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Smart Lipo Burns!

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I'm in my 60's and had wanted Smart Lipo...

PA mamaFebruary 10, 2009
$2,500

I'm in my 60's and had wanted Smart Lipo to give my face some definition. I developed jowls, and a sagging neckline.

I had smart lipo done in dec., 07, locally. The area underneath my chin is scarred badly and permanently due to a bad burn mistake early in the procedure. the doctor didn't make me aware of what had happened until after he was finished and had to show me my image in a handheld mirror! I was horrified!

I must stress here that it's imperative to get yourself an experienced doctor. I'm now going to a dermatologist to get rid of the scar, and the doctor who is responsible for it wrote and said that he wants to see the "progress" that my neck has made.

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Replies (14)

1hotbabe67
March 28, 2009
What are they saying they can do to fix your burn? I have 2 almost 3 degree burns from lipo, its been a month and its gone down but still hurts and I hate the fact of even going back to that doctor... What did they do for you? help!!!
jciscoming
March 14, 2010
I was burned on my face by a doctor in Katy TX. How about you? It has been 2 1/2 years of treatment and recontructive surgery. You have to heal at least 6 months before you can undergo IPL treatments to take out the discolorization. Then if you have internal scare tissue you'll have to undergo steriod shots to smooth it out. Then if you are left with a big hole, you'll have to have up to 3 fat grafts. One a year! Isn't that fun??? It will take me up to 5 1/2 years to recover. I sure wish I'd have sued. This doctor assured me he'd make this right. Now he closed up his spa, and he hasn't contacted me. I am left to look at the horror every morning when I wake up.
PA mama
March 28, 2009
My dermatologist is using a very new laser on it. It has definitely reduced the size enough that the next step will be to have a plastic surgeon cut it out. The same dermatologist will then use a laser on the cut to prevent a scar from appearing. The doctor responsible for the burn in the first place has refunded the entire cost of my smart lipo, and again apologized. I think it's strange that he did this after I posted on this site, but I'm grateful for the money. It will help cover the expense of correcting the burn. Good luck to you!
buffalo sue
April 24, 2009
How did you get your doctor to refund the money? I was burned on my inner thigh and he did not even tell me. When I went for my follow up appointment he wasn't there...how convienent. The nurse gave me wrong instruction on how to deal with the burn, thankfully I had enough sense to go back to see him and he gave me different instructions on how to deal with it. I am three weeks out and I know there is going to be a nice scar, but I am not sure what to do. I don't see him for another two weeks for my follow up. I am glad your money was refunded, but I am so sorry it was on your face, that might have been horrible. Good luck with correcting your burn.
jciscoming
March 14, 2010
Please share with me the name of the new laser your dermatologist is using. I had one scare cut out on my face. Undergoing steroid shots to smooth out the scare tissue inside my face. Plus, I've got 4 burns on my jaw line which I'm hoping your new laser might help smooth those out. I've also had plastic surgery to help pull out the wavy looking skin and a fat graft. I'll have to have another one of those and perhaps another surgerical readjustment. This is a horrible pocedure.
PA mama
April 25, 2009
I didn't talk to the doctor who burned me, but I do think that he was sorry ... and possibly afraid that I might sue him. I really don't know. Now, I know enough to investigate a physician first, although I doubt that I will ever have a procedure like this one again.
(unregistered guest)
July 12, 2009
I was burned badly, on the neck also, went all the way down to muscle tissue, I had to plastic surgery to get a blood supply back to the area that was burned, I will always have a horrible scar there, the very least the doctor could have done was give me my money back, I had to pay for the plastic surgery myself. I wouldn't recommend this at all.
PA mama
July 13, 2009
I totally agree with you, buckeyebean ... except if you can find a doctor with a great track record for doing this procedure.
buckeyebean
August 6, 2009
I will need to get the scar from the plastic surgery looked at also, I lost so much skin from the smart lipo it caused a constricture, I couldn't move my head all the way up, I still have problem even after the plastic surgery, she never even said she was sorry. Thanks PA mama .Yes, I agree, the track record would have to be 100%
jciscoming
March 14, 2010
You should have sued and still should!!! You'v got two years. I didn't sue because my doctor assured me he you make it right. He treated me in his office for up to two years. Then gave me 10K towards a 20K surgery. I will need at least another 20k in surgeries and fat grafts to even look normal again. Now he's gone from Katy, TX.
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