Thank you for looking into my past posts. I sincerely appreciate it!

If the amount left was a small amount, I would agree that enough is enough, but there are at least 6-8 inches left of hanging skin going down each thigh (no fat) that he could remove much of and still not be tight. If he was being conservative, he was ultra-ultra-ultra conservative. The scars down the thighs are totally fine and healing almost invisibly. It is at the 4-way intersections near the groin that opened. I don't think he even needs to go near there to fix the problem. It would be from maybe 3-4" down from the groin to just above the knee. My dread is the incredible discomfort again. There has been NO stress on the incisions down the thigh. Just pain.

I'm not crazy -- I've worked on my body for 13 years. I'm moving to Florida after I retire next June and I want to be able to wear shorts and skirts and not walk around still embarrassed. My arms, 12 years later, are hanging like an older person's arms would hang, and I don't care. I had them done when they were bat wings, and now I'm older and it is natural. I'm not being unreasonable, needing to be perfect. My calves are very wrinkled and so be it. I could use a facelift, but not happening anytime soon. But these thighs just horrify me and I have to have one more chance to feel better walking around after all this. Thank you everyone for listening and understanding and caring enough to give me pause.

Marla

I know very, very little about plastic surgery, but this was my thought as well, Hala. It seems he recognized the OP's lack of elasticity and was conservative as a result in order to minimize a very likely side effect.

The pic on the left was the night before. The one on the right was at 12 weeks. I'm 5.5 months out now and feeling good. In fact, good enough that I had a breast lift with implants yesterday and really feeling good

I appreciate your comments and completely understand how you could wonder how I would go back again and again... I started with my surgeon (I'd rather not give his name) a year after my surgery in 2006. He did my lower body lift and bracheoplasty at that time. The arms were and are fine, and my stomach area is indeed a work of art. Still, after 12 years! I've never seen better. At that time my back opened up, which was truly traumatic. That was not his fault. My skin is older and non-elastic. I eventually healed and it is fine. He also did my upper thigh at that time, which was also fine. The breasts were an issue again due to non-elasticity and probably my previous breast surgery in 1984 when I had a major reduction. So the issues that occurred when I had my initial problems in 2012 with the breasts were unexpected, and he was determined to get it right no matter what. I don't believe these were his fault and he eventually had to put in an internal bra, which did the trick. I am upset THIS time because he should have foreseen the traveling implant when changing it due to the past experience.

As for not taking out enough from the thighs, this I am pissed off about. It is obvious that there was a lot more to remove the moment I removed the dressings. I did a lot of reading this week about the sensitivity and possibility of the wounds opening up -- I am not so special in this case. But not removing enough to make a real difference is what I'm livid about. But at this point I am NOT going to go to someone else to fix it. I know he will take care of it and get it right. He has done my whole body and, other than the thighs, I've been satisfied with my results. Fixing the breast is very minimal in terms of recovery, pain and time. So I'm just bugged with that part. I've never read on here that a surgeon eats the whole fix when it doesn't go right. He stands behind his work, which eventually is right. I can't imagine at this point going to someone else. I blew my money on this, and there's no more for anyone else. He WILL take care of me. I'm just PISSED.

My plastic surgeon is a true artist. Everything is done perfect the first time. What a nightmare to have one who wants to practice on you until he gets it right. He should be paying you for using you as his experiments.