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BBL with Dr Salama. Aventura, FL

UPDATED FROM Happinesslife

2 weeks post op

$8,999
It's been a long 2 weeks for me, but I'm finally feeling a lot better. I had to fly back home with one of my drains still in my lower abdomen. I was so scared to remove it at home alone. I took it out on day 11. Whew i felt so dizzy but counted 1, 2, 3 and pulled and it was out. Thank god! Lol no more drains.
I'm able to do a lot of things on my own, pretty much everything now. Well except for sit on my butt or drive. I haven't had any pain, or needed to take any medications. The only thing that kills is wearing the garment 24/7 7 days a week. It's so tight and very uncomfortable.

Oh to speak on the serenity recovery house for a minute, well for me it was an awful experience. I thought I was gonna have my surgery then come back to a peaceful setting. Instead it was a super loud and quite disturbing house. I felt like the caretaker lourdes played favoritism to certain girls and there was times that I needed tons of help and was gonna faint or needed help with taking my garment on/off, taking baths etc she would act like i was a total bother to her. For breakfast she only cooks eggs n toast (barely). No lunch. So the only time you actually eat is a small dinner.
No one should have to pay all of this money and have no assistance AT all. And when she's around you all she does is smoke outside and gossip about other girls. As far as the other caretaker grace she totally has an attitude and talks to you any kind of way. You can clearly tell she puts on an act. It was overall a loud ghetto type of environment. Could never rest cause of how loud the girls were yelling, laughing and arguing inside the house. Next time I will research alittle more. And find a place alot more peaceful and less ghetto in a time of recovery.

Thanks to Dr Salama and all of his amazing office staff though, they were ALL so very helpful and I was so sad to leave them and head back home.

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Moises Salama, MD

Moises Salama, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Glad to hear you are recovering well. When you took out the drain did they tell you to cut the stitches first or just to pull. Ouch! I'm so sorry that you had such an experience at the RH. So different from my experience. I would suggest that when you feel up to it call NOmie and offer suggestions for improvement. I really would because you are right, its way too much money to pay and not get what you expected. When I was there, it did tend to get noisy as some of the girls that were doing better became chatty while watching TV etc. But i usually closed the door and was so doped up on pain meds I fell asleep with no problem. LOL. When I was there I spoke to Nomie about having too many gals at the RH with only one provider. It is way too hectic for one caretaker to provide care to all of the post op gals and the caretakers are human they can get overwhelmed and exhausted. Important thing is that you are home and recovering. Are you happy with your results still? Can't wait to see your pics. Speedy Recovery Doll.
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I have spent almost a yr researching plastic...

I have spent almost a yr researching plastic surgeons and decided to get the bbl with Dr Salama. I just loved his patient coordinator nancy and being an out of state patient everyone in his office made everything so convenient for me. I was worried at first but everything ran so smoothly. I was able to call the office with random questions I had, and always got an answer. That's really big to me cause other offices I was researching were so rush rush.

When I landed I met Justin the driver who was awesome then was taken to Elite to meet all the ladies at the office and go over all of the paperwork. There was def a million pages lol but I'd rather be safe than sorry:-) I met with Nomie and she was such a sweetheart. So warm and silly. She has had the bbl done and her backside looks really great. Celia I believe that's how you spell her name, well she was pretty amazing too. She gives you your lymphatic massages and boy oh boy are those hell! But having someone who is so sweet makes the experience atleast much better is pretty great. Dr Salama was very laid back and straight to the point and realistic with his results. I told him what I wanted and he reassured me that he would make me look amazing. So far so good! I'm a few days in and can't wait to see what my final results are.

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Hi Doll. Welcome to the other side of Booty land. Hope you are recovering well. Are you staying at the RH? As soon as you are better we'd love to see your pics! Happy Healing.
Hi love happy healing when you are feeling better i would love to see some post-op pics ... happy healing xoxo
Im going with him on March of next year i booked everything in advanced already thank you for posting your experience this just reassures me that i made the right choice!!!! Cant wait to see pics!
How did you sit on the plane , did you use your yours map or yoga blocks
I actually flew southwest airlines, which is first come first serve when you get on the plane. I went directly to the last row and even called beforehand to see how many empty seats there were before flying. I was amble to lay my whole body down. It was a night time flight so it was dark and I didn't feel awkward.