Inner and Outer Thigh Smart Lipo in 2013 Left Me with Deformed Thighs and a Destroyed Body Image - Honolulu, HI

I've always been active and exercise but could never lose the little pad of fat at the top of my inner thighs. I was 63 at the time of the procedure, had the start of some saddlebags and decided to try lipo. I had some cellulite and was concerned about loose skin after the procedure. The PS assured me that the heat from the smart lipo would help to shrink the skin.

I talked to several different PS before making my decision to go with Dr. Ching - a decision I now regret.

The prep for the procedure was a little surprising - I didn't feel I was fully informed beforehand of what was going to be done. I was pretty much out of it during the procedure due to the medication I was given, and went back to our motel with my husband afterwards and slept for many hours, The pain wasn't all that bad and I wore the compression garment as instructed. I see that many of you were instructed to get or do lymphatic massage for lipo but I was never given those instructions.

Several months after the procedure, when I was done with the compression garment and all the swelling and bruising were long gone. I saw that the contour was irregular. You could see where the fat had been removed from my inner thighs with no apparent effort made to feather the contour up into the front of my thighs. Instead, there was a ridge that ran down the from of my upper thigh between the fat that had been removed and the rest of the front of my leg. It seemed that no effort had been taken to create a smooth transition from the fat removed from my inner thigh to front of my thigh.

After talking to the PS, I made the second mistake of letting this same PS work on me.

The PS did the revision, and after the swelling went down, I saw I now had two big "dents" in my inner thighs and a weird line under my butt on both sides, almost as if the lipo wand had sucked out too much fat there. There is also a weird lumpy area under my butt on the right side. When you look at my legs from the back, you get see the how my legs go in then come back out due to the excessive fat removed from my inner thighs.

As a result of this surgery, I am embarrassed to put on a swimsuit again and seldom wear shorts. I have been told that a fat transfer to my inner thighs might help return them to a better shape. After reading all the reviews I am wondering if a combo of fat grafting, lipo sculpting and/or lipo revision would help.

I am now 65, I still have cellulite and have gained about 5 lbs as I was told I would need some "fat" to harvest if I want grafting. I want to do something but since the PS who did the initial work was board certified and had a lot of good reviews I am no longer confident choosing someone based on these on line reviews. I am willing to travel to HI, CA, AZ for a highly recommended and would even go further if the PS was confident they could help.