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If You Are Thin DO NOT DO THIS SURGERY-please I Hope This Helps Someone
UPDATED FROM Botched Beauty
5 yrs later
Botched BeautyMay 24, 2016
$6,800
No sunlight, so probably looks better than it is but there's hope and lots of progress after 5 LONG YEARS.
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August 3, 2017
I am the same pain that you, I had a very bad liposuction, horrible Thomas Su leave lumpy skin in my body
UPDATED FROM Botched Beauty
5 years later...
Botched BeautyMay 24, 2016
It's been five long years a lot of pain and anguish. I made a lot of friends on here who were also in very desperate situations like myself, depression, shame, guilt. It's only fair to come back and let you know that I'm going to be ok. I did in fact gain and lose weight as the Summers and Winters progressed, although that goes against the sales pitch of fat cells being removed and never coming back, it ended up a blessing in my case. I started out as a size 2 I'm currently a size 4, I do aerial yoga and I tan, but time healed a lot of the disfigurement. I owed it to my friends to return plus let the new people who see this now, that I got better both emotionally and physically. I wore a bikini in public last year standing right next to 20 year old girls and no longer feel any anguish. It was time mostly plus healing my sanity and my body with aerial yoga and tanning and I'm going to be ok. A lot of people were upset with me for giving up, but I had to withdraw from posting for years. I will post some unedited photos below, the mermaid photoshoot was October 2015 and the motorcycle shoot was earlier this May 2016. I'll never forget the years I hated myself but I'm ok now. Mostly all that's left is the saggy upper thigh and the two worst dents shaped like a V on my lower abdomen. Most of the lumps and bumps aren't visible to other people anymore. It just took a lot of time and healing in my head and heart.
Namaste,
Brandi
Namaste,
Brandi
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May 24, 2016
Having trouble posting photos. I'll keep trying but can't access my albums anymore the way you used to be able to...
June 17, 2016
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and being so honest. I am also thin and know I do not "need" liposuction. My arms are my problem area and I just booked my 1st CoolSculpting session. I have been contemplating if I should switch the CoolScuplting session to SmartLipo as it would give me faster and more dramatic results. Your story helped me confirm that I made the right choice to go with CoolSculpting.
June 25, 2016
Thank you so very very much for coming back to update, as well as sharing your entire experience. I read your story awhile back and happened to come back today and see this recent update. So glad things have healed mentally and physically. Do you think it was down to the yoga or weight fluctuations? Or simply time? Thanks again x
UPDATED FROM Botched Beauty
Final results nearly two years later are posted. I...
Botched BeautyApril 6, 2013
Final results nearly two years later are posted. I had gained weight, lost some, and this is in good lighting so you can see what I see!
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April 7, 2013
Have you done the repair lipo with the Beverly Hills doctor yet?
April 7, 2013
No I got refunded my money, went for the consult in B H but didn't have enough faith that my results would be worth all the money, travel, down time, house sitter, etc. Plus being put under and having my entire inner thighs and entire stomach scraped smooth then pumped with fat from my flanks, it just, guess I couldn't stand the thought of toughing through it and possibly having my flanks turn out bad and still not being back to normal. I gave up. I've been trying to post recent photos but having problems with the web site...
April 7, 2013
there you go folks, this is what I live with, 2 years later, a lot of heartache, headache, my beat up psyche and my completely BOTCHED body that I paid money to do to myself!!! I finally got the gall to put up the photos. PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHOICE WISELY, DO YOUR RESEARCH. THE COST AND EXTENSIVENESS OF ANOTHER FIX IS VERY DIFFFICULT TO MAKE, I CHOSE TO LEAVE IT, I SORTA HOPE IM THE ONLY ONE WHO GAVE UP.JUST PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH!
April 7, 2013
Thanks for the recent pictures. I do see improvement. I do. I do. I can't STRESS ENOUGH THOUGH ABOUT YOUR COMMENT.PLEASE FOR PEOPLE SURFING THE WEB THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT, THE SURGERY DECISION. THE OUTCOME. THE REDO'S. RESEARCH IT ALL. AND IF POSSIBLE. DON'T DO THE SURGERY. That is my opinion.
April 8, 2013
Hey BB,
I went for my surgery in Nov. 2012 (regular lipo) and it helped alot. I have minimal bumps now and the dr will be putting in cortisone shots to reduce what is left. After 3 yrs, I have ended up with almost exactly the same tummy I started with. As with time and age, weight has returned to the area. My legs are good too with the last surgery. Im pretty much whole again. Please dont give up. When you are ready, go again for surgery. Even if it takes 2-3 (in my case 7) more times to fix. You may end up just where you were before you started but at least it wont be on your mind anymore. I know I wanted to hurry up and get it fixed as it weighs on the soul and affects every part of your life. I will never do SL again. My thoughts are with you and everyone else....
April 25, 2013
i'm 2 weeks out from lipo and i have so many uneven hard lumps,my stomach looks worse than yours. My surgeon tells me it will go away but i've read too much about botched lipo to believe that. I thought that thinner people with pockets of fat were "ideal" lipo candidates.... guess not huh?
April 25, 2013
I read your saga and I wish you hadn't had so many things so close to each surgery. You have expected so much of your body that I worry you can't tend to one certain area at a time, but far be it for me to judge. I wanted my [RS bleep] done NOW also. If I hadn't listened to my Dr the first time about how my thighs were still healing blah blah blah, I never EVER would have had my tummy worked on. Chances are you will get your no cost redo to fix the missed areas, but that was my mistake. He redid my thighs, they turned out worse, he redid my stomach and instead of V shaped dents I got lumpy dumpy mess. You do need to wait awhile to see what happens, my stomach looked normal after the redo and using that fat to fill the dents but the smooth was simply swelling and within 3 weeks I was horrified. My case isn't unusual, as you can see. Keep in touch doll. Lets see what happens in a month.
November 22, 2013
DId your leg inner thigh ever fix itself?? I'm experiencing about the same problem but my surgeon has told me that it will go away by itself. I'm barely 2 months post op and I feel as if it is getting worse somehow. Please let me know or update new pics of what it looks like now!!!! Thanks!!
November 22, 2013
No Fun at 30. It's not gone. Its not as obvious all these years later and I gained weight anticipating doing another surgery but never could face doing it.I then lost weight so the most obvious is the big huge dents and the baggy skin up near the top. Tanning helped disguise it this last summer but it was a long torturous road till I'd wear certain things. I'm 41 now so it doesn't bug me AS BAD but no it doesn't fix itself by any means. It's probably gonna look worse before it looks better though. Brace yourself.
April 23, 2014
fingers crossed this wasnt my doc....elite body sculpture????
April 24, 2014
No sweetie my dr was near cal expo, hope you get the results you are hoping for.
April 28, 2014
I'm so sorry you weren't happy with your results, but grateful you posted for others to see. I've considered lipo before but was told I would not get good results because I was too slim and it'd show. So glad you are helping others with your review!
May 14, 2014
Yes, indeed. I believe liposuction is harmful to anyone long-term at least if the patient is not surgically harmed and ends up with dents, lumps, adhered skin, burns, etc. The list really does go on and is extensive. I am glad you are opting out from such harmful surgery. If more people researched the studies done they would never get liposuction.
Hope you are feeling better now...
5 years is a long time to suffer....
So sorry....