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this is way more surgery than I thought I would need
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8 months pre
My husband is on board with me doing the whole...
TMA31205April 20, 2013
$17,000
My husband is on board with me doing the whole thing. Part of me thinks I should just do the circumferential tuck first and then do the lift at a later time. We are going to decide and book it in August, and have it done in 2014.
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8 months pre
I had my 3rd consult today and it was by far my...
TMA31205April 16, 2013
I had my 3rd consult today and it was by far my best one. BUT, and this is a huge but, he recommends a circumferential (not even sure how to spell that) lower body lift. That's right, all the way around. Or almost all the way around, it wouldn't be 360. He did not recommend an implant, which was what I wanted to hear, and it could be done in 1 surgery, so that's also great. But it's over $17,000 for both. And it's a total lower body lift going almost all the way around! So much more than I had thought going in to this. To do just the lower body lift w/no breast lift is around $10,000. That was about the amount I thought I'd spend. So the question is, do the LBL and not do breasts even though I am 100% certain I want a breast lift? Or pay the extra money and do both. It's a lot to think about. My husband went with me to this appointment, so I'm curious what his opinion is as well.
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8 months pre
I think I called it the wrong thing. He...
TMA31205April 16, 2013
I think I called it the wrong thing. He recommended circumferential abdominalplasty which I guess is not the same thing as a LBL? It's confusing, I'm not really sure.
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April 17, 2013
I went to 6 different consults, with a huge variety of recommendations. I know I likely will need the butt, outer thigh lift, but I'm going to do mine after the TT heals. If I'm still unhappy with the back side, I'll do it later, I figure I will get a better result that way. I'm thinking if I'm hunched over, and I had the LBL, doesn't that pull the backside during healing? WHo knows.
April 17, 2013
I hadn't thought about that. He would also lipo my outer thighs during the lift, that is on the paperwork. I wouldn't need any lipo on my abdomen or anywhere else, just outer thighs. Now I need to decide if I'm going to go for any more consults or not. I felt good about the doctor today, his nurse was an acquaintance of mine that I've known and seen around since before I had my third child.
April 17, 2013
I almost stopped my consults after I met #4, cuz I thought I found the one I wanted. I just knew I had the right one with #5. If you aren't positive, what the harm with more? Trust your gut.
April 17, 2013
I'll give it a month and see what I'm feeling like. The more I think about it the more I liked the doctor yesterday. He's done a LOT of similar procedures. I already have one more consult booked but it's not until June so I have time to decide.
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