Beleza Surgery - Cedar Park

Dr. Roger Smith did an amazing on my inner thighs. I'm pleased and happy with my results. Staff was great! Thank you all ! I would definitely recommend them . Amazing team.
They were very explanatory and thoroughly thru my procedure. I'm so happy .

I always have a great experience with Leslie for my botox and filler, she makes me look like a Queen! Beleza makes scheduling super easy as well. I definitely recommend her to all of my people and I am always happy with my results. I've been a repeat customer for years :)

Over the last year & a half, I lost a total of 45 lbs. I am 5'10 & weight 195 lbs. My main problem area is the kangaroo pouch below my belly button.
I had surgery on 5/30 at Beleza Medspa in Cedar Park, Tx. The first week I was in some pain, stiff and had bruising from the smartlipo done on my abdomen & flanks. Most of the bruising subsided in week two. However, I am still slightly swollen. I am trying to be patient but today is day 21 post-op & even though my results are better than before, I am still not where I thought I would be at 21 days post-op. I will post another pic today & try to post future pics every friday. Remarks/ thoughts are appreciated.

Updated on 20 Jun 2014:


Updated on 8 Jul 2014:
Still wearing my compression garments & I started waist training about 2 weeks ago. The waist trainer is latex & fits better than any compression garment I have ever seen! I am drinking a ton of water & doing 4 to 5 miles everyday. I am praying my stomach is completely flat by July 18th when I go on vacation.

Updated on 21 Aug 2014:

My husband made a promise to me years ago that after we had a few children I could asses the bod and treat myself to some plastic surgery..so after doing much research I decided to use Beleza MedSpa (had great reviews online). The surgery was yesterday and today I went to another location for a lymphatic massage (which i was able to drive myself to). I'm pretty sore, but it isn't unbearable...i took a shower this morning and removed all of the bandages..nothing appeared to be seeping anymore so i left the bandages off and just put back on the support garment. it's hard to say really how pleased i am with the results at this point because everything is still pretty swollen, but one thing i'm definitely not happy about is my breasts..the left one is noticeable smaller than the right one (and even it - left one- IMO isn't much bigger than the original size and definitely isn't a cup size larger which was what I was told by the Dr. and was this expecting...)...

Anyway, I called the clinic and complained and was told by Dr. Broder's assistant (Tori) to come back in..i drove back to the clinic after the massage (different location) and after speaking with Torri (Dr. was in surgery) put my mind at ease (somewhat!) that we just need to give it some time...so that is what I'm going to do (no choice really!)...I have a sinking feeling that I'm going to need another fat transfer procedure to my breasts..I really feel like I shouldn't have to pay more $, but pretty much signed my life away before the surgery... Will keep u updated... side note: i recall at the end of the surgery them (Dr. and asst) holding up a really small mirror (which i could barely see into!) for me to examine my breasts in...and we all decided the right one needed more volume..so they added more fat to it..I regret not triple looking after this to be sure it matched the other...guess we were all pretty exhausted and me pretty loopy from the 3 lorazepam pills...!@#!@$@



Updated on 20 May 2013:
Hello..Well this is the 8th week and I've had approx 5 lymphatic massages..so far, i'm somewhat satisfied with the results...i don't look pregnant anymore..however i was expecting my breasts to be larger (am starting to see the stretch marks again due to breastfeeding..) and stomach flatter (the doughnut around my belly button is still puffy..)..so most likely i'll need a "touch up"...am opting tho to forgo another fat transfer to the breasts and get implants instead..

