Best Face Disaster - Gulf Shores, AL

First let me tell you about my "first" great face lift. Got my first mini face lift from Dr Feagin in Dothan AL, for only $4,200, CASH! I realized when I had my first breast augmentation done when I was 21 that cash was KING and cosmetic surgery was very negotiable--- when you have cash and have the time to get it done right away.

I was so impressed by his work, I sent him enough business to stay busy for a decade. I owned a couple of beauty salons at the time, so all we did was talk about beauty. I went back to collage and got my degree in psychology in 2000. I realized back in the day...all you had to do was ask hair stylist around town who is good and who is not but now we have the internet.

However, the Internet can be very misleading. I saw this wonderful advertisement of a cosmetic surgery retreat when I could go for a tweak and stay with a nurse a couple days and leave feeling like a million dollars. ha-ha! That didn't happen. I don't have a lot of time to get into all the details tonight but let's say...I was talked into over $7,000 procedure and it took me a year to heal. The cuts were so deep and I have scares (terrible) all around my head and my neck is awful. I was put to sleep but I woke up during surgery because I had to pee really bad and the doctor that was supposed to be doing my surgery was not there. His assistant was operating on me. Practicing. Her name was Dr Wong! The place was in Gulf Shores. I have every email and I can prove what I am saying, but getting a lawyer to sue over vanity is impossible. I'm not the type of person to sue someone but this was bait and switch! I have some pictures I would love to share with everyone who has a strong stomach....that I tried to upload before but for some reason they would not upload. I am going on vacation tomorrow so when I get back I will try to upload the photos again. The place is called MCcolough Institute in Gulf Shores, AL. The thing with suing is the statue of limitations. I felt so bad and hurt so much and was emotionally drained for so long...I did not have the fight in me to do anything, but I will now. They know who I am if they read this review. yes, it is strong allegations but I stand by everything I say. I do not lie!!!!! I am an honest person who trusted my doctor to give me what I asked for and not put me off on his Intern to practice on....seriously. So beware of who is actually going to be doing your work. You know, I wouldn't even minded her doing my cosmetic surgery if she was good at it...I'm not talking about great, but just a little good. One side of my face is pulled higher than the other. I have lines under my chin, my eats are horrible, have a scar under my right eye, but I can cover that up with Merle Norman, concealer, and then makeup and dust it with some inner eye highlighter.

I don't look like a monster but I sure can't wear my hair up anymore. I have to hide more than show my face. I'm not ashamed of who I am and I will post a couple pictures of how I look now, but you won't be able to see what I am talking about because I have learned how to pose and cover up and hide the flaws. I can have it fixed, sure, but I am afraid now. I was using ice packs on my head for a full year. I was hurting so bad when I got home one day I put a frozen bad of peas on my head and then I thought it was funny and took a picture of me laying in bed with a bag of peas on my head.

One more thing. chunks of my hair was taken off my forehead and it took most of my bangs and that is what made me the most upset...or maybe it was the fact that I think I got some memory loss from the trauma...or the deep scares on my forehead. I was not supposed to be getting a forehead lift. I didn't get one. It was just a practice and I was just cut ...nothing lifted...but chunks of my hair on my forehead was taken. My recommendations is to stay away from Interns, period!!!! I'm looking for a cosmetic surgeon to help me with reconstructive surgery. Someone who enjoys fixing people who have been messed up. A compassionate doctor.

By the way, not having any drains was just part of the problem. I was wrapped so tight and had on a helmet. I have a hole in my head where the gauze was put in a wad over the incision. I don't know how to do surgery, but I sure could have done a better job watching a YouTube video. :) Ok, enough said for now. I am in the middle of packing. I will definitely try to post those horrible after surgery pictures again , and before and after a few months.....when I get back. The date would not work. I had the surgery 2010, August. not sure about the actual date but will look in my journal when I get back from vacation. Thanks, Tonya