Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery

I've been in remission from type 2 diabetes and am finally having my dreams come true after going through so many hardships and toxic relationships my entire life. I'm so proud to be able to be an example to my two young teen daughters on how far you can come if you don't give up and learn self-love and respect. I'm so blessed and so grateful these days. Can't wait for this amazing transformation to take place finally!! Yayyyyyy!!! April 28th, 2021 mommy makeover for me!!

Updated on 26 Apr 2021:
Only one more day til my Mommy Makeover!!!

Hey ladies! I'm 36 married with 3 children. Now is the perfect time because my boys are in their late teens and. I decided to make the changes to my body that I've always wanted. I decided to post a review because after 6 months of searching I was unable to find any reviews on BBL in Ohio! I had my surgery done by Dr. Centeno at Columbus Institute of plastic surgery. He was very approachable, clear and concise. Every question and concern of mine were addressed and I felt very comfortable with him. My initial consultation was in 9/2015. I was unsure about having the surgery done at that point. After a year of going back and forth, I decided to get it done. I had my second consultation in 8/2016 and scheduled the surgery for 30 days later. My husband supported me throughout the entire process and took great care of me. My measurements to begin with were 36' 30, 37.5. What I was hoping for was a smaller waist and curves. I have no complaints because I can't tell you the last time I was able to down without seeing my stomach bulge. The day after surgery my measurements were at 36, 28, 40.5. I honestly felt I was fat. I'm only 5'1. Fast forward 3 weeks later I'm currently 36, 26.5 and 39. I love love the curves!!! My husband does as well. As far as the recovery goes the first 3 days were the worst. On day four I was up and out. I had pain in my stomach area only which my husband massaged out. He pretty much massaged me daily which really helped a lot. I didn't wear a faja daily but I was wearing a compression tank. I started wearing a waist trainer at after week one. My stomach still feels numb and sore at times but nothing I can't deal with. So ladies in Ohio if you are considering a bbl in Ohio it's definitely worth it to check out Dr. Centeno! Oh yes I forgot to mention my four areas were the lower and upper stomach and my flanks. By the way this is my third attempt at posting hope this gets posted.

I had my son at a younger age, which made me uncomfortable about my body due to all the stretch marks. As I continued to get older, the stretch marks never faded and I felt like a kangaroo with a pouch. I also started to notice that my breast were not a perky. This all caused me to lose my confidence and made me depressed. I had went and gotten two consultations prior for breast implants. But as I mention the older I got (which I am still kind of young), I felt worse about my body. I decided to get another consultation at the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery. They were amazing. Gave me great information. Very detailed. They made me feel comfortable which resulted in me choosing to do a full mommy makeover which include lipo, tummy tuck and breast implants. I was so excited in making this decision. The whole staff was amazing and helpful. The procedure which I was nervous about went smooth and easy. I was amazed how great the recovery went immediately following the surgery. I didn't have any complications. They did an amazing job. My scars are healing nicely and I believe will be hardly visible. I feel everything looks so natural too. I am now 5 weeks out of surgery. And happy every day with the choice I made and so glad I choose Columbus Institute of Plastic surgery. I look forward every day to the changing and improvement of my body through the recover process. Highly recommend them. A great experience. I now have confidence that a woman should have and I feel youthful.

