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*** Failed Otoplasty - Sugar Land, TX
UPDATED FROM kimmmy87
1 year post
14 months
kimmmy87August 18, 2017
$3,500
Still can't sleep on my ears and sensitive to things that normally shouldn't bother them. There's still a tingly, numb feeling on the edges and the extra squiggly cartilage in the center is still the same size and hard. I was told worse case it would take a year to smooth out because it was just wrinkled skin. All the changes he said would happen clearly didn't. He just told me all that to get me off his back. Not much has changed since close to the beginning and I think enough time has passed now to be able to say that he just did an awful job and didn't care at all.
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UPDATED FROM kimmmy87
7 months post
7 month update
kimmmy87January 31, 2017
After seeking other surgeons opinions and advice on where to go from here I have gathered that I will have to have them fixed. There is now another stitch that has surfaced in the front (which they told me was impossible bc they were in the back) at the bottom of the right ear. The main discomfort now is the pain from the swelling/redness in those areas where the stitches have surfaced. Still have to sleep on a donut pillow and the left one gets swollen. Which one Dr told me was it was probably because of the movement from the stitch that stays irritated bc of how long it is sticking out.
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January 31, 2017
This is why we research on Realself. There are numerous reviews on this man that should tell you to go elsewhere.
Good luck.
Good luck.
January 31, 2017
This is what I did. That's what lead me to choose him. The reviews on here are so deceiving. There are so many good ones vs bad ones. Seems like almost every one i reserched has some bad, but non that were as good. He must have paid them too. Dissapointing.
March 21, 2017
have you found a good doctor yet? My daughter is about to schedule with Dr. Fred Aguilar and now I am scared. She is 15
August 14, 2017
I'm sorry that this happened to you too! I hope you can get it revised by a SKILLED surgeon.
February 17, 2018
did you know if you leave the sutures exposed, they can become infected. Has this happened to you? maybe that is why you're in so much pain
UPDATED FROM kimmmy87
4 months post
Continued....
kimmmy87October 20, 2016
Still numb on the tops and still hurt where the stitches are poking out. It's hard to see them in the pictures because it's just the clear tips. They get red off and on and still swell a bit during exercise. If i bump them they still hurt and I still can't sleep on them. I'm sure all that is normal, I am mostly still upset about the way they look and how they treated me. I still haven't ever seen anything like them.
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January 26, 2017
I'm assuming the pictures are from before, since your ear is pierced But if you thought they were ugly, why would you draw attention to them with excess jewelry? And if you have a picture that actually shows how much they protruded-- and of course some after shots --- that would be helpful so that we have some idea as to if the doctor succeeded at the original goals.
After surgery it's normal to have some weirdness and symmetry issues because your body doesn't always heal perfectly symmetrically even if the final result is fine. It sounds like you bugged your doctor's office to death with bogus concerns (imaginary stitches, premature worries while swelling was still too significant to know anything, concern that each ear was altered different, as would be completely necessary when starting with ears that were different sizes) and didn't listen to reason (there is nothing that can be done for six months, scar tissue can be lumpy) and they got frustrated with dealing with you. They are only human. And without "after" photos you can't get any real feedback on how your ears actually look now.
People who know you will know what you want to hear and, I'd guess by now will say whatever you want to hear to make the conversation go away. In general the real world is not going to want to talk about your ears or anyone's years for more than 30 seconds. And people who know you will be more inclined to lie than perfect strangers
My advise, chill. Put up some after pictures so you can get some feedback from people who do not know you. Preferably people who don't say "I hope you sue" when they have no idea if your ears look fabulous or not and you have not described anything that even remotely justifies legal action. Then you know if you have a legitimate complaint.
In my experience, plastic surgeons don't want people walking around with faulty surgery work on their heads as a kind of talking, moving advertisement for what a crappy job they do. If you put up after pictures and people in the community think that there really is a problem then you call the doctors office, you apologize for being such a pest before, and you respectfully ask for a follow up so the doctor can take a look at your concerns now that it has been long enough past the surgery date for most of the healing to have occurred.
But perhaps you'll find that you have phenomenal looking years that the community (unbiased strangers) thinks are terrific and you will just have to get used to the idea that you now have adorable ears and find something else to fixate on.
After surgery it's normal to have some weirdness and symmetry issues because your body doesn't always heal perfectly symmetrically even if the final result is fine. It sounds like you bugged your doctor's office to death with bogus concerns (imaginary stitches, premature worries while swelling was still too significant to know anything, concern that each ear was altered different, as would be completely necessary when starting with ears that were different sizes) and didn't listen to reason (there is nothing that can be done for six months, scar tissue can be lumpy) and they got frustrated with dealing with you. They are only human. And without "after" photos you can't get any real feedback on how your ears actually look now.
People who know you will know what you want to hear and, I'd guess by now will say whatever you want to hear to make the conversation go away. In general the real world is not going to want to talk about your ears or anyone's years for more than 30 seconds. And people who know you will be more inclined to lie than perfect strangers
My advise, chill. Put up some after pictures so you can get some feedback from people who do not know you. Preferably people who don't say "I hope you sue" when they have no idea if your ears look fabulous or not and you have not described anything that even remotely justifies legal action. Then you know if you have a legitimate complaint.
In my experience, plastic surgeons don't want people walking around with faulty surgery work on their heads as a kind of talking, moving advertisement for what a crappy job they do. If you put up after pictures and people in the community think that there really is a problem then you call the doctors office, you apologize for being such a pest before, and you respectfully ask for a follow up so the doctor can take a look at your concerns now that it has been long enough past the surgery date for most of the healing to have occurred.
But perhaps you'll find that you have phenomenal looking years that the community (unbiased strangers) thinks are terrific and you will just have to get used to the idea that you now have adorable ears and find something else to fixate on.
January 31, 2017
This made me laugh! You have no idea what you're talking about, i never bugged them. Why I pierced them before is none of your business and you sound very fake... like someone that this shitty surgeon paid to write. I've been in contact with many others who he's done a terrible job on even off of this website and he has a bad record with the medical board. If my personal post really bothers you then maybe YOU should find something else to fixate on. And the stitches aren't imaginary. There are now 3 that came through the front surface which other doctors I have seen for second opinions, have seen with their own eyes and were all blown away with his behavior and what a terrible job he did. As for assuming that the people closest to me lie is just that... and assumption. For you can't possibly know bc you don't personally know them lol and if you or no one else want to hear about my surgery then you sure went out of your way and took the time to write this long, unnecessary and pointless message.
And i guess maybe i would have listened to them if they hadn't lied to me or told me that it was impossible for the stitches to come through to the front.
And i guess maybe i would have listened to them if they hadn't lied to me or told me that it was impossible for the stitches to come through to the front.
January 31, 2017
Not to mention they told me the extra skin is only skin and will go down, when clearly it's hard, unevenly cut cartilage that I (and the other surgeons) can feel. You sound like his assistant who tries to help cover up all his mistakes.
January 31, 2017
Shoot, I almost forgot to add... it also makes no logical sense to call and say
"I'm so sorry for calling and asking why my stitches are sticking out of the front when you told me that it was completely impossible. Shame on me for believing you."
"I'm so sorry for calling and asking why my stitches are sticking out of the front when you told me that it was completely impossible. Shame on me for believing you."
January 31, 2017
Oh and one more thing. Since you blew up mine I'm gonna do the same.. I assume you won't mind since you assumed I didn't.
The lady on the phone (office manager) told me to cut me stitches myseld when I called about them, the PA told me not to, then Dr. H told me to massage my ears where the extra "skin" was and then the PA told me "NO" NOT to do that!!
Also after denying cutting off a certain piece of the cartilage that they even agrees they shouldn't have cut, when I sent them pictures proving that the cartilage was in fact missing with an arrow evwn pointing to it... they then changed their story and said "oh, yes well that's what you wanted"
I guess I should apologize for that too.
The lady on the phone (office manager) told me to cut me stitches myseld when I called about them, the PA told me not to, then Dr. H told me to massage my ears where the extra "skin" was and then the PA told me "NO" NOT to do that!!
Also after denying cutting off a certain piece of the cartilage that they even agrees they shouldn't have cut, when I sent them pictures proving that the cartilage was in fact missing with an arrow evwn pointing to it... they then changed their story and said "oh, yes well that's what you wanted"
I guess I should apologize for that too.
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I just want you to know that as far as looks go, your ears just look like.... ears. Try not to obsess on the appearance of them, they really do look fine. I bet if you were to wear your hair up for a day and said nothing to anyone about your ears, you would not notice any difference in how people treated you or looked at you.
I hired a Realtor to sell our house and worked with her for 3 months before I even saw that she was missing a finger! She said that happens all the time.
When people look at you they see a whole person, not just a set of ears.