u/Appropriate-Meet-732

Before anyone blames me, he’s a board certified plastic surgeon, he has really good reviews, I wanted a full tt but he told me I need a mini so I trusted him.
I paid a lot of money under the guise that It would be life changing. I thought I wouldn’t have to hide in everything I wear, that I could wear what everyone else my age is wearing. That I could like what I see in the mirror. I have wanted this for 3 years now. When my appointment got booked I was nothing but excited, I didn’t feel scared at all I didn’t even care about pain or anything. When I saw my current results (that will get worse as I get less swollen) it was so heart breaking. My stomach is uglier than before, wrinkly and stretched and with a huge scar for nothing. I trusted him and I don’t understand why I’m the person he decided wouldn’t get good results. I will have to keep hiding until I can gather the money again to HOPEFULLY get it fixed, if that’s even possible. I feel so stupid and ugly and taken advantage of.
I don’t have anyone else to talk about this too so I have just been suffering through it alone. If nobody reads this that’s fine I just needed to let it out honestly.

I had a mini tummy tuck and I PAID for an umbilicoplasty, no MR or lipo, on April 6th. I did my research and I went to a board certified surgeon with nothing but good reviews. Originally I wanted a full tummy tuck but he advised me to get a mini since “I didn’t really have enough loose skin”. So I told him okay but I really want my belly button done, that’s the part I’m most insecure about, I even specified I wanted a certain scar removed from the top of my belly button. He said yeah he will just add the umbilicoplasty to the procedure. So I was very excited for a new belly button and smooth stomach obviously.

The first time I saw myself after my surgery I was about 3-4 days post op, I was still extremely swollen. I was excited because my stomach looked super smooth, I was confused about my belly button looking mostly rhe same but I wanted to give it time before I started judging. As the swelling went down, the smoothness went away, my stomach looks just as wrinkly as before. My belly button looks almost exactly the same, the scar didn’t even get touched. The only difference I can see is it’s smoother in the area my panties hide, oh yeah and now my stomach is gross and wrinkly AND I have a huge scar now.

The whole purpose of this surgery for me was to not have to constantly hide my stomach, I wanted to wear bikinis and crop tops and feel confident. So far everyone I’ve shown the results to they’ve asked me what the difference was. So I am still hiding in clothes and I can’t even look at myself in the mirror for more than a second because I’m so upset that I’m still stuck with this ugly skin.

I’m going to see my surgeon today to tell him I’m

Not happy but I’m so scared they’ll say nothing can be fixed and I really am stuck like this. I wish this wasn’t happening to me and i wish I could come here and post amazing results like everyone else. It’s just really hard.

I’ll add some pics of my before/healing/now.

The last 3 pics are from today.