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Smart Lipo, Upper/lower Abs and Flanks - California, CA

UPDATED FROM edelweiss
2 months post

It has been a month since I had my procedure. I...

$4,500
It has been a month since I had my procedure. I have lost 9 pounds since the procedure. I am not sure if the smartlipo help me to achieve the weight loss because I have been exercising a lot and eating healthier. I lost most of the fat in my abdomen and it really looks flat. I could be very happy with the results but I don’t like that I have a lot uneven areas which will make very difficult to wear a tight shirt or dress.
At least for me, that was the idea to wear something tight and sexy. I have been researching and I have found out that there is nothing you can do about the uneven areas that the more treatments you have the worst they can get so I am not even sure if I need to speak with my dr. about it. When I saw my dr. last time, the uneven areas were not noticeable because my abdomen was very swollen but every day they are getting worst. I won’t lie to you because I have already some before the procedure (you can see in my before pictures) but I was hoping that they will be smooth with the laser since the procedure claimed that it tights your skin. I feel that I expecting more about it. Now, my abdomen looks as if I have a lot of cellulitis. I have using my garment 24/7 and I am planning to keep using it at least for 6 month. I won’t wear it whenever I have an event or party because it’s hard to hide under your clothes.
If you are not very big and you have a little more money, I will recommend doing a mini tummy tuck. It might be more expensive but I guess you will have more chances to get a better results.

