BBL, Fat Grafting and Liposuction - Manhattan, NY

I researched Dr. Ayman Shahine since..probably about January 2014. Initially I had to figure out a way to come up with the money for the procedure. I am still in the healing stages so I can't say for sure how happy I am with the liposuction portion of the surgery, however, my ass looks amazing!! Some of my friends think it looks the same. That can't be possible because I went from a size 3 in jeans to a size 10!!!!! His staff is SO UNPROFESSIONAL and so uninformed about virtually everything!!! I sent pics to Marley, who lied about being the office manager. She gave me one quote in January and when I got ready to come back for my procedure it increased by $2,000!!! I saved all of my texts. She lied and mentioned something about the price being a "promotional price". YEAH RIGHT!!! Those consultants make up the prices as they go along. I only had a small pouch in the front of my stomach. OK. So here's where it gets crazy. My date for surgery was suppose to be 7/24. I sent my debit card information via fax, along with a letter, stating I was authorizing a one time withdrawal of $500. The very next day, I check my account, only to see $4,000 deducted from several accounts!!! Overdraft fees, etc.!! To say that I was livid would be a complete understatement. I call my bank, put in a claim and received a refund, only on my banks behalf. Not to mention, the following day was my 32nd birthday!!! In any event, I called and spoke with a few uninformed staff members and then finally found out that Marley is no office manager at all. She promised to move my appointment date up (another lie!!). So when I finally found out who the office manager was, she told me that I could come in on 6/14 at midnight. I got there and was told that they couldn't find any paperwork on me, other than blood work. they didn't have any receipt for the $4,000 or anything. Luckily for me I brought my bank statement to prove that they in fact took $4,000 from several accounts (I had to go through hell getting fees back because I have several credit cards linked to my bank account and since the $4,000 didn't just come from 1 specific account, I had to constantly be on the phone with my bank AND credit card companies...total nightmare.). So, the girl asks me what my balance was....I just made up a number because I was so pissed off!!! The number I gave her was VERY, VERY LOW...needless to say, I didn't pay the entire amount. If his office was more organized that would have never happened!!!! I got to the office at midnight, surgery was at 6 a.m. and I left by noon. I had lipo done to my stomach, sides and back, and then I had the BBl procedure. I was awake for the entire procedure and believe it or not, I FELT NO PAIN AT ALL. I will be honest though, the injections in the butt was something I could actually feel a little bit. But the lipo was a piece of cake!! And I had to be put to sleep during birth!!! I am no sucker for pain ladies, so please believe me when I tell you there is no pain! NOW.....afterwards, I was given this garment to put on. Now I am noticing small lines and a slight crease/indentation that I am working on hard on making sure it doesn't become permanent! I leaked for a bout 2 days. It's been 6 weeks now and I still have a slight bulge in the front. I haven't worn any jeans, only dresses, so I make sure I don't have anything tight on. The garment is supposed to be worn 4 weeks day and night, and another 4 weeks at night only. I've kind of fallen back from wearing the garment at night all the time because I think it may be the reason behind some of the lines/creases/indentation. So I do it every other night because I notice that when I don't wear it at night, when I wake up in the morning, the lines/creases aren't as visible.

I am completely mortified and distraught at the fact that I was just informed that there are all of these medical malpractice lawsuits against Dr. Ayman Shahine!! When I researched him I didn't find any!!! My stomach looks the same. It's still hard and lumpy and seems uneven in some spots, but I was told by other doctors that this is in fact normal. HOWEVER, the fact that this one indentation hasn't gone away is really alarming and concerns me a great deal. I don't know if I'll have to undergo additional surgery or what, but I am very nervous and uneasy. I'm just trying to be patient, but it's kind of hard when I look at other pictures of ladies who have had similar surgery and they look absolutely amazing. You can compare my pics that I'm uploading today vs. the ones I uploaded initially. Looks exactly the same.

I'm beyond disappointed....at this juncture I'm not sure if this dent and uneven, lumpy stomach will ever go back to normal. I know some people say it's all apart of the healing process, but when I look at other pics of some of the ladies who have had the same surgery as I did, it makes me wonder if my stomach will ever be completely flat. If you look at my pics from a few weeks ago, not much has changed.....I just got my abdominal board in the mail on Friday and I've been putting it on as soon as I get in from work!!! Hopefully it'll go away...:(