Where Is 'Botched' Patient Danielle Now? Christina Milian's Sister Felt She Looked Like 'Frankenstein'

'Botched' Sneak Peek: Christina Milian's Sister Danielle May Have A 'Much Worse' Case
'Botched' airs on E! Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET. E! Entertainment

Botched returned Wednesday with a new, complicated case. Be Cool star Christina Milian's sister, Danielle, is looking for Dr. Terry Dubrow's help with her busted breast and tummy.

Milian's shared her story, filled with medical complications. Following a lap band procedure, Danielle found out she was pregnant; however, three months into her pregnancy she complained of stomach pain and was rushed to the hospital where emergency surgery was needed. Her lap band had fallen and it was a "life or death situation."

While recovering from the surgery, Danielle then found out her baby had a life-threatening birth defect. She was able to carry him to full-term, but the baby went septic just 12 hours later.

Though Danielle had already been through the wringer, complications weren't over yet. Shortly after coming home from the hospital, one of Danielle's breast implants had popped.

"I was in such an emotional state, I just couldn't go through another procedure," Danielle said during Wednesday's episode.

During her consultation, Dr. Dubrow warns her of a "hip-to-hip" scar below her stomach and her breasts will not look completely symmetrical after the procedure.

"You can do what's called a full, regular tummy tuck," Dr. Dubrow said to Danielle. "You make an incision, you lift up the abdominal skin and fatty tissue, you tightened the muscles, pull down the excess, throw away all this skin and all these scars–including this guy."

"I welcome new scars if they get rid of all the old ones with the negative connotations," Danielle said to the camera.

Dr. Dubrow then moves on to examine Danielle's breast. While one side was deemed "okay," however, the other side needed the most work. Luckily, it looks like the patient's troubled breast moves fairly well and doesn't have too much scar tissue, which is perfect for surgery.

"If I turn upside down, it goes under the muscle," Danielle told the doctors.

"Really? That's very good," Dr. Dubrow answered.

By only operating on one breast, Dr. Dubrow says there will be differences between the two, but Danielle said she's fine with her breasts looking like "sisters not twins."

"Even though on the surface Danielle's surgical plan seems pretty straight forward, it's anything but," Dr. Dubrow said to the camera. "She's had really serious medical complications in the past, so I really don't know what I might find once I operate on her."

He added: "It could be much worse than I thought."

Despite the possibility of complications, it looks like Dr. Dubrow is extremely confident and hopeful for Danielle to have successful procedures.

"You're sort of one of the reasons that we go into medicine, to help people like you," Dr. Durbow said to Danielle. "You've had some bad things happen to you, so maybe it's time to have some good things happen to you ... you deserve it."

"Yes, please, I'm ready," Danielle responded.

On surgery day, Dr. Dubrow replaced Danielle's intact 500cc implant and ruptured implant with 650cc implants, giving the patient the exact look she had wanted all along. Moving on to her abdomen, Dr. Dubrow found a small hernia, which could have caused very serious medical issues in the future.

"This cosmetic surgery turned into a necessary, medical procedure," Dr. Dubrow said to the camera.

After the procedure, Danielle was off to recovery and Dr. Dubrow was confident she would be very satisfied with the end result. Fast forward to her post-operation checkup, Danielle was healing very nicely and has the bandages came off, she was happier than ever.

"The moment Dr. Dubrow took the bandages off my stomach, I couldn't even think of the scars there before," Danielle happily said to the camera.

Now with symmetrical breasts and a flat tummy, Danielle felt more "like [herself]" and began feeling comfortable enough to post pictures of herself on social media.

Find out what plastic surgery faux pas the doctors face next when Botched returns to E! next Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.

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