Hi Michelle, thanks for replying. I truly sympathize with what you are going through and wish things could have turned out well for you. No one should have to go through this after spending so much money--actually, no one should have to go through this at all. As for the insensitive jerk who said that to you? Give me 30 minutes alone with him in a soundproof room and I can guarantee that there would be one or two things that HE would have to have looked into
I hope you don't mind me asking a few more questions? If you would like to take this private, you could send your reply in a PM.
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The clitoral hood is too fat and protrudes out a fair bit. The labia minor is very short leaving most of the vaginal cavity exposed.
When you say exposed, do you mean that the vaginal canal is open and you can see inside or does it just look as though the labia have been spread?
As with the clitoral hood, did you request the clitoris to be made larger than Dr. Brassard's norm? This was something he told me he could do during my consult with him and I was hoping to discuss it further with him at the time of surgery.
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I went back to Dr. Brassard for a revision consult. I also had a consult with Dr. Suporn when I went for FFS. After both consults I felt that Dr. Suporn's assessment of what could be done was more extensive than Dr. Brassard. Dr. Brassard could fix the asymmetry of the labia minor and that's it. That really wasn't my main concern. Done as an outpatient in about 45 mins - 1.5 hours.
So, what exactly was Dr. Brassard's explanation as to why this occurred?
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He actually spent a fair bit of time talking to me, outlining what was possible and what wasn't possible and the risk's. I would prefer not to spend that kind of money, so I'm holding off. I may check with Dr. Meltzer as well.
That is actually quite impressive that he would spend so much time with you detailing the procedure and possible outcomes.
I've heard of a couple Brassard patients who went to Meltzer for revisions, both for excessive skin to be removed.
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I think there's pro's and con's with all surgeons. Dr. Brassard told me he wouldn't need a skin graft for my surgery, which I thought was fabulous. Maybe if he had taken one there would be a better aesthetic result, or same if I had gone to Dr. Suporn. On the flip side, a skin graft may draw unwanted attention to the donor site as I scar easily and the skin usually remains discoloured in my case.
Do you attribute this to not having a graft taken, or do you attribute this to the surgeon, or just the luck of the draw so to speak? Did you have a lot of donor material to work with? Did you consent to having a graft taken if necessary as stated in the release?
Also, what type of physical condition are you in? Are you athletic, average? Do you have a low, high or average percentage of body fat? My reason for asking is that I'm pretty small. Tall, yet small. I'm currently at a size six with very little body fat. Now feeling around down there, I sometimes wonder how he is going to construct much of anything as all I feel is bone. I have plenty of donor material to work with.
Also, just out of curiosity, what month did you have your surgery? I know, stupid question, but I have my reasons for asking.
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The majority of patients that came back to Dr. Suporn for revisions when I was there had to do with some minor necrosis.... not cool at all. Too many variables. A side note, the FFS I had has healed up amazingly.
Necrosis kind of freaks me out as well. Were these Brassard patients?
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The care I received and the facilities at both locations was fantastic, not to mention that both surgeons are excellent and we are very lucky to have them.
I have to agree with you there. I was very impressed with the staff and residence when I went for my consult.
