How soon do you see results with Smart LIpo?

hi, Deb, your doctor is a plastic surgeon board certified ? would you recommend him? could you, please, give me the name of the clinic and contact phone? thank you very much for your help. Erika

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I had SmartLipo on my outer thighs and “banana rolls” done 2 days ago on May 16th, 2008. Today is my second day. I feel pretty well; I did not have any strong pain and can walk and do some home work too. I did not take any painkiller medicine, but taking antibiotic, witch my doctor prescribed for 1 week. Regarding the procedure I can tell, that it was absolutely pain free. I did not fell any pain at all. My IPL procedures are much more painful. Before the procedure my doctor gave me some painkiller medicine and did a shot against nausea, he also circled the areas with need to be treated.. The procedure started from the injections of ledocaine. For the tights I had probably 6 injections total done. Than the doctor filled in the fluid through the small cuts done on the areas, where he put ledocaine first, so it was not pain at all. The fluid totally numbed the treated area and only after this he started the procedure. Firstly he used laser to melted the fat (probably for an Hr and half) and after this he socked the fat out manually, for may be another 1,5 Hr. Total all the procedure took up to 4 Hrs for the areas I treated., including preparation . Total around 900cc was removed from my outer tights. During the procedure the doctor asked me several times to stand up and checked the treated areas. It was absolutely no problem to stand up during the procedure. The doctor even socked out some fat when I was staying to make the tights looks equal. I am 32 and I am around 130 ponds. So far I have pretty positive experience from the procedure; I hope my final result will be positive too. Yesterday I had my follow up appointment . When the compression garment was removed from me, I can see I have much smaller tights, but everything look kind of swelled and uneven, so it is impossible to say something about the results…but defiantly the size of my outer tights was smaller. Right after the procedure and first day I had a lot of leaking from all the cuts. The compression garment gets dirty very fast, so I can advise to purchase black garment, on nude garment the blood spots looks…. scary ? Also it is better to have at least 2 garments to change them and pick the size carefully. Only one unpleasant thing was in my case that my garment was a size large as I need and pressure was not enough ( the company sent to my doctor not the right size garment). So I am wearing 2 garments now to have more pressure. Wearing the garment is critical; this can avoid additional swelling and pain. Per my doctor I would need to keep the compression garment for 1 week for 24 Hrs and 1 week for 12 Hrs/day. So far it is pretty bearable, even it is so hot now in California. I will stay home for 1 more day. I am planning to return back to the work on Tuesday, this will be 4th day after procedure. I hope I’ll be fine. So far I can tell that the procedure is pretty easy, without any critical pain and recovery seems not very difficult. You just feel a bit uncomfortable. I will update later regarding the results. Let me know, if you have any questions. I will be happy to answer.

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wow. so cellulite can never actually be cured?

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I'had my outer thighs done. Acctually the docotr did almost the whole areafrom hips to the knees.Even i paid for only 1 area. YEs, i had follow up appointment next day for check up and also they did second day pictures. NExt follow up appointment i will have in 1 week after the day of the procedure, than the docotr wants to see me once a month for the next 4 month. I did the procedure on Friday and on Saturday was my first appointment. On Sunday the doctor called my home to check how i was doing. That was really nice i did not expect even such attention and care. He just wanted to check how i feel and if any questions or concerns.I like the doctor and all his team.

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My clients say that they can see the difference in a couple of days but don't see the major changes until they take their garments off in two weeks! They say all the swelling is usually gone and they feel their best at 4-6 weeks with additional skin tightening up until 6 months.

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I am contemplating on having smart lipo done in July in the Houston area. I had two consultations, the first one said that I should have a tummy tuck, the second one said that I would be a perfect candidate for smart lipo. I would prefer having the smart lipo done, since I do not have time for the recovery after the tummy tuck. In my opinion I am too small for a traditional tummy tuck, since I am really not that big 34-31-34 after having two kids. It is my upper and lower abs that I would need to have done. I am not that worried about the outcome as far as the fat removal part of the procedure goes, however I am very worried that i will end up with loose skin that will look bad once the fat is gone. My stomach does not look that bad right now, however it does look fatty and it looks bad enough where I would not be able to wear a bikini, and you can definately see my rolls when I have tighter clothing on. I would like to find out more about the outcome as far as the loose skin goes after the procedure.

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You shouldn't end up with loose skin, but without seeing what your abdomen area looks like it would be hard to tell. The Smartlipo procedure really helped to sculpt my problem areas. There is a difference, but people can't really tell unless you show them. I have pictures posted at the following link: http://www.realself.com/review/awesome-results-fast-laser-lipo

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hi, AV, Who is the doctor you are considering in doing your smartlipo? I live in Houston area as well and I am looking for a board certified doctor who peforms this procedure in Houston. I havent found any yet. thanks,

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thanks, AV. Good luck for you and please,let me know how it turns out. I saw the your doctor background in the internet. I leave in Houston and I am looking for a good doctor to do it as well. thanks

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Do you have any pics of yourself before and after?

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