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Ever since I had my fourth child 7 years ago...
Ever since I had my fourth child 7 years ago things didn't snap back like things did with my other three. I wasn't shocked I felt lucky that things went as great as they did after my first three and I was lucky to have "lasted" this long.
While In labor with my last, I felt my tummy rip, I will never forget the pain or feeling its odd to be able to pin point the moment. After that I was plagued by a bulge around my belly that at times made me still look pregnant. No matter how much I dieted or exercised, and boy did I exercise. I got so down about this that after a year or so I stopped going to the gym and started to eat my pity . I ended up at 205 lbs I was weighing in more than I ever did when I was carrying my children. The day I gave birth to my 4th I was 150lbs. I looked so much better after days after her birth :( I knew I had to stop the pity party and get back to being the person I was, I was always fit and trim what had I done!
I started to eat like I used to eat, and stated to go back to the gym, In one year I down to 140lbs, Not my pre preg size but ya know I liked the weight I was always pretty small and didn't look as good as I did with some meat on me. I decided 140's was perfect.
Apart from the cosmetic reasons for choosing surgery, I really wanted my tummy back as in tone and flexible. I was a runner and did gym for years I loved to wear whatever i wanted to the pool and that was what I wanted again. I didn't do this for my spouse, my children nor did I care what anyone said or saw I wanted this for me.
As a mother that took a lot to say, once I had my children I put my money into them, houses and school funds never did I want to spend on me.
Things change and the time came when I said "self you've given yourself to everyone but yourself, make you happy" What sealed the deal for me was when I went in for my yearly pap and my OB who I've known for a while made a comment on my belly, she felt it and said how my abdominal hernias can become dangerous and if any part of my intestine become trapped in the tears of the abdominal muscle it could be bad. Wait, what! this is all news to me I had no clue this had a name and it wasn't as common as I thought, I was told it was common, then I am told my gap was so big I should have been seen about it years ago and to to talk to my insurance they will most likely cover cost. I called them but they were not to happy about it but gave me the green light, had me go back to my OB got what they wanted and sent it back in. My spouse is in the Air force so don't have a lot of say about who we can use. Our insurance came back with two names they wanted me to use. I met with both and didn't feel at all comfortable with them. Long story short my spouse didn't get a good vibe from them either so he decided we would forgo insurance and do this on our own, and pick who we wanted.
I found a Dr I liked and we talked about what I could do, when and best way to do it, then I decided, if I'm going under then I may as well get it all done. It would be my gift to myself for devoting all these years to being a wife and mother.
While In labor with my last, I felt my tummy rip, I will never forget the pain or feeling its odd to be able to pin point the moment. After that I was plagued by a bulge around my belly that at times made me still look pregnant. No matter how much I dieted or exercised, and boy did I exercise. I got so down about this that after a year or so I stopped going to the gym and started to eat my pity . I ended up at 205 lbs I was weighing in more than I ever did when I was carrying my children. The day I gave birth to my 4th I was 150lbs. I looked so much better after days after her birth :( I knew I had to stop the pity party and get back to being the person I was, I was always fit and trim what had I done!
I started to eat like I used to eat, and stated to go back to the gym, In one year I down to 140lbs, Not my pre preg size but ya know I liked the weight I was always pretty small and didn't look as good as I did with some meat on me. I decided 140's was perfect.
Apart from the cosmetic reasons for choosing surgery, I really wanted my tummy back as in tone and flexible. I was a runner and did gym for years I loved to wear whatever i wanted to the pool and that was what I wanted again. I didn't do this for my spouse, my children nor did I care what anyone said or saw I wanted this for me.
As a mother that took a lot to say, once I had my children I put my money into them, houses and school funds never did I want to spend on me.
Things change and the time came when I said "self you've given yourself to everyone but yourself, make you happy" What sealed the deal for me was when I went in for my yearly pap and my OB who I've known for a while made a comment on my belly, she felt it and said how my abdominal hernias can become dangerous and if any part of my intestine become trapped in the tears of the abdominal muscle it could be bad. Wait, what! this is all news to me I had no clue this had a name and it wasn't as common as I thought, I was told it was common, then I am told my gap was so big I should have been seen about it years ago and to to talk to my insurance they will most likely cover cost. I called them but they were not to happy about it but gave me the green light, had me go back to my OB got what they wanted and sent it back in. My spouse is in the Air force so don't have a lot of say about who we can use. Our insurance came back with two names they wanted me to use. I met with both and didn't feel at all comfortable with them. Long story short my spouse didn't get a good vibe from them either so he decided we would forgo insurance and do this on our own, and pick who we wanted.
I found a Dr I liked and we talked about what I could do, when and best way to do it, then I decided, if I'm going under then I may as well get it all done. It would be my gift to myself for devoting all these years to being a wife and mother.
