I will begin by saying that if I could give no stars, I would. I had a breast reduction, breast lift, tummy tuck and lipo by Dr. Kavali back in 2013. There were a few reasons why I have waited so long to post reviews. The first was because I was told that the swelling will go down completely in a year, so I waited the full year although things did not look right to me, but I thought that I want to give it a chance to heal properly first. The second reason was because I am a fair person, and I wanted to give Dr. Kavali a chance to respond to the many emails I started sending once the year was complete. I wanted her to acknowledge what happened to me and either refund the money I paid her for the surgery so I could get all of the issues corrected by someone else, or to offer to correct her mistakes (although the thought scared me). I wanted to discuss what went wrong, but I never got a response back. The third reason I waited is because, quite frankly, I have been absolutely traumatized… by the whole situation. I fell into such a deep, deep depression over my results, that it has been hard to live life the way I want to live it.
I have been botched beyond belief. I will start with my breasts. I had beautiful breasts, but they were always large for my smaller frame, so I decided I wanted the reduction and lift. My nipples were sewn back on in a way that makes them look absolutely stretched out and large when I went in with smaller nipples that were symmetrical and really nice. Also, my nipples were put back on crooked, to the extent that one faces straight, and one faces up. The next problem with my breasts is that I went from two completely separate breasts to my breasts now looking like they are attached at the bottom, kind of like a uniboob from the bottom part. The worst part about it all though, is the fact that my breasts never, ever were actually reduced. As a matter of fact, I wear the exact same bra size. It feels as though it was all for nothing.
Let's move on to my tummy tuck, this part is absolutely horrific. The incision they make along the bikini line when you receive a tummy tuck should be as straight as possible and actually be in the bikini line from what my understanding is. Unfortunately, my incision was made extremely crooked, almost wavy, as if I was bouncing around on the operating table as she cut into me. It is actually nowhere near my bikini line, and because it is so crooked, it shows in any bikini or panties I attempt to wear. Furthermore, I don't know what she was doing when I was on the table, but now, because of the way she put me back together during the tummy tuck; I have pubic hair that is growing in my bikini line. I am positive that is absolutely never supposed to happen. Apparently, she must have not had enough skin from the top to make it to the so-called incision she made, so I believe that skin was pulled up from the pubic area in order to be able to reach the other skin from the top and stitched together, therefore causing the pubic hair to now grow in the bikini line. It is absolutely embarrassing and humiliating to say the least, and I am reminded of it each time I must shave, which is torture mentally. On to the belly button area. When you dream of a tummy tuck, you think you will come out with a perfect belly button. I mean, a surgeon is creating a new one for you, so it should look pretty close to perfect, in my opinion. That is not what happened in my case. I went from a beautiful innie belly button when I walked in, to now having a belly button that is neither an innie nor an outie, and looks so stretched out. It is all so disheartening. The liposuction that was done has it's issues as well, but it is really nothing compared to everything else that was botched on my body.
The thing is, I researched for a full year before I went to Dr. Kavali. I did everything I was supposed to do as a good patient, including follow all pre-op and post-op instructions to perfection. I will never, ever forget the morning of the surgery. Dr. Kavali and I were alone in the room as she was marking me up for surgery. She looked at me and asked me if I was excited? I replied that I was very excited. She then said "this is the day that will change the rest of your life." Those words still give me chills because, I just wish I knew that she meant for the worst, not the better. Nobody should have to endure what I have gone through. Nobody deserves to go in looking like an attractive woman that wanted to look more improved, and come out looking like a botched monster. I don't want anyone else to go through what I have gone through. Please do not use this woman!!! I am only sorry that my depression kept me from writing this review sooner and warning others. I will never be the same person again. It has done something to me mentally that I cannot even explain the extent of. She absolutely ruined a girl who was once confident, and turned me into someone that has zero confidence. I will not wear bikinis, or even any bathing suit. I cannot bear to look at my stomach and breasts in the mirror. Sometimes I wake up because of nightmares, to this day. I am still astonished at what could have went awry that day in surgery to cause SO MANY mistakes?!! Please beware and make sure what happened to me doesn't happen to you.
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