Worst Mistake of my Life! - Orem, UT
DON'T do this procedure. I had it done a...
DON'T do this procedure. I had it done a little less than a year ago. I had a saggy bum (33 years, four pregnancies 120lbs 5’2”) I have never been obese; I have since learned that I was never a candidate for this type of procedure. My doctor sold it to me as a 'butt lift' but it was actually a 'belt lipectomy' which is part of a body lift procedure. I had no idea how it would ruin my body.
There were so many things that I wasn't told about the procedure. For example I was told that I would be able to hide the scar with a "string bikini" (my dr.'s words not mine), that was/is a lie. The scar is MUCH higher than promised I cannot hide it even with some of my jeans. He also created a false buttocks crease that I was not told about. I had no idea that he would be elongating my butt! It really is awful and I've had to pay extra money (to a different surgeon) to do repair work, it is likely that I am going to have to have more revisions done and I'll still be left with a horrid scar.
I would never have this procedure done had I known the end result.
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So far the only revision I have had done is an attempt to remove the "false buttocks crease" (or rather buttocks cleft). It was raised to an unnatural position. The revision (I have had two) was very conservatively done by a much more reputable doctor but has been unsuccessful, although there has been some improvement. I have been told that lowering the whole scare would be profoundly difficult and would result in a difficult recovery (similar to the first surgery) with no guarantee that it would even work. The latest idea is to lower just the middle section of the scar (the false buttock crease) to its natural position in several increments, a small procedure, let it heal then another small procedure and so on (move it slowly a few inches at a time). This will likely take years to accomplish a small improvement, but it would remove one of the more devastating results of the first procedure. There are also reputable dermatologists in my area (luckily) that have had great success with improving and diminishing scares (I have a lot of rippling and a large indentation on the scar itself). I hope to be consulted by them in the future; they have lasers that remove the dark pigmentation that has been left behind as well as one that releases the bands left from scaring. Between these multiple procedures (and thousands and thousands of dollars later) I hope to diminish it to a "livable" regret in my life.
I'm really sorry to hear what you've been through, 7858anon. :( Have you had a revision surgery already?