I'm going to Medellin in 10 days to get my procedure done. I've wanted a BBL since I was 17 and I'm finally doing it! I'm going to a doctor recommended to me from a friend who is from Colombia. She's had two procedures with him. Her mother has has three and she's had a friend that's also done a BBL. I love that his results look natural and not overdone like a bottle girl at a club in Queens. The total cost is 10 mil pesos which includes medication, fajas, chin strap, 3 days at the facility w/ nurse (I believe...not sure on this one... will update when I know). His website is in Spanish but I will link it here. By the way, this doctor is bilingual and currently has an office or has had an office in Miami (have to check on that as well). My friend is coming with me and I will be staying with her family for the 10 days that I'm there. My goal is to be as thin as possible and just to give myself a nice shape w/ hips and a little butt but nothing crazy. Also, some fat injected into labia. As much weight as I lose, I'll never be able to change my proportions. My legs will always be too big for the rest of my body, and my hips will always be square. The areas I'm going to lipo are: arms; full back; waist; full abdomen (with abdominal etching); full thigh; and under chin. I really want a thigh gap; a thin body with subtle curves. I am also naturally very muscular so I understand I won't be able to be as thin as I'd like to be (w/ my thighs and arms) and also my calves are extremely muscular so they can't get any smaller unfortunately :(. I understand my limitations and that I won't be as petite as I'd like due to bone (broad shoulders) and muscular structure. I'm excited to see how it will all turn out. Nervous about the pain and nervous that I might be disappointed. I've spent the last month grabbing fat and pulling it to the side to see how skinny my body could get. I hope the doctor follows my instructions. I was, and always am, extremely specific (I'm detail-oriented) and before the procedure, I will reiterate everything one final time as he marks my body. I have a shitton of goal pics, I'll try to limit them and will also attach some before pictures. For reference, I was 161 pounds a few months ago. I lost weight and now fluctuate between 137-138. For the past month, I stopped losing weight in preparation for this surgery. Also, I'm 5'4.5"; black; 21 years old; and live in NE of the US. I went with this doctor because doctors in the US do not do full body lipo with BBL and if they do, it's an extra charge. So instead of paying 15k for lipo where they don't get all the fat (like I want), I can pay $3500 in Medellin and get my body as close to my goal as is possible. I've also been taking vitamins everyday so my blood work will be good. I'm gonna buy a few rajas, chin straps, and compression sleeves before I go. Also bringing thin clothing to wear underneath compression garment, epidemics-foam board; scar cream; antibacterial soap; feminine wipes; q-tips; neosporin; and benadryl Updated on 7 Apr 2018: Here are my goal photos Updated on 7 Apr 2018: These are my before pics Updated on 7 Apr 2018: more before Updated on 7 Apr 2018: Showed the surgeon my wish pics. I was extremely specific. Did surgery yesterday. It was supposed to be 3 hours but turned out to be 3.5 hours because of my thick skin and muscular body. Was so sleepy after surgery, I ended up sleeping 3 extra hours at the hospital. Was able to walk around with ease. Bled a lot and the blood smells bad. Back of arms were a bit sore. Blood leaked through, faja, chin strap, and pjs.. Walked around four times at 20 min. intervals. Today, pain was worse but still manageable. Took off faja by myself. Nurse came by and drained my back which didn't hurt too bad at all. Hurts way more to walk but I can still do it. Saw myself in the mirror without raja and I'm in love. Started crying. So happy Updated on 11 Apr 2018: So since day one, I’ve had an insane amount of swelling that has accumulated in my lower abdomen, that I’ve been peeing out. Turns out, that nasty smell is the anesthésia they inject into the fat. It smells disgusting. You smell it in your pee, when you leak blood. It’s messy and disgusting. Taking off the faja was what hurt the most. So painful. Felt like your skin wasn’t attached to your body and I’d swell up more. I’ve added epifoam boards to my abdomen, waist and lower back where swelling is the worst. I’m very bruised on my arms mainly but also a little on the hips and pubic area. Most of the swelling from the pubic area has now been peed out or bled out. Been having a little bleeding from that area past two days. Nothing serious like Day one. Also on Day two and three I’ve had to get