If you are interested in surgery, pick 5 clinics, consult. Come with a list of ?s & ask patients ?s

If you're looking to deflate and have no support, this is the site for you. If you want people to tell you that you will suffer, hurt and look horrible soon. This site is for you. If you enjoy misery. The people here will share theirs with you. If you like having conversations with individuals who don't practice critical reading, you'll find many. If you took this posting personally, you're probably right. Except for the Community Manager "TwoPlusOne." If you want any kind of real time advice, she is sincerely the most educated. And since I can't delete this review, I guess the negativity gets to grow in the comments section. Best of luck.
1. Be informer - Talk to you General Practitioner before anything. If you don't know who that is, that's your "doctor."
2. Read about the procedure your interested in. I wouldn't really advise here, look for more credible documented sources.
3. Be realistic. Liposuction in all forms requires your follow through. Your caloric intake and activity level must be adjusted post operatively.
4. Regular juice fasting for removal of toxins. I sustain that doing this pre op is great (I do it every three months, even before the procedure). Most lymphatic massage therapists can recommend one or refer you to a doctor assisted fast. It's important to remove the TOXINS. Your surgeon cannot do it all, you MUST BE SELF RELIANT and know that YOU ARE PART OF THE SUCCESS IN PLASTIC SURGERY. YOU ARE AN ACCOUNTABLE ADULT, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK.
5. Attend an open house
6. If you're GP doesn't have a recommend for you, interview five surgeons.
7. Be honest with your surgeon about EVERYTHING. Not doing so can result in failed results or injury to self.
8. Eat Anti-inflammatory foods in the days leading up and forever after the procedure.
9. Drink LOTS of water
10. Use Arnica Montana religiously
11. Again, run far from this site. It's like using The National Enquirer as your bibliographic reference on a term paper. We both know it is not valid. The only comments you should be taking into consideration are those that were posted by medical professionals in the Q&A section, the rest is fluff and emotional masturbation.

Take care, Be Safe, Be Realistic, and Stay Positive

xod

**Then I will switch to my own blog to share and document my entire experience.**
I'm a little confused but that's ok. I'm going to share my comments, let them stay up until the weekend, and then I'll pull the whole review down.

1. I would never encourage a woman or anyone to have a surgical procedure without thoroughly investigating the entire process. From reflection on their pre surgical lifestyle, the doctor, the procedure, the after effects and the maintenance. For me, I did that. I waited for my skin to repair on it's own for a year, I focused on clean living so my outcomes would be ok, I found and tracked a doctor across the country that I liked.
2. There are women on here, maybe not within this procedure, but in others that did not take care of themselves before, during or after. It's important to know that the surgeon can only do so much. Your decisions and lifestyle have to be sustainable and able to carry the procedure of choice. If you ate bad before, and ate bad after lipo, that fat does grow into places where it was not melted. Also a reason I waited a year. Also a major discussion during MANY of my consultations.
3. Surgery can go wrong, or our bodies reject it. It's unfortunate. Our bodies are vast systems, linked together in many ways science hasn't even scraped the surface on. I don't know if my gut shelf will stay away or come back. Why? Well, it won't be because I didn't exercise, eat well or had a bad surgeon. It could be a bad laser day. As scary as that sounds, it's VERY possible. Have you ever had a bad hair day? No matter how hard you tried, [RS bleep] had a mind of it's own.
4. Disaster [RS bleep] and the ilk. My home was destroyed by a tornado years ago, one of the more disastrous ones (it was so sad actually, not for myself, but many others lost so much more). Our lives were nothing but that for the extent of that year and into the next. People drove from miles and miles away to see the destruction. They were in the way, and not helping AT ALL. The same happened with Sandy, gawkers. The same happened in lower manhattan. Some people really love destruction and propagating it. So when I refer to any of that nature, that may be on here, know it's NOT in a perverse way. It's because people push that badness around, want to look at it, stare at it, enjoy the wreck. If you were to track unique IPs to this site, I'd take a bet that there are a GREAT MANY more than there are reviews. Why? Because there are people truly interested and need to research and get real time advice. However, there are others that poke through the pics that might have thought they wanted the procedure and got caught up in all the bad experiences. It only becomes disaster [RS bleep] to the unique individual, if they get absorbed in the destruction of anything, that's when it transfers over. Tornadoes, car wrecks, hurricanes, earthquakes, political scandal, any surgery gone wrong (you know there are sites designed just to showcase that negativity).
5. I, personally, would not have had this procedure if it wasn't FDA approved. We are lucky here, Laser Assisted Lipo has been FDA approved since Jan 31 2008. Given it's year of approval, I can only assume the populous was busy watching the stock market crash, bail outs flying around willy nilly, and saving every penny just in case. A PDF of the document is located on the ASoPS for consumers to view/download/print etc. All prospective clients, should make sure that their surgeons meet all requirements assigned by the society.
6. This procedure is VERY new. Bad things will happen, it might happen to me. I don't know. It was a risk I was willing to take. I had the discussion with my GP, OB, mom (surgical nurse and patient of ps), and my final surgeon. Am I good candidate? All things assessed, yes. Could something arise? Totally. Cars give out on the highway, and the technology is not so new. I realize this metaphor is very cold and boiled down.
7. People have died from the procedure. I had investigated a few before the sign off and omg even more after. I scared the [RS bleep] out of myself. I made it my mission (and how I landed on real self reviewing), to find out why. The one girl I connected with was actually a patient of my surgical center (other location). I read and read and read and read. She didn't tell anyone she was doing the procedure, let alone tell the doctor she was on anti depressants. Her blood pressure shot through after her taxi driver (a man she claimed was her parent) the roof and that was that. When it comes to the body, you can not afford in any circumstance to not be honest with your medical professionals. It is vital, not everything mixes.
8. Why am I here? I can tell you about my months of research, digging around my mother surgery, watching her limp in pain. I can tell you about my doctor. I can tell you if he was nice, clean, or smart, personable, certified etc. And I will. BUT I think it's really important to be honest, assess yourself, know what to expect before during and after. I think it's really important to eat anti-inflammatory foods like pineapple and melons, I want to share that. It helps a lot. I want to tell you to not grab poise pads, get med grade tape and gauze. It's less bulky and your body will not start to heal in it's shape. I want to encourage those working on their abdomen to really assess what is that bothers them the most. Would waist training work better? Sleep in a busked corset every night and you will lose inches literally. It's not comfortable AT ALL but it's cheap and effective. I wanted to review the doctor, procedure and myself. I wanted to share that and maybe encourage women to see things through another lens. It's not a quick fix, and you have to do work too. How's my mental state during this? My mood? Am I miserable? Are people saying hostile comments? How am I handling that? Can I talk to someone here about it? These are the sorts of things I wanted to share and before this thread felt comfortable in doing so. I see that it isn't the space for that, and doctor reviews are solely what everyone here wants. I do not want my reviews and posts to cause people to not think intelligently, I want them to review the bigger picture realistically. I don't really have a lot more to say. If you made it this far, I guess thank you for sticking with me, and if I caused you some sort of strife or bad feelings, or felt like I pushed to blindly jump into surgery (which is NOT what I recommend), I am sincerely apologetic.

Sucks.. I was all introspective and thought I had developed some good insight. Shared the changes and progress and what's to come.

Oh well, over it tonight.