PART 1: BBL 07/03/12 PICS AND UPDATE! .. 5 week pics on my PART 2

OMG! I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH RUBEN AND IM SOOOO FREAKING EXCITED I SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS! I FEEL LIKE JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE AND SCREAMING SOME MORE! HAHAHAHAHAHA OFFICIALLY BOOKED FOR JULY 3, 2012!!

Hello BBL sisters! Before I had kids, I used to have a nice full booty and it was a greattt ASSet. I'm 5'5.5" and was 135-140 before kids. then I gained 60 pounds from my first pregnancy and lost 40 of it from diet and exercise but that crap took me 3 whole years. and as soon as I got down to 160, I got pregnant again. and from my second pregnancy, I went up to a whopping 215 pounds. then i found the HCG DIET. i dropped an amazing 65 pounds in less than a year. It brought back some of my confidence but the depressing part about the HCG diet is that all of the fat from my booty melted away. My hips also went down and so did my thighs.

Im the type that like to have a bigger lower body than my upper body... thick thighs and big butt. its crazy that now my body has been flipped upside down - my lower body is now more narrow than the top of my body and not an hour-glass shape like before.. sigh... So at first i just wanted a tummy tuck/lipo from my stomach and a friend was like "why dont you just get a bbl and use the fat for your butt instead since your butt isnt as big as it used to be"... and so the researching began.

At first, my choice was Dr. Salzhaur in Miami... His website is AMAZING. it was all the pictures that got me sold. At first, Dr. Salama was my second choice because he didnt have as many pictures on his website. I actually flew down to Miami to see Dr. Salzhaur for a consultation and even the girls in his office looked amazing. I booked a rhinoplasty with him and then wanted the BBL with him as well but when i was told it would be an extra $9,000, I had a whole lot of thinking to do. I continued to research Dr. Salama and again, the photos on his website were "ok" ... but thanks to all of you girls on REALSELF who went to Dr. Salama, I was convinced that he is just as good as Dr. Salzhaur (if not, even BETTER).

To the Ladies that have gone to Dr. Salama, you should all consider letting him use your before/after photos on his website because they are absolutely amazing and it was a major factor in helping me choose him. *** And also thanks to his brother RUBEN who has been AMAZING and answered all of my questions through email. if you ask me, i must say that Ruben is a very important factor to Dr. Salama's practice. (Ruben, you should let him read that part so when he gives you a raise, you can reward me with a BMW hahaha jk) but seriously, I have had consultations with other doctors and their staff wasnt as wonderful as Ruben. He is also another reason why I chose Dr. Salama because he is very caring and made me feel comfortable. Others offices, on the other hand, have made me feel like I was just a number.

So now i am 153 pounds- i gained 13 pounds hoping that i would be able to have surgery in May but looks like the next available is in July. I must say i feel soooooo freaking yucky with this extra weight that i worked so hard to get off!! July is so far away! ahhh! and the scary part is that im going to Cali/Vegas on July 20 for my cousin's wedding and im worried that Im going to be so swollen that i wont be able to drop it like its hott lol and then its gonna be hot as hell too in july so im really worried about being extra swollen. I hope there are ways to get the swelling down much faster... any input?

BTW, im having a periareolar lift and augmentation. At first i was told that i would have to have 2 separate surgeries and i was SO DEPRESSED! but since im not having a full masteoplaxy, i should be ok having my periareolar lift. i am currently a full B and will be getting silicone to have a full D. i think around 500cc's. I dont want to look like a [RS bleep] star but i also want to make sure i get them big enough because all of my friends who have had their boobs done said they wish they would have went bigger. the total cost for my surgery is $9,199. AWESOME DEAL! i am hoping to have at least 1000cc per cheek after absorption and a teeny tiny waist. i will post pre-op photos soon! GO TEAM SALAMA!!!!

Ladies, I am having a hard time thinking of what to say to peers and co-workers if they start questioning if i had work done. (after i get my bbl) i won't be afraid to tell others about me getting my breast done, but what about my butt?? my uniform at work consist of a pretty big and loose smock but you can still see some of the butt or whats underneath at times. i will be taking about 6 weeks off from work and telling my manager that im going out of state to run my brother's business while he goes out of the country (which is in the same industry that i am currently in). i am also going to tell her that my brother is going to pay for my boob job since i am doing him a favor lol but what about my butt? im hoping nobody at work will notice but im pretty sure people will start to wonder. my butt isnt completely flat right now but after i have my bbl, i want to make sure i get my money's worth and have results like BAM!!!!!! when im in a tight dress. i have shut down my fb so that people will wonder where i been and once i come back out into public all my friends will be like damn you look good what you been doing? and i will be like "i been working out like crazy.. p90x" lol i used to have a nice full butt so people that i havent seen in a while probably wont question whether i've had my butt done or not but its my co-workers that im worried about. i have told 2 of my co-workers but thats because they want to get it done too and i know they're not gonna tell anybody. please tell me your thoughts of how to deal with going back to work and people questioning you!!

hello my bbl sistas! im finally putting up my before pictures... YUCK! i never realized how disgusting my body really looked til i took these pics!! i posted some pics from when i was 153 and then i have gotten used to eating like a pig so now im up to 160. as you can see, i have tire tracks all over my fat ass stomach. and then my aereolas are huge thats why im getting those reduced in size as well. i am starting my diet this monday and getting back down to 150 at least. i am also debating if i should get back down to 140 because i do not want to lose my booty after surgery from losing more weight. from those 160 pound pictures, i was told i could get 800-1000cc's in each cheek. im like WTF?!?!? AS MUCH FAT AS I GOT ON MY BODY THATS ALL I CAN GET?!?!? i was hoping for AT LEAST 1200cc AFTER absorption. for all the ladies that had the bbl already, i really need your opinion on whether i should drop back down to 140. i dont want these huge fat arms and a small waist after surgery!! or should i just get back to 150? i am 5 feet 5.5 inches.