NEVER RECOMMEND AGAIN.
Please do not use this man. If you are not happy with results he will act like a child, lie and then deliberately leave the doors open so everyone can see you half naked. This happened November 2013. He is the most unprofessional, egotistical poor excuse for a Dr I have ever met. You will get better treatment at Wal-mart on black Fridays. He will get defensive start having a teen age melt down and will refused to take responsibility for his shabby work.
On March 2013 I had a breast lift and implants since I was told I would need them since a lift wouldn't really help me. After four children, breastfeeding and weight loss I needed help. I was worried sick I would have [RS bleep] boobs as I called them and I was promised I had nothing to worry about. I was a C cup when I went in and was told I would be a small D at most and wouldn't even notice.. I was told this twice and it was reinforced to my husband. Here I am 8 months later I'm a DD/DDD and NOT HAPPY. I also had a tummy tuck and was left with the long scar but also had a 2inch scar going up and down, Dr Smith told my husband and I once I was healed and the skin relaxed he would fix it at no charge. I had some light liposuction on my back flanks, I was told it was highly recommended with the tuck. Now I have what I call a shelf on my right flank. It looks awful. I get really bad swelling on my left side of my tummy and right back flank and he said this was unheard of. Told me its in my head and I should see my Dr. I now know this is untrue and I chronic fluid collection (seroma) and Dr Smith should have seen this and treated accordingly.
His own staff told me to just say sorry and he did great work and that will help calm him down, that he isn't good with rejection needs to hear praise. You did read that right. He lies and takes your money than once his shabby work is done he won't care about you. After paying 17K I want what I paid for. He wants me to pay another 3k to fix just some what he didn't do right the first time around, not counting the mess of the liposuction. He is very difficult to speak two and flew out the room on four different occasions at the same appointment even calling me fat, saying I had gained weight and tossed a photo of me three months post opp, that show that I am still very right and noting had relaxed, yet I am smaller in inches today but wouldn't print out the new photos that were taken that day. At this point I am reporting him and I am going to find a real surgeon to fix what this man has made a mess off, and I will be suing for cost that I will be occurring. Since Yelp seems to hide the negative feel free to email me for more info. Oh he wouldn't give me copies of my own records. I am sure they are being redone since its clear I am not the sort of person who lacks the funds or and wit to back down and take this abuse.
On March 2013 I had a breast lift and implants since I was told I would need them since a lift wouldn't really help me. After four children, breastfeeding and weight loss I needed help. I was worried sick I would have [RS bleep] boobs as I called them and I was promised I had nothing to worry about. I was a C cup when I went in and was told I would be a small D at most and wouldn't even notice.. I was told this twice and it was reinforced to my husband. Here I am 8 months later I'm a DD/DDD and NOT HAPPY. I also had a tummy tuck and was left with the long scar but also had a 2inch scar going up and down, Dr Smith told my husband and I once I was healed and the skin relaxed he would fix it at no charge. I had some light liposuction on my back flanks, I was told it was highly recommended with the tuck. Now I have what I call a shelf on my right flank. It looks awful. I get really bad swelling on my left side of my tummy and right back flank and he said this was unheard of. Told me its in my head and I should see my Dr. I now know this is untrue and I chronic fluid collection (seroma) and Dr Smith should have seen this and treated accordingly.
His own staff told me to just say sorry and he did great work and that will help calm him down, that he isn't good with rejection needs to hear praise. You did read that right. He lies and takes your money than once his shabby work is done he won't care about you. After paying 17K I want what I paid for. He wants me to pay another 3k to fix just some what he didn't do right the first time around, not counting the mess of the liposuction. He is very difficult to speak two and flew out the room on four different occasions at the same appointment even calling me fat, saying I had gained weight and tossed a photo of me three months post opp, that show that I am still very right and noting had relaxed, yet I am smaller in inches today but wouldn't print out the new photos that were taken that day. At this point I am reporting him and I am going to find a real surgeon to fix what this man has made a mess off, and I will be suing for cost that I will be occurring. Since Yelp seems to hide the negative feel free to email me for more info. Oh he wouldn't give me copies of my own records. I am sure they are being redone since its clear I am not the sort of person who lacks the funds or and wit to back down and take this abuse.
Had to get work done to fix what Dr lane did to me
Well, where to start. I had to see another surgeon to fix Dr Lane Smiths shabby work. I didn't have anything new done it was all to put right what should have been done the first time. I am so angry. Now I am 24K out of pocket in total for something I wish I had never done. My implant were never up where they should have been, they had slipped down to the bottom of my breast, and I had a slight double bubble on my right breast. It wasn't that noticeable to me at first but standing side wards I could see it What really very noticeable was the bottoming out of the inferior pole. An honorable Dr would have just admitted his mistake and offer to fix it and not make up poor excuses.
