?'s for those that went to a teaching hospital for PS.
Did you find the prices 1/2 of other quotes for surgery or maybe comparable to mexico prices?
Were you happy with your results, or were you willing to settle for less than ideal results given the price break you were getting?
Would you go back or save up and go to someone you knew would give you great results?
Thanks,
Bubba
Wishing you good luck with your journey!
I sorta feel that I was just a lab rat to them. My results were just horribly cruel and I now have a life of abject pain. They just zapped wrapped all their oversights in a symetrical sort of a way and so they say it was successful. Sewing practice for em and every one they do helps them meet a quota of doing something so they can say they've done so many of these or so many of those. They can try stuff and learn along the way what NOT to do in these places so they will be able to do the right things later and
charge a lot when they have their own practice.
- It was Recommended to me by a member of my support group. They had surgery there.
- Price was more than 60% less than the other two surgeons I went to. I later found out that one of the surgeons I had the consult with is an attending doctor at the teaching hospital. His practice oversees the program (they don't advertise this).
- I was very happy with the results. The only thing I wasn't happy about was they wouldn't do the LBL and the chest at the same time. They were concerned that I would be under anesthesia too long. They made me wait 6 months between procedures. In the long run it worked out.
Just to give you a comparison in cost. Both PS were around the same. They both wanted to do a Gynecamastia and a Tummy Tuck. The cost was $17K for one surgeon the other was $19k.
The teaching hospital charged me $5k for the LBL and $3k for the inferior pedicel breast reduction with lipo and excision of axillary and back roll.
The costs included: Pre Surgical Testing, OR Time, Anesthesia, Surgical fee and 3 Follow up visits.
BTW...the costs for the LBL included an over night stay in the hospital. That was an additional $500. They recommended it for pain management. I went home same day for the chest procedure.
I also liked the approach that the teaching hospital took. I needed more than just a Tummy Tuck and inferior pedical breast reduction allowed me to keep nipple sensitivity.
Highest Weight: 380 Consult Weight: 357 Surgery Weight: 309
Goal Weight: 220 (9/29/10) Revised Goal Range 215-220 Current Weight: 224
Plastics: Circumferential Lower Body Lift - 11/18/2011
Gynecomastia - 6/14/2012
I went to Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) in East Meadow.
Highest Weight: 380 Consult Weight: 357 Surgery Weight: 309
Goal Weight: 220 (9/29/10) Revised Goal Range 215-220 Current Weight: 224
Plastics: Circumferential Lower Body Lift - 11/18/2011
Gynecomastia - 6/14/2012
Hoping to lose enough weight by next spring won't need Lipo to reduce cost but we'll see.
Thanks
This my before pic and 6 years later.