Columbus institute of Plastic surgery Review. I’m going to present the facts of my experience accurately as possible so you can make your own choice. When I first called to make my appointment it was 2 weeks out. I called a few days later and got a sooner appointment. Only when they changed my appointment they didn’t tell me they switched me from the east location to the west location. So I went to the east location and then had to drive almost 30 minutes to their other office. Now I do give them credit for still seeing me that day and they waived the $75 consult fee which was good customer service. But that really didn’t matter since that $75 would have been taken off my surgery cost anyway so really I got nothing for it. The Dublin office was very nice and relaxing. The rooms where great. I didn’t wait long at all during that appointment. Dr. Shah was ok. We discussed options. I asked him if I would do better with an fdl vs a standard tummy tuck. He said either would be fine but my results would be better with an fdl. I told him I was worried about the cost of the fdl and he said it was no more expensive than a regular tummy tuck. My consult was in March and they were booking surgeries into June, but they found me an appointment in May which I very much appreciated. I scheduled my pre surgery talk for I think May 7th. They called and needed to change it to April 23rd. No big deal. It was that pre surgery appt where I felt like everything started going wrong. My appointment was at 2. I was still in the waiting room at 330. An hour and a half is a really long wait in my opinion. I don’t think I saw dr Shah until 4pm. When he did come in he seemed very rushed. I had pulled some pictures of his work from his website and was asking questions about why some things looked as they did. He seemed very annoyed by this. He wouldn’t give me a good idea of what to expect from my results. He just said he would do the best he could. At this point I wanted to cancel and look for a different surgeon. But I had already paid my $200 deposit that I wouldn’t get back. Plus i was on a very short timeline and didn’t want to start the process all over. During that consult I told him I thought I’d like to do the fdl cut vs just the horizontal cut. Then they put me in another room to go over payment. They brought in a new quote that was $3000 more than my original! They said the fdl was more expensive even though dr shah said it was not. I asked for the office manager. After talking to her she agreed to waive dr shahs extra fees and I paid $300 more for the fdl. Which by the way was based on a 3 hour surgery. My surgery was less than 2.5. Of course I didn’t get that extra money back. Then a coordinator came in. I said I wanted to do the 60 month plan with the card I was using. She said that wasn’t an option. I had previously called the office when I was figuring out financing for all of this and was told that they didn’t offer the 24 month interest free option on the alpheon card so I made my budget around doing the 60 month plan. I again asked for the manager since I was previously told that the 60 month payment plan was an option. The coordinator came back in and said I was right there is a 60 month option but they did have the 24 month no interest plan too. I went with the interest free plan but I didn’t like having to make that choice on the spot. They should have given me the correct information the first time. Before paying them I asked them to confirm they had received my surgery clearance results from my pcp. They said they did. So I paid them. A week later I get a call from my coordinator saying they didn’t have them yet. I had my dr fax them several times and they said they weren’t getting them. I went to my drs office and picked them up and emailed them to my coordinator. After all the misinformation I asked her to send me confirmation that my records had been reviewed and that I was all set for surgery. She said they had been reviewed and i was clear. Then a few days later she said the NP reviewed my records and I needed to stop one of the meds. So this led me to believe I didn’t actually get the all clear the day she told me. Not really a big deal, just more shaking my confidence in them. I emailed my surgery coordinator the day before surgery about some things I was nervous about. She never got back to me. Not a big deal, but I’m paying these people a lot of money and they seem to drop the ball at every turn. The day of surgery was mostly smooth. I thought for sure they would call me and push my arrival time back but they actually called me to come in 30 minutes early. I told them when I got there that I was having a lot of anxiety and asked if I could have something for my nerves. They said I had to wait and ask anesthesia. The anesthesiologist came in after I had been there about an hour but she didn’t give me anything for my nerves. She was nice though and answered all my questions and reviewed everything. Out of everyone I had met up to this point she was the only friendly one. When Dr. Shah came in I expressed some concerns about my outcome and really just got kind of the same uncertain, unreassuring answers. He was nice enough but more of a HR like fake nice. When I woke up from surgery I was already dressed and they where moving me to a wheel chair. I don’t remember them dressing me. They called my husband to see where he was. Turns out he had been waiting there like 20 minutes and when he called to check to see how much longer they said they didn’t know so he went to get the kids food at a drive thru. 5 minutes later they called asking where he was. Again not a big deal but very disorganized and annoying. The day after surgery I called after hours and left a message because I had some swelling I was worried about. He did call back quickly so that was good. Though not a very informative call. I called his nurse 2 days later. I asked for atratax because I was really itchy. This was on a Friday. The nurse was never very nice and just kind of short. She said it was probably from the binder and to call Monday if I’m still itching. Geez thanks so I get to be uncomfortable all weekend. During that same call I asked her to refill my zofran because it was out and I was scared of throwing up. She seemed annoyed and said she would tell my surgery coordinator to do it. Needless to say, I never got my zofran. But really, I didn’t have high hopes for them giving good post op care based on how shotty their pre op care was. My first post op appt wasn’t much better than any other appt. He came in looked and said “it looks good any questions”. He didn’t even sit. I felt under pressure to get as many questions out as I could remember. It doesn’t help that the post op instructions they give you before surgery contradict themselves numerous times. Like the what to expect at your first post op visit. It says he will go over what your final result should look like. He didn’t. One section says to start your antibiotics as soon as you get home. The other section says “don’t worry about taking your antibiotics until the morning after surgery because you got a full day’s dose pre op.” So you get contradicting information coupled with rushed interactions with the dr. Be prepared to find a lot of info on your own! I’m not basing this review on my results. I know that it will take months to see the final result. I feel like I have a dog ear on my side that dr Shah will charge me to revise. My experience is most surgeons revise dog ears for free. Also on my side is a very noticeable pucker on the side of my butt that makes me look disfigured. I have a large bulge above my belly button that is probably fat. I told dr shah I was worried about this happening as I’ve seen it in some of his other work. I felt like he led me to believe that with the fdl cut this would not be an issue. Because of this I still can’t wear the clothes I had so been looking forward to wearing. Had he taken the time during my post op to go over these things more throughly, perhaps I’d be more content with waiting. I was limited in my choice of surgeons because the only financing option I had was the Alpheon credit card. CIPS was the cheapest option among providers offering this payment method. Honestly if I had any other options that I could have made work financially and on my timeline I would have gone with them instead. I absolutely would not recommend this practice if you are considering plastic surgery. They are disorganized and not friendly at all. When I’m paying thismuch money, I expect some really good customer service and they fell short at every turn! My advice is if you want to be treated like cattle on an assembly line to get decent results for an ok price, go here. Otherwise, find a practice more deserving of your money.