My new Dr had thought this was the case on my first visit and said we would see when he performed the new surgery. Which reminds me. Dr lane had no reason to take out the implants and put in news ones as he had told me he had to do. Switching to smaller implants alone would not correct bottoming out. The new smaller implants will still sink to the bottom of the pocket, taking even more volume away from the upper pole fullness. Bottoming-Out is seen when the implants end up too low on the chest wall and the nipples end up positioned too high, tending to pop up out of a bra or bathing suit top...as happened to me from the onset. Also, over-dissection of implant pockets at the time of surgery may cause immediate bottoming out , with too-low position of one, or both, implants. I was told this rarely is the case with implants totally behind the muscle, yet mine did. Once my swelling went down I noticed right away and every visit I was brushed off until the last visit when I stood my ground.
So my new Dr cut the underside of each breast, removed some of the skin, put the implant where it should be ( he said when he cut into me he was shocked at how bad one had dropped, he saw it right away) He then pulled the skin together this pulled my nipples down to sit where they look normal and then he closed up. I can't tell you how much better this feels. My breast look and feel the way they should have the first time. I don’t need to wear tops that go up near my neck anymore because my nipples were so high and no bra would cover them. I no longer feel like a freak when I look at them. My size did go down as well just as my new Dr said would happen. Amazing what putting implants in the right place will do.
My shelf. Once again only Dr smith couldn’t see it. Odd that isn’t it. My friends my family and new Dr saw it right away. I had that fixed by having liop done again. My new Dr said it was really easy and took very minimal time since it just needed a little contouring. Now I can wear a dress again and it not bunch up and sit on the shelf.
My scare was so easy. My new Dr, cut around Lanes mess and made it look cleaner and less slasher looking. I didn’t get the left sagging done from the tuck, to tell the truth was done paying to fixing Lane Smiths mess. I still have a odd looking pocket on the left side but it’s easy to hide and only noticeable when I am sitting down, it will fold over a little on itself. I still can’t believe that Lane Smith tried to tell me it must been my digestive system. How very desperate of him. I am glad that people have good results with him, but please be warned if you are not happy he will milk you for more cash and try and tell you that you need more done than you really do. Also, I know now that most Dr’s don’t even charge you if they can see that they need to go back and so some revision work. Lane will. My regret is not suing him but I believe to much time has passed so all I can do it warn others.
If you want more info you can email me and I will be as honest with you as I have been here.
My new Dr had thought this was the case on my first visit and said we would see when he performed the new surgery. Which reminds me. Dr lane had no reason to take out the implants and put in news ones as he had told me he had to do. Switching to smaller implants alone would not correct bottoming out. The new smaller implants will still sink to the bottom of the pocket, taking even more volume away from the upper pole fullness. Bottoming-Out is seen when the implants end up too low on the chest wall and the nipples end up positioned too high, tending to pop up out of a bra or bathing suit top...as happened to me from the onset. Also, over-dissection of implant pockets at the time of surgery may cause immediate bottoming out , with too-low position of one, or both, implants. I was told this rarely is the case with implants totally behind the muscle, yet mine did. Once my swelling went down I noticed right away and every visit I was brushed off until the last visit when I stood my ground.
So my new Dr cut the underside of each breast, removed some of the skin, put the implant where it should be ( he said when he cut into me he was shocked at how bad one had dropped, he saw it right away) He then pulled the skin together this pulled my nipples down to sit where they look normal and then he closed up. I can't tell you how much better this feels. My breast look and feel the way they should have the first time. I don’t need to wear tops that go up near my neck anymore because my nipples were so high and no bra would cover them. I no longer feel like a freak when I look at them. My size did go down as well just as my new Dr said would happen. Amazing what putting implants in the right place will do.
My shelf. Once again only Dr smith couldn’t see it. Odd that isn’t it. My friends my family and new Dr saw it right away. I had that fixed by having liop done again. My new Dr said it was really easy and took very minimal time since it just needed a little contouring. Now I can wear a dress again and it not bunch up and sit on the shelf.
My scare was so easy. My new Dr, cut around Lanes mess and made it look cleaner and less slasher looking. I didn’t get the left sagging done from the tuck, to tell the truth was done paying to fixing Lane Smiths mess. I still have a odd looking pocket on the left side but it’s easy to hide and only noticeable when I am sitting down, it will fold over a little on itself. I still can’t believe that Lane Smith tried to tell me it must been my digestive system. How very desperate of him. I am glad that people have good results with him, but please be warned if you are not happy he will milk you for more cash and try and tell you that you need more done than you really do. Also, I know now that most Dr’s don’t even charge you if they can see that they need to go back and so some revision work. Lane will. My regret is not suing him but I believe to much time has passed so all I can do it warn others.
If you want more info you can email me and I will be as honest with you as I have been here.
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