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Mini tummy tuck skin only to fix botched liposuction

UPDATED FROM sweetheart83
11 months post

Sitting and laying on my side!

WORTH IT$5,300
So thankful to Dr.Friedman! No more wrinkly ugly skin!!!! It was such a dark time in my life going through having a botched surgery. I hated myself every day for making the decision to ever have anything done on my stomach to begin with. I became so obsessive over my stomach and the way it looked after the botched Lipo. It’s a traumatic thing to go through, but as each day passes I feel I’m getting better mentally and accepting more and more how I am now. I hope anyone that is going through something like that is able to find peace and move on.

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Ronald Friedman, MD

Ronald Friedman, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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I have been through all of this and it is mentally and physically hard!!! More the mental part of beating myself up everyday! I had a mini tummy tuck and should have had a full, then to fix that had another mini and reverse bc I had extra skin up top and the dr over liposuctioned and was left worse and very saggy!!! So I had another reverse tummy tuck and it looks much better but I have an uneven stomach...not fat at bottom with dents and smoother and fatter at top lol!!! So now I'm looking into fat grafting but scared bc they will have to take from inner thigh and don't want them to be saggy!!! It's a mess and too consuming to think of everyday!
I know it is such a hard thing to go through mentally. Being insecure over one small thing and going into Surgery thinking it will fix it but it actually comes out way worse. So devastating. I would give anything to go back to my natural tummy before all this. I looked at your pic and I can't even tell on the one where you are standing. I think your tummy looks nice. We've all got a few wrinkles when sitting and bending forward. But I know We can be our own worst critic no matter what anyone else tells us. I really want to try the fat grafting on the few indents I have but I'm trying hard to lose a little weight first to see if that helps. I hate the thought of another surgery. I'm just so ready to move past all this. It consumed so much of my life already. I'm sorry you had to go through all that you did. I hope you find peace and happiness hun. Thanks for commenting :)
Thank you! Since that picture I have had 2 rf microneedling treatments so it's a little better but the fat grafting would probably help. Same as you I need to lose a few pounds and see if they can actually take some fat and not make anything else uneven! I have regretted the whole thing for 2 years! I guess I try to think it could have turned out worse if I got a bad infection from it. And your stomach and belly button looks great to me and really smooth. I too wish I had my normal stomach and body back!!!
All we can do at this point is try our best to be forward looking. I know losing some weight can really help with the irregularities left over after bad Lipo because the fat sells shrink more. When gaining weight the fat cells expand and it really shows more [sigh] :-/
You should have gone to Dr. Ahmadi, the pioneer of Lipotuck.
Nah, my goal was to never get a tummy tuck but I wanted to get my tummy fixed since it was so messed up from the lipo. I thought I'd be happy with a mini but it did not smooth out all of the irregularities. Dr. Ahmadi's incisions are high. Have you seen Dr. Gerald Minniti's? His scars are supper low on the public area and thigh crease. He is the only surgeon I have seen with that technique. You can see pics on his Instagram page.
It looked like you needed a tummy tuck with the lipo that’s all
You look really good !!!!! Thank you for sharing. I am considering a mini tummy tuck after a similar situation from liposuction. How long did it take for the swelling and the scar to look so natural? Did you use silicone sheets on the scar? If yes for how long? Any lymphatic massages? Did you have liposuction done during the mini tummy tuck ? Your abs look amazing !!!!! Thank you in advance for sharing.
No Lipo with the mini TT. I massaged myself at home with coconut oil, I also used ultrasound therapy at home. I started using silicone tape about 2 weeks post op and wore it for about 5 months or so. Swelling was minimal and recovery was a Breeze. Way easier recovery than lipo
Thank you
Your welcome!
UPDATED FROM sweetheart83
11 months post

Final Dr Visit Pics

I may still try laser treatments and miconeedling to see if that helps the appearance of the scar not to look indented like that but I’m not sure if it will help or not. I may also eventually try fat grafting to the few indents I have but I really don’t want to do Lipo again. I’m a little torn. I’m mainly just ready to move on even though a few of those irregularities still bother me, it will never be as smooth as it was before any surgery but it’s so much better than what it was and I’m thankful I was able to get it corrected as much it is.

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When the swelling and soreness disappear after mini tummy tuck,
I can't remember exactly but it didn't seem to last very long. Recovery was not bad at all. I was off pain meds by the third day post op.
Thanx
I'm glad that you where able to get it taken care of. I can only imagine what you went throigh
Thank you
Don’t mention it !!!!
I know it has not been easy to deal with it both physically and emotionally but understand that you have really turn it around a negative situation into a very positive one and probably got to your original goal when you first started your journey.
Congratulations! Dr Friedman did my breast reduction. He's an excellent doctor! I am thinking of getting an extended mini tummy tuck too, with lipo because of my pregnancy.
UPDATED FROM sweetheart83
10 months post

Final post op appointment

Final review I guess. There comes a time when you have to put the past behind you and move forward. I’m 10 months post op and these are my final results. I am so thankful and grateful to Dr.Friedman for fixing my stomach. I need to accept it for how it is now knowing that it will never be like it was before I had any surgery at all. Dr.Friedman is very honest and to the point. He will not try to sell you on procedures that he does not think will benefit you and I’m thankful for that. I asked about fat grafting to fix the remaining irregularities left over from the other surgeons uneven Lipo and after discussing it, I don’t feel it’s worth going through another surgery with the expectation that there could only be about a 50% to 60% chance of improvement. I’ve gotten to the point where I know I need to accept how I am now, and all the imperfections and move on, learning to love myself again just how I am now. It’s hard being insecure and then having a botched surgery that leaves you feeling worse about yourself but I thank God I was able to have as much fixed as I did, I know it could have ended up much worse. Dr Friedman is an amazing surgeon, and very honest, I highly recommend him for any plastic surgery. I couldn’t imagine going to anyone else in the future. When it comes time to replace my breast implants, I know who I am going to :)

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You look amazing!!!
Thank you!!!
Looking good love!! Hopefully you will remember me, we have talked a lot last year. I have bad and good news about my tummy tuck. Bad one first: I look absolutely awful right now -- so awful that I won't even post a picture. The good news though is that I set up a consultation to discuss a tummy tuck revision with Dr. Rady Raban, in CA. I've been so depressed and mad, that I've requested to remove the tummy tuck review I wrote for Dr. Richards. RS accepted my request and deleted it. My irregularities from the first botched lipo he did on me are all visible again - he only fixed the loose skin when he performed my mini TT and I am looking horrible - it took time for these things appear but they are here and I feel disgusting. If Dr. Rady is willing to take my case I will start a new journey and post pictures of how I look now. Anyway... I want to wake up from this nightmare one day... You look great, I am so happy for you!! :)
Of course, how could I forget you. I'm so sorry to hear that. But I completely know how you feel. My stomach has a lot of irregularities left over from the previous lipo as well but it's not this surgeons fault. He fixed as much as he could. I'm having a very hard time with it as well but not sure if anything else can really be done at this point unfortunately. We talked far grafting but he said it may not be worth it cause there's only a 60% chance of the fat keeping. I've been hard on myself too. I hope you are able to get what you need fixed and can finally move on. But I think there comes a time when we will have to except ourselves how we are now and move on even though that's the hardest thing to do. Look at my lipo review and oh can see my final pic of how lumpy I am still left :( it looks different in various lighting.
To me you look amazing!
Thank you!
Wow, you look so good!! Having surgery with him in 2 weeks!
Thanks so much! So glad I found him. He is such a great surgeon.
Honestly, dr did such a great job! Don’t beat yourself up over the previous surgery...how were you to know, right? That was the past, your tummy looks great now and you can look ahead to the future, k?
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