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BBL in Mexico with Campos! - May 15, 2013 - Mexico, MX

UPDATED FROM kitty_cattt
2 years post

Regret

$4,325
So it's been a while since I last posted. This will be my last post, after this I don't want to think about this again. I 100% REGRET getting this surgery done with Campos. The fat on both sides has shifted to my thighs and looks awkward. I have huge dents on the sides of my butt, and it looks droopy, plus I now have EXTREME saddlebags. It does not look good at all. I'm embarrassed to wear a bathing suit this summer and won't. I haven't been wearing jeans because it looks so awkward. I feel depressed. I reached out to Angie and that was not successful at all, she blew me off and ignored my concerns..What if I had a health issue? I have never encountered a more unprofessional person than her, I don't know how she hasn't been fired yet because I know I'm not the only one who has complained about her. When I went down to get the surgery 3 other people in my recovery house had issues with her!

Anyway I'm posting this up because I know if I read a review like this before the surgery, I would not have gotten it. Just trying to inform people who may only read the good reviews and think there are no downsides to fat transfer. I know in researching I read that the fat would stay in its shape forever if you took care of yourself and avoided cardio or losing too much weight. For me, that was a lie. I had a great shape up until this Nov/December 2014. Then everything started to fall. Keep in mind I do heavy weightlifting thinking this would keep everything up and in place, and it still didn't work. I still weightlift because I love it and I will never stop, but it hasn't helped the situation with my butt. I feel depressed and insecure. I have not read one review in my research where this has happened to another Campos girl. I know it's not just me because after writing my last review, two of you ladies wrote to me saying the same thing was happening to you. I don't know why other ladies don't post this when it happens, I know it's depressing, (BELIEVE ME) and I am too embarrassed to put up pics for everyone to see, but I wish I had come across a review like this before deciding to go through with the surgery. Just please consider everything before going through with this type of surgery. Maybe try a weightlifting program for your booty..That's what I should have done instead of all this money down the drain and now stuck with this fat that looks terrible and its not even on my butt anymore.

kitty_cattt's provider

Jaime Campos Leon, MD

Jaime Campos Leon, MD

Plastic Surgeon

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Omg, I can't believe you are going through this! I am so sorry! I am scheduled for August and would be so so grateful if you'd post pics. I'm wondering if I should cancel. Longevity is a big grey area with this procedure
I'm so sorry to hear this , this is making me think now I just had surgery with dr Campos last yr but not too long ago but I am pg right now & did notice getting a lot of weight gain there & some sloppiness but thought it was with the new pregnancy ,I had him inject some to my outer hips but their a lil uneven & wanted to go back to get it fixed now I'm thinking of I should reconsider . Do you have pics maybe to send privately ?
Some droopiness+
Hey doll. Sorry to hear this. I'm nearly 1 year post and I don't have this issue. I did however notice a few dimples and creases here and there but not as bad. But I must say that I had no fat there at all before!!! No cellulite nothing so it probably would have been worse had I already had cellulite before surgery. I had none at all. Now I have a bit of cellulite but not a lot... I'm sorry to see that you are not happy. Your review helped me making the decision to go ahead with this procedure!!! Please be strong, don't be depressed... If you need anything, let me know.xx
I'm so so sad to hear your story, but I am grateful for your honesty it will help so many people. Any way I will keep you in my prayers.
Have you looked into coolsculpting those areas? Maybe that can kill the fat in the thighs while avoiding surgery
UPDATED FROM kitty_cattt
1 year post

Distressed

Using this as my journal. Distressed and seriously depressed about this fat falling and sagging. It's happening rapidly now. Part of me regrets even getting the surgery and just wishes I worked out hard before to build a better booty naturally. Now I have fat that has migrated to a part of my body where I doubt it can be fully removed with exercise, meaning only choice is surgery. And I don't have a job anymore and dealing with a lot of emotional/mental health issues and anxieties aside from this but this is placing it over the edge. I don't even think this is a faja issue like I wrote in the previous post. I guess people's bodies react differently. My sister got the same procedure but she is not having the problem I'm having, and she did not follow any aftercare instructions, while I stuck to them to the T and even more! Just warning you ladies to really consider what you are doing. I don't think I would do this again if I could go back in time knowing this now. I emailed Angie pictures of how I look now to see if it can be fixed. We'll see what she says. In the mean time, does anyone out there suffer from social anxiety? How do you get a job when you have extreme social anxiety? Like I said I've been having a lot of emotional and mental issues lately so I haven't been focusing on the job hunt, but when I was, all of the jobs seemed to be dealing with people (retail, restaurant, etc.). I'm young and a student so I don't have a degree yet. Are there any jobs that don't require so much interaction with other people? I'm going to need money if I want Campos to fix this. If you guys have any ideas I'd truly appreciate it. I feel like I'm on my last end right now.

