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Boobs and Lipo nightmare
UPDATED FROM whyyesitznessa
30 days post
Explant
$5,000
Almost a month to the date due to the infection i got after i got the hematoma removed. I had to get my implants removed via emergency from a local plastic surgeon...i am devastated....it was almost 5k to get them removed...after the dust settles and i pay eveything back ill have spent over 14k on this (which includes flights, hotels, the additional surgeries the original surgery. Do visits locally. Interest on the loan i took out for the original surgery) all to end up with nothing...i asked my original doctor about a refund and he sort of beat around the bush saying "when i see him next we will discuss my options" i just want my $ back and to leave this as a distant memory. Ive lost my job, paid (and will continue to pay) so much all for boobs i never even got to put into a sexy dress...idk y this happened to me. I feel hopeless...i have drain tubes coming out of my "even smaller than before" breast and i cant even look down at my chest without being depressed. I dont know what else to say. I guess i was the unlucky one?...worst part is every month im paying my loan back for implants i dont even have...ive been crying for three days.
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Replies (4)
October 9, 2016
I'm so sorry to hear of Ur very unfortunate experience. I know U must be very depressed but I'm also happy you are alive. I know it's hard for U to move on but I'll be praying for U. Stay strong...this too shall pass.
October 27, 2016
Stories like yours are so important for people considering a breast augmentation to read, thank you for sharing. I've been wanting a ba for awhile now but reading about stories of them going bad make me wonder if I should even risk it.
October 27, 2016
There are great doctors out there. I wouldnt be discouraged. I thought i had done all i was supposed to as far as research. I shouldve done more
October 27, 2016
He messed me up too! My very first surgery and it was a horrible experience!!! Do your research and don't hurry up with these decisions... I'm still suffering from complications after having a revision with Revis! But if my first surgery was good I wouldn't have to through this!!! White a bad review and let people know what a bad doctor he is!!! Write it in yelp too!
October 27, 2016
How did he mess u up? I wrote a bad one in google...and i tried to get a refund they instead offered to redo them for 1k lol smh...
October 27, 2016
Look at my page, he gave me a double bubble and high implant, mess up job. I didn't go back he wouldn't do a good redo anyway, this center is a joke, my surgery was at 11 pm
UPDATED FROM whyyesitznessa
23 days post
Infection
Well guys i flew out and got my hematoma removed and was thinking positively only to discover i have an INFECTION in the same breast 5 days later....this has been the surgery from hell! And these people are near impossible to get in contact with. Cg cosmetics is a money hungry place with low end accommodations and i dont think they really care what happens to you after...i had to fly there stay in a hotel and pay $300 so they could take the hematoma out and im STILL having issues....i wish i wouldve went anywhere else BUT there. Plus theyre smaller than i wanted. And i wouldve spent double the $ just to have a smoother process and nicer more profesional people. This has wore me out. My doctor put me on strong antibiotics (after finishing the antibiotics cg gave me that clearly werent doing [RS bleep])...if it doesn't clear with that i fear ill have to get the implant removed and leave it out for months until im well again
Wish me luck...if your out of town id think twice about going out of state or just to that place in general...oh and btw i spent 2 hours in the "recovery housec it is a JOKE and rip off. I demanded my $ back and caught a uber to my bfs hotel (he had a later flight and they insisted i had to pay to stay there to be taken care of until her arrived)....the recovery house is a little hood house with a few women who barely speak english with tiny beds. Never again!
I wish i had the $ to go to someone locally to fix all this! Even if i did no one will take me (i called around)....im starting to regret this whole thing!...anyway hopefully these antibiotics help
Wish me luck...if your out of town id think twice about going out of state or just to that place in general...oh and btw i spent 2 hours in the "recovery housec it is a JOKE and rip off. I demanded my $ back and caught a uber to my bfs hotel (he had a later flight and they insisted i had to pay to stay there to be taken care of until her arrived)....the recovery house is a little hood house with a few women who barely speak english with tiny beds. Never again!
I wish i had the $ to go to someone locally to fix all this! Even if i did no one will take me (i called around)....im starting to regret this whole thing!...anyway hopefully these antibiotics help
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October 1, 2016
I feel so much for U, it's really difficult. My prayers are with U, I was considering CG bu t honestly after following Ur story I think I'll prolly just go straight to Dr Krau's private practice.
October 1, 2016
Yes krau has good work but cg is a terrible place...i feel so much guilt and regret and shame that this is going this way....and i do believe they are the reason i have an infection. It would kill me to have to walk around with 1 breast for 3 months or longer. But im bracing myself for that outcome...and i will be spending all week searching 4 a local surgeon willing to see me. And then ill figure out if i can even afford it....spending more $ with cg is something i dont want to do....i feel like its there fault n they should fix it for free..but then again i never want to step foot in there again. Its a shame too because they look nice. But this left one has been sick from day 1 and i think they shouldve done more to prevent this during the hematoma removal....im just embarrassed and have no idea wat to do.
UPDATED FROM whyyesitznessa
11 days post
Bad news
Went to the ER today turns put my left breast has a hematoma. Im not sure what to do next....i already sort of conversed with CG cosmetic and the suggested i go to the ER im going to follow up with them tomorrow but im almost certain ill have to go back to Miami and have surgery again to remove it. That is what ive been reading online. Sigh i was doing so good and now this. I have the worst luck!. Cried a few times today. I really dont have the money for this. Not another surgery or the travel fees.
Replies (5)
September 20, 2016
Oh no!! I'm so so sorry! :( When will you know what the game plan is?
September 20, 2016
Im going to have to go back to miami not sure of the complete plan just yet. Ugh! Im just a mess
September 21, 2016
I will be praying and hoping everything will get better for you. I'm so sorry!!! Keep us posted!!
September 22, 2016
Hello, I wanted to check on you and see how things are going I hope today was better for you.
September 24, 2016
Hi girly. I flew back out to florida and got it removed via surgery on Thursday. So far so good.
September 24, 2016
My prayers are with you...all the best.
September 24, 2016
I flew back out to florida and got it removed via surgery on Thursday. So far so good.
September 24, 2016
I flew back out to florida and got it removed via surgery on Thursday. So far so good.
You could still sue, but most lawyers in Florida will only work on a contingency basis if the doctor in question has no malpractice insurance.
They are required, by law, if they don't have malpractice insurance to carry an "irrevocable letter of credit, established pursuant to chapter 675, in an amount not less than $100,000 per claim, with a minimum aggregate availability of credit of not less than $300,000. The letter of credit must be payable to the physician as beneficiary upon presentment of a final judgment indicating liability and awarding damages to be paid by the physician or upon presentment of a settlement agreement signed by all parties to such agreement when such final judgment or settlement is a result of a claim arising out of the rendering of, or the failure to render, medical care and services", though, which is supposed to be used to settle malpractice claims and pay out for lost lawsuits (if the patient has the resources and time to go that route).
It may be worth at least looking into to see if it's something you'll be able to do.
Source on the above: Source on that: http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/458.320
Unfortunately, Florida has some of the most lax regulations in the US around plastic surgery and who's allowed to practice it. :\
Good luck getting everything worked out!