My experience with Dr. Whetstone and his staff has been nothing but great! I love the inviting atmosphere I receive every time I am there. Dr. Whetstone did an amazing job with my plastic surgery. I couldn't be happier. I have recommended him to several of my friends. He and his staff have such positive and caring energy.
I had a breast augmentation with Dr. Whetstone several years ago. I absolutely loved the result and several years later, I am STILL absolutely in love with the results. It may be time to consider getting them redone as I'm approaching the ten year mark, and I will absolutely go back to him. I've had two friends who have gone to him as well and they love their results as well! He really does an amazing job!
I simply love Dr. Whetstone he was professional, down to earth and soooooo easy to talk to! His staff was amazing and helped me through out the whole process. I had my tummy tuck on Monday and can't wait to see my results next week!!!! I'm super excited after having a large belly for over 30 years I'm ready to get my sexy body back ....hopefully will review again after I see my new body!!! Thank you Dr. Michael Whetstone and staff Darshonnia
I recently got liposuction of the neck and bra line. These are two areas that no matter how much I worked out and lost weight I could never get rid of. Of course.. I had always thought of going to a plastic surgeon but assumed it would be too expensive and I would be too shy to be able to talk about the things that I've been so embarrassed by my entire life. During my consultation, Dr. Whetstone made me feel comfortable and relieved in knowing that these are not easy fixes and are often just a mix of bad genetics. He took his time in explaining what kind of outcome he could reach for me and how he would obtain it. I appreciated his honesty throughout the way. Lanie in my pre-op appointment explained everything I needed to know and do after my surgery to make sure that my results lasted. She was able to answer every question and even give me a range of the pain level. Everything that she had explained happened to the T after surgery. There were NO surprises. The pain level (minimal) was exactly what she told me to expect. Everyone was extremely welcoming and didn't make me feel uncomfortable in the slightest. On the day of my surgery, my first nurse Patsy (?) had a smile that could light up an entire room. I was excited that she was assigned to be my nurse. I got caught up in my IV right before we went to the surgical room and I feel any other nurse might have been a little frustrated but she stayed just as sweet while trying to help me out (even though it was completely my fault). Also, I appreciated that the team took my concerns about previous anesthesia problems seriously. I got to speak with my anesthesiologist before my surgery to voice my concerns and he even helped to distract me from getting my IV. For some reason, my veins love to hide when I'm trying to get my blood drawn/ get an IV so I get a little nauseous when they get poking around. My nurse noticed this and started singing a kids rhyme to me.. I'm not too old nor too proud to say that this did not make me feel 10 times better. All together, my entire experience has been fantastic and if I ever hear of anyone looking for some discrete aesthetic improvements I would be more than happy to refer Dr. Whetstone. I didn't expect to have so much one on one time with him. He stopped by before surgery to mark me and wish me well and then stopped by before I left to wish me a fast recovery and tell me how well everything went. Even after day 1 through all the swelling I could see such a difference in my neck line. Though I don't have a "before" picture, I have posted an after so that you have some kind of idea. Before, my chin basically slid down into my neck.. now I have actual definition after my chin before my neck starts and this is just day 2 WITH swelling! I can't wait to see months down the road what the final product will look like. Updated on 1 Dec 2015:
This morning I had my surgery! I'm 5'7", weigh 119lbs, and I have a 3.5 yr old and 20 month old twins. I just finished nursery my twins and my boobs have gone down to pancakes. I'm also a group fitness instructor and have to take 4 weeks off from teaching, especially since it's a barbell weightlifting class. Since a lot of men come to my class, I didn't want my breasts to be a magnet and too big for my body. I chose to do 375ccs! Hopefully this will bring me to a medium or full c. My surgery was set for 7:30am today, and i needed to arrive at 6:30am to change clothes and finish filling out forms. I was pretty nauseous when I woke up (even though I was given 3 doses of zofran) and so they gave me a fenugrin shot in my booty and sent me on my way! I feel very loopy! I have my husband home to help me get off the