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23 Year Old, 2 Kids, Tummy Tuck, Capsule Removal, and Lipo - Coral Gables, FL

UPDATED FROM Lovek3j
22 days post

Lipo of arm and capsule removal

$7,000
My arms are significantly slimmer, prob more so if I wore the girdle... Unfortunately I bought extremely small and it's killing me, I have a faja/ girdle that is from my knees all til me elbows that I have been waiting to wear. I have almost no bruises on my arms just very small one in the back of one. Also my breast looks much much more even to the other one, it still has somewhat of a weird shape than the other, and it could be that my body is forming a new capsule, but it looks more normal everyday when I do the massages... Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Lovek3j's provider

Mel T. Ortega, MD

Mel T. Ortega, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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UPDATED FROM Lovek3j
22 days post

Up to date

Today is 3 weeks and 1 day, the rest of my scar and belly button is healing perfectly, if it wasn't for necrosis, I would've been recuperated a little before two weeks. I love my belly button and have been putting an ear plug in it to keep a hole since in very swollen , there is none. I love love love dr ortega and his work. He is on top of things. A dr who does good work is great, but more than that, a dr who knows how to handle a tough complication with compassion is even better. I loved my anesthesiologist, which was the same as the first time, his name is Mario Diaz ... The same guy that was in the tabloids for the girl who turned vegetable. There are two sides to every story, and all I know is that I loved him. Very personable, very thorough, and I had no bad reactions or bad experiences with him.

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UPDATED FROM Lovek3j
22 days post

Necrosis

Hello all, I know I haven't been on in a while, unfortunately I got necrosis, on my scar. It started as a hematoma, and then it bubbled up, broke and started bleeding out, I just thought it was a blood blister, but the next morning it kept bleeding heavily, well, what I THOUGHT was blood, I called the clinic and they had me go in. The post op dr took off my tape and said I was draining from my incision also and to keep up with wound care. 4 days later I saw Dr Ortega, he said to start taking antibiotics and to see him again thurs to see if it was healing up.. I went back thurs and it was looking better, so next plan was to schedule to put me back in the OR and cut all that yucky stuff off... Yest (tues) I went in at 5 and dr ortega cut off all the necrosis, he also took out my drains (thank god). I could've gotten my drains off on my 1 week follow up, but due to my hematoma he wanted to keep it in to be sure i drained as much as possible. Today I feel great, NOTHING like the first time... Just some hurting of the incision but I have yet to take the pain pills or Tylenol... Dr ortega was great during this whole process, I couldn't have asked for a better dr

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What is the reason for necrosis he said? Tx