Cellulaze: Stories
Write a ReviewJust Had Cellulaze - Schaumburg, IL
- AC40
- posted 1 year ago
- updated 9 months ago
- Not Worth It
- Cost: $11,500
- Dr. Joffrey (Schaumburg, IL)
Tomorrow will be a week since I've had...
- 14 May 2012
Tomorrow will be a week since I've had Cellulaze. Let me tell you it is SO MUCH MORE PAINFUL than they tell you. Granted I did have my front, back, outter and inner thigh areas done along with my butt so it was a lot. I wasn't prepared for the amont of fluid leaking out and the amount of swelling. My legs look like tree trunks which is very obvious and I didn't want anyone to know about this but it's hard because I look like I gained over 10lbs overnight. (and I literally did with the numbing fluid they put inside of me). My legs are black and I'm going to estimate that it will take a month for the swelling to go down and the bruising to go away. The day after my surgery one of the Dr.'s staff called me and I was feeling good i didn't even feel like I needed the painkillers prescribed to me. The day after that and every day since has been another story. I can't even believe the pain I'm in...I would say on a scale of 1-10 a SOLID 8. The swelling is unreal...so much for keeping this to myself...but if the results are what I'm hoping for it will all be worth it...FYI I've had a lot of work done. Lipo, rhinoplasty, implants etc this was by far the WORST as far as recovery. The doctor said it will take 3 months to see results but so far my legs look much better but my butt is exactly the same :( the doc did say he would do touch ups for free which did put me at ease. I've had issues with cellultie my whole life...even at 115lbs I was covered in it! So it happens to everyone no matter what size you are. If this works and improves my cellulite even by 50% I will make sure everyone gets on this band wagon.
Well it has been 1 months since my procedure...no...
- 13 Jun 2012
So I'm at almost 4 months and what a waste of...
- 24 Aug 2012
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Although his staff could not have been any more nicer or personable the idea of having not having a follow up for 3 months is like being thrown to the wolves to me. He did also make sure I knew that since my consult and before my surgery he has raised his prices by thousands and I said what if I wanted other areas done since I was an exsiting customer would he charge me what he has been charging me or the new rate...his answer "we'll talk about it". I don't know if he was being funny and cute or he didn't want to tell me I was SOL...We'll see.
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Hi there! I wanted to share my experience as this site has been so helpful for me. I am 33,...
After menopause, the cellulite on my legs seemed to multiply overnight. I exercise...
Hi, I am 45, mom of two, almost 5'9" and about 150. I exercise a number of times each...
He didn't suggest daily massages but he gave me 6 free sessions of smooth shapes ( similar to vela shapes) I had my first session last week and will go for the next 5 weeks..they also offered me basically
ANYTHING I wanted...free lipo, free Botox ( I took the Botox) it was very nice to offer me that because I'm obviously not happy but if this is what I will be left with as far as results I wouldn't care if they gave me 10 free procedures and my money back I will still be so devastated and depressed I'd want to die anyways...that sounds harsh but I can't even tell you how depressed I am over this...they tell me it will look worse before it gets better but THIS much worse? And would they offer me all these free procedures worth thousands if they thought my results were good?
Yes tree trunks! I'm 4 months out and still feel pain. I had my post op check up last week and started to cry because I told the doc that if he put all my surgeries together (I've had a lot done lol) it wouldn't even come close to how painful this recover was. He said that because of what I have said and what other women have said they are warning women that it's not minimally invasive and they are telling women they need to take moe time off work than just a few days...please, please I'm telling you that you will NOT be ok to go back to work Monday...evenif your job is sitting you will be so uncomfortable and wish someone told you to take more time off...so I'm telling you now...you are not taking enough time off...better to take more time than not enough...I'm speaking from experience...what areas are you having cellulaze done on and who's doing it? I will tell you I'm VERY unhappy with my results and when I looked atmy before and afters I thought I was looking at my befores but I realized I was looking at my afters...I ba
Led the whole way home and that whole night...I would do anything to have my old cellulite back because now I feel like I'm disfigured...I don't mean to scare you but I wish I would have waited for this procedure to be perfected instead of jumping the gun..you can email me and I'll call you to tell you in more detail if you'd like.
Thanks so much for letting us know how you things are looking at the 4 month mark. I'm so sorry to hear you aren't seeing good results and don't feel it was worth it. :( Since they do say 3-6 months to see full results, please do continue to keep us updated on how you are and what you are seeing.
I hope that your legs feel completely better soon.
Glad to hear you are back to your normal routine AC40! I'm interested to hear how the leg smoothing treatment goes when you have that done.
I had cellulaze may 18. The procedure did not hurt. My doctor gave me valium before the procedure. I had my front/back and outer thighs done in Plano Texas. The first day I drained moderate amount of fluid but the draining stopped by the next day. Now the pain after the schedule and the next two days was horrible... I would say a 9 or 10 on a pain scale!!! I finally took a 5 mg Valium with 10 mg of lortab and got some relief. It was like a severe sunburn and someone had slapped me on it. The bruising is really bad and legs ate very swollen!! I work 12 hr days and they look like tree trunks! It's been 5 days and the pain is gone just bruised / swollen legs. My cellulite was a grade 2.. I'm hoping for great results to early to tell. :)
I had mine done on May 8th and just like with you the pain was ok the first day or two but after that it took me by surprise. I wasn't prepared for the amount of swelling either but it has been 2 and 1/2 weeks and my legs are still numb but are starting to look normal. Today is also the first day I didn't need pain killers. I've had a lot of work done and with every other surgery you see almost instant results so to pay so much and have to remain patient is hard. I will say the skin thickening is VERY obvious. My skin is fair and I used to be able to see every vein and where it leads too but not anymore. I did every area on my legs and my butt and there were a lot of women that didn't do all areas and they notice a big difference in the quality of thier skin from areas that were treated vs. the areas that were not. So in that respect I'm happy I did all areas but still patiently waiting to see results. FYI i was told to take Arnica which did nothing for the swelling but it turned my bruises from black to not there. It was odd that I didn't go through the blue then yellow faze of bruising so the Arnica did work in that respect. Keep posting about your progress!
I HIGHLY advise you against Lipo if you are prone to loose skin. It will be 2 weeks tomorrow since I've had this procedure done and I still can't believe how much pain I'm in. My clothes STILL don't fit and my legs look like sausages encased in my jeans but the swelling has gone down considerably. I take a half a pain killer during the day just to get me by. At this point it feels like I have a million needles going inside me at once. I will have to say the cellulite on my legs looks MUCH better however, my butt looks the same. They did say it takes 3 months to see results. I think one woman described it as having a couch on a carpet for years when you remove it it takes a while for the dents to go down. Ok ok makes sense. If my cellulite goes away I will be the first person to say all this pain was worth it and to just push through. If the doc tells you to divide it between 2 different days so you're not having all the procedures done at the same time DON'T DO IT...Just get put under and have everything done at the same time it's worth the extra money.