I am 26 years old, 5'5", about 155 lbs and I'm tentatively getting 650cc. After having 2 kids and losing some weight the girls are just not what they used to be. My breasts have always been a little "top heavy", (they never really rounded out) and my left is bigger than the right. I've always been self conscious about them so why not get them fixed.

Had my consultation today for the bigger and better boobs today. I feel very comfortable with my doctor; he took the time to go over the pros and cons of all my choices and discussed what I wanted. He suggest that I would also benefit from a lift but he didn't push the issue, which I loved. I am planning a lift at a later date but I should get rather nice results from just the implants right now.

Updated on 24 Jun 2013:
So I've been hearing different versions of this question quite a lot today. Is bigger really better? Is 600-650 going to be too big for me. My PS said that I could do any where from 450-650 but that 600-650 would get me the look I was going for. (I showed him pics, Scarjo anyone? lol) From women that I have talked too to some reviews I've read I keep hearing go bigger or you'll wish you had. Which is why I picked the bigger size...... now I'm questioning myself. I think its time for the rice test.

Here are some before photos. I've never taken pics of my breasts before so I was very taken back today looking at these. I just can't help but think "wow, my boobs are ugly." I've never thought they were pretty but now.... just wow.

Updated on 27 Jun 2013:
I'm getting impatient! I just want to have my pre-op appointment, decide my final size, and have at it. I just want to have the new boobs and I want the healing process to be over with. I'm anxious to start a new workout program but I know it will be awhile till I can actually go all out.

