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No drain tummy tuck, seroma, revision and digestion issues

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Tummy Tuck, Seroma, Revision

Giving2022
WORTH IT$6,409
After a loss of 80 lbs, ( and 24" around my waist) I met with Dr Haddad to get rid of my loose skin. I had initially wanted a 360 body lift or fleur-de-lys tummy tuck.
At 183 lbs, I had a no-drain tummy tuck on September 24, 2018. 2.3lb of skin and fat were removed. Surgery took around 1hr 40 minutes
When I was unwrapped, 2 days later, I was shocked by the inflammation on my stomach and mons pubis. I was very upset to see that my old belly button was still there, above my scar.
When I got home, I weighed myself, 199 lbs! I had horrible, stretching, painful inflammation. The liquid was not draining, but accumulating above the scar.
I called the clinique and saw Dr Haddad many times. He told me that it was because of weight loss, or it was fat. In October 2017, he told me that I did not need a revision.
Finally, in May 2019, my revision was performed. He removed an encapsulated seroma. Unfortunately, Dr Haddad did not remove my old belly button scar.
**Never get a no-drain tummy tuck after losing a large amount of weight.
**I would have brought in a swimsuit to show my doc- my scars are very apparent with my swimsuits as he put the scars so low.
**Always go with your gut. I knew I needed a fleur-de-lys to achieve the results I wanted, or have the scar like a smile ( this would have tightened the skin over my ribs)
Am planning on revising my scar to lift up over hips, with another doc.

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Jacques Haddad, MD

Jacques Haddad, MD

Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (3)

October 15, 2019
Thank you for your comments. We appreciated having you as a patient.
September 5, 2020
Omg! You have all that hanging skin still after surgery when you bend forward??? And you had a seroma which was pretty evident even to an untrained eye and yes your scar is oddly straight across instead of curved to hips? I think your PS should have done your revision for free and I think you are right to seek surgery elsewhere this time! So sorry you had this happen. The cost and recovery are immense and it would seem that you were not well taken care of!
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December 3, 2020
I’m not sure where you’re located but I really have had a great experience with my PS. Dr. Edward Park upland at face and body!
UPDATED FROM Giving2022
1 year post

Seroma- Hard mass above scar

Giving2022
For 7 months, after my initial no-drain tummy tuck with Dr Haddad, I lived with a hard bump between my belly button and my scar. My surgeon told me that it was due to weight loss, which fostered a bit of an insecurity to lose continue on my weight loss journey. Fearing the bump would worsen, I couldn't lose any more weight. I searched for a long time to find out myself what this bump was and if it was dangerous as my surgeon twice refused my requests for sonograms.
I would like to help anyone out there with concerns that aren't being answered by their medical team. A seroma is not dangerous, but I did pay to have aesthetic surgery and assumed there would be a certain level of standards.
In the end my surgeon revised the 'bump' at a cost. Which was not loose skin and fat.", but a seroma, I feel, due to the fact that the sutures made during my tummy drain tummy tuck were too tight to let the liquid drain naturally. + with my 85+lb weight loss made me more susceptible to fluid retention.

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May 14, 2020
Thanks for your review! How are you now and how did you find out it was a seroma in the end..?
May 24, 2020
Omg i am having this same problem can u please privae message me .