to fix whatever further damage may have been done.

At that time I wrote a letter to Dr Seckel asking for a refund in
which to pursue corrective surgery with another surgeon. I received no
response. Not a phone call or letter and no acknowledgement of his
accepting any responsibility for my pain, my discomfort and my need to
undergo two more procedures to correct what he had done. Yes, he
offered to "fix" my breasts when I'd given it
time to really "settle in"; however, how quickly would you trust a
surgeon to cut you open again when the first time he was unable to
even complete a single one of the tasks or procedures you asked for
correctly?

Maybe I would trust him again if he owned up to any of this and
actually showed that he cares more about his patients than the money.
The results are right there, in full colour for all to see. That I
even needed to do this is an embarrassment to me and should be to him and his partner as well.

What I learned from Surgeon 2:
Seckle never gave me drainage tubes; until Surgeon 2 fixed them and I went through the process again, I wouldn’t have known the significance. HUGE. Drainage helps prevent the major swelling that prevents proper healing, elongates healing by a large margin, causes intense pain because all that fluid has no where to go and took my body months to absorb. Because there’s all this fluid, it can also exacerbate the ‘pocket’, and how the body heals and forms around the implant. Since drains prevents the massive swelling, breasts are less tender and there is no extra pressure on the scars and they close and heal. The swelling pushes scars apart, possible to leave gaps as they heal with a bigger telltale white scar.
Also, Seckle formed the pocket improperly on the right sub-muscular, and as you can imagine from pics on the left, there was no pocket. That one was sub-glandular.