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Lumpy, uneven, deformed body with some spots of sagging skin

UPDATED FROM Bbmaus
8 months post

Update of the attempted fix

$10,504
2 months after an attempt to fix my stomach area. It's not looking good :(.
I've done the Venus freeze 8 sessions in attemp to tighten the skin in addition to laser Lipo and it still looks bad.
I'll have to wait for a few months before having another attemp at anything, but bodytite seems to be the way to go.
I'm a bit too depressed to write more, so I'll just post the photos that are 2 months post op.
If anyone has any ideas of how to fix, please feel free to share.

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Wilberto Cortes, MD

Wilberto Cortes, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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try massage. I don't think you should do anymore lipo. In worst case scenario I've seen some women who had issues similar to yours resolve it with tt. It does look much better than it did in your other photos, looks like now the problem area is confined to a circular area around your belly button.
jeeze this is awful hun! big hugs to you!! i hope you get a solution , thats not on what he did to you [RS bleep]
I agree with hourglassme you may have to do a tt in order to get rid of the damaged skin lumps and unevenness. Many Prayers&Blessings.
I. Am so sorry that this happened to you and thank you so much for being generous enough to share this with us. I was looking into cortes but will not be going with him due to this. I agree with others in that a tt May be the only way to completely resolve your issue of loose skin. Unfortunately that's another surgery. I wish you the best and please keep us updated on your journey.
It looks much better than earlier photos, hopefully you next attempt will be the final one to correct it. Good luck Hun!
UPDATED FROM Bbmaus
6 months post

Really disappointed in work of dr. Cortes and even more in myself for not doing more research on him

This is really bad.
I've just came back from the operation, trying to fix my knees and legs to try and look the same as one bigger, one smaller. It seems like I'll be doing corrective stuff for a while now.
My infection on the hip might have to be cut out if it continues as now it's been 6 months. Got another set of antibiotics and the swap of fluid to be tested again if it is growing, so we'll have to wait and see.
I now have a dent in the hip area due to that. Lovely to see after paying all that money. I would have been better off going to Thailand twice, it would not cost me as much and I would have certainly got a better job done.
Kind of hard to do worse than this!

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This is outrageous. I'm so mad. I hope all the Cortes dolls speak up here on realself so everyone knows what happened. I'm so sad to hear of you needing corrective work.
i just keep shaking my head, i dont want to make you feel worse, But DAMN! this is just horrible. Your body could have been so beautiful if only Cortes wasn't your doctor, what a joke of a surgeon.
My sentiments exactly!
People should not go to dr Cortes because of this and plus he burned a few patients and so did dr salamas! Dr. Salamas if I'm spelling his name right he gave a guard 3rd degree burn all on her stomach!! No should go to these 2 doctors I can't believe so many girls are still going to dr. Salamas a few more girls came forward saying that he burned them as we'll... I'm so sorry for these women who was permanently disfigured by these few surgeons
Wow... I am in disbelief. Don't let people scare you off including Cortes's wife. People will talk crap because you're speaking out but common sense, pictures speak 1,000 words. Prayers for you babe.
I am so sorry to see what he has done to you. I feel your pain, he ruined my body too.
UPDATED FROM Bbmaus
6 months post

Not happy with work of dr. Cortes

First let me apologise for not updating sooner, but I have been quite distraught by how my body looks now after dr. Cortes.
Not that his work just destroyed my whole body, it has also had/has a mental tall on me. Going from perfectly smooth and tight body, I have gone to lumpy, uneven, deformed body that has even a couple of spots of sagging skin, which happened (by three opinions of other plastic surgeons!) because he has gone too close to the skin with the cannula. One of them even start researching if he was really a plastic surgeon based on the way that I looked. He said, I find it hard to believe someone is that incompetent!
What a lovely thing to hear when someone is looking at your body that is supposed to be enhanced...

I will do everything in points so you can all get a better picture.



My bbl with liposuction:

1. Chin.... Looked same with a difference of one sucked out dot in the middle of it. When I say dot, I literally mean a dot/dent under the chin in the middle. So you can imagine how that looks

2. Arms..... Looked a little slimmer, but left arm has one large cannula line across.

3. Back.... Upper back not liposuctioned proportionally to the lower so looked like boobs, right upper side considerably larger than left upper.

4. Stomach.... Uneven, lumpy, on lower left and close to the belly left with sagging skin due to the liposuction too close to the skin, taken too much fat out (due to other doctors opinions).

5. Legs.... Discoloured from the burns still, uneven on inner thighs, looks like a wave, not a leg line and taken too much fat there in proportion to the other body, leaving legs looking like O shaped ones and not straight.

6. Knees... Even though he said he has done them, i don't see the difference, plus one looks bigger than other, don't know if that is still swealing from the inner legs? Or he touched one of them slightly and forgot the other???

7. Bum... Left one higher than the right one


Overall: I am actually searching for some positives. At the moment I can't find any apart from that I look slimmer in clothes.
Have lots of dark large scars from liposuction all over the body. Not a good look :).



Since then, I have gone under one laser liposuction to even things up and to help with the skin tightness (done a couple of weeks ago).
Please note all the photos posted here have been made prior to the corrective operation thar took place 2 weeks ago.

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I'm so terribly sorry that you have experienced this outcome. I as many other girls are unhappy but we are all trying to hope for the best in the future. I do pray that the treatments you are doing to help tighten the skin work for you!!
Ugh, so sad to see all the unhappy Cortes dolls coming forward. I was scheduled w/ Cortes but I had this gut feeling that something wasn't right. I really felt it was more about the money. They ended up keeping my 500 deposit even though I cancelled months in advance. They basically got 500 from me for doing no work! I asked what would happen if I disputed with my credit card and I was told by their office that they record conversations and I would lose.
They don't record conversations. Lol. That is so funny what kind of excuses they come up with. I would still try disputing the cc charge. You have nothing to loose really.
Ha ha, yeah I mean where do they keep these supposed recordings lol?
well they kept 2,100 of my money and did NOTHING. 500 deposit and 1600 towards a surgery that I canceled. I have requested my 1600 for months now and they refuse to accept my calls text emails or letters. go read my review
Definitely dispute the credit card charge.
you should change your main heading... anyone glancing to get input may think you were happy with your results
It's sad that the medical board continues to let him ruin our bodies!! Sorry your dealing with this too even thou we had different procedures.
DAMN... what is it with this man? It's all about the money now. You had a gorgeous body and for him to over lipo is ridiculous. This is not acceptable at all. Keep posting so people can see his work. You need to change the the thumbs up to the thumbs down. Instead of saying it's worth it, you need to put "NOT WORTH IT!" I'm so sorry you're going through this.
Just changed that, I did not even notice it before :). I'll try and put more photos up tonight.
He has an IG page with ridiculously nice outcomes! I was sure tricked. Thanks for sharing!