Sundogcoyote

Wow! - Massachusetts

Laser Lipo Ruined my Figure - Massachusetts, MA

Hi Rose, I think that is a great idea! If any of us wanted to look into it we could research how something like that gets going; why it gets going, and so on. If you have that article please send it to me. I think that is a good place to start (looking for who is doing it etc). Actually that mastectomy thing *is* a financial incentive for the surgeons. They get paid a lot to do those surgeries. I read an article from a woman who was told she *should* get that surgery and she wrote an article on why she wasn't going to. She is a doctor who treats home-bound patients (many who have become disabled from botched surgeries!). I would think that the cancer society might have something to do with the registry? Or maybe promoting it? Just guessing. But perhaps getting the cosmetic/plastic surgery boards behind it. Because we would think that they would want positive surgery outcomes for the good of their 'industry'. Right? We definitely have our reasons to be cynical but there must be some Dr's who would support such a thing. I wonder how the fat-grafting would work on a larger scale (abdomen). Seems like a long way off. Anyway, bottom line is, today in the medical world there are so many conflicts of interest with all kinds of doctors that it's hard to imagine. Doctors get paid more for a whole surgery episode than they would for teaching and consulting. That might seem obvious to us but when you are in the office and they are telling you what you *need* it's harder to discern. Love your idea! ~ pat

Yes, the doctor's answer is not accurate; what is it based on? I did not have any weight gain; in fact I was 3 pounds less a year later and yet half my wardrobe didn't fit me and I had to get rid of a lot of nice blouses and pants. I had not changed clothing sizes for 20 years! So what's up with that then?

I can't say how the estrogen alone is affecting me or how the progesterone affected me (I felt like it was making me fatter but I don't know because there were other things going on at the time). I don't weight myself (never really have) but I can tell how things are by how my clothes fit. I gained in the non lipoed areas..breasts, upper arms, thighs etc. I had to get rid of half my clothes (clothes that fit me even with just a 'muffin top') including skirts, pants, jeans, blouses, tank tops etc. I used to be able to go bra-less but not now. My breasts are super uncomfortable (to me) and are out of proportion to my figure/size. And I noticed this about 10 months out from the procedure. My boyfriend at the time began to notice (long distance relationship and so I didn't see him regularly). AND my weight was the same pre-lipo and a year plus later (I was complaining to the nurse practitioner at the office and she weighed me and looked at my records; meanwhile my doc had asked me if I had gained weight, but he didn't weigh me or look at my records). Pretty much has messed me up about my body.

I had used progesterone when I felt I was having premenopause symptoms; and I felt it added to my belly fat. But you know it's really hard to know for me. I take estrogen *now* but have not had a change in fat/weight. I think it's hard to say what is going on because it seems that fat starts to grow disproportionately in other areas when it's removed from one area. Like the body wants to keep the same amount of fat. (and by grow I don't mean new fat cells; although in pregnancy new fat cells do grow). No matter what is going on, it pretty much sucks and the fact that doctors won't listen to the clients about these things is in a way criminal. (bad mood today!)

I hope the lipo thing works out for you; I will be curious to know. For me I keep thinking how it totally messed up my figure and I get afraid sometimes, when my breasts seem to swell or have grown, that they won't stop growing. Especially with menopause. I wish there was a way to address this on a professional level (as in begin to hold the docs and manufacturers responsible).