Very disappointed with Dr John Burns! - Dallas, Texas

I am terribly unhappy with my 7-8 results. I will repost my last update:I originally thought this was and Excellent dr with an Excellent staff. I originally said it was Great overall experience. I drove over 150 miles to use what I thought was a wonderful surgeon. I decided I wanted to use Dr burns after seeing his before and afters and reading his reviews. I am now changing my review after 6 months. I had originally asked if I should have a BA alone or with a lift. After seeing my pics via email I was told BA only and although I thought I needed a lift but went with the advice of dr. My immediate post op results were nice. High and round like I wanted. However week after they became saggier and saggier. I had asked for DD and now have to buy special bras as I have saggy G/H cups with a 32 band size. My breasts now hang down to my elbows! After seeking two second opinions I am being told that my behind the muscle silicone implants are not behind the muscle and that my pockets were made too low. My only way to repair this is to now have two more surgeries- one to have my implants removed for 3-6 so a lift/ reduction can done and allowed to heal and them pay for yet a third surgery to have implants out back in. Again after receiving this devestating news I sent pics to dr burns office and asked what they recommend and I was sent an $8000 estimate to have a lift. While I do know that there are no "guarantees" in cosmetic surgery I have been told by not one but two ps that I definitely should've originally been advised to have lift with BA. My coworker who had the exact same presurgical size and shape as me had a lollipop life with her BA and looks amazing and now I am having to plan two more surgeries and am very upset. My implant "pockets" were placed too low and what was supposed to be "behind the muscle" now looks like "rocks in a sock" with implants that have fallen over 8-10 inches. I really wish I would've been adamant about the lift originally . So I guess this is partly my fault. Although I am very embarrassed by my looks I will post pics so others can see. I wear a bra 24/7 as the skin on my upper breast pull so much and my shoulders have huge indentions from holding up such tremendous weight- they are actually raw skin! While my results may not be typical of this dr I feel everyone need to see my end results while searching for a PS and deciding what surgery to actually have- I relied heavily on reviews from others and was shocked when my quote for corrective surgery was higher from my original surgeon for one surgery than my two second opinions for two surgeries for other well known and reviewed PS. I am hesitant to return to the same PS that did original BA- especially since he recommended only one surgery while both other PS Said combo lift with implants put back in would not be a good idea. Next week I will seek yet a third opinion and will continue to update. I hope I have good news yet after reading pros of two stage lift I am leaning towards this as before it's all over I will have ended up spending close to $13k and going "under the knife" three times is around a year. I welcome any opinions or advice.

Oh I'm so sorry that things have changed for you. This must be frustrating to say the least. You may want to look at some reviews in the breast implant revision community to get ideas and learn more about revisions....although you're probably learning a lot going to your consults lately. Let us know how your third consult goes next week. Wishing you the best.

I originally thought this was and Excellent dr with an Excellent staff. I originally said it was Great overall experience. I drove over 150 miles to use what I thought was a wonderful surgeon. I decided I wanted to use Dr burns after seeing his before and afters and reading his reviews. I am now changing my review after 6 months. I had originally asked if I should have a BA alone or with a lift. After seeing my pics via email I was told BA only and although I thought I needed a lift but went with the advice of dr. My immediate post op results were nice. High and round like I wanted. However week after they became saggier and saggier. I had asked for DD and now have to buy special bras as I have saggy G/H cups with a 32 band size. My breasts now hang down to my elbows! After seeking two second opinions I am being told that my behind the muscle silicone implants are not behind the muscle and that my pockets were made too low. My only way to repair this is to now have two more surgeries- one to have my implants removed for 3-6 so a lift/ reduction can done and allowed to heal and them pay for yet a third surgery to have implants out back in. Again after receiving this devestating news I sent pics to dr burns office and asked what they recommend and I was sent an $8000 estimate to have a lift. While I do know that there are no "guarantees" in cosmetic surgery I have been told by not one but two ps that I definitely should've originally been advised to have lift with BA. My coworker who had the exact same presurgical size and shape as me had a lollipop life with her BA and looks amazing and now I am having to plan two more surgeries and am very upset. My implant "pockets" were placed too low and what was supposed to be "behind the muscle" now looks like "rocks in a sock" with implants that have fallen over 8-10 inches. I really wish I would've been adamant about the lift originally . So I guess this is partly my fault. Although I am very embarrassed by my looks I will post pics so others can see. I wear a bra 24/7 as the skin on my upper breast pull so much and my shoulders have huge indentions from holding up such tremendous weight- they are actually raw skin! While my results may not be typical of this dr I feel everyone need to see my end results while searching for a PS and deciding what surgery to actually have- I relied heavily on reviews from others and was shocked when my quote for corrective surgery was higher from my original surgeon for one surgery than my two second opinions for two surgeries for other well known and reviewed PS. I am hesitant to return to the same PS that did original BA- especially since he recommended only one surgery while both other PS Said combo lift with implants put back in would not be a good idea. Next week I will seek yet a third opinion and will continue to update. I hope I have good news yet after reading pros of two stage lift I am leaning towards this as before it's all over I will have ended up spending close to $13k and going "under the knife" three times is around a year. I welcome any opinions or advice.

I hesitate to offer "advice" as I'm not a medical expert, but I will pass on what my PS explained to me when I offered my wish list. I too trawled the net for images of the perky, full breasts I wanted. It was a let down to be told that I shouldn't look at photos of "wish boobs" in my initial consult. My surgeon explained that everyone is built differently so results and what is possible vary from person to person. He also made it quite clear that there would be limitations on what size could be achieved. He used the analogy of building a house on a block of land. The size of the house that could be built would be determined by the size of the block of land. You can't build a mansion on a tiny block of land. Given my amount of breast tissue, my "long" chest and the size of my breast pocket, the biggest I could have would be a c cup- which was fine by me. I don't know what is possible with you, but possibly you yearn for a breast size that your natural dimensions can't accommodate? I'm really sorry your story ended so miserably- reading your posts it's obvious how excited you were. I chose a surgeon recommended by several people who worked in the industry as being "the best" (I'm in Australia or else I'd happily pass along his name!). He also only does breast surgery and specialises in breast reconstruction. If I were you, I'd be focusing on surgeons who specialise in breasts and who also do breast reconstruction. I'd try to get information from people who work in the plastic surgery area for their recommendations. People in the industry know who's good and who isn't. When I was getting fitted for a post surgical bra before surgery, the woman assisting me saw the name of my surgeon and said I'd picked the best in the state. Said her daughter was considering BA and he was the only surgeon she would want to do it. It highlighted for me that those who work in that area have the real knowledge of who are the good surgeons. Trusting reviews on sites/forums like this are a bit hit and miss in my opinion.