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Will post some pics?
Will you post some pics? Sorry for the typo.
I'm honestly too embarrassed and upset to post pics of it. If you want I can send it to you privately, if there is a way to do that through this site.
Yeah, you could message them to on this site,sorry that you are going through this.
Hi I was wondering how the job search is ? & hot out results are ? I have got this done by campos too before in On August of last year & have noticed my fat has also migrates a bit , I had also had a bbl by salama a yr before that but all fat went to the butt , no migrating but also gave me no hips that's why I went to campos the last time . Hope all is well chicka keep your head up .
Try administrative jobs, there's little to no contact with people outside of your job. These jobs are also very easy to obtain without a degree. Honey I wish you tons of luck and I'm praying you land a job to help you fix this issue. Keep your head up beautiful, blessings will soon come your way.
Thank you, your kind words mean so much more than you know
Hey girl, I'm wonder if diet could probably shrink the fat since it should react like normal fat cells in your body to diet and exercise.
The fat didn't shrink, it definitely stayed but instead moved down to my outer thighs giving me a weird look.
You can consider selling things online. Good luck with everything hopefully things get better.
thanks
Please post pics girl. It is probably worse in your own head. I am getting it done in August. The pics you posted looked great. I would love to see what you've got going on now. xoxo
UPDATED FROM kitty_cattt
1 year post

Sagging

So it's been over a year since the procedure. The fat that was injected on the sides of my butt, where Campos put the most, seems to be sagging. Specifically, it's sagging into my outer thighs, giving me a saddlebag look. I'm developing dents on the sides and the fat is now under my butt and especially on the sides of my butt. Not cute. I do work out 3x a week on weight machines only but from now on really going to try pushing myself to the limit with heavier weights. I think ladies once you get this procedure you have to wear your faja forever to keep the results in place. I was very strict with my aftercare, for up to three months after the surgery I literally did not sit down once. I stood on the bus, I kneeled at my desk at work, at home I would lay on my stomach and sleep that way as well, and if I went in the car at all I would kneel inside or go in the back if in the minivan and lay on my stomach. Point being, I was incredibly diligent with aftercare, including eating right, wearing my faja, and making sure I didn't apply pressure to my butt. However, when I moved in with my boyfriend (far after the 3 month healing period, more like 9 months later), I started to wear my faja less and less. When I lived at home, after work I would return home and instinctually put my faja on and then do whatever I had to do. Everything stayed high and tight and big and in place. 9 months I'd say after the procedure, when I moved in with my boyfriend, I didn't put my faja on. I would spend time with him and plus he truly hated, hated me wearing the faja so I kind of stopped wearing it. I figured it was 9 months after the procedure, everything looked great and the fat should be permanent by then. Well, time goes by and I notice in the mirror very slight changes in my butt, but I think it's my mind playing tricks on me. I do notice subtle changes but at this point I'm not sure if it's because I'm working out so my muscles are becoming more prominent and making my lower buttocks bigger, or if my fat is absorbing a little making the bottom half bigger. I now feel without a doubt that I was noticing the beginning stages of sagging. Today, like I mentioned, the fat on the sides of my butt have sagged and are still sagging everyday, down to my upper thighs. Now I have saddlebags and a dent in the sides of my butt. To rectify this, I started wearing my faja periodically, but just noticed the dents became more pronounced. Can my faja push down the fat further? I'm not sure. As I type this, I'm giving my faja another chance and going to keep it on for the next few days straight (with the exception of shower and sex, lol) and see if it lifts things up, but I seriously doubt it will do anything. As I said, I've been focusing on a weight lifting lower body workout from about the time I moved in with my boyfriend. I was pretty lax with the workouts not pushing myself to the extreme and staying pretty much at the same weights. Recently, I've been slowly upping my weights. I squat 75lbs on the smith 4sets 10-12 reps. I do tons of other lower body weight machines and the weight is much higher on those, the squats are what I'm working on slowly when it comes to lbs. My hope is that when my glutes start growing more, that the fat will pick itself back up onto my ass. I doubt it though only because the fat is now on my thighs and I won't get back the same butt I had before. That being said, the only thing to do about this whole thing so it doesn't get WORSE than what it already is, is to increase weight weekly at the gym and grow and shape my glutes. The whole reason for this post is to warn women to please, please, please, DON'T GIVE UP YOUR FAJA, think of it being like a retainer for teeth, but even more important because if you have a lot of fat injected, you have a much greater chance of gravity pulling down on that fat. If I could do this again I would have never stopped wearing the faja altogether at the nine month period. I wouldn't have worn it everyday but I would have made sure to wear it every other day for even 2 or 3 hours, more if I could. Ladies the point of this post is specifically to 1)have excellent aftercare, do not sit or workout for 3 months (as told to me by my doctor and recovery house, and constantly wear your faja during this time except for shower 2)After 3 month period, you don't necessarily have to live in your faja but still wear it often, gradually wean your body from wearing it 23.5 hrs a day to maybe a few hours a day, don't just jump. Then, once you've weaned your body off wearing it all the time, even years down the road, periodically wear it if you're around the house cleaning or just doing stuff, in the winter when it's cold and you don't mind having it under clothes, when you're just running errands or simply when you're lounging at home and watching tv or reading or whatever. Wear the damn faja!

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Aaaaw good luck, I hope the Faja works for you.
Thanks for your review.
can you post some pics of the sagging? Thanks!
Thank you so much for the advice