Brazilian Butt Lift: Stories

After almost 2 years of wishing and researching i have decided to go ahead and book my BBL. I have always been disproportioned, and being a Puerto Rican female with no ass or hips has always been depressing to me. Since i can remember ive always been self consious about my body. I am top heavy and carry my weight around my mid section. Ive decided to do my surgery with Dr. Ruben Salama in Aventura, FL. So far all the reviews ive read are positive, and all the results ive seen on here are Amazing!!. Ive been in contact with him through email since i live in CT. Im waiting for his response to my latest email regarding his available dates.

Im in conflict trying to decide if i should do it in Nov 2012 or wait until Feb 2013. I am trying to pay for my procedure in cash and have the $$ for flight & hotel and by saving here and there, if i do it in Feb 2013 then i can, but if i do it in Nov 2012 i might have to finance a portion. My credit isnt so good and ive already been turned down by CareCredit :( im still waiting on the other two financing companies to get back to me. If i cant finance ill have to come up with the rest of the cash somehow. My sister tells me to do it in Feb'12 and she has valid points but i REALLY want to do it asap. Im stressing, should i think about the $$ or my happiness? Seems like an easy question but Aaaah!! i just wanna scream!! Lol.... any advise??

I also need advise on hotels in the area. Any "cheap but nice enough to stay for 10 days hotels"?? Thanks to whoever redponds, i really need the help :/ .............................. Dr. Salama has quoted me $5899 all inclusive. - surgical, anesthesia, & facilty fees. 2 custom compression garments, 2 post-op massages and transportation services. Lipo areas: abdomen,flanks, complete back, and outer thighs >>TO>>> Buttocks (800cc-1000cc)

Can someone please clarify to me why Dr. Salama has 2 different adresses? Im trying to find hotels around the facility. Are both places close in proximity?

Another thing, what airport is closer to his facility, Miami international or Ft. Lauterdale airport, i see they are both airports in the area.

I know the package includes transportation, does it matter how far the hotel is from the facilty?

I did it!! I booked my procedure for November 5, 2012!!
My budget is streched out to the MAX!! Imma be living paycheck to pay check for the next 6-7 months trying to save $$ every month for my surgery, but it will be worth it...hopefully!!

Now to research and decide on the hotel & flight.

Aaaaaaaaah!!! Lol......im so excited, nervous, scared all at once.

Ok so does anyone know of a plastic surgery financing company that wont give me a deadline for using the $$ im approved for. I applied to one from dr.salama's website and i was approved but i had to use it before 60 days, which would be late april. I wish i could but i havent accumulated enough vacation and sick hours. The very earliest i could do is september. But i want to apply now, just to know for a fact im approved. Help??!!

So my surgery date feels so far away, maybe because it is.. Lol... November cant come fast enough. I come on here every so often to read posts and look at pics because im just so anxious to do it already! I hate that I can't upload my before pics through my phone, I don't have a computer!! Grrrr! Anyways I measured my myself today and I am 39" up top...26" at my waist...and 39" hips/butt area.... Maybe that'll give you an idea of my body type. I weigh 163lb give or take a few and I'm 5'7 tall.

**** I put the wrong waist size!! I'm a 32" at the waist.... Shiiiiit I wish I was at 26"....

I booked my surgery in February 2012 for November 5, 2012 and it can't come soon enough! All I think about, talk about, dream about and research is my BBL and big butts! My Phone is filled with booty wish pics and I even downloaded a plastic surgery app to see what I would look like! Ive already been waiting 4 months, just another 4 to go! I haven't purchased my plane tickets yet or reserved my hotel (or vacation home I hope) yet. I'm waitin until September, I have to apply for financing in September and once they tell me how much I can get then I'll do all my reservations. I feel like once I buy the plane tickets and reserve my room it'll hit me! Im not nervous yet though just impatient. Any ladies going around 11/5 to Salama? Let's Get in touch, I wanna hear from you gals. I've started to gather info and making a list on all the things I have to do and buy before November, Im open to any suggestions. I will be uploading before pics in September.

