Find Out Revision/Correction Policy AND COSTS Before! - Durham, NC

I carefully selected a great surgeon - prestigious schools, extra training, chief of everything, even does philanthropic work -- couldn't have been more impressed. His office did a fantastic job of coordinating everything with the insurance company for me. No one could tell me ahead of time what my portion would be but I think in the end, after his fee, the surgical facility, and the anesthesiologist, the cost to me was about $1,250. I told him ahead of time if my gut was going to stick out further than my boobs than not to do it. He promised I would still have a feminine figure. Against my husband's wishes, who loved everything about my body exactly as it was (Pic 1), I had the reduction. I didn't stop crying until a week later. It turns out that the insurance required the removal of more than I was prepared for. Not only were my breasts tiny but my old, floppy boobs had, unbeknownst to me, been hiding, an abnormally large ribcage. I immediately started looking into the costs of liposuction for my rib fat so I could stop looking like Foghorn Leghorn (minimum of $1500). May 9, I emailed the nurse with a picture of a spot on my scar that had started oozing (Pic 2); the other breast had a similar spot. I went in the next day and she showed me how to wet/dry bandage it, which I did twice as day, as instructed. One wound closed up (though not prettily; Pic 3); the other had worsened (Pic 4). I emailed and was told to continue wet/dry packing. I think then I should probably have asked to see the doctor. Both wounds eventually healed but as my breasts continued to fall into place (takes up to a year), it became apparent that those wounds had tethered my nipples to the underside of my breasts. After about six months, I concluded that the resulting deformities were not going to change with time. I scheduled a follow-up and learned I need a "scar revision." Unfortunately, however, even though my surgeon has waived his fee, I'm responsible for the surgical facility and anesthesiologist. My cost to correct the tethering (despite having met my deductible) is $1500. That will not correct the misshapen places on the sides, make them any more proportional to my rib cage or move my nipples the 6 cm further up they need to be to fall within the "ideal" range of 19-21 cm (according to the Yale University Core Curriculum though I believe 10 plastic surgeons would give 10 different numbers). I don't need a number -- I just know they're too low. I obtained three "second" opinions on the question, "What would you do to these breasts?" Each independent response was, "reconstructive breast lift with implants." Apparently, the word, "reconstructive" automatically puts the price over $10,000. So, I am scheduled for a scar revision that will cost me $1500 (in copays) and after everything heals up properly (God willing), I will start looking for a surgeon for a breast lift/augmentation (average US cost - $3800ish) and liposuction for my ribcage area ($1500). Ironically, I can't use my current surgeon for non-insurance covered procedures bc I can't afford him. My hope is that after $8,050ish, three surgeries, and a year (or more), I might get normal looking boobs again. Would I do it again? Not on your life. Since this started, another disk has started bulging (that makes the 5th herniated or bulging disk in my spine so forget about any back pain relief), I've cracked two more crowns from grinding my teeth, and I can't even look at my husband without guilt. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I had enough insecurities about my body before but now.....you decide (pics