Beware of this dr and facility

Updated photo of my botched stomach after over 2 1/2 years of recovery. I can’t wear a bikini, crop tops, even shorter cut shirts without this butthole looking scar being visible. Ladies please make sure that you use a bleats certified Plastic Surgeon if you decide to get any cosmetic surgery. Also think hard about the pros and cons of elective surgeries such as the one I had.

If I could leave 0 stars that is what I would do. Dr Erik Nuveen with cosmetic Surgery Affiliates is a [RS bleep] and will take your money and botch you and nobody will help you recover your $200,000 additional in medical expenses after becoming infected with staph and going into toxic shock 10 days post op. I had a lower body lift with muscle repair and lipo on October 31st of 2019. At 4 days post op I became ill with headache nausea and vomiting. I was in tremendous pain and my husband was in contact with Dr Nuveen daily keeping him posted on my condition. That morning my husband texted the Dr pics of my stomach that had a large strange dark area around the incision on the right of my belly button. He informed the Dr of how ill I was and I was told to come in for an appointment the next day. The next morning we went to the office (Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates) in Oklahoma City and I was seen by Dr Nuveen. I was told that I was “fine” and there was no cause for concern and he told his nurse to remove my drain. When his nurse came in the exam room to remove my drain, she saw how much fluid was in it and told me that it was too soon to take it out. She went to tell the Dr it was too son and she returned and said “well he’s the Dr and he said to take it out.” She removed my drain and they sent me home. This was on Tuesday November 5, 2019. The next few days were a blur and I don’t remember them because I was so ill I stayed in my bedroom and was out of it. My husband talked to the Dr everyday and kept him informed of my condition. He assured my husband I was “fine”. On Friday November 9th I woke up and told my husband I was running a fever. He notified the Dr and at that time I was finally prescribed 2 antibiotics. The next morning I woke up and told my husband something was really wrong and that I felt weird. He told me to walk to the restroom and when I stood up from my electric recliner I fainted. My husband caught me and lowered me to the floor. When I came to he helped me to the restroom and called Dr Nuveen. Dr Nuveen talked to me in the phone and I told him what happened and how I was feeling. He advised me to go to the urgent care center in our small town that we lived in. I told him I wouldn’t and that I was going to the emergency room. At that time my husband drove me the 2 miles to the ER and when we got there my blood pressure was only 60/30. I was in septic shock and it took them a couple of hours to stabilize me enough to get me life flighted to Oklahoma City OU Medical Center. I was told that I was in septic shock due to a strep infection that I acquired during my lower body lift surgery, and that I needed emergency surgery to remove the infected tissue from my abdomen. I was told that I was in critical condition and that it was unknown whether or not I would survive the surgery. By the time I was as stable as they could get me and got me into the OR it was the middle of the night. I woke up in the Intensive Care Unit with a large hole in my abdomen where the infected tissue was removed. I had to have a blood transfusion, several IV’s and central lines to maintain my blood pressure and keep me alive. I spent 5 days in ICU and another 10 days on the surgical floor. I had to have an abscess in my abdomen that kept filling with fluid drained twice during that time. My wound had to be cleaned and packed daily. When I finally got out of the hospital on November 25 2019 I was sent home and had to have home health nurses come in daily to do wound care. After about 3 weeks I was put on a wound vac to help my wound heal. I remained on it for 5 weeks. It took about 3 months total for the wound to close and I have been left with horrible scars. Dr Nuveen would not help me with my extra medical bills, or offer any sort of a refund of the $12,600 we paid him. All he would offer me was a scar revision to be done in his office by him. I don’t know anyone in their right mind that went through the trauma I endured due to the medical neglect I received from Dr Nuveen, who would let him touch them again. I’m now left with tons of medical bills, permanent scars, and continued pain and suffering. Please save yourself your money and most importantly your life and go to a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. Dr Nuveen told me he was triple board certified. That was a lie. He is a cosmetic surgeon, not a plastic surgeon and he is Board certified in Mylofacial surgery. This whole experience has caused me tremendous, depression, anxiety, and PTSD and the worst part of it all is he is still practicing and hurting patients.