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Tumescent Lipo… Don’t Do It!!!!!
If you are going to invest in Lipo/Tummy Tuck do yourself a favor and have surgery, not tumescent. You can see the results of my experience… from a board certified Plastic Surgeon! The self reported “world renowned” plastic surgeon specialized in providing a “more extensive” lipo and tummy tuck including the sides of the abds, calling it an “around the world” lipo/tuck.
Because of the IV anesthesia injected to numb the area many landmarks were lost. I signed a consent, based on his projection, for a new navel. Prior to surgery he felt this would be necessary to get a good tightness. I agreed. He was right. During the procedure his instruments quit working (?!?!) and he reverted to manual lipo, pushing and pulling quite hard. Because he used so much tumescent the subtleties of form and shape were lost. He stretched the skin fairly tight at the time and said I would not need a new navel. I kept my old belly button, which for the first month seemed nice while the tumescent reabsorbed. The results after reabsorption are obvious. A noticeable cannula line, a profound amount of loose skin above the navel, creating a frown where a belly button should be seen. I can pinch nearly 4 inches of loose skin above my navel which was never removed because the navel was never released to allow for pulling the skin down! The “around the world” left nothing but sagging skin in back, sagging skin in front. There is minimal shaping. In fact my abds looks worse than my pre-tummy tuck mommy abds. And for this I paid nearly $20,000.
This was a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon! Lots of experience purportedly. Sadly, these are the specialists we are supposed to look for and trust. It was a colossal waste of money, remains a huge embarrassment and will cost me another $10,000 to try to repair surgically what my $20,000 investment created. How can I justify that kind of expense? On the other hand, how can I live with the miserable result?
If you are going to spend the money, do it right. Tumescent is a short cut. Don’t take it. Ask your surgeon if his instruments are state of the art and up to date. I just assumed that was a given as he stated he had his “state-of-the-art in-office “surgical suite”. Do those instruments function properly? I never thought I would have to ask those basic questions!! That was always an assumption I had. Bad assumption!
Because of the IV anesthesia injected to numb the area many landmarks were lost. I signed a consent, based on his projection, for a new navel. Prior to surgery he felt this would be necessary to get a good tightness. I agreed. He was right. During the procedure his instruments quit working (?!?!) and he reverted to manual lipo, pushing and pulling quite hard. Because he used so much tumescent the subtleties of form and shape were lost. He stretched the skin fairly tight at the time and said I would not need a new navel. I kept my old belly button, which for the first month seemed nice while the tumescent reabsorbed. The results after reabsorption are obvious. A noticeable cannula line, a profound amount of loose skin above the navel, creating a frown where a belly button should be seen. I can pinch nearly 4 inches of loose skin above my navel which was never removed because the navel was never released to allow for pulling the skin down! The “around the world” left nothing but sagging skin in back, sagging skin in front. There is minimal shaping. In fact my abds looks worse than my pre-tummy tuck mommy abds. And for this I paid nearly $20,000.
This was a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon! Lots of experience purportedly. Sadly, these are the specialists we are supposed to look for and trust. It was a colossal waste of money, remains a huge embarrassment and will cost me another $10,000 to try to repair surgically what my $20,000 investment created. How can I justify that kind of expense? On the other hand, how can I live with the miserable result?
If you are going to spend the money, do it right. Tumescent is a short cut. Don’t take it. Ask your surgeon if his instruments are state of the art and up to date. I just assumed that was a given as he stated he had his “state-of-the-art in-office “surgical suite”. Do those instruments function properly? I never thought I would have to ask those basic questions!! That was always an assumption I had. Bad assumption!