From time to time Dr. Joel sees many patients who are unhappy with their previous cosmetic procedure, and who are thinking about a revision. These cases are becoming more common with non-certified surgeons with little to no formal training and inexperience in the plastic surgery field. Although a very rare occurrence, some of Dr. Williams’ own patients have looked into revision surgery.
If you are considering revision plastic surgery and would like a professional opinion, please contact Dalton cosmetic surgeon Dr. Joel Williams today.
Scenarios in which revision plastic surgery may be recommended include the following:
It’s generally important to wait an appropriate amount of time after the first surgery before making arrangements for the revision procedure; an exception to this rule may be saline breast implants that are too large can be deflated before extensive overstretching of the skin has occurred. Scheduling a revision procedure while the body is still healing is usually a premature (and bad) idea.
It’s also important to determine if the problem really is the physical result of plastic surgery or stemming from a psychological/emotional component. The plastic surgeon may have done everything textbook-perfect and the results are normal. For example, most breasts will not be perfectly identical, even after the placement of implants. Breast augmentation can treat significantly asymmetrical breasts but usually even after surgery one breast will be a tiny bit larger than the other. Experts would agree that this does not necessitate revision plastic surgery.
A patient who is unhappy with his or her results could also be seeing things through a distorted lens, or even have a psychological condition called “body dysmorphic disorder” in which they see physical flaws in themselves that are not there. For people suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, revision plastic surgery is not appropriate; psychological counseling is more suitable.
If you are unhappy with your plastic surgery results and are considering a revision procedure, please speak with Dr. Williams about your options. Call or text us at (706) 278-2700 or email our office to set up a consultation.
