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Awful
Post surgery photos. Would not recommend based on my results. My body is now ruined as a result of this tummy tuck and BodyTite surgery. I also have burns, bumps, numbness, pain, much larger scars and unsightly discoloration and FUPA
Never again
BAD BAD Results. I chose Dr. Chad Deal of SSA in 2019 for a lower abdominal scar revision and skin tightening in upper groin area. My surgery left me permanently deformed, discolored, burned, and with visible fat pockets, lumps, numbness, and pain.
Dr. Deal said he could smooth out an old non-elective surgery abdominal scar with a tummy tuck. The new scar is 4" longer on each side and sutured straight across my abdomen to create puffy lumps on each end. I have an uneven stomach, golf ball sized bumps in some places and I am very tight in other areas with a hooded and lumpy belly button that is no longer centered and a fat pubic area (FUPA) above and below this new, very tight scar. I cannot wear a bikini or any tight clothing. The scar and incision area on each side and in the middle are still very tight, numb, and hurt when I stretch and the skin and tissue is very loose.
2) Deformed Thighs: I was a very fit, 48 yr old, but had about 3" of stubborn fat/skin where your bikini bottom rests in the crease of your inner thigh. Looking back, I would take my Pre-Surgery body any day! Dr. Deal said he could tighten thighs with BODYTITE by InMode. Dr. Deal treated the WRONG area. He treated 3" above my knee to 5" below my groin where there was little to no fat. He over-resected and gouged my inner thigh, so it now looks like an unnatural weird concave "C" indent. I have lots of golf ball sized lumps, 2 very visible, dime-sized scars, nerve damage and discoloration (looks like permanent bruise) still today. I used to have great legs with a thigh gap. Now I have weird bowed mid-thighs with a giant fat bulge just above each knee. No more shorts for me!
3) A hot cannula landed on me during surgery causing a major burn and a scar across the top of my breast. No one has offered to fix this. Post op Instructions and care were not comprehensive or clear. My pre and post op notes are incorrect. One staff member/doctor would tell me one thing, and another would say something completely different. My post op garments were not ordered so they put me in the wrong size and fastened it backwards. I was in so much pain and panicked trying get out of the garment (without tearing out drains & sutures) to use the bathroom. After 12-14 weeks of recovery as an extremely compliant patient, I was still dealing with major fluid and suture issues. I was not back at work.
I contacted Dr. Deal and SSA. He was responsive and honest. He did not give me an estimate of what I would have to pay to fix the issues he caused during surgery. Dr. Deal could not guarantee a better outcome. The proposed "repairs" of his work are as or more invasive than the original surgery and would produce larger and longer scars along with fat grafting, laser, lipo, etc. Still, SSA has not offered to fix the burns on my breast (which I definitely did not ask for) Regardless, I have lost trust in SSA. I would not recommend.
Dr. Deal said he could smooth out an old non-elective surgery abdominal scar with a tummy tuck. The new scar is 4" longer on each side and sutured straight across my abdomen to create puffy lumps on each end. I have an uneven stomach, golf ball sized bumps in some places and I am very tight in other areas with a hooded and lumpy belly button that is no longer centered and a fat pubic area (FUPA) above and below this new, very tight scar. I cannot wear a bikini or any tight clothing. The scar and incision area on each side and in the middle are still very tight, numb, and hurt when I stretch and the skin and tissue is very loose.
2) Deformed Thighs: I was a very fit, 48 yr old, but had about 3" of stubborn fat/skin where your bikini bottom rests in the crease of your inner thigh. Looking back, I would take my Pre-Surgery body any day! Dr. Deal said he could tighten thighs with BODYTITE by InMode. Dr. Deal treated the WRONG area. He treated 3" above my knee to 5" below my groin where there was little to no fat. He over-resected and gouged my inner thigh, so it now looks like an unnatural weird concave "C" indent. I have lots of golf ball sized lumps, 2 very visible, dime-sized scars, nerve damage and discoloration (looks like permanent bruise) still today. I used to have great legs with a thigh gap. Now I have weird bowed mid-thighs with a giant fat bulge just above each knee. No more shorts for me!
3) A hot cannula landed on me during surgery causing a major burn and a scar across the top of my breast. No one has offered to fix this. Post op Instructions and care were not comprehensive or clear. My pre and post op notes are incorrect. One staff member/doctor would tell me one thing, and another would say something completely different. My post op garments were not ordered so they put me in the wrong size and fastened it backwards. I was in so much pain and panicked trying get out of the garment (without tearing out drains & sutures) to use the bathroom. After 12-14 weeks of recovery as an extremely compliant patient, I was still dealing with major fluid and suture issues. I was not back at work.
I contacted Dr. Deal and SSA. He was responsive and honest. He did not give me an estimate of what I would have to pay to fix the issues he caused during surgery. Dr. Deal could not guarantee a better outcome. The proposed "repairs" of his work are as or more invasive than the original surgery and would produce larger and longer scars along with fat grafting, laser, lipo, etc. Still, SSA has not offered to fix the burns on my breast (which I definitely did not ask for) Regardless, I have lost trust in SSA. I would not recommend.
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