I bought a few bras to wear for after, I got one large and one extra large, but I didn't get a chance to try them on at the time and now I think I need to return the large. One thing I am worried about clothes wise is not being able to wear my husbands old tshirts. I stole some of his high school tshirts when we first started dating (8 years ago) and I've never given them back. I'd hate it if I couldn't fit in them after. I think it will be a really tight fit but if I could wear them while pregnant with our daughter then I can make it work. lol

Updated on 30 Jun 2013:
We've had some stuff come up and money is going to be tight. We have the money to cover the gap between the total and care credit but covering this bill and the surgery would empty out our savings. If something happened we'd be SOL and we aren't really comfortable with that. I'm hoping that we can figure something out so I don't have to reschedule.

Updated on 30 Jun 2013:
No need to postpone!! Yay, got it all figured out!!! Only 2 weeks I can't wait, bring on the boobies!!!

Updated on 3 Jul 2013:
Our new mattress came in finally! We got one of Sealy's high end memory foam with a 25 year warranty. I think with how comfortable it is I should be able to sleep in bed after the BA as long as I use plenty of pillows to prop myself up.

Pre-op is a week from today and surgery is in 13 days! Excited and anxious. I'm a little worried that the pain meds won't be strong enough. I have fibromyalgia and a high tolerance to most pain meds. I also have a high pain tolerance so I think I'll be fine. If I can have my son naturally without an epidural then I think I can handle it.

Updated on 4 Jul 2013:
I'm not really keeping my BA a secret lol what's the point? It's going to be obvious. I haven't told everyone though because it hasn't come up or they just don't need to know right now. Like my sister that lives states away, I just haven't had the chance to tell her yet. My parents are there visiting and they tell her the first night without even asking me if she knew first. I'm irritated because she will think that I was purposely keeping it from her when that wasn't my intention. Secondly my parents are just like oh well get over it we told her. As has happened in the past when my parents have beat me to the punch. I'm not surprised because my mother does that [RS bleep] all the time, doesn't mean it doesn't tick me off every time. My mother is going with me to my pre-op appointment because DH has to work so that should be fun. (Sarcasm lol)

Something else I've been thinking about; why is it that everyone needs to know why you want a boob job? Or if your SO wants you to get it done? Like what's it matter? I'm doing it for me and my husband is fine with that. He has never made me feel anything but beautiful and sexy even when I have strongly disagreed. He isn't however gonna turn down bigger boobs to play with. Lol

I guess that is my bit of a rant done and over with. Hope everyone had a good and safe 4th!

Updated on 7 Jul 2013:
Because the fact that I'm going to have implants in about a week doesn't seem real. Honestly I'm a little worried about liking them. I'm kinda comparing it to getting a new piercing or tattoo, its a little painful at first and takes some getting used too but after awhile you hardly notice them anymore. I hope the implants are like that. My goal is big boobs but are big boobs going to get in the way too much? I'm planning on doing the rice test and my pre-op appointment is in 2 days so I can play with sizes again. I don't want to go too big but I also don't want to have to go back in for bigger ones either. I just want to get the right ones the first time.

Updated on 10 Jul 2013:
It's getting so close! I'm super excited now. Took my mother with me since my husband had to work and she agreed go big or go home. She even suggested the 700cc instead of just 650. Now I've definitely got boob greed! Wishing I had tried on the 800s just to see how they look. I really thought that they may be too big but they look very proportional on me. Just what I wanted to go bigger and to balance out my lower half.

Dr. Shah went over the surgery and what to expect again. I am very comfortable with him. I also love Britney who is my little helper person, I can't think of her title.

Updated on 10 Jul 2013:
I think these look very natural on me and would look even better in a real bra.