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Hey edel...how are u doing...just checking in on ya...hope all is well...Happy New Years to you....take care....Sharon
Hi Sharon, Happy New Years to you too. I am doing find. I still have some uneven areas but I am feeling better now. I guess that it better than having all the fat. I am still going to the gym 5 times a week but I am not wearing my garment a lot. I have gastritis and having something too tight was making me feel sick. Let us know what your doctor tells you about your concerns and you are right saying that your right side looks different from your let. I can tell based on your back pictures so talk to him about it. I also have my appointment on the 11.
TY Edel...for confirming what I see...sometime we can be soo knitpicky with ourselves...lol..but I def think my right side hip is not as small as left...Im glad ur doing better and staying positive....If I wear the binder too long it gives me reflux and heartburn...so Im in it less...I will keep u posted after I see him...im sure its gonna be...we have to wait till ur six months to see total result...blah..blah..blah....but I will DEF let him know my concerns....what a freaking journey.... take care hun
How are you looking now?
How are u feeling hun?? Any better?? Just checking in....Sharon
Hi Sharon, I am doing OK. It is getting hard to keep my weight stable. I went to the dr. and told me to lose 10 pounds which will be very difficult. She said that if I lose them, I will be the way I wanted. I don't understand why I need to lose that amount of weight. I am confused because if I had had that weight before, I had needed the procedure.
sorry to intervene but I too can't keep weight stable. i had the procedure on my thighs and weight immediately went to abdomen .I put on about 5 -7 lbs that I couldn't take off then I got a revision. They took fat from abdomen to put in the peaks and valleys of the thighs. Now, my weight is 13 lbs over the norm and it won't budge. Do you think the procedure had something to do with this? Or has your lifestyle change? I feel my is the same. Just wondering your thoughts.
Hey Edel, they do recommend diet and exercise to maintain the new you, bit for her to tell you to loose weight? Hell no! My Dr recommended I do ab workout to strengthen muscles but she never said anything about loosing weight. Are you same weight as when you went under?
Yes, I am the same weight as when I had the procedure. She also told me to do some abs but for me to lose 10 pounds is almost imposible because I wasn't overweight in the first place. I was 136 and I am 5"2.
Natters, Just read your review. I am so sorry for what you went through. I had a bad experience with a Doc who was not experienced on small frames with very little fat. I think that was your case too. Your doc may have gotten too close to your skin and damaged connective tissue. I hope you are able to get your body back to where you are comfortable. But yes!!! My fat moved to my thighs after abs were done!!! Weight redistributes to the remaining fat areas. Now I'm getting my thighs done. Pray for me!! My doc assured me he'd leave some fat so I don't have saggy skin. He did a foud job revising my abs but still pray for me. Btw, I'm 42, good skin, muscle tone etc so I do think its the surgery that made weight move to my thighs. I'm not old and exercise and eat right.
Edel I lost 5 lbs before I went under and as of today 17 weeks after surgery, I lost another 3 due to my very carefully way of eating clean and 3 x at gym. I do however have what I want to believe is "loose skin" on my lower abs... It just hangs ... I m very petite And had 3 pregnancies that stretched me way too much. However at last visit with Dr I told her about excess skin and she said I didn't need tt just ab workout.... Will see... That's what I want to think, extra skin and not fat left behind. Are you seeing her again? When?
Where do have 10 pounds to lose??
Okay. I will pray for you. I am glad you have good skin tone and exercise and eat right. Take Care. My best to you.
I also have some lose skin. I go to the gym 5x a week. I will see her in April and she said that we will see if I there is anything we can do but I need to lose 10 pounds. I will try to do my best to lose another pounds but it will be very difficult to do it since I am not overweight.
No I am almost 8 pounds lighter. That's is the thing I don't understand about this. I wasn't big at the begginning so I was expecting to look better but I remember that I went to a wedding 4 months before the procedure and I weight 10 pounds more as the day of the procedure. In the wedding, I looked the same way I am looking right not after the procedure and 8 pounds lighter. There is not a lot difference.
I don't know what is going on. I just can tell you that I excersice 5 times a week. I don't eat carbs most of the time but with one day that I eat them, I gain all the pounds I have lost. The problem is that I was expecting to look flatter but not, if I am in 128 pounds I look better but what the idea to have the procedure, was to look better without having to lose a lot of weight. It was supposed to get rid of the problem areas.
Daisy 76, I saw her a the begginning of April and she said that I had some lose skin. Do you think get rid of the skin even is not too much it will be same price as people who have a lot. I just wondering. I am going to have a touch up next Monday april 29 but she said that I can look work because I have uneven areas but I am hoping if I keep doing excersice as I am right now and lots of ab workout that will help me with my skin. I guess it will harder to lose extra skin that fat. for extra skin you have to do a tummy tuck which might be expensive and painful as the smartlipo. What are your toughts about this?
Hey girl, I saw your question on MuffinLess's page. Its weird that your doctor is saying she will do the touch up on Monday but doesn't say you would get good results from it. is she saying you should wait? There are several massage techniques and procedure you can do with your stomach to work on the lumps like lymphatic massages and there is another one that I can't think of the name but you can look into. Ask her about those resources and options before you do another procedure and find out when would be a good time for you to get the touch up. Wearing the garment IS very annoying but it does help with your results so wear it as long as you can stand it.
I so agree Cheweb...she should be able to give u an idea of results to come...if she cant tell u positive results will be had...I would wait...like I said my doc is a plastic surgeon and wanted a year before touch up for best results...ask more questions and don't jump into it if ur not getting the answers u want...just a friendly piece of advice from someone who is in the same boat as you!! Keep us posted on what u decide....Sharon
If your doc doesn't feel you'd get a good result I would wait or seek elsewhere.
Heyyyy Spyce...how are u?? Hope all is well hun....looking MARVELOUS!!! Sharon
Thanks Sharon!! I'm doing great. Healing nicely. Looking forward to wearing shorts to show off my new legs!!
Hi Spyce, The problem is if I look for somebody else, I have to pay and I don;t want to do that. I rather go to Mexico (I am from there) and do a tummy tuck. I will have to pay the same as an smartlipo in USA. I feel that it is unfair. The things is that she feel that I had uneven areas due to my pregnacy before the procedure and there is any procedure that get rid of those. I paid for velashape and it didn't help me either. Anyways, I will see what happens.
She said that I don't have fat what I have is lose skin. She saw that I have some fat just under my brest above my belly so she will do that and will try do do laser to make look better around my belly. She said that people with uneven areas the more procedure, the worst the get but at this point is to have a flatter stomach. I am sitting right now and I have a pair on jeans on and you can see that I have my stomach outside my jeans. I did velashape before the procedure and it didn't help me. I felt that I just lose my money.
Girl, you sound just like me. I had the same issue...money with someone else. I'm not saying don't use her but have her advise you on when would be a good time and what you can do with the lumps to improve your results
Hahahaha.....YOU go GIRL!!!!
hey i did the touch up already!! i have to tell you, not to discourage you, but for me didn't work.. i still have the uneven areas, like cheweb said i am going to work with other alternative like vela-shape to see if is going to get it better...i hope it works for you, but i really recommend you that dont expect much of a change!!! cause it wont!!! and like your DR. said it can definitely get worst..my didnt get worst but, i dont see that much of a change either,,so i hope everything goes well with you!
I saw some improvement with touch up and Venus Freeze but I was hoping that the touch up would fix 100%. touch up won't fix much if its scar tissue or bumps. If the doc left on too much fat them yeah it will help.
UPDATED FROM edelweiss
12 days post

