40 Years Old, 4 Kids, Hoping to Look How I Feel.... Sexy!!! - Aventura, FL

When we found out we were expecting our 4th child I told my husband I deserved a Mommy Makeover. He agreed and so here we are. I research docs and found Dr. Salama and fell in love with his work! My Surgery was on 1/25/16. Tummy tuck w/ muscle repair, breast lift with Augmentation. I'm still healing

So as you can tell, I'm posting late. Well technically 22 days after my surgery. I wanted to be able to blog on this experience day by day but I just kept putting it off. So here we are 22 days later. I didn't want to be a reviewer that just posted the bland review with no pics b/c we all know what we want to see are the actual results so I finally decided that I owe all my Realself er my personal review.
As I stated b/f I went out of state to have this surgery. After reading review after review I narrowed my search down to Dr. Salama. I loved his breast work and how he snatched that waist in, creating curves that weren't there before.
If I remember correctly I contacted his office in September 2015 for an online consultation. I called and spoke with Nancy, a truly sweet person who talked me through what I wanted and what Dr. Salama recommended. She gave me pricing and assisted me with scheduling. I was offered a date in October but couldn't take it due to work. Jan 2016 worked out better for us all. I say that b/c my sister actually scheduled surgery with another doctor in Miami for a completely different procedure. I was sent my pre op check list and promptly scheduled my medical clearance appt for the end of November. Got all my labs done- I was cleared by my Primary doc and my Cardiologist!! By the beginning of January I payed off my balance; picked up all my Rx's and was ready to go to Miami.
Then the Blizzard showed it's ugly head!!! Lucky my BFF (who was scheduled for surgery the day after me with Salama) got super anxious about the storm. So instead of coming to Miami the day before surgery (basically during the 3ft snow fall) we booked flights to arrive the day before the snow was to come! Thank goodness b/c everything flying out of the DMV area was CANCELLED! So we were able to see some sites and relax before surgery win/win. My sister and I had booked a stay at AR recovery house for 10 days. Btw they were wonderful!! Rosemary and Carmen were the best caregivers you could ask for!! They took care of us like we were their own family! If I ever decided to come back for surgery again I wouldn't hesitate calling them.
Surgery was Monday Jan 25 at 7:30am, I think I was back at the recovery house at 1pm. My sister arrived a little later and the rest of that week was a blur of pain, pain meds and walking,lots of walking. I had post op the day after surgery and on post op day 9 the day b/f we left. I was put in a whit binder and post op bra after