23, F, 135 Lb Pre-op, Vaser Liposuction Fat Transfer Breast Augmentation. Greeley, CO

My line of work involves skimpy outfits and a lot of skin. I have a slim figure, but very small breasts. It makes me feel like I'm not a woman. I don't want fake breasts though. I don't want to feel like my breasts aren't me, so I opted for a fat transfer breast augmentation. One strange difference is that most of the reviews on this site state that a compression bandage was ordered to be worn for weeks following the procedure. My doctor said they actually recommend against the compression bandage because it can make the site uneven. I guess I'll find out. Before pictures coming soon.

I'm laying here about 10 hours post-op. So far, I'm a bit nervous that nothing has changed. My boobs are only slightly fuller, that's all. I cant tell much about my flanks due to the bandages. I'll find out whenever I take them off I suppose. By the way, the procedure hurt like a [RS bleep] [RS bleep]. Are we allowed to cuss on here? Sorry, there was no other way to describe it. Right now, I'm kinda wishing I had just opted for small implants, to make sure I got the size I wanted, without the torture that was Vaser lipo. Anyway, I'll describe it all, because before I had it done, I wished I had more step by step testimonials of the procedure to read.

So first, I got into their robe and ugly undies, and we took before pictures. Then, I was given 2 pills: an antibiotic, and a relaxant that I think was Halcion, after a quick google search. The same sounded enough like that. All they said was that it would help me relax. They said I should be fine with one little pill, but if I was anxious in 15 minutes, they'd give me another. Well their previous procedure ran late, so I ended up hanging out in the prep room for that 15 minutes. When the lady came back in, she was asking if I was feeling the medication. I was feeling more relaxed, but not necessarily drugged up. I had been hoping to feel drugged up.. I said I was a little more relaxed, but by the time they took me into the procedure room and laid me down on my belly over a pillow, I was shaking like a leaf. Oh yeah and before they laid me down, they scrubbed my whole body with an antiseptic to make me "sterile" enough to lay on the table. The antiseptic was warm, but of course I was all wet after that and I got cold really fast. Anyway, the fat was being taken from my lower back, so a different girl started prepping a spot on my high butt for the cannulas to insert. She got the shot for the local anesthetic ready, and said I would feel a little poke, and at that point I realized that I was NOT drugged up enough for this. So I asked for another relaxant pill. The prep nurse agreed, and gave it to me, and they gave me a few minutes to let that settle while the other girl explained that she was going to make the initial incision and put in the port that the doctor would insert the cannulas through to do the actual lipo. I don't want to reflect bad on the ladies working on me. They did a great job; exactly what they were supposed to... but I just was not feeling that medication enough. It might be due to the fact that I ate a big sandwich shortly before coming in (they did tell me to eat before coming). Those tiny little pills just couldn't make it through the ham sandwich in time to really make a difference. Anyway, after that second pill, she did the local anesthetic, which hurt like a [RS bleep] (as expected), and started putting in the port. Once it was numb, it wasn't the pain, so much as the pressure and texture of what I could feel that was so god-awful. Oh god the popping. The [RS bleep] popping. Every time the port went through a skin layer (or something. That's my guess of what was happening), it popped through. So once that was done, she did the other side. Same painful [RS bleep]. I'm cussing a lot through this, but not angrily. I can't communicate through text how matter-of-fact I'm feeling right now. I'm giving it time to see if it was worth going through all this. Anyway again, this is where the doctor came in. First thing he had to do was inject numbing solution in the layer that my fat sits. He inserted this tool that dispenses it into the layer of fat and moved it around under my skin, and it felt like tearing velcro apart. I think the theory is that it numbs it before the tool gets to it, but it didn't work that way. I kept feeling nerves completely sever, if that's a thing, and it kept feeling like it would hit my hip bone, or punch through somewhere that tool was not supposed to be. The texture of the tool moving under my skin was nasty. I'm not sure how to describe it. Just bumpy maybe. Once it was numb, it was alright. Just weird. By the way, during that numbing procedure, I was freaking out and they gave me a third relaxant pill, so I think by the time he was sucking the fat out, I was finally feeling drugged up, and my memory from then on is pretty fuzzy. I do kinda remember hearing them say the lipo was done and turning me over to put it in my boobs but I have no memory of the boob procedure. The next thing I really remember is waking up in bed at home at about 7pm. The procedure had started at like 1pm. My wonderful loving boyfriend was my caretaker, and he said he'd helped me walk out, and walk into the house, but I have no memory of this at all. I feel better than I expected, but I'm definitely glad I got the next few days off. I just have to work night after tomorrow night, then I don't work for the next 4 days. That should be plenty of recovery time. Mentally, I feel good. I'm not woozy or anything. I'm actually starving. My boobs are a little sore, but nothing worse than a bad PMS soreness. My back is what hurts, but it's really not that bad. It's like I worked out REALLY hard, and am just super super sore from it. I'm still numb in some places. We'll see if that clears up soon. No skin discoloration yet. My whole lower back is definitely puffy, but I expected that. I bruise really easy, so we'll see what it looks like in a day or two. Now that the procedure is over, I'm just hoping the difference will be worth $3700. I'm not saying it's not yet. I promised myself that I'd give it a few months before judging that aspect. I'll try and keep posting updates as things change. Thanks for reading, and please leave comments!

Pain is certainly tolerable. It's still just an intense soreness. The acetaminophen/codeine they gave me definitely helps. I think the only skin discoloration is from tape, sharpie, and scrub solutions. There's a tiny bit of bruising, but nothing crazy. I'm continuing to take my antibiotics 3 times daily. My boyfriend is going to the gym, and I think I'll go and walk on the treadmill for a while. I think that'll help the swelling and get the blood moving so hopefully I don't continue to bruise over the next few days. My pictures won't transfer to my computer right now, so I may have to post them later.