a massage on my back done to drain the excess fluid. It felt soooooo good. Like a painfully good massage. When I was massaged hard like that, it felt like my skin was attached to my body again. Felt amazing. It was just to drain the excess fluid. But my doctor doesn’t really order and massages. No lymphatic massages here. We only drained the fluid for two days. Never had any drains in me. Wore my chin strap for 24 hours for three days. Now I can do it on and off (but mainly on for as often as possible). Compression garment is still 24 hours for the next 9 days. I’ve noticed the past two days, that my calves and feet have been swelling. I can take the compression socks off in two days but might keep them longer. Sleeping. Giiiiiirrrrllllll or booooooyyyyyyy. Your back will hurt you. No escaping it. Lying on my side feels a bit better but hurts my bruised arm. Takes a few tries to find the perfect sleeping position that hurts the least. I’d wake up in the middle of the night massaging my back hard to reduce swelling and help my tight muscles. BUT that same night I Googled if that was okay and read you shouldn’t be massaging yourself so hard as it can mess up the results. So now I’m just dealing with the pain. Stretching as far as I can which isn’t far. After yesterday, I was finally able to (though with great difficulty) fully bend down and up to pick things up. We handed out meals to the homeless yesterday and having to reach back behind my friend’s seat to pass out the meals hurt my already bruised arm. Also, sitting on my butt now hurts a lot. I know a lot of doctors say not to sit on your butt but I’ve asked my doctor this and he says it’s not a problem. My friend sat on her butt, her mom, her friend, they all got the results they wanted and I’m gonna listen to my doctor because he’s done this a lot more than I have. So my BBL pillow really hasn’t been put to use. Maybe I can use it for when my butt gets sore though. Also RealSelf deleted a lot of my before videos. Haters gonna hate. I’m gonna try to re-upload them. Updated on 11 Apr 2018: They deleted every one of my videos. Even when I tried to re-upload them. I don’t understand why. People post pictures naked here. And my videos were fully clothed. Don’t know what the problem is. Updated on 21 Apr 2018: A lot of swelling has gone down. Seeing the abs coming in. Have hard lumps on waist that doctor told me to massage. Love my butt. Perfect size. However it looks like my hips are disappearing and that was like the main thing I wanted with this entire treatment. Been very depressed all day. The butt is what I cared about the least. Attaching pictures from days 6-16 in sequential order. Updated on 21 Apr 2018: More pics and videos Updated on 21 Apr 2018: Back still hurts when I wear garment at night. Doctor said I should take it off at night or if I want wear it all the time. But it’s so uncomfortable at night that I take it off at 5:00 in the morning and can’t go back to sleep and don’t wear it all day because of how uncomfortable it is at night. So I think I shouldn’t wear it at night and hen wear it the rest of the day. My doctor told me not to get massages but I did the other day on my back and it helped the swelling so much. Very painful tho and I won’t do it again cos I don’t want to sacrifice results by doing what I think is best. All I know is that the lady massages my hips and hard and the next day my hips looked more square. So f*ck a massage I’m following the doctor Updated on 21 Apr 2018: Vagina and arms swelling in back and even hips (unfortunately not abdomen and legs yet). If I lose my hips, I’m not afraid to cry. Idk if it’s too soon to tell all I’m ow is your body doesn’t get bigger the longer you wait, it only gets smaller so that scares me. And the main thing I wanted was the hips. Got a massage yesterday even though my surgeon didn’t order massages. Helped so much with the swelling in my lower back. The therapist did it really rough and also massages my hips. All I know is I’m not doing any more [RS bleep] on my own. Listening to my surgeon. I don’t care what anyone else says. This is what has worked for him so let me stop acting like a doctor. Before yesterday my hips were good. Now they’re loookinf squarer. What else? Chin is going down, vagina isn’t as fat unfortunately. Still decent though and isn’t my biggest concern. Broke my faja. Huge rip in the butt. Skin feels so tight and i can’t stretch but I can semi-walk like a normal person. Updated on 1 May 2018: Updated on 1 May 2018: Updated on 3 May 2018: Updated on 23 Jul 2018: I really like the thin look so I’ve lost 11 pounds. A little of the butt has gone but I’m just gonna do a Sculptra buttlift when I’m at my goal weight
