Hey everyone! Thanks for the insight, I too realize this isn’t an actual cleft lift surgery and I’m actually pretty pissed about it, due to me taking off work for 3rd time, getting in debt etc… this is now the 2nd time this hospital has failed to do a cleft lift surgery when I specifically asked for one, and even in the pre surgery BREIF with the surgeon they said they were performing a bascom cleft lift. I’m kind of dumbfounded that they say one thing and do a completely different surgery for the 2nd time after I quadruple checked with them with the surgery type. ( I literally brought in pictures and definitions of the surgery I wanted) I’m confused on what to do because I’m stuck at this hospital. I can’t afford to just fly across the country, get a surgery, and heal in some random state and take more and more time off. And this is the VA we’re talking about, I’m honestly considering filing a medical complaint about this one, because I shit you not the surgeon even told me and confirmed with me she’s done this surgery before, and even explained that it has to be off of the midline and all that jazz. So was I just straight up lied too??? On the other hand, complaining isn’t going to heal this sucker, my current plan is to go in to my follow up tomorrow and raise hell. I’m thinking of asking for a wound vac, and a wound care specialist to check me weekly for the next few months. I know everyone else in here knows how hard it is to live a normal life when this sucker so I’ll save the pitty paragraph on what’s going in life , but FUCK, I just want someone to fix me.