Botched liposuction as a result of fat grafting to breasts?

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christid
christid Member Posts: 6
edited February 2016 in Breast Reconstruction

I had fat grafting in May to cover rippling of my implants.  I’m on the thinner side, so PS took fat from abdomen, saddlebags and muffin top.  Coverage of ripples looks great, but it seems I’ve traded one problem for another.  The fat removal on my belly is uneven and I have peaks and valleys of fat on my stomach and I have a divot on one side of my muffin top.  It’s been almost three months and I know that it can take time to heal and see full results, but PS did say it looked like soft fat tissue (not hematoma).   I’m so distressed over this as I wanted to feel better about the way I look, and now I just feel worse than before I started.  I’m wondering if anyone else has had this experience?  I also wonder if insurance would pay for a revision given it was a complication of breast reconstruction, even if I don’t have more work done to breasts (yeah right), and I wondering of anyone is aware of any liposuction revision specialists in the Midwest, or in Houston, Texas?  Thanks!

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  • leftduetostupidmods
    leftduetostupidmods Member Posts: 620
    edited January 2016

    I just had this happening to me too. Searching the forums I found this old post and I thought of "reviving it" instead of creating a new one.

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited January 2016

    I keep seeing commercials for cool sculpting, I am not sure how it works, no surgery.

    Also I remember wearing the garment is so important.

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  • christid
    christid Member Posts: 6
    edited February 2016

    I've asked about cool sculpting and that won't work unfortunately. Tummy tuck is what will fix it. They have to cut out the irregular contouring. I'm just wondering how insurance works in a situaiton like that.

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  • leftduetostupidmods
    leftduetostupidmods Member Posts: 620
    edited February 2016

    It doesn't. It's still considered cosmetic. I personally don't care about tummy tucks, sculpting or anything, just to not be deformed. For a year and a half I managed to lose weight slowly enough, combined with cream treatments and local exercise so i wouldn't get hanging skin. Then... this.

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  • Maggs09
    Maggs09 Member Posts: 193
    edited February 2016

    I have the same problem; my PS was using fat grafting to rejuvenate my radiated 3years ago pectoral muscle and skin before placing TEs. She suppose to remove some more fat from abdomen/flanks to "flatten" my stomach and enhance waist, which was an additional procedure I had to partially pay for... It's been almost 4 months and my stomach looks very uneven, looks like I have 3 layers horizontal layers and bumps;

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