BOTCHED SURGERY
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU GOT THIS IN YOUR INBOX???
Georgeouslsa,
Here is the photograph I call: "This is why I WON"T go to Mexico! And this girl didn't even think there was anything wrong! Please review some of Dr. LoMonaco's posts about the perils of going to Mexico. I know some folks have had great success, but there are others who, in my opinion, were butchered all to save a couple thousand dollars. One of his posts in particular refers to the fact that you have no legal recourse against these out of country docs. Our courts, the AMA, and all the surgical societies have no control over them, and most surgeons here won't provide any continuing care to anyone who had procedures outside the country. You come home and you're left on your own but for phone and e-mail....that is unless you want to jump back on a plane. What happens if you develop a hematoma or seroma. What happens if your incision gets infected or drain sites get infected, what happens if you have skin or fat necrosis, or wound separation? These are things I caution you to think about, if you are thinking of going out of the country.
(I DELETED WHO IT IS FROM OUT RESPECT: A PICTURE WAS POSTED WHICH WOULD NOT SHOW UP)
DW
*I* got jacked up RIGHT here IN the States with a CERTIFIED plastic surgeon - so *I* don't believe SHIOT about the whole ceritifcation and experience blah blah blah. Any doc has the chance to jack you up - you gotta do your homework, legwork and trust your gut. Plain and damn simple.
My revision was done by a doc whose not plastic certified by the precious institution that deemed themselves the gods of plastics - but I LOVE my results and I got a doc *****ALLY cared AND knew exactly what the heyl he was doing!!!!
BUMP that shiot and do what YOU are driven to!!!
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on 1/13/10 5:07 am - Haleiwa, HI
on 1/14/10 2:23 am - Haleiwa, HI
Can you load this in to your photo album, and then copy and paste it in to here? You can also load it on to photobucket, flickr, or another photo website, picasa, or another photo site, and then copy and paste it on to here. It would be very helpful to see the actual picture and maybe someone will know which Dr performed the surgery. I think alot of people are assuming that it is Dr Sauceda when it might not be the case.
This person could have answered one of your many posts on the subject. Of course that would have resulted in a discussion of BOTH sides of the arguement.
Unfortunately, the $$$ issue is the difference between carrying pounds of skin forever or having it removed for a lot of us. Its not just a matter of looking for a discount. True, when nightmares happen right here in the US you have some recourse. However, it is of no immediate value to you when you still have no access to medical care because insurance won't cover issues related to a botched cosmetic procedure. You can sue down the line but the issue of immediate care remains in question.
I've been lurking on your plastics posts. Thanks, I'm learning a lot.
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All Dr's have made their share of mistakes or at least less-than-terrific results - those are all the patients whose pictures they DON'T show in their book or on their website! We've seen and heard about lots of them here at OH, often times when the patient him/herself doesn't even realize that their result is far less than ideal! But there's a big difference when it's gross negligence. This kind of post above doesn't help anyone when there is so much up in the air and unknown. If she ended up with a complication, was it due to negligence or "simply" that she ended up with a complication that could have resulted from ANY Dr.? I've had 3 surgeries here in the U.S. from very fine, top surgeons and had a complication from each one - but none were from the Dr.'s mistakes. Just my luck and age, wt., health, who-knows-what. We can only learn when specifics are given and we're all here to express OUR own experience and opinions in the hopes that others will learn from them. Having a bad experience with a specific Dr. doesn't have to mean he's "no good" - all the facts have to be considered before going that far.