Updated on 11 Jul 2013:
Procedure went smoothly..had upper and lower abs touched up..hoping a flatter belly will enhance still small boobies :) so can really feel comfy in a bikini....really encouraged to eat better and exercise more...i was told the fat can def, come back! need to try bench pressing the kids..hehe side note: one more yr til can get implants! neeeerrrvous...seems so unnatural..but like lipo isn't...haha

Updated on 23 Jul 2013:
BUT it appears the "touch up" procedure was only done to my upper abs?!?! I'm feeling no numbness whatsoever below my belly button... Tori, Dr. Broder's assistant, had asked me before the proceudure if we were only doing the upper abs and I told her that I thought the Dr. said we were doing both...since the stubborn 'post PG' fat encompassed the "doughnut" shape around the belly button... :( I'm still pretty sore and have been doing lymphatic massage, but without a doubt the pain is only in the upper abs...I emailed the Dr. my concerns, but have no received a reply from him as of yet.. I've been traveling, but will calling the office tomorrow to discuss my concerns as well as set up the follow up appointment...to be continued...

Updated on 11 Dec 2013:
Well I just went in yesterday for a follow up (actually met with Dr. Broder this time). I was a bit taken aback because as soon as he saw my waist the first thing he said was 'you are fat' or something to that effect...um..NOT what a Dr. should say to his patient.. Anyway he recommended their HcG diet which I've heard is a sham and wouldn't even discuss having a touch up procedure done for my belly... I don't think I will be recommending this company or ever using their service again... I don't feel like I got much for the $$ I spent...I was expecting (becuase I was told in the initial consultation) to have larger breasts and that once the fat in my stomach and flanks was removed it wouldn't come back....lie, lie. I'm going to save and have breast implants and poss a mini tuck somewhere else.. Last thing...I didn't like how there was no real diet, exercise recommendation, encouragement by the Dr or staff post-op nor were any measurements ever taken (bust, waist, hips)...also the scale seems to be a bit off...anyway...whatever... Best part of whole experience was the the lymphatic massages by Kim...she rocks. :)

The staff was great and helpful. That said, the procedure was pretty painful and I see almost no difference after 12 weeks. For $3,000, I would expect to see some even a modest amount of tightening…I just don’t. I look the same. I recommend spending your money on something else.

Dr. Broder did not perform my procedures, and should not be falsley represented and should not be shown as the person responsible for the positive outcome of my procedures. Kathryn Clayton, N.P. is the person responsible for this successful treatment!

You can see in my photos that I have the nasolabial folds and the corners of my mouth have downward creases. I asked for this to be resolved and was told I only needed one syringe of juvederm for this. I had budgeted myself for two and was happy to hear I only needed one. So I asked if we could help my eye area with a second syringe. She recommended that I have voluma placed on my front cheek area to give a fullness that will help my smile area as well as my eyes, so I trusted her judgment and went for it, although the voluma was several hundred more. I just wanted to look refreshed and have those deep lines filled and gone. Whatever it takes.

As soon as she finished and showed me the mirror, I saw no difference. She showed me the before and after photos she took and again I'm sitting there wondering what happened here because I still see the deep lines. They weren't even halfway filled in. They looked the same. I saw the slightest increase in the cheek area from the voluma. But the nasolabial folds were exactly the same.

I've seen enough lovely pics here on realself to know that these lines are indeed filled successfully with juvederm - so what happened here? I don't understand. It appears that she filled the area underneath it all and didn't address the lines. I didn't want to puff up the underneath. I wanted the lines to be resolved and gone. Why wouldn't she fill the lines?

So I mentioned that I still see the lines. She told me that I will see results in several days and the optimal results will happen at about two weeks. Does this sound right? I've been reading here that what you see right away is what you get, plus some swelling that will eventually go down. But look at my before and after pics. Can I honestly expect the lines to magically fill in over the next two weeks? I sure hope this huge disappointment soon becomes a happy successful result, because I'm feeling very let down right now. I would love to be wrong and update this review and praise this RN who did this. But everything I'm reading online is telling me this is the result and it won't get better. I will give a full review in two weeks. But right now I am sad about this.

Has anyone had no results and then as the days went by they suddenly saw improvement? I'm hoping for some encouragement because I'm regretting this a day later.