So I have 2 1/2 months left until my surgery! I thought it would never come, I booked my surgery back in Feb and I felt like it was going to be forever. I still have not booked my flight and hotel, I'm waiting to to apply for financing and get approved first, just in case. Since my last post I have lost 13lb, I was 163 and now I'm 150.. In total I have lost almost 60lb!!!!! I started at 208 I had to send Dr.S some updated "before pics" to make sure I hadn't lost too much fat. Ruben wrote back by the next day which I appreciated, he asked my height and weight and told me I should be about 20lb more than my ideal weight. He also said it looked like I still had enough fat to use and that the dr could give me a beautiful shape. I stressed the fact that I want a really flat stomach and small waist an he said it most def. is possible. I have decided to maintain my weight at 150lb and one month before my surgery try and gain some fat. I honestly don't want to gain weight and go back to how I was, I was so self conscious. Im still trying to be more outgoing and stop being so self conscious but with my weight loss I feel like I'm holding my head a little higher and my shoulders back more. I'm happy about that, but my life will start after i get this surgery. My body doesn't match the person I really am inside and the person I should've been from the get go, and it this point in my life I want to "have a life". This is all I need. I can't wait for November 5th! I don't even are about the pain, seriously the pain will be worth it.... I still have to get to a computer to upload my pics so hopefully I can do it by by 2 month mark. I will update once I get approved for the financing and book my flight and hotel.... Thanks for reading....

Forgot to mention my updated measurements since my weigh loss: 36" @ Bust....29" @ the small of my waist (where my curve is)....35.5" measured under my belly button...... 36.5" butt/hips.... My wish after surgery is to have 34-36" @ Bust... 24" @ my waist.... 38-40" Butt/Hips

So I applied with a company and got denied! I need advice or info on any other companies that would approve low credit applicants!! Please!!!!!

I'm sooooo sad right now, I had to switch my date. My car got totaled and the money I had saved has to be used to get a new car, I got denied financing by myself and needed a co
Signer and that didn't come thru. I'm happy I'm still gonna get it done, sad that it's gonna take more time but Atleast I'll be able to do it. So, another 5 months waiting. Thanks to Scargirl for the switch!

I'm so depressed, i know i HAD to change my date because of $$ issues but I was so ready for it. I booked my sx in Feb 2012 and after having waited 7 months already and only having 2 months left before my sx had me extatic! Then I got denied financing and I didn't have a cosigner, then the money I had saved had to go into getting a car because mine got totaled! Everyone keeps saying it "a sign"!!! Bullshit! This is what Ive wanted for a long time, I never do anything for myself or have anything for myself and this was the one thing I was hoping for! I AM GOING TO GET MY SX!! I keep telling my friends and family this even though they keep telling me to just forget about it! Ive been so stressed lately, all I keep thinking is if I could have just been able to get my sx in Nov like I had planned I would have to be hearing all histories shit talking! I don't know what to do!! I've been trying to stack $$ as best as I can so maybe, just maybe I can have my sx before march.... All I can do now Is work on my arms and legs so when the day comes I'll be in good enough shape, since I had stopped dieting b/c my surgery was coming up, uuuugh!! I'm going to stop
Coming on this site because it makes me more depressed knowing my day was almost here. I'll update intermittently, if anything changes.

Yay I can finally add before pics using my iPhone! Current weight: 150lb

I got approved for the loan! But I applied too early :( I spoke to the loan company today and even though I applied a couple weeks too early the representative says that if I keep my credit score how it is now or improve it that I will def be approved again. The rates they gave me where perfect! so I just have to make sure not to apply for credit or make late payments on any of my bills so that my credit can stay the way it is or get higher. They are supposed to call me back in the beginning of June to confirm everything and release the funds to Dr. Salama.