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Reader Question – Liposuction Gone Wrong? Malpractice?

March 12th, 2010

I had liposuction on Sept. 15, 2009. It was a very painful & horrible experience. The doctor did my lipo while I was awake & rushed thru it, since I was in tears. For the last 2 weeks I’ve been having pain around my naval & irritation appeared. I spoke to a doctor from urgent care over the phone & he said that with what i told him, sounded it was result from procedure. I spoke to a paralegal & she asked me to get my medical records. The paralegal also suggested I find another doctor to see me & confirm the liposuction was done wrong & to give me a quote to fix me.

Your story does not sound like the kind my liposuction patients experience. Then again I do liposuction in an operating facility with an anesthesiologist in attendance. You might have a problem finding a doctor to certify that your surgery was done incorrectly. That statement is a matter of opinion and can be hard to assess looking at a patient’s results. While I know your experience is not the kind I give my patients, there are others performing liposuction who might consider your experience to be within their standards.

As a reviewer or the California Medical Board I have reviewed many cases of proposed negligence. The records you seek might not document as much as you might hope either.

What your case does underscore is the need for patients to be discriminating of their proposed surgeon before surgery occurs. I do hope that you are able to find the results you seek.

Best Regards,

John Di Saia MD

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Reader Question: Liposuction for Lipoma?

November 9th, 2009

Reader Question:

Can I have liposuction to remove my lipoma to make the scar smaller?

Lipomas are written about frequently on the web. They are fatty tumors that are non cancerous but do slowly grow larger. Not every soft lump you can feel through your skin is a lipoma however. You don’t really know something is a lipoma for certain until you remove it and preferably send it for pathology. The “lipoma” you are feeling could be something else.

Liposuction works by breaking up fat into small pieces and removing most of it by suction. The question is using it on a tumor that has the possibility of growing back is: “Why would you want to break it up into pieces?” This could result in many of them growing back later. It could make a nice mess in a few years even if that lump is just a lipoma.

The bottom line is that I prefer not to use liposuction for soft fleshy tumors that might be lipomae. I don’t like taking the chance. I will post more later on these annoying and frequently ignored tumors.

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John Di Saia MD

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Tara Reid Interview in People and Plastic Surgery

November 5th, 2008

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Tara Reid bemoans her “body image/lipo dents” fame in a recent People magazine. It is true that she is one of the most famous “Plastic Surgery Poor Outcomes” Celebrities. That is a good thing as her continued presence in the blogs and magazines provides the buzz upon which she makes a living producing independent films and working on her first clothing line, etc. Her actual acting has been extremely limited as of late.

She has improved upon her abdominal dents as recent images show. Her backside is another story. It would be interesting to know what surgery may have occurred back there.

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John Di Saia MD

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Botched Liposuction?

April 3rd, 2007

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CityRag and Awfulplastic surgery.com blog about tummy liposuction and poor results. I am not sure of all of the treatments these women have had. If they have had liposuction, there are a few questions of note for each woman:

(1) Was her weight stable at the time of the surgery? I ask my liposuction patients to have surgery when they do not plan on large weight gain or loss (usually around 15-20 pounds) afterward. Weight change after liposuction can introduce contour irregularities that look like those we see in our image.

(2) Was there excess skin in the areas treated with liposuction at the time of surgery? If so, a tummy tuck would have been the better choice. Of course big cigarette smokers do poorly with tummy tuck surgery. They don’t heal so well (even with liposuction). I believe all of these women smoke.

Liposuction only addresses fat. It requires that the skin over the fat is elastic and pretty tight. Loose skin over liposuction-treated areas can look ripply like we see in our image. Of course “over suctioning” could contribute to the problems we see in our image as well. Yes, believe it or not you can “take too much fat” with liposuction and make problems especially with weight change later. Liposuction is not the “do all” of plastic surgery. That’s why it is best to see a good honest plastic surgeon for an opinion before you jump toward surgery that may not be the best thing for you.

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John Di Saia MD

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RegisterFly CEO uses company funds for liposuction

March 7th, 2007

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A lawsuit filed by RegisterFly’s parent company, Unified Names, blames the meltdown on misuse of company funds by President and CEO Kevin Medina, who was fired by the company’s board. The suit alleges that Medina spent company funds on liposuction surgery and escort services, this is hilarious. “After his termination, Mr. Medina deleted email accounts, access to support tools, and access for our risk/billing department to issue refunds,” RegisterFly’s Glenn Stansbury said in a statement posted at RegisterFlies, a customer protest site. RegisterFly is also reported to have changed the root password of its web server to prevent sabotage.