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Update on Plastic Surgery Experience
Dec 31, 2012
December 31st, 2012
The spiral thigh lift is what I had done with Dr Agha. It is nice that I don't have a scar on my inner thigh down to the knee. When I had the thigh lift done it was in conjunction with a lower body lift and tummy tuck. I also had a breast lift and implants.
At a later time I had a face lift performed (about 5 months later)
Dr. Agha definitely made my shape look great ect. However, I have experienced consequences. they are:
Loss of nipple sensation, wrong size breasts, lymph edema and how to say this my VJ does gape open somewhat and scars from my facelift.
the VJ issue is, I believe, related to the spiral thigh lift. I have scars on the upper inner thigh (groin area), I think they play a role by pulling my skin down, so my VJ is open somewhat, not too bad, but enough that it is noticeable/annoying.
Loss of nipple sensation was immediately noticed after the breast lift (I had implants done 5 months later). Dr. Agha refused to admit that it was his surgical skills. he told me I must not have had sensation before. Of course I know that was not true. I was speechless when he said that. But i thought over time (6 months or so) some if not all would come back. In addition, I had specifically asked Agha to make sure I was a C cup, not a D-Cup. When I met with him prior to surgery (the night before), I expressed my wishes. he told me not to worry, well I am a D-cup and for a small petite body like mine it is harder to find shirts that fit my shoulders AND fit my chest!
My swelling took a longer time then average to subside, and then it never really totally went away. i now wear medical compression garments (hoisery) to manage the fact that my lymph does not move as well as it use too. You have lymph nodes/drainage site in the groin area as well as lymph channels that move to the drainage sites, mainly the groin and arm pits. since I did not have this type of swelling issues before, I can only surmise that my lymph channels were compromised in the surgery thru the spiral thighplasty and LBL (full cut around my body).
You know when you start out here you speak to people who just had surgery and I don't think the longer term people get on here enough to share their stories.
I remember how I was, I don't know if I would have listened. I wished I would have done some more research into the downsides and not been in such a big hurry to "get it done".
Maybe he did not have enough experience to deal with nerves and lymph channels. before going forward with plastic surgery check out your surgeon choices and ascertain their experience in nerve and lymph channel issues. also try to find the patients they don't tell you about! I did pick the wrong surgeon for my face, he left me with scarring. I realize now that his experience with faces was lacking. I should not have gone to a one-stop PS shop. Nothing wrong with findng the expert in the various areas of the body.
