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Vaser Liposuction Upper Arms-So Far Completely Uneven Results- Aurora, CO
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I had based lipo in my arms on November 5th with...
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I had based lipo in my arms on November 5th with Dr. Clark Zimmerman of PurelyYou. I thought what the heck, since I am planning on at some point getting an arm lift done and thought it might be smart to go ahead and have vaser lipo done to remove more of the fat first circumferentially. I wanted to also see if there might be a decent result without doing the arm lift after all. I had regular tumescent lipo in my arms in 2004, but the doctor at the time only lipoed the bottom part of my arms and didn't touch the upper part one bit. I was pretty disappointed as I have a lot of fat in my upper arms including my upper outer shoulder area. For whatever reason the other doctor wouldn't touch that?! He also lipoed only one elbow and left a huge rounded fatty elbow on the other. It was something I wanted to get corrected since then.I found Dr. z online and found that he had pretty good reviews.
Dr. Z is super nice and takes his time with you in getting to know you. He has amazing bedside manner and you really feel "at home" with him. However, when I had the lipo performed (just for starters), vaser has turned out to be the most PAINFUL THING I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED! I'm rearing two weeks out and it still feels as sore as yesterday. I cannot even bend my right arm back as my muscle literally POPS OUT of my armpit as it is soooo tight from this and soooo painful! Its like knives stabbing you and someone also pounding your arms with a hammer.
My breast reduction has nothing on vaser lipo...seriously! It is no joke!!!
But what REALLY SUCKS is that I never want to go through this again, but I'm going to have to because Dr. Z did a great job on the right arm, but the left looks almost the same and everyone that has looked at my arms (3 different people) has said it is blatantly obvious that the left elbow, bottom part of the arm and upper front are much bigger and fattier compared to the right. I am so disappointed because I can FEEL THE DIFFERENCE and it drives me crazy! I also had mentioned to Dr. Z about the elbow when he was marking me and he got irritated and said "now I know why you take adderall."...Sure enough he didn't listen me and to what I was trying to show him because he thought I was just being OCD and it didn't get corrected. Plus my left arm (which is where the elbow is so large): was basically left the same minus pretty nice definition in my deltoid area that the other doctor didn't even touch.
I have been giving myself as deep of a lyphmatic massage as I can handle, dry brushing for the lymph, and also using an endermologie skin suction device that attaches to my vacuum cleaner to "vacuum roll" my skin. It looks like nothing even happened on the outside, but on the inside it's still horrific pain!
When I went for my immediate follow-up he said I would probably see it match up, but I know that will not be the case because you can literally feel the muscle on my right arm in three places where there is still a significant fat layers on the other in 3 places on the left arm.
I do understand arms are harder than the abdomen or back go get an even result, but everyday it shows to be more and more uneven and is so depressing that I will have to go through this pain again in a few months. :(. I just can't have my arms look so different as its embarrassing and annoying for starters.
I'm just really really upset and sad that this pain hardly improves at all day by day and my arms are completely different, sadly meaning I will have to experience this again. I just hope when I go back in a few weeks Dr. Z is honest with the obvious difference and agrees to fix it, or else I'm going to be SOL and finding another doctor to fix this mess and even this out once and for all.
Just keeping hope up that he will do the right thing and I will be able to write a glowing review that he dida great job at the end of the day! Prayers please!
Note: I will post pics soon. I'm using my tablet and need to upload from my phone.
Dr. Z is super nice and takes his time with you in getting to know you. He has amazing bedside manner and you really feel "at home" with him. However, when I had the lipo performed (just for starters), vaser has turned out to be the most PAINFUL THING I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED! I'm rearing two weeks out and it still feels as sore as yesterday. I cannot even bend my right arm back as my muscle literally POPS OUT of my armpit as it is soooo tight from this and soooo painful! Its like knives stabbing you and someone also pounding your arms with a hammer.
My breast reduction has nothing on vaser lipo...seriously! It is no joke!!!
But what REALLY SUCKS is that I never want to go through this again, but I'm going to have to because Dr. Z did a great job on the right arm, but the left looks almost the same and everyone that has looked at my arms (3 different people) has said it is blatantly obvious that the left elbow, bottom part of the arm and upper front are much bigger and fattier compared to the right. I am so disappointed because I can FEEL THE DIFFERENCE and it drives me crazy! I also had mentioned to Dr. Z about the elbow when he was marking me and he got irritated and said "now I know why you take adderall."...Sure enough he didn't listen me and to what I was trying to show him because he thought I was just being OCD and it didn't get corrected. Plus my left arm (which is where the elbow is so large): was basically left the same minus pretty nice definition in my deltoid area that the other doctor didn't even touch.