bed to go to the bathroom. Occasionally I'll left my hand over my head as exercises. I'll keep posting away since I know how helpful other people's posts were. Updated on 12 Sep 2015: I slept well last night. Only woke up a 12am, and 5am for potty breaks since I've had a lot of water and because of the excess liquids from my IV. I took 2 hydros this morning at 7:30 and took a long hot shower to relax my pec muscles. I did some light massaging and it felt nice! I also did some easy exercises with my arms overhead and shoulder rolls. My chest feels very heavy and tight. I believe the exercises will help my pec muscles get used to stretching over the implant instead of me laying down in bed all day. Hopefully it works! I did take off my bra for the shower and I think my breasts look really nice! Not too high, just extremely perky. I'll take photos tonight! Updated on 13 Sep 2015: Updated on 14 Sep 2015: I haven't been sleeping too well. I'm usually up every few hours for needing to use the bathroom or bc my back hurts from so much on my back. I'm a total side sleeper. And so I've started to nap on my sides. It feels somewhat comfortable and so I'm just gonna do it! I woke up and had breakfast along with 2 hydro. My mom came over to get my twins out of their cribs and to take care of my 3 yr old. A couple hours later I took a Valium and napped for an hour. I'm able to use my arms just fine for everything normal. Just no lifting my kids. I might start taking less hydro so that I can rest better at night and during my naps. Hydros make you sleepy but it messes with your rem sleep cycles to where your sleep isn't good. I'm showering everyday so that my breast can soften from the heat and I gently massage them. My incisions are a little sore. Hopefully I can get better rest tonight! Updated on 15 Sep 2015: Instead of taking 2 Hydrocodone every 4 hours, I am taking 1 hydro with 1 Tylenol. My sleep has been very restless and my nurse told me that the Hydrocodone messed with the REM cycles during sleeping leaving one to not feel rested after a full nights sleep. SO, I've been taking less hydro and my pain level is still fine! I also take 2-3 Valium each day. I think I'll stick with that schedule for another 2 days and slowly taper off the hydro altogether. Tried on some old bras when I was heavier and I love my new boobs!!! They have a ways to go as far as dropping and fluffing but I couldn't be happier!! Definitely pick a doctor with lots of experience! Updated on 16 Sep 2015: So today my pain schedule will go something like this.. 8am- 1 hydro + 1 Tylenol + antibiotic 11:30- 2 Tylenol + 1 Valium + last antibiotic 3:30- 2 Tylenol 7:00- 2 Tylenol 8:30- Valium, bedtime I'm trying to wean of the Hydrocodone since I hate feeling like I'm living in a drowsy fog. This is also the first day that I'm home alone with my 20 month twins and 3 yr old. And so we've done a lot of outside playing and ready books. To put them in their cribs for nap time, i had them grab onto my back while wrapping their hands around my neck and then I just lift up so that all of the pressure is on my back and it worked just fine to toss them over into the crib! Other than that, I'm drinking a ton of water, also taking colace at night and miralax during the day to relieve constipation from the anesthesia and Hydrocodone. I finally had a big bowel movement this morning, tmi I know!! Just being real;) I typically have my breasts bandaged up like in these pics, which is how I left the hospital. I go in for my first post op appointment on Friday and hopefully I won't have to wear the elastic strap around the top of my chest anymore!! My scars look pretty gross, hoping those start to look better soon. Updated on 17 Sep 2015: My ps said to sleep on my back in the elevated position but that just gives me lots of back pain. So from day 2, I've been sleeping on my sides. It's not super comfortable but I'm able to fall asleep SO much more quickly than if I'm on my back. Does anyone know if this will really harm anything?? And my Ps said to not ice, but I see so many of y'all on here using ice packs and finding relief... ? My breast aren't numb, I'm thinking about trying that out today. Updated on 19 Sep 2015: Had my 1 week post op and everything looks good. They gave me the green light to start massaging. I need to cup my hand in a C shape and grab the base of my breast and massage for 2 minutes top of, the side of, and underneath my breast. Gotta rub that implant! I've been taking 2 Tylenol every 6 hours. Can't take Ibprophen yet because it thins blood and my dr wants me to avoid a hematoma. I just started to have nipple sensitivity. Happy about my 375cc unders! Updated on 23 Sep 2015: Woo hoo! I'm feeling much more normal. Sleep had been super crappy though and so I went back to taking hydro and Valium at night and I'm on no meds during