I still waiting for the results. I took this...

I still waiting for the results. I took this picutes 11 days after the procedure.. I haven't had any problem at all. No pain during the procedure and easy recovery. The hardest part is wearing the garment.

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I posted more pictures..My husband took them today in the morning.
EDEL....u look FREAKING AMAZING....woow....sooo Happy for u....wish I had that result....just think...it will keep geting better and better....U GO GIRL!!
Thank you Sharon, as I said before, I just need to be patience. Hopefully, this will improve. My old clothes still fit me the same way as before..I haven't noticed any reductin in size. Regarding weight, I haven't lost any either.
I'm same size just looser in the waist. I didn't get flanks done which is why.
you look very gooddd! and flat..nice
You look on track to me for a great result. Hang in there. Wear your garment and drink lots of fluids. Ask your doctor if using a rolling pin (lightly) to help smooth out any bumpiness is ok. It worked really well for me (still does when knots appear).
what is a rolling pin? I will ask her on Friday.
Oh, a rolling pin is what one uses to roll out dough when making cut-out cookies or when making a pie crust. They are wooden, usually, and can be found wherever you buy kitchen appliances/tools.
I got it. Thank I will start doing everything so I can get the best results as possible.
You are still very early in after the surgery. I used a hand held massager to help with the swelling and lumps. Your waistline is already looking great!
Thank you..I will keep wearing the garment for al lest one more month. I didn't want to spend more money but I am going to buy the garment 2 stage..It that doesn't help, I don't think it will harm.
I bought one to mommy to massage and another hand held one..not battery operated...gonna lotion the belly up good tonite and massage away...lol
yes, i agree. you want the skin to attach to the muscle and straighten out. your shape looks very nice. I hope wearing the garment smooths and evens things out for you.
The stage 2 garment will really help. Also I recommend Design Veronique. It's a really good quality and flattens everything. Also, it takes about four months to see really good results and flattening. Happy healing
UPDATED FROM edelweiss
1 day post

Here are the pictures before the procedure.

Here are the pictures before the procedure.

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Hang in there girl:-). It gets better. I'm at 5 months post op and still healing. Start massaging as soon as you can stand it and wear your garment all the time. Happy Healing.
Hi everyone, I am trying to post some pictures before the procedure but I can't. I would like you to see the difference and give me some support. Thanks
Hi have done several reviews to post pictures, and I can see them. Help!!
Use your pc. iPhone or iPad is not supported for uploading pics on this site. If it does please let me know but it never works for me.
I am using my PC
Cant see your pics
I know, I couldn't post them. Well at least you can see the one in my profile picture.
did you get email I sent to you? it has directions as to how to upload them.
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