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Going for a shapelier midsection through SmartLipo and will get a fat transfer to my butt in the process! - Austin, TX

Hey there Nessanator! I've seen some brutal pictures of bruising on this site but mine was nothing like what I've seen! I purchased the "surgery recovery pack" from their office which is basically a bunch of vitamins and supplements that you take prior to and after your surgery to help the recovery and I attribute the lack of bruising to that. It was $100, but worth every penny. It includes a morning and evening supplement, arnica pellets and bromelain. I went to say the fat transfer was $1500, but I had them work with me on the price so I don't know exactly what it came out to I just know that for four areas plus the fact transfer the total was $5100. I worked with two consultants, Danielle and Justina...both were very helpful. I initially had concerns because Dr. Nik is not a board-certified surgeon, he is a dermatologist. After talking to Justina, she explained that they had one board certified surgeon on staff and he handled all of the surgery surgeries (breast lifts/augmentations, tummy tucks, rhinoplasty, etc) and didn't do nearly as many smart-lipo's as Dr. Nik who does multiple per week. I'm glad I ended up with Dr. Nik anyway because he took very good care of me. Like I mentioned my surgery ran longer than they initially expected so he ended up staying with the nurses after the office closed to make sure that everything was done properly which I really appreciated. He also gave me a very fair quote on a touch up to my abdomen if I decide I need it ($500 to cover the cost of the room/equipment) and today at my follow up appt, he threw in four free Velasmooth treatments. When you go in, feel free to use me as a referral (I will give you my name if you inbox me). I had another friend who was serious about getting smart lipo done and I negotiated by saying I had another friend interested...but he backed out! Maybe it would give you some leverage!

Hi Lisatx2069! I didn't realize that I hadn't posted about this! To be honest I wasn't totally satisfied with the results. We agreed that he should go a little conservatively, but I think he went too conservatively as I haven't noticed much of a difference. My butt has a flat area when viewed from the side and I was hoping to get more of a little, rounder shape to my cheeks. I went in today for my one week follow-up appointment and discussed this with Dr. Nik. He agreed with me and we discussed a follow up plan. They freeze the fat for six months so I'm going to go back in three months to have the remainder of the fat injected. Initially he injected 140 cc's in each cheek (which is very small) and we have 480 cc's left to work with. When I go back in May, it will be a quick 30 min appt and he will inject the remaining fat and we'll go from there. I really liked that there is no charge for this type of appt too! The reason we are waiting 3 months is because the swelling on my flanks is pretty considerable right now so he wants to make sure that the swelling goes down before we start trying to reshape my butt! I am confident that he will do a great job.

Hey there Nessanator! Thanks so much for the message and sorry it's taken me some time to reply. The pain meds I was on really wiped me out! I would definitely say I had a good experience. I saw immediate results...my stomach is definitely flatter and I have a much more defined waistline. The bruising isn't too bad...the worst place was on my pubic bone where the bruising was black and about 4 inches in diameter. The rest of my bruising was very light and splotchy. I haven't been in much pain, but have been sore and stiff. I read people comparing it to being in a car accident and that is a great comparison. I'm open to answer any questions that you have about the doctor, procedure, recovery...whatever!! Have you already gone in for a consultation?

Thanks Kirsty! I appreciate it :) I will be posting some "before" pics this week! I'm super excited to finally be getting this done :)