Updated on 11 Jul 2013:
Well, I removed myself from a fitness and health group on fb. We had all been together for about 3 years and a few other girls and I were discussing my BA. Some girls that obviously just don't agree with PS threw a fit about the topic. Instead of being adults and ignoring the posts or being able to compromise grouped together and threw a fit saying that its taking the easy way out and it was off topic. For a group being together that long it was definitely not the first time we've every talked about something other than fitness. They said it brought out their insecurities, like the pics of the girls that weight less than 120 don't make the bigger girls feel insecure? No one tells them they shouldn't post their pics. This is me dealing with one of my insecurities, it doesn't matter what their own personal opinions are on PS we are supposed to be supporting each other.

Any who! The more I look at the 700cc sizers the smaller I think they look. One of my friends said "I can't tell a difference between those and a nice bra." I kinda of agree. I know its boob greed lol but I want to try on the 800s before surgery just to make sure. I wish I had tried them on at my pre-op but I didn't even think about it. DH says he wishes I had tried them on too. I want big boobs and I only want to do it once. :)

Updated on 14 Jul 2013:
Two days to go and I'm really excited and really nervous. I keep going back and forth between thinking they will be amazing and what if their not? What if my body reacts badly and what if I don't like them? What if, what if, what if? Ugh.

Updated on 15 Jul 2013:
I'll be in the OR 7:30am tomorrow morning and in less than 12 hours I'll have some new girls! Mostly over my fears and excited to see the results. Not sure if I'll update tomorrow depending on how I feel. Thank you for all of the support ladies!!! It really means a lot.

Updated on 16 Jul 2013:
Besides the fact that we almost slept through my surgery time lol thanks to me setting the alarm for PM instead of AM. Surgery went very smooth and everyone was great. I went with my instinct and got the 800s! Go big or go home. At first I was hurting pretty bad but once we got home and got me settled in its much better. Doc says no big meals today which sucks because I want Sushi! Lol i know it's due to the anesthesia but it doesn't bother my stomach. Here's a pic of the girls!

Updated on 17 Jul 2013:
So far so good. As long as I keep up with the pain meds and ice the girls the pain has been manageable. I've cat napped a little off and on too which helps. I can already tell that they have settled in a little because they aren't as high as yesterday but the right one is still higher than the left. I think that's because I'm right handed so the muscle is probably tighter. I still haven't taken the sports bra off but I have lifted it some to readjust.

Updated on 18 Jul 2013:
Not doing too bad, keeping up on the meds helps. Got to take a shower today and I had to sit down to shave my legs but I got it done. We even took the kids on a play date this afternoon, that was fine till I had to pick my son up. Let me just say OUCH!

I've noticed that my left is dropping way faster than my right. I'm trying not to use my right arm in hopes it helps. Anyone have any advice on how to get the right one to drop? Doc said no to massage.

Updated on 20 Jul 2013:
I'm back to work today and thankfully I have an easy case. First day with just Tylenol for the pain and I'm doing alright so far. Still icing the boobs every chance I get. Lefty is dropping nicely but righty is still pretty high and tight. It has dropped a little because it's about three finger with down from my collar bone instead of just two. Trying to use my right arm less so the muscle relaxes. Will post pics soon.

Updated on 23 Jul 2013:
So the girls are a week old today. The feeling in them is starting to return which means they are a little tingly at times. I can tell that I've done too much recently because my chest muscles are hurting. Occasionally when I move I hear/feel a bubbling on my left side, hope it goes away as I heal because I don't know how much I'm going to like hearing my implant. Lol my right one is still higher but it seems to be dropping slowly. Let me see, the last time I took anything but Tylenol for the pain was Sunday night before bed. I've been more swollen than painful so ice has really been helping. On the other hand I had to take laxatives twice to get anything moving again. My stomach was so bloated that I looked pregnant and I was so uncomfortable. I stepped back on the scale and 6 of the 10 post op pounds I gained have gone away thankfully.

Yesterday was our anniversary so I dressed them up nice for the first time. With the bloat it was hard for me to find anything to wear lol I also don't like tight tops yet. I tried wearing a t-shirt with a tank under it the other day and it just felt like too much pressure.

Updated on 23 Jul 2013: