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What a terrible experience. Despite otherwise...
What a terrible experience.
Despite otherwise being a healthy weight, I have had a 'Mummy tummy' since the birth of my daughter five years ago. I went to Dr. Tuan V. Pham in Perth, Western Australia for a full abdominoplasty with muscle repair and liposuction.
The surgery seemed to go well, though it was concerning that Dr. Pham only checked on me once for the six days that I was in hospital after the surgery.
After-care was terrible. Trying to keep his attention long enough to get an answer to a question was infuriating. He would just keep telling me that my stomach was going to be "so tight, so tight."
Two days before Christmas, I went back as I was concerned about my scar appearing red and oozing. Dr. Pham gave me a prescription for antibiotics. After I got home, I realised that he'd prescribed me something that I'm extremely allergic to (which of course I had notified him about in all the initial forms, as well as the hospital forms). I tried calling the office, and heard nothing more than a recorded message that the office was closed over Christmas and New Year. So there I was, trying to get an appointment with a GP on Christmas Eve for an antibiotic that would not kill me.
I have been concerned about my end result for a few months, but Dr. Pham would never give me a straight answer to my questions. Finally, at 5 months post-op, I went back for another appointment, extremely upset at the handfuls of skin and fat that I could literally pull out from my stomach and sides (see photos).
The nurse saw me first, and told me that I was still swollen and the problem was caused because I'd obviously lost weight (I hadn't). Then Dr. Pham came in and told me the swelling was all gone and the problem was caused because I'd obviously GAINED weight (I hadn't).
Then he got right in my face and said "It's fat, it's all fat. That's what happens when you don't do any exercise after surgery." I tried to explain that I have been exercising almost obsessively ever since I initially healed from the surgery, but I'd lost his attention again.
He told me that it was a good result and I should use "diet and exercise" to fix the problem. The problem being, he believes, that I have put on handfuls of fat, localised in my stomach, in the five months since the surgery. Not, of course, that he did a half-assed job. So now I'm left to find another surgeon to fix the botched initial surgery.
Despite otherwise being a healthy weight, I have had a 'Mummy tummy' since the birth of my daughter five years ago. I went to Dr. Tuan V. Pham in Perth, Western Australia for a full abdominoplasty with muscle repair and liposuction.
The surgery seemed to go well, though it was concerning that Dr. Pham only checked on me once for the six days that I was in hospital after the surgery.
After-care was terrible. Trying to keep his attention long enough to get an answer to a question was infuriating. He would just keep telling me that my stomach was going to be "so tight, so tight."
Two days before Christmas, I went back as I was concerned about my scar appearing red and oozing. Dr. Pham gave me a prescription for antibiotics. After I got home, I realised that he'd prescribed me something that I'm extremely allergic to (which of course I had notified him about in all the initial forms, as well as the hospital forms). I tried calling the office, and heard nothing more than a recorded message that the office was closed over Christmas and New Year. So there I was, trying to get an appointment with a GP on Christmas Eve for an antibiotic that would not kill me.
I have been concerned about my end result for a few months, but Dr. Pham would never give me a straight answer to my questions. Finally, at 5 months post-op, I went back for another appointment, extremely upset at the handfuls of skin and fat that I could literally pull out from my stomach and sides (see photos).
The nurse saw me first, and told me that I was still swollen and the problem was caused because I'd obviously lost weight (I hadn't). Then Dr. Pham came in and told me the swelling was all gone and the problem was caused because I'd obviously GAINED weight (I hadn't).
Then he got right in my face and said "It's fat, it's all fat. That's what happens when you don't do any exercise after surgery." I tried to explain that I have been exercising almost obsessively ever since I initially healed from the surgery, but I'd lost his attention again.
He told me that it was a good result and I should use "diet and exercise" to fix the problem. The problem being, he believes, that I have put on handfuls of fat, localised in my stomach, in the five months since the surgery. Not, of course, that he did a half-assed job. So now I'm left to find another surgeon to fix the botched initial surgery.
Provider Review
Dr. Tuan v. Pham
Terrible aftercare. Was not at all concerned that I was extremely unhappy with the result. Offered no solutions to try to fix the problem.