Firstly, I have gotten lipo done before in Los Angeles. The experience was pleasant, they kept…read morechecking on me, and it was COMPLETELY pain free. I did feel that he missed a little bit, he understood my concern and I was told that it would cost a few hundred dollars to fix.
My experience at BelleSculpt was not so pleasant. The first interaction I had with the doctor, I explained how much this affected my self-confidence and impacted my daily life so negatively. I was met with a very detached 'I'll do what I can'. Which still really bothers me. Why is it that plastic surgeons get away with statements like this? How are they even professionals at their job if they still can't effectively do, literally, their only job? I got my inner thighs and lower abdomen done. They marked me up and took me back, they claimed to have numbed me, but this was one of the MOST PAINFUL experiences of my life. I was constantly writhing in pain. The doc acted like it was such an annoying inconvenience for HER. I WAS IN HORRIBLE PAIN!! On top of that listening to the doctor and assistants talking so unprofessionally made me uncomfortable. She was complaining about how little BelleSculpt was charging clients, how underpaid she was despite being SO much better than the other surgeons there, the assistants were also saying how underpaid/underappreciated they felt, just complaining and complaining - the whole time. They finished up and I went home.
Again, this was not my 1st rodeo, I know how important follow-up care is, I did EVERYTHING they instructed me to do. However, a couple weeks later I noticed 1 my inner thighs were kinda uneven and there seemed to be quite a bit left behind. 2 there was a very unsightly divot above my lower abdomen. I called and brought up these concerns and they tried to blame me saying that I must have not been wearing the garments or was doing something wrong. Nope. They said I wasn't going to be able to meet with the doc again until my 90 day follow up. They did offer 2 lymphatic massages. The Masseuse was probably the only genuinely pleasant person I delt with. She agreed that this was not any kind of shifting or separating, this was not my fault. They were still unwilling to offer any help until I met with the doc again.
When I finally met with the doc, she had an almost hostile attitude. I told her that I was disappointed with my thighs, how I had mentioned my concern and entire reason for lipo was that they were rubbing together and that they were still doing so. She IMMEDIATELY became defensive and said, "we only guarantee 2-5 inches we never promised that they wouldn't be touching anymore". OK, rude. I didn't know the 2-5 in thing, at no point was I made aware of that policy, I guess I was just supposed to know, my bad I guess. The snarky attitude was just unnecessary though. Then I brought up the divot across my midsection, she tried to come up with some excuse and say that I should have gotten my upper abdomen done - even though it wouldn't have been hanging over had it not been for this divot. I had had enough, I said to her, " you were only supposed to work on my lower abdomen, if you did only take fat out of my lower abdomen, then why is it that this area is so much deeper than the area that you worked on!?" She had no answer. She just said she would talk with staff. Later I got a text from BelleSculpt saying that this was a common occurrence and they could fix it for a $1,000 room fee. Oh ok, now it's a common thing and not all my fault, interesting. Also, ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS! Is there going to be a hot shirtless bartender serving me bottomless margaritas? YOU RUINED MY BODY! Why is it costing me $1000 to fix? I feel like they just made up a price that seemed low enough to sound semi reasonable but high enough to be hard to pay so that they might be able to get out of it. I still haven't been able to get it fixed. I think my self-confidence might actually be worse than before. I hate my tummy, it looks horrible. Their ad says "results are guaranteed". lol, I guess they never said what kind of results.
