Set my Date!! - Tulsa, OK (POST OP)

Thank you:) he said it should not happen often & that if it did & became a problem he would just put an extra stitch in the muscle to attach it. It didn't happen for him to have to do anything though. He did say that it was happening bc my implant was as big as he could use for my muscle. You can only go as big as your particular body will allow. So after the muscle stretched some it would be better. Since it hasn't happened again I'm assuming the muscle stretched & relaxed.

Thank you:) I am happy. If you look at the before picture I had no definition between my back, my butt & my thighs. I couldn't wear leggings or tight dresses..even in jeans it was just flat and it was really embarrassing especially with my boobs as large as they are with the implants it made me look really off-center. So I am definitely happy I can wear all of those things and I feel confident now… I was just hoping for a little bigger and I know that it would look fake. I definitely wouldn't want to go through the surgery again so I will leave it how it is I just can't help wanting a little bigger. :)

Thank you. That's what my hubby says..it's the booty greed!!

No he didn't charge me. I think it was Bc he knew from the very beginning I wasn't completely happy. I didn't say I was happy then go back later & complain. I was honest up front & let him know that while it was a lot better than before, it was smaller & not as full on the bottom as I'd hoped. He asked me to give it 6 months to heal & "fluff" & if I still wasn't happy he'd add more fat for free.

Did he do it in his office or did you have to go through the surgery center? I told him yesterday that I wanted mine bigger than the size he picked out.. I do understand that you can only stretch the pocket so much at once.. I just don't want to have to go through the pain twice or the time off work

I like your size and it looks great! I do like Dr Atkins and his staff is wonderful

I bought a boppy pillow today what else do you suggest for comfort?

That was part of my problem. He did my implants as big as would fit...it wasn't big enough:( & he didn't take enough fat. The first surgery was at the surgery center. The second round when he did just liposuction & fat transfer was at his office.

I just saw your other comments, thank you:). I used ice packs & heating pads. Rotate. The compression garments too. I had to get those myself. Do not rush your healing. Don't sit or drive before you're supposed to. I know that it takes forever and it's frustrating but it will mess up your results & dissolve the fat before it has time to take.

Thank you for the response.. I've want to be well prepared.. Seeing your results is getting me really excited to see mine :)

:) thank you. Good luck! I can't wait to see your results. Make sure to post!

Will do :-)

The second time around was in office not the hospital. And that time they gave me propofol and so I was semi awake because I was talking about gremlins LOL but I don't remember anything. I don't even remember the ride home and my friend said that I was hilarious. I was really sore the second time around I think the first time the implants were so bad and the sciatic nerve pain that I didn't pay attention to the fact that the lipo hurt. But no it is not as bad as the actual implants. However it is kind of the same recovery time as the implants because you can't sit, drive or lay on your butt until the fat has time to attach otherwise it could dissolve. Then it's kind of pointless. The second time around I just did not sit down or lay on my back, I stayed on my stomach until I healed however since my kids still needed to go to school I drove, probably illegally but I put the Boppy underneath my thighs so that my butt hung over and didn't actually touch the seat and my head was hitting the roof of my car. So I drove like that until I was fully healed. I just didn't want to jeopardize the fat. Buy a week and a half I would say you'll still be bruised, probably swollen too but the pain should be tolerable. I wouldn't recommend sitting!! Hope that helps!

Thank you!:)

Thank you!

Thank you so much. & you're right I know..we're our own worst critics. I am happy it's so much better than before.

If you slap it or rub it you can't feel anything at all. Only when you use the tips of your fingers & push in can you feel anything & even then it just feels like a flexed or toned butt muscle. I'm comfortable when I sit. I can't even feel the implants. On a really long car ride my butt did start aching but for normal everyday sitting where you can move around its fine. Now sitting on the edge of the tub is a different story, that caused my implant to flip so I don't do that! It's never happened since but still I avoid doing that. Idk if you saw the pic or read in my review about that. Anyways hope I was helpful.

One last thing! Right afterwards the implant will feel hard & I mean HARD but it doesn't stay that way. It gets softer & softer til it feels like a toned muscle but I just pushed on mine bc I haven't done that in awhile & it's pretty squishy feeling so I guess it gets even softer over time. Anyways thought I'd throw that in there about the hardness right away in case u or someone else got theirs done & it felt hard right away instead of the toned feeling . Didn't want anyone thinking there was something wrong with theirs or something. :)

thank you for providing that information :) It's surprizing the lack of information provided by the surgeons lol. Would you describe this as the most painful surgery you've ever had? Glad you go through it and at happy with your results. You look fantastic!

I think realself timed out and didn't post my response :( I wanted to say thank you for all the information. Yes I read your whole review and although it sounds terribly painful I think I'm gonna do it. I've suffered through 2 BBLs and a agonizingly painful thigh lift. I'm 4 weeks post op and not ready yet to go for another surgery. I think I'll give it another year before I will be mentally and emotionally ready for this. Frustrated that through all this pain I've gotten almost no booty out of it just better shaping from the lipo.

Thank you so much:) good luck with you're surgery journey! It'll be worth it.