500cc Oval Butt Implants + Tummy and Love Handle Lipo

I'm nearing the 3 year mark and sadly, I need to get a revision. I have 0 pain and my results still look amazing, but I've noticed that the left side has been looking weird and has dropped too much, to the point that it's kinda drooping and I can stick my finger between my thigh and the implant and separate the implant from my body. It doesn't hurt at all. I went to the butt king himself, Dr. Stanton for an assessment, and after his physical exam, he thinks the implant on my left side has migrated a bit out of its muscle pocket on the outer side and the bottom. Both implants have dropped a bit too much, although the one on the right side is still mostly in its pocket. Because they're sitting low on my butt, it looks a little weird when I bend over. Both implants may also have rotated a bit. He'll need to possibly create a completely new pocket on the left side, and add permanent stitches to the right side to reinforce the pocket and keep the implant in the right place. Might also need to swap to a smaller size but it's all TBD... he won't know until he's actually operating. I don't regret this surgery one bit.... buuuut it's a huge bummer and literal pain in the butt that I'll need to go and get a revision. This time I'm going to Dr. Stanton. While Dr. Katzen was amazing and so wonderful and made me feel super safe, it's hard to deny that Dr. Stanton just has far more experience in this area. I know with 99.99% certainty that Dr. Stanton will do a good job with the revision. I still don't regret going to Dr. Katzen initially.... I believe everything happens for a reason and he did a great job with my lipo.

I'm scheduled for surgery in October... recovery should be easier this time but not super excited to go through it again. Definitely looking forward to getting this taken care of though, so I can move on with my life and hopefully never have to worry about it again!

I think I'm pretty much done healing at this point. 100% no regrets, however there are definitely some cons and tradeoffs that came with it. I'll summarize everything below. I hope my "diary" here has been helpful to people out there :)
Cons:
- Stretch marks. They got bigger after my last few posts. Vbeam laser treatments didn't really help and were super expensive. I ended up getting a huge tattoo all over my back and butt though, which hides the stretch marks and also looks great :D Plus boyfriend is very much loving the big booty + tattoo look (and so am I).
- Scars. Due to my ethnicity (asian skin), the scars were gnarly and not fading very fast. They made me really insecure for a long time. If you know your skin scars badly, definitely consider that when getting this surgery. Laser treatments didn't help here either, but I made sure my new tattoo covered the scars and now you can't see them at all. PS getting a tattoo inside the butt crack was super painful. I also looked into special skin colored tattoos made to camouflage scars... they look like they really work but they aren't permanent and are also probably really expensive. It's a good option though if you're not willing to get a traditional designed tattoo all over your scars like I am.
- Firmness. I wouldn't say my butt is "hard", but it's definitely "firm" because of the Stanton oval implants. My butt still jiggles around, but when you poke it, you poke into the firm implant and it feels like poking reaally firm memory foam.. or poking someone's hard abs. So hard to describe. With these implants, you'll never get that super soft fatty fleshy butt feel. It's still grabbable, but it feels like grabbing a really muscular butt. Like you work out a LOT. I get a little insecure when my friends spank me or grab my butt.
- I can still feel my implants in my butt sometimes. It doesn't hurt and it doesn't bother me, but some people say they stop noticing their implants after a year and that's not the case for me. I can tell they're there when I sit on hard surfaces or especially when I do situps. It's like always having two little floaties to sit or lay on lol. It's just a little weird, but no pain.
- Minor pain from the lipo areas has lingered. I don't know if this is normal, but I still have soreness in some spots where fat was removed. It's not a huge issue but I notice it sometimes and hope it eventually goes away completely
- I can tell the implants are there when I bend over. It's not bad at all, and I don't think other people can tell, but I can and I'm not sure if it's because I'm just overanalyzing. I kinda feel like this is partially because I opted for a size that was pretty big for my body. I probably should've done the 420ccs but I was being a little greedy lol.
- The recovery... obviously the recovery for this surgery was savage and I'd say you have to really want dat booty to make it worth it. I would NOT do it again but I have no regrets! Also, even though adding on lipo made the recovery 10 times worse, I'm really glad I did it because it really shaped my waist and made my hips look bigger with my new butt.
Pros
- self confidence is through the roof
- compliments on my butt from all my friends
- strangers stare at me more
- literally all clothes look good on my butt
- boyfriend can't keep his paws off me
- butt implants are permanent and I don't ever need to get them switched out if I don't want to - yay!
- super happy, no regrets

The only downsides of my surgery are that I was unlucky enough to get stretch marks (it's largely genetic) and my skin has a hard time healing from scars, so my incision scars are still quite large and visible when I'm naked or wearing skimpy thongs.

I definitely still think the surgery was 1000% worth it, and I wouldn't trade my booty for the world now lol. But these are just things to consider when getting this type of surgery... I am definitely more self conscious when being naked around other people.

I'm getting the scars and stretch marks treated with vbeam laser now. I've done 2 treatments so far, and have a third one scheduled. The progress is slow, but they are slowly fading away with each session. I have also done some microneedling on the scars. Not sure if I'll ever be able to make them disappear completely, but at least the treatments are helping.

Overall I'm super happy with my results, and grateful not to have had any major complications. I can still feel the implants when doing situps or laying on a hard floor on my back... but the feeling fades more with each month as I get more used to my implants. And of course, I get lots of compliments on my booty ;)