Hey Guys,
I travelled to India for the first time to have my surgery and this is an account of my experience.
I had my surgery 23/08/2012 with Dr. JB Ratti from Vital Clinic in Delhi. I read a review on this website about him which ended in people being suspicious because of how the reviewer praised him.
My requirements for my surgeon were that he must be confident, experienced and assertive. I also wanted a good price. I watched a few youtube videos of Vital Clinic and Dr Ratti and thought that he fits these requirements and seems to be an expert in his field. I thought that even if he wasn’t an expert then at least I’ve seen him perform one surgery on youtube.
Review
Tumescent technique under local anaesthetic without sedation
Price: Just over US$1000
Time: 2 hours
Fat removed: Negligible (as stated in the post report)
The staff were very pleasant and helpful. The staff handed me the documents disclosing all the risks of surgery, which I had to sign. While reading it, Dr Ratti arrived and I was escorted into his office. After greeting I had mentioned that I was busy reading about surgery risks and he said that the risks are standard and pushed a pen my way wanting me to sign it without reading it further. I had read about him being abrupt with another guy who walked out due to this, so expected that I may encounter this too. I had already decided to trust him with my surgery and so did as he said. I think he has likely had patients who panicked after reading it and wanted to avoid such a situation. Maybe asking for an e-mail copy of the documents to be signed beforehand would help. I do believe that Dr Ratti has a genuine concern in assisting us. He may not always come across as a sociable, friendly person but he is a professional, who seems to focus almost exclusively on getting the job done right. I hope my results reflect my thoughts.
The clinic premises does look like a house converted into a clinic as I have read either here or after researching on google. The clinic is far from fancy but it was neat, clean and looked well organised. I was taken to a room with a bed and restroom where I could keep my belongings and relax.
Before Surgery
I was given what I think was a calming sort of tablet and within 10 minutes I was escorted to the surgery room. I was well aware of my surroundings during the entire process. I lay down while they covered my face with a sort of cloth with a breathing hole.
During Surgery
My hands were out to my sides and were tied but I did have some movement of my wrists and arms to shift myself around every now and then. I could have probably slid my hands out of the loops if I wanted so they weren’t actually tied down. Dr Ratti did expect me to remain as still as possible (obviously) and was firm in expressing this while doing my surgery.
I could picture what he was doing during surgery as I could hear and feel the pulling, stretching and so on. I should mention now that there really was no pain throughout the process and when I thought he was cutting out the glands, I thought to myself,” just rip that stuff out.” When it got a little uncomfortable being in that position for so long I thought about being G free when it’s over. Two hours later, I was being wrapped up and told to go to my room and Dr Ratti said he’ll soon show me the glands.
After Surgery
I went to my room and instead of lying down I walked up and down, looking in the mirror. Not sore and not tired. I was shocked and happy that the whole process was complete without pain. I could have probably driven myself home right then.
Dr Ratti then called me to show me my glands. 20g on each side was removed. He told me that there was almost no fat to remove. In the container where the fat usually is, was just the tumescent fluid that drained out of me. I asked him how it went in his opinion and he said, “Excellent.” He then explained that I should come back in 2 days to remove the dressing.
The next day(yesterday)I went to the mall and explored Delhi a bit. I took it slow, I didn’t feel pain but could feel some swelling.
Today I went to remove the dressing. Dr Ratti’s response was, ”perfect” when the dressing was removed. They removed 2 small drainage tubes which were for the tumescent fluid as there was no blood to drain under this tumescent technique. At this early stage I am happy with the results. Let me know your thoughts. If someone could tell me how to upload pics greater than 128kb, I will do so.
I will be happy to assist anyone considering this route, with information. Please post your questions here and copy and paste it to my personal messages so that I see it when I log on. I hope to help provide you guys with info. about my experience for a long time so will aim to check in once a week after the initial round of questions.
Topic: Traveled to India - Painless surgery done while I was awake (Read 7701 times)
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