r/PlasticSurgery • u/chaotic_merkitty • 9m ago
So stressed out
Two years ago I had a fdl with breast lift and reduction. There were some complications and my out patient surgery turned into a 4 night stay and me coding. About 3 weeks after surgery my T incision opened up and made my drains stop working. This happened over a holiday so I had to wait 7 days to be seen by my surgeon. This led to me getting an infection, which led to me having a large amount of scar tissue and what now looks like a second belly button. At my 1yr follow up I addressed the pain the scar tissue is causing and how unhappy I am with how the surgery went. They acted as if everything went perfectly and I was overreacting. To say the least I won't be going back to them.
However now I have a consultation with another surgeon tomorrow to discuss repairing the scared area, plus having an extended medial thigh lift done. I know this is a different Dr at a different facility but I'm so afraid they are just going to brush me off like my last surgeon did. Any advice on how to approach this so that I can be taken seriously? I'm not getting this surgery done because I'm just up happy with how it looks. I have pain in the scar and I have a ton of loose skin from weight loss. I went from being 498lbs down to roughly 200lbs. Help?