the day. It seems to be a good schedule. I'm starting to feel the spontaneous zings and micro-shocks throughout my breast. It's really no big deal though since they last for only seconds. My nipples have been hypersensitive. For me, that means they are always uncomfortable. Always. It's as if your nips suddenly get super hard from being cold, and that's how they feel 24/7. Totally sucks and is annoying. My incision sight is still tender. I wear a folded piece of gauze on top of them so that my bra doesn't dig into it. It just adds a bit of padding to soothe it. I've been looking for a zip-up sports bra and target and Walmart don't carry them. A friend of mine just had her breast aug a couple months ago and she gave me a regular non-underwire bra from Victoria Secret. It's a 34DD. It fits okay, a 34D would fit better bc it's just a tad big. BUT so comfortable and it's thicker than the ugly thin surgical bras that I got from my doctor. And it hides my nipples now that I'm wearing normal clothes. Super happy about it!!! My breasts are still sitting really high and are former compared to my friend that had hers done in April. So it looks like I still have a ways to go for them to settle. But I'm VERY happy with the 375cc unders!!! I took my 3 kids to target yesterday. I had to babywear 1 of my babies bc he was too fussy in the cart. Didn't hurt, just hard to get him in there. I'm used to carrying 2 babies all the time and so 1 baby was cake walk. Haha. Updated on 23 Sep 2015: Ops! Forgot to add photos on my last post Updated on 1 Oct 2015: Life is good. Why?! Because I finally got back into being super physically active! I hit the gym and hit the cardio classes. I can do weighted squats, lunges, biceps, tricep kick backs and overhead extensions, deadlifts and rows, clean and presses without any limitation! It all feels normal. The exercises that feel difficult are push-ups, I can only do top halves while on my knees. Also, dips off a bench, ouch!!! Can't at all. That's about it! I tried my friends Zumba class which isn't your typical Zumba class. It's a lot of burpees, jumping, push-ups etc. It went great! The first class, I didn't lift off my toes to jump bc it hurt boobs. The next day, I wore 2 sports bras for more support and I was able to jump. Had my post-op visit and they took off the glue using alcohol. They also wanted to take pics since they look so good! My stitches will dissolve in the next 2 weeks. I'm still taking 1 Valium at night and a couple Tylenol or Advil during the day just bc I'm hitting harder workouts and to keep any pain at ease. I've gotta get my kids dressed, fed and out he door for another Zumba class and then practice some weightlifting choreography for my bodypump class next Friday! Eek! Updated on 1 Oct 2015: I went to Victoria secret and it was super hard to find a bra that had coverage. Everything shows cleavage and i do NOT want that while at the gym. And the bras that didn't show cleavage had not support for any type of jumping. Their sports bras are a joke! I'll keep searching for coverage AND support. My incision sites are pretty sore. And my boobs were pretty sore. I forgot to take any meds today. I think my workouts are causing the minor achiness but I want my body to get used to them. And I'm noticing that I'm Able to do more and more each day. For real, any of this is better than the pain I had while nursing the twins, and then I had thrush while nursing them. It felt like a crocodile was biting my nipples and as if my breasts were on fire for months. So painful. But the first 2 weeks post-op from the breast aug was mentally HARD!! Just like breastfeeding. Total roller coaster. And I think just knowing time will heal helped me hang on. Definitely needed a couple cry sessions to release the built up frustRation from the pain and running after my kids. I needed more help but didn't have it. All of my friends have kids and my hubby is super busy in grad school. So, yeah. Big emotional roller coaster. But now that I pushed myself out the door and into the gym, I'm feeling better. Hopefully things continue to heal and my pecs continue to get used to being stretched around the implant. It gets better and better the more consistent and steady I am with it. Things i wasn't able to do yesterday, I was able to do today. I'm probably a 34 full c or small d. Now I'm off to bed! Xo
I'm a 44 year old woman, who has always had large (D/DD) breast. In 2013 I decided to get healthy, and I lost 75lbs, which I have been able to keep off, but left me with large saggy (D/DD) boobs! I decided to reward myself with a breast lift and implants to perk these puppies back up. After lots of research, and 5 consultations with local surgeons, I choose Dr. Michael Whetstone to perform my procedure. I had my operation on April 2, 2015, and six weeks later, I'm so happy I did!
