Badly Botched

I copy and pasted this exact review onto Posh Plastic Surgery’s google page because people need to be warned. My review was taken down by the business. I was wondering how this place had a 4.9 star rating when it is just so bad! Now I know why. I went to their yellow pages business page and found PLENTY of bad reviews about this doctor over the last 7 years! PLEASE DO NOT GO HERE!

I am extremely dissatisfied with my results and I am disappointed in myself for trusting Dr. Kirk.
I am a 24 year old female, no kids, medium build, and this was my first plastic surgery experience.
I went to Dr. Kirk's office in Janurary 2017 to inquire about finally removing the excess fat from my knees. My knees has always collected excess amounts of fat for some weird reason. I tried diet and exercise but spot reduction is very hard to do in the gym. The consultation was good. Dr.Kirk seemed nice and she looked at my knees and felt like she could get a good amount of fat off my inner knee only... She said that she didnt want to touch the upper knee because she has not had a good experience with doing that in the past. I was so desperate to get rid of this knee fat, the inner portion seemed good enough. She also mentioned in the consultation that she would turn me around during surgery to be able to give me the best result.

Once I went into another room to discuss pricing, she was going to charge $2k for just the inner knees or $3.5k for the inner knees and inner thighs. I felt like the price for just the inner knees was ridiculous but I thought that the price for the knees and thighs was fair. My inner thighs always bothered me because they are very fatty and they rub together. I took a month to think about it and I decided to book my surgery for April 3rd 2017.

The day of the surgery I was nervous but excited. They gave me painkillers and xanax to take before the surgery. I was awake because laser lipo is local anesthesia. Long story short, it was painful. I felt a good portion of it. A couple parts were extremely painful. I was looking down a majority of the time and I noticed that she never touched my upper inner thighs. The area at the top by the pelvic area. She always stopped the lipo device about 4-5 inches down from the very top of my inner thigh. I trusted that it got the fat out but maybe I just didnt feel it?

Day 1-3 after surgery was very hard because I was leaking all over the place. I had to sleep on puppy pads. It was gross. I wore the compression garment for 6 weeks, like I was supposed to. At my 1 week post op I saw the PA and i mentioned to her that i looked exactly the same. She said it was normal and to give it time. At my 6 week post op, I again was only able to see the PA and I told her that I look exactly the same and im not happy with my results. She said to give it some more time....
At my 3 month post op, over the phone before coming into the office I mentioned that I would really like to see the doctor this time instead of the PA. They assured me that I would be able to see the doctor. At the 3 month post op, the PA came into my patient room and I immediately got a bit irritated and asked for the doctor. The doctor had not seen me since the day of the surgery. The Doctor finally came into the room. I explained to her that:
a) I look exactly the same. there is no measurable difference either.
b) when will this bruising go away? it's been 3 months. It is now well into summer and I can't even wear shorts because it looks like my inner thighs were run over by a truck.
c) I have matching bulges at the top of my shins ( that I did not have before) and I also have matching bulges in the center of my inner thighs.
d) my upper inner thighs are not bruised, warm, or anything. they were not touched. why is that?
After I let her know all of these things she said that I would be a good candidate for a touch-up. She said she would gladly touch me up but it had to be after 6 months.

I had bittersweet feelings. I was upset that i got not results and needed a touch up but I was also happy that she was going to do it ( seemingly for free ).

At my 6 month post op, things got weird. I went to the office, excited to get my touch-up date and the whole back area was dark. When the PA (of course) walked me back to the patient rooms and to take photos, she was turning lights on as we go. She explained to me that Dr.Kirk has taken the rest of the year off. WHAT! It was October 24, 2017. I had really wanted my touch-up done before thanksgiving because that is when i was going out of town to see a lot of family. I was really mad at this point. The PA never said why she decided to take the rest of the year off, knowing that I needed a touch-up......but whatever.

It is now late December. Permanent stains from the bruising are still here and very visible. My lower inner thighs hurt when any amount of pressure is applied and they hurt when I run or jump. The bulges are still here and even more visible because i have been losing weight, but those bulged areas are not losing fat since they have been altered by the laser lipo. I work out 5 days a week. So now I am irregularly contoured. Of course, my upper inner thighs still look and feel the same, because they were never touched. A week ago, I called the office to get an appointment to see the Dr. I was informed that she was back in the office and had been "meaning to call me". Wow. okay. There is no telling how long she has been back from her vacation but I should have been one of the first people contacted given the fact that she botched me and im months overdue for a touch up.
My appointment to speak with the doctor is next week. I will update this review once I speak with her.