AtlSupreme

I am a 31 year old woman who has had to have 5 surgeries, and still need at least one more... All of this is due to the first surgery and it's problems. So, here goes...

In the summer of 1997, I was 26, I had a complete tummy tuck, and liposuction of my hips, back, inner thighs, and outer thighs. The reason for this at such a young age is that I had a protruding belly and a horrific scar from my belly button to my pubic area that resulted from a c-section that was infected and had to close on it's own...from the inside out. I was also moderately overweight. I am 5'2" and weighed about 150.

I did not do my research correctly and chose a doctor who had ads everywhere, but I later found out that he was a thoracic surgeon doing plastic surgery! The surgery was a reasonable price, and he was optimistic. After the surgery I had excessive draining, and after the drains were removed I still had to go into his office every few days to get stuck with a syringe in my belly to suck out the build up of fluid. I developed scar tissue from that alone!

The results of that surgery was that my stomach was noticeably uneven, my pubic area now bulged even in my clothes, my hips (under my waist) now had a VERY square look to them, and my inner thighs looked pulled as though I were wearing thigh high stockings that were not pulled all the way up, and the tops of my inner thighs were hanging over... I was SOOO devastated. I refused to allow this doctor to touch me again.

About a year later I found a legit plastic surgeon who performed lipo on my whole body for the most part, and it seemed an improvement at first. But, he did some lipo on my backs of my legs under my butt, and he totally MOVED my butt line down! It looks like I have a lower butt that I did before, and it is very uncomfortable physically. He also worsened my inner thighs, and they actually had rolls like a baby has when wearing a diaper! He did make a few things better, but I just swapped one set of freakishness for another.

Yet another year goes by, and I go back to the second doctor to see if he can remedy the problems, and he did not charge me for his services. I paid for the operating room, et al. though. Anyway, the results were a little better, but still not what I want. I do not expect to look perfect or like a Barbie, but I want to look normal. The inner thighs got even worse, and he did not even fix the butt line at all...

In 1999, I had to have back surgery, and now I'm about to have a second back surgery, and it caused me to gain even more weight. I am now overweight, but not obese, and with the already abnormal looking thighs and butt, I feel like a freak.

Back to the surgeries... About another year passed and I went back to doctor 2 yet again to try to fix the inner thighs yet again. Still even worse. Now I have to have an inner thigh lift because I have rolls of skin between my legs.

About 6 months later I went back one more time, and this was only for scar revision from the original tummy tuck... I had a very sensitive spot that hurt to be touched even then and 4 years had passed... He revised the scar and made it even longer and now it stretches around my side! AND, the damn thing keloided again. Not his fault, but I'm back at square one with the pain that it causes.

Here I am needing at least one more surgery which will include an inner thigh lift and lipo. My upper abdomin protrudes from the weight gain, and I still need to get my butt line fixed to have my normal butt again... I also STILL have absolutely no feeling or sensation on my stomach from the tummy tuck.

All I want is to look normal, and if I had it all to do over again there is NO way in Hell I'd do it. I'm open to advice and maybe recommendations. But, please do not criticize me as I do that enough to myself. I live in Atlanta by the way...