I had Upper and Lower blepharoplasty April 27. I had done with my Breast 3rd Argmemnation with same Dr. My eyes are still swelling...and my middle eyes incision is wrinkle.. and little uneven... maybe right eye is more swelling then left one... I know it's take time to heal.. Trying to be patient and happy.. : ) Updated on 13 May 2015: Still some swelling and un evn eyes... I hope get better... I feel so sad all day.. Updated on 17 May 2015: Still swelling some area, especially right eye..Little tiny bump on my left top eyelid. But seems like getting better. I went wedding last night. Put makeup. feels better. Updated on 26 May 2015: My left eyes lower scar is healing well.. But my right side scar is swelling and raised. I'm going to see Dr for check out tomorrow morning... Updated on 31 May 2015: My eyes getting much better.. Usually my left eye is Swollen every morning. But seems like no more morning Swollen. Still little swelling. I'm been using silicon scare gel and silicon scar sheets every night. My scar is getting soft. : ) Kind of nervous about cancun trip next month... I need lots sun screen wear hats sunglass and try stay shed as much i can. : ) Updated on 31 May 2015: Updated on 1 Jun 2015: My right eye heal slow. every morning my right eye swollen. I use ice pack apply to my eye about 10-15 min. Pic with makeup on. Updated on 3 Jun 2015: Getting much better everyday. Still swollen morning.So I need put ice on my eyes. Put makeup and went lunch with my husband. Updated on 23 Jun 2015: Little still swollen area right side lower eye lid. Keep massaging. Hopefully go away. My eyes are getting pretty good . Updated on 13 Jul 2015: Went follow up appointment. Dr showed me my pre op pictures. Wow... I look so old... I'm still healing process. But Glad did surgery. Dr did good job. Updated on 31 Jul 2015: Still have little bump on left side . I think scar build up?? I'm not sure and right side low eye lid is still small bump... My Dr said keep massage it. so far love my result. Updated on 5 Mar 2016: I still have some tiny bump under eye lid, But I like the result. Updated on 5 Mar 2016:
Dr. Whetstone is flat out the most amazing and caring person I have ever met. I was feeling down in the dumps after having 2 children back to back and being recently divorced. I worked out almost every day but still EVERYTHING was sagging. To me I looked awful. Dr. Whetstone brought me back to life. I am so thankful every day. He didn't treat me like just another patient. He took time to get to know and make me feel comfortable. Him and his staff made me feel like I was at home there. Truly a great person.
Dr Whetstone and the staff are awesome for one i felt no pain and waking up everyone was so helpful. I went wirh 350 cc saline left overfilles 390 cc this exprience was great i woke up and had no idea it was over the clinic made me laugh and Comfortable my fam was more afraid the meds made me really tired Updated on 3 Apr 2015: Everything is great i have an PO Appt. Today everything is perfect loving results. Still tender
I knew I wanted to do something to improve the lower neck area because I inherited a familial predisposition to loose jowls and banding in the neck. It made me unhappy with my appearance and affected my moral. It wasn't hard for me to make the decision once I researched the lower facelift procedure and felt I would be a good candidate. I also worked about a year searching for a plastic surgeon that had a great reputation specifically in the area of facelifts. I can't stress enough the importance of this! While most Board Certified Plastic Surgeons are trained in a variety of procedures, they generally are more gifted in a certain area. Once I met with my doctor, took before pictures and talked to him about what I was unhappy about, I knew I was ready to go and excited. I am a month out from my surgery and I am blown away by the improvement! It took 10-15 years off my face in a very natural looking way. The recovery wasn't bad at all. I had staple sutures and wore an elastic ace bandage type support for a couple of weeks to help with swelling. Once my staples were removed it was a breeze! I was back to work in a week. I still have residual numbness in areas near the front of my ears (which is normal) that is improving weekly. Would I do it again? Absolutely! I am thrilled with the results.
That is a great question, it is always best to provide a complete medical history to your doctor. There should not be an issue, however, your surgeon may have you take a few extra measures to prevent infection, such as washing with a certain soap prior to procedure or starting prophylactic antibiotics earlier than usual. Best wishes for beautiful results!
Microneedling is a treatment that is good for most skin types. In our practice we use the RF microneedling trade name tripollar. You may experience some redness and swelling right after the treatment but for the most part you should have minimal downtime. This is a great treatment for scarring and you should respond well with sensitive skin.
In my practice the Melanage Mini Peel is a great option for hyperpigmentation. You will also have a customized cream that is prescription strength to use post treatment. I have seen great results of patients with different skin types.
I would recommend you discuss RF microneedling or basic microneedling with your dermatologist or plastic surgeon. In our practice we have seen nice results with both treatments using Tensage 40 ampules for a growth factor post treatment. RF microneedling can actually help generate volume.
Thank you for the question! It looks as though you have surgical and non-surgical options based on the photo. It is best to consult with a Board Certified plastic surgeon that has extensive experience in face and neck surgery, as well as a reputable med spa. Best Wishes!