Updated on 24 Nov 2014:
Updating with photos. Day four and no improvement. I'm being advised by several doctors on this website that the juvederm was not injected correctly and more than one syringe is definitely needed. It is the consensus that results should be instant and do not magically appear in two weeks, which is what I figured. I am researching ways to resolve this mistake and finally to find a doctor to do this right. I've rated my juvederm experience as "not worth it" with the thumbs down, but this is not a critique of the product itself. I still have confidence that if injected correctly this product can make a great difference. I hope to post a positive result here some day soon.

Updated on 25 Nov 2014:
Wow, this looks pretty much the same as the "before" pic. Over the weekend there was just the tiniest amount of swelling (which is to be expected after injections) and that is gone now, so today I see in the mirror the exact same lines I saw before I paid $1320 to have them filled or at the very least reduced significantly. It's as if I never had the injections at all. If only that were true. I made an expensive mistake going there.

Today in the grocery store I chatted with a neighbor who asked if I ever decided to go ahead with the juvederm. When I pointed to my face and said this is it, she told me no, no, no that is not how it works and there should be immediate results. *Sigh* that is what everyone is telling me.

I have scheduled an appointment with an experienced dermatologist at a highly rated medical facility and I am optimistic that I will have a good experience this time around. I will post an update then.

Updated on 7 Dec 2014:
I knew better that there would be no improvement in two weeks as promised. Of course the lines don't magically fill in like it was suggested. However, I did wait two weeks, and of course nothing. I did call the medspa a few days after the poor service and asked to speak with the owner. Instead I got a call back from the injectionist who insisted she did her job right. She kept cutting me off when I tried to calmly discuss that no, there are no results in the after pics so how can she keep saying this? She kept repeating that she did her job right and made a huge improvement. Seriously? Look at my pics. It was ridiculous that she called me and behaved this way. I wanted to speak with someone in charge. This was handled so unprofessionally. I asked to speak with the doctor who owns the medspas and she instead had the "operations manager" call me back. This person was no better. It was obvious I was on speaker phone although she denied it. She stonewalled and kept repeating over and over that the job was done right. She also cut me off as I tried to reason with her, and refused a refund or any attempt to fix this at their expense. She even had suggested I go back in and pay for more product! Clearly, they did not wish for me to speak with the owner and they would not take any responsibility for what happened. This cost me a lot of money, not to mention the disappointment and annoyance at how I've been treated. If there was maybe enough of a fill that I felt I got something for my money, I could let this go. But nothing for $1320? Absolutely nothing? I owe it to myself to try to be refunded the full amount, so I'm disputing this to my credit card company. Wish me luck!

Now, on to better news! After two weeks of nothing, I went to see a Doctor at a highly rated medical office. She was amazing! She listened carefully to my concerns and what I recently experienced, and after a good discussion, we agreed on two syringes of Juvederm. The results are awesome! I saw them immediately! The great results I have now are what I should have had in the first place. You can find my second chapter here:

http://www.realself.com/review/austin-tx-juvederm-works-when-injected-correctly

Updated on 29 Jan 2015:
After submitting my case, I was told a month later by the credit card company that they require a Doctor's letter specifically stating that the procedure was done incorrectly. Of course, it is too late now, and I cannot imagine any Doctor going out of their way, risking a potential lawsuit, to do this in the first place. I had several board certified Doctors on this website stating that the procedure was done incorrectly and that should have been enough. But this is how it played out. Shame on Beleza Medspa for their lack of accountability. I wonder if Dr. Lawrence Broder is even aware of the childish unprofessional behavior at his business. A lawsuit just isn't worth my time and energy, so I will have to put this expensive mistake behind me. At least I had this procedure done correctly by a talented professional afterwards. I have to focus on the good here. But I publish my experience to all here as a warning.

Photos have now been removed for privacy reasons. I just want to put this negative experience behind me.