I had my breast augmentation in July of 2007. I met with Dr. Hamm who was very nice but he decided for me what size implant to put in even though I told him I did not want to go that big. He also disregarded the fact that I told him I was assymetrical and I wanted him to put less in the larger breast. During surgery he realized 425cc was too much for my small fram so he had to remove extra saline until he reached 375 cc. Months after the surgery I was not happy with how they felt because it felt like there were air bubbles in my implants. He refused to do anything about it. I was assymetrical. I decided to meet with a different surgeon who might listen to me. So I met with Dr. Nees to ask him for help. He said he could try to make me more symmetrical by moving the position of the areola, so I agreed. At the same time I wanted a mini tummy tuck. Dr. Nees said I did not need a full tummy tuck. He told me the incision would be small and like a c-section scar. I had lipo done at the same time in my abdomen and inner thighs. Also let me mention the smart lipo they advertise as painess and you can do it during lunch and go back to work is bull***. It hurts like hell, they inject you with lidocaine, a big needle and they keep stabbing and stabbing because they have so many back to back surgeries that they can't afford to take their time to make the patient comfortable. I felt pain during the procedure and he didn't care, he contunued his conversation with the nurses. Anyway, the surgery was horrible and the scars were worse. Instead of a small c-section scar, I had a scar from one hip to the other as if I had a full tummy tuck! Plus it was asymmetrical, there was fat left in the left side. The bruising I had in my thighs was unbelievable, and they told me to buy one of their post surgery garments which hurt my thighs. After a months of wearing the garment as they recommended, I had an indentation in my right thigh that again they refused to do anything about. Another problem: my abdomen looked flatter after the lipo but I had 2 dimples above my belly button that looked so ugly. I expected a flat smooth stomach, instead I had ugly lumpy abs with dimples. I was still emarassed to wear a bikini. They told me to wait 6 months after the 2nd surgery. I went back after 6 months and Dr. Nees took pictures and said he would review the case and call me with his recommendations. He never called. I spoke to one of the managers who told me Dr. Nees had refused to do any more work on me, he said that my results were just the way my body healed and not due to any mistakes on his part. I was appalled! The unprofessionalism was so unexpected considering I work in the medical field. I found another surgeon who is willing to do the corrections and who did not agree that this was just the way my body healed. He told me Strax has the reputation of not expecting people to be satisfied. once they collected their money they don't care. I would never go back there again, I feel disrespected and disregarded.
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