The Part of Weight Loss That No One Wants to Really Talk About: Extra Skin Everywhere! - La Mesa, CA

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Treatment Provider

Tom J. Pousti, MD
Tom J. Pousti, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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7wks post op

  • 6 Sep 2016
  • 2 months post
Arm infection is finally gone (didn't seem surgically related, my skin is so tight and caused incision to split from a little bit of movement), and I'm healed up pretty well. My scar tissue hurts a lot and impairs normal range of motion but I have started self manipulation of the scar tissue to hopefully massage a break down of unnatural tissue deep inside.
Scars don't look terrible, the most noticeable ones are actually in my arm pits.

A bit over one month post op

  • 20 Aug 2016
  • 1 month post
Had some problems with my incisions inside my arm pit area but after getting over that hurdle this process isn't so bad. Got my stitches out this past week and besides some ones that his below new skin and are working themselves out, it's starting to be much better. I don't have much sensation around the incision lines. They are discretely placed and fading nicely already! Currently I'm working on rehabilitation for my range of motion and a few areas are still rebuilding new skin tissue. The Z in the arm pit incision provides better range of motion so it might look awkward now, but I prefer to have better motion :)

Day 5 post op

  • 23 Jul 2016
  • 5 days post
Day 0-4 I thought I would die. The pain was excruciating and I went into detail on my breast reduction review (procedure was done together!)
I'm happy to say with wonderful attention from my surgeon, Dr. Pousti, and his staff, and a needed med change, have me feeling more confident and in much less pain! This will be amazing, I'm sure! I can't wait to see!

Provider Review

Tom J. Pousti, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
8851 Center Dr., La Mesa, California
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  • 16 Jul 2016

Dr. Pousti is a genuinely caring individual with a staff to match. The best medical experience I have in my near 30 years of life. Thorough pre and post op care is given. My extended abdominoplasty was done with him, and I have no regrets. I haven't had any complications, just a bit of extended healing time because of my personal medical complications. This doctor is extremely professional and transparent in his intentions. He is unwilling to say yes to any request, rather, he focuses on education and safety of each procedure as well as realistic ability and outcome for desired results. He is more than willing to try to accommodate requests, letting us patients know, that it may not be exactly like what we want, but as close as he possible can. He refuses to admit that he is a wizard, but it doesn't take a sorting hat to tell you this man IS magical! Dr. Pousti is the doctor that will go to your home post op with flowers and send you home with more flowers than a flower shop. Dr. Pousti is the doctor that will make sure every need is taken care of and that recovery is going as expected. Dr. Pousti is the doctor that will bend over backwards to reassure you and listen to your worries even if nothing is actually wrong. Dr. Pousti and his staff will never make you feel less than a god/goddess.