My Horrible BA Story (Part 1)

[Trailrunner]

OK I have to say that your story is hands down the worst one I've read on this forum. How awful for you! I am so sorry you have had to endure this ordeal! Surgeons such as these have no business putting their hands on anyone! I wish you ALL the luck in finding someone with skill and INTEGRITY who can rectify the situation and give you your dream boobs.
Hang in there sweetie!

[Lindaann]

Originally Posted by blonde_ambition

Thank you everyone for your input. I am so sad about all of this But I do think that there are many good PS out there. I've seen so many amazing BA on here. Just haven't found the doc for me yet. Hopefully I'll have a new pair by winter break

P.S. I'm sorry if I scared anyone by mention of shrinkage, etc. It was not my intention. I was just trying to explain what happened to me and what I was told.

Tanya, no worries. This is why we have this board...so we can talk. I wish I could hold your hand thru this, and I hope that you take this PS to court...you don't want anyone else to go thru this, and you don't want this to go un-disclosed. This is just not right. I hope you stand up for yourself, and all those following you. Hugs, Linda.

[Bubba29]

Thank you for sharing your story! I wish you the best of luck in finding a qualified PS! I'll keep you in my prayers!!

[lennie]

I am sorry to hear that you have had a bad experience with your first ba. I hope to hear better results when you get your redo. Good luck to you.!!!

[Mermaid]

I'm really sorry you had to go through all that!! As if we don't have enough to deal with as it is!! Its a pity you can't name and shame him so no one else has to go through this misery.. I really hope you find someone that will give you the boobs you want..all us ladies put our hopes, dreams and futures into what we hope are truly professional hands and its just devestating when that doesn't happen..my heart goes out to you! xx

[flaaak]

I'm very sorry to read your story, I hope all but the best for you and you'll see you'll find a great doctor and you'll be happier than ever with your results. Good luck and keep us posted

[Star Bright]

oh wow, you poor girl! these types of surgeons need to be held accountable for there actions!
its just not right! cant they be reported so some sort of authority surely??

[TinyAsian]

Hey Girl,
Thanks so much for sharing your story with us....I can't even imagine how tough this has been for you!! I'm so sorry and I am glad that did not discourage you from finding another PS that will help you! Please keep us posted, and i pray you will find someone that will fix everything for you and you will have a better experience the 2nd time!

[Scarlett]

Originally Posted by blonde_ambition

MY Horrible PS Story (Part 1)

OK, so 2 years ago I finally couldn't take it anymore. I had wanted to get a ba for years and had been researching
different doctors, talking to people, etc. I found a doctor (saw 2 girls ba by him) and thought i'd go check him out. Might I add... Both of these girls were an A cup and got big perky breasts after both of their ba. I was a full D... lost weight... I was down to a small C at that time. I went for the consult. I had a 930 appt and the doctor didn't even show up until 1030-1045am! That was the first sign I guess. He seemed very knowledgeable though. I wanted silicone implants but he didn't like doing silicone implants and convinced me into saline. I told him I wasnted to be a DD, that my skin was too loose to have small boobs, I wanted to be BIG, wanted to fill out my numerous stretch marks that are ALL OVER my breasts, etc. He told me he could definitely do it. He said that he wanted to do a lift (areolar) on both breasts which would help my slight assymetry problem since my left breast was slightly bigger than my right and the nipple therefore sat a little lower.

Sounded great right? He wouldnt give me a price... I had to speak with the office manager. She quoted me approx $9200 for saline implants + areolar lift. The consultation was $53 and was deducted from your surgery if you ended up getting surgery. They wouldn't offer a discount for paying in cash so I took out a loan.

I decided to get the surgery done August 11, 2006. (he did it at the hospital)

OK, so I'm on the way to the hospital and my bf at the time and mom came with me. I already had anxiety (my 1st
surgery ever) and my mom was freaking me out that I might not wake up from surgery, that this was a mistake, etc.
(I was 22 years old, no health problems). By the time I got to the hospital my nerves were shot and she was making me cry, etc. I had to have her leave the room so I could relax. When she came back she was like "oh, they are going to be putting a tube down your throat!" I was like WHAT?? I spoke with the CRNA who said that was true and that they might chip my teeth in the process because I was undergoing general anesthesia (I had no choice in the matter -- the PS only worked with general)!!!

