21 Years Old and I've Never Been in a Bikini - Paradise Valley, AZ

I'm graduating college this year and I'm ready to start my post college life feeling confident. I work out 3 days a week, but changes are very slow - I'm still wearing baggy clothes and still have never been fit enough for a bikini. For my graduation present I was told I could get anything I wanted so I decided to start liposuction.
I researched all around the area and Sono Bello kept popping up but the more people I talked to about it, the more I was warned against it. Finally I was recommended Derma Health. They do tumescent liposuction - which meant it would be under a light anesthesia but still have great results. I was really excited to go ahead and get this started. After a wonderful consultation with a woman who had the liposuction done as well I felt even more confident that I was making the right decision. We decided to do my middle section - so lower abdomen, upper abdomen, waist, hips/lower flank, and back bra roll.
I decided to get this procedure done on my fall break because: 1. I wanted to do this as soon as possible 2. I have classes that require me to physically exert myself so I needed to be mostly healed by the time I returned to school. Anyways, I'll keep you up to date as things progress.

With tumescent liposuction, they fill you up with liquid to make your fat cells expand, and you should leak for 24 hours afterwards. Well I had to fart in the middle of surgery and since I was bare naked and my doctor was very close to my naked butt I told him I had to use the bathroom. Oh my gosh. When I stood up I was like a faucet! I was making a little river from the liquid falling from my injection sites! I thought it was amazing and fascinating, but that could have been the drugs.

On a less gross side, my medical assistant kept gushing about how excited she was during my surgery (apparently she's getting the same thing tomorrow). That made me feel good.

I don't remember too much about this day, but everything hurt. I was leaking like a faucet everywhere. I remember staying up all night trying tossing and turning but it was so painful. This was hopefully the worse of the worse.

I knew it was going to be worth it though.

The doctor said to keep the compression garment on for 24 hours after the surgery and then you can take it off to take a shower. When I took it off, I couldn't believe it was me! The love handles were gone and I looked so different.

I do feel a twinge of disappointment because I had hoped my tummy would be smaller too, but I'm hoping it's just the swelling and bruising that's giving it this look.

Just a note: I can't eat anything solid right now. Yogurt and tea are the only things acceptable to my stomach, and I'm hoping it will change because not eating as much is making me shake a lot.