I have been giving myself as deep of a lyphmatic massage as I can handle, dry brushing for the lymph, and also using an endermologie skin suction device that attaches to my vacuum cleaner to "vacuum roll" my skin. It looks like nothing even happened on the outside, but on the inside it's still horrific pain!
When I went for my immediate follow-up he said I would probably see it match up, but I know that will not be the case because you can literally feel the muscle on my right arm in three places where there is still a significant fat layers on the other in 3 places on the left arm.
I do understand arms are harder than the abdomen or back go get an even result, but everyday it shows to be more and more uneven and is so depressing that I will have to go through this pain again in a few months. :(. I just can't have my arms look so different as its embarrassing and annoying for starters.
I'm just really really upset and sad that this pain hardly improves at all day by day and my arms are completely different, sadly meaning I will have to experience this again. I just hope when I go back in a few weeks Dr. Z is honest with the obvious difference and agrees to fix it, or else I'm going to be SOL and finding another doctor to fix this mess and even this out once and for all.
Just keeping hope up that he will do the right thing and I will be able to write a glowing review that he dida great job at the end of the day! Prayers please!
Note: I will post pics soon. I'm using my tablet and need to upload from my phone.
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12 days post
12 Days Post Op
Complete Uneveness in Arms Becomes More Apparent. The Left Arm is Huge Compared to the Right.
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November 17, 2015
I'm just so upset more and more everyday as the pain in my right arm NEVER STOPS!!! Feels like my elbow and entire back part of my arm is on FIRE! Especially when I try to stretch it out. Yikes!
November 18, 2015
Thanks for posting pics. Keep us posted on the rest of your healing.
November 20, 2015
Thanks! I'm actually starting to feel better as of yesterday. I started doing lymph massage and took a muscle relaxer only once and it helped drastically!
November 19, 2015
Just a thought, and I could be way off: Is it *possible* that the reason your left elbow & arm look so much bigger now is because he took more fat out as he was sculpting those places? That then left room for more swelling? Hence, the difference you're seeing now will even out once the swelling goes down? You know more about post-lipo effects on your body than I do, for sure. Thanks for the heads up on the pain with vaser lipo, too.
November 20, 2015
Hi London. My arms are actually feeling about 50% better than they were as of today. I am actually not in dire pain anymore, but I do think I got burned by the Vaser on two places.
It is fat and not swelling. I wish it was swelling, but you can pinch a huge much thicker pad of fat on both my upper left arm and lower left arm that isn't even available to pinch whatsoever on my right arm. He even told me he took less out of the left arm?! I have no idea why when that arm actually had more fat (because of the elbow) even starting off?!
It is fat and not swelling. I wish it was swelling, but you can pinch a huge much thicker pad of fat on both my upper left arm and lower left arm that isn't even available to pinch whatsoever on my right arm. He even told me he took less out of the left arm?! I have no idea why when that arm actually had more fat (because of the elbow) even starting off?!
November 21, 2015
Hi. I've noticed with a lot of us on here that in to week 3 we've all freaked out about how bad our results are then after the swelling subsided we've mostly been happy. I felt little pain however others have had it si bad they're bed ridden whilst healin . I hope it will work out for you. Try to not feel down about it just now. Give it another week or so and you should feel happier :) xx
November 24, 2015
Thanks Cherrypop86. As I've been doing the daily body brushing it's looking and feeling better daily. I think so will only need him to redo my left arm a little in 3 places and my right fat pad near my armpit (only a 1.5 inch section). My right arm looks amazing like it is sculpted muscularly, where the left arm stays noticeably different and unsculpted on the bottom and the inner top.
I am happier than I was since the pain is FINALLY going down!
Thanks for your positive words!
December 17, 2015
Thanks! I'm going to post an updated pic soon! Thy look and feel much better, but I will still have to have a touch up on my left
November 28, 2015
I had smart lipo to my arms onot Monday 11/23/15. I also see a difference between both arms, I was explained that not all tissue heal equally... I recall this being the case when I did my breast augmentation, one breast was higher for weeks, took time but it all turned out ok. Just hoping the arms is the same case....
December 8, 2015
Did smart lipo hurt like Vaser? I'm serious, Vaser is so freaking PAINFUL!!! It's hard to get even results in the arms (I was aware of that before, which Is why I was trying to be so precise with Dr. Z about the areas, but that didn't help I guess).
I think I'm pretty close to having my final result at this point and yes, the Vaser did actually burn me in two places and I don't even know if it will ever completely go away?! Secondly, my left arm is tighter in all my shirts and I can now even "feel" the difference in the size. I haven't even followed up with Dr. Z yet because I've been so busy working and I'm not quite sure what to do as I truly don't want to do this again, but also don't want my arms to be so different :(.
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