When I got into the OR came some MAJOR problems. First, the PS told me that the procedure which was supposed to be like 4 hours (ba & areolar lift) was going to be less since he no longer wanted to do the lift... that he thought wouldn't need it and that instead of cutting around the areola (he thought the scars were goning be bad) he was going to do a crease incision. Now, mind you, I signed a consent for BA and BL. I wish I had said forget the surgery then, this isn't what I agreed to... but I trusted the mans judgement. I had already paid the surgeon, the hospital and anesthesia $9200. With the new surgery it was going to be $7200 so I should get back $2000. This was my first surgery, as I mentioned... I had an adverse reaction to the general anesthesia/ET, chips in 2 of my teeth, OMG!!! What a nightmare!!!

After the surgery I had to go for post-op visits. The surgeon asked me what I thought when I went... And I told him I wasn't as big as I wanted... and my nipples weren't at the same level like I wanted and my right breast was lopsided looking. It was misery. I had I think 3 post-op visits. The 3rd one I was there waiting for 3 hours (yes, I had an appt.) and got so pissed from waiting that I walked out.

They kept shrinking & shrinking & shrinking! (Saline unders). I called & called to find out how many cc were inserted into each breast. I finally got an answer of 390 (Right) 360 (Left). They never gave me a card including what was placed into each breast for documentation or anything. Now remember I didn't get the BL and $2000 was owed to me... Well, after approx 6 months of calling, leaving messages, going to the hospital in person, going to the doctor in person (who was 1.5 hours away might I add) I got back SOME but not all of the $2000 that was owed to me. I wanted to take them all to court to get the money I was owed but was told that in order to do that the amount suing for had to be higher than what was left over that I was trying to get and that it wouldn't be worth it. I also found out later on that since the PS made a breach of contract and changed his mind in the OR and my consent was not for what he did I should've NOT got the procedure done and/or I could've have possibly sued. But it was two years later when I found this out...

I've spoken with various PS since then and have been told by one that you lose 20-30% of size within the first year oof getting saline implants. For this reason he recommends silicone. He told me that many women come to him to get re-dos because they are unhappy with their breasts getting smaller with saline. I've seen a woman who had D-cup implants 10 years ago (saline) and now, 10 years later, she's a small B cup. (didn't have kids or anything like
that after they were done.) Mine shrank from a full DD (approx 6 months after the surgery) to a full C-cup. Small C
to a full C with 360-390cc?? That doesn't seem right. And not the size I wanted/agreed on. My nipples are 1.5 inch difference in height when I measure from the sternal notch to the middle of my nipple (sternal notch is the the bony part at the top of the center of your chest where it feels like it dips in right a bove the notch... hard to explain, sorry!)

So, after getting ba i have the following problems:

1. Adverse reaction to general anesthesia (I will NEVER get general anesthesia again unless it's an absolute matter
of life and death)
2. Assymetry (1.5 inch height difference in nipples)
3. Right boob is lopsided
4. Size is WAYYYY too small (small C to full C)... With all my extra skin it looks so bad
5. Pockets were made too big so my boobs flop all over the place and feel like real boobs (which is not what I wanted)
6. When I lay on my back, my left boob falls into my armpit & my right one stands straight up --- It looks sooo BAD
and then I get weird tenting on the inner part of my left breast when I do this (when I say tenting I mean it looks like an older persons skin (like 60 years old) I am only 24! when you pinch/pull it up and it stays that way and doesn't go back down) because of my extra boob skin.

Now my nightmare continues. I've been getting consultations with other doctors... Story so far will follow soon...

I am so sorry - that is awful surely you should still be able to sue, even this far down the line! I feel so sad for you. I hope you get the happy ebding you deserve x

[BookMama]

So sorry it happened this way! What a nightmare!

[Yummy Girl]

I hope you consulted a personal injury lawyer in order to sue this a--hole. You will be doing a great service to his future (or hopefully lack thereof) patients.

[bcullen]

im so sorry to hear all of this happened to you! i will pray for you!!

[Island_Girl]

I'm sorry to hear this!

Can you explain to me more about why your teeth chipped? I never heard this b/4.