Awful Results from my MMO

2/20/20 I had a Mommy Makeover with Dr. Diaz. My procedures were extended tummy tuck, breast lift, lipo 360, bbl. I consulted with many other drs, and even went back to Diaz to discuss and compare potential results from all consults. He assured me that the results he would give me, WOULD be better than the other drs I consulted it with. And his prices were cheaper, so two days later, I booked. A little back story... I am a Mom of five, and although I’m not a single Mom, I decided to save and pay for this procedure on my own, so the financial burden of plastics would not put any stress on my family. So, after saving for 2 1/2 years, I decided to start consults. I consulted with several different doctors over a seven month period. Some told me different things about the outcome I would have, that wasn’t really the results I wanted. I went to my first consult with Diaz and expressed the outcome I wanted to achieve. He told me he could absolutely give me those results. I had a few more consults that I had already booked and paid for, so I decided I would go before picking a dr. After those were over I went back to Diaz for a second consult, to kinda express my concerns and be assured me that he COULD and WOULD give me better results as well. This was a one and done thing for me, there wasn’t really an option for a second round.
At preop, again I discussed my concerns, tired to make sure we were both on the same page with the results I wanted. I even showed him pictures. He assured me once again, that he would give me those results. This was also my very first surgery, I had never been put under and my worst fear was dying on the table leaving and leaving 5 daughters without a mother. I know, sounds silly but it was a real fear for me. When I mentioned that, he turned bright red and quickly changed the subject. It threw up a red flag for me, but I ignored it. Stupidly.
After surgery was over, I woke up extremely sick! So sick it was freaking my husband out. They sent me home with a bowl for the car and told him I would be fine. We stayed in a hotel right around the corner from his office since we live 2hrs away, and postop appointment was next morning. I was extremely sick all night long, and the postop papers they send you with say to call if you’re extremely sick. So, my husband called. I couldn’t keep anything down. No food, no meds, and I was screaming from the pain vomiting caused. They told him I was fine. I could barley make it to the postop appointment I was so dehydrated, weak and disoriented. They told my husband I was fine and sent me home. My sister in law that’s an RN had to come stay with me since she knew how to take care of someone so sick. My poor husband truly thought I was dying because I was so sick. I guess she knew all the tricks to help someone keep fluids and meds down.
At my 1 week postop appointment, I pointed out this spot on my butt that seems odd. Almost like a tumor shaped lump on the side in my butt. They told me I was fine. I was still swollen and healing. So, I trusted them and let it go. Same exact thing at my 2 week appointment.
As time went on, and swelling went down, it was more noticeable and stuck out even more.
Four week postop, they told me I was okay to stop wearing compression but told me the spot was due to swelling and healing. So I guess I was confused as to why it was okay to stop wearing compression.
I continued to give it time to heal, only for it to get worse and for EVERYONE to ask me what happened to my butt. It really bothered me. Then I started noticing that when I would sit our bend over, that I had the same exact rolls/skin as I had before. I asked, sent pics through Klara for them to respond back to me that it was swelling and I was healing. But, I’d never really seen anyone with loose skin like this after a tt, or a tumor shaped deformity on their butt. Time went on, and I was trying to hard to trust the process. Summer came, and friends that I hadn’t seen in a while, but knew I had, had surgery would ask, “did you not go through with your surgery” or “I thought you were getting a tt”. I was so embarrassed, so eventually I decided I would just deny the surgery all together. I could still feel the separation in my abdominal muscles. I still had the same “pooch” as before. My boobs were different shapes and sizes, extremely square. And an absurd amount of saggy skin. So, I decided to get the nerve to send an email with pictures to express my feelings and concerns with my results with Diaz. He brought me in, and told me that my results were fine and that he couldn’t fix my “inner feelings” about myself. He was only there to fix the outside. Basically telling me to reevaluate myself. But, in the same conversation he agreed to do a revision? I left in tears after the way he spoke to me. Another red flag I stupidly ignored. His revision would consist of, tighten abdomen, excess skin, lower scar(my scar is so high that nothing covered it and pubic hair sticks out of everything), and fix deformity on butt, as well as add implants to fix uneven boobs, repair muscle repair fail and lipo to upper abdomen.
I had a revision on 8/5/20.
There was only a 2-2.5inch incision so I knew immediately that there was no way possible that he repaired the muscle and tighten the skin with such a tiny incision. I was devastated but decided to trust the process anyway. Only a week went by and I could tell my results were exactly the same as before. This procedure is already an emotional roller coaster, and not getting the results you were promised made it worse. So, my husband told me to start booking consults with other surgeons to get more opinions. The first thing all of them noticed were my extremely square saggy boobs, my really high scar and deformed butt. It’s so bad that’s all that could pay attention to before even noticing the remaining skin.
Not only do I have to pay for someone else to redo this, I have to undergo reconstructive surgery to fix it. I literally look deformed and left with an additional $18,060 to fix it.
In this long journey, I have met 13 other women who have received botched surgery from Dr. Diaz.
I will let the pics speak for themselves.
I am here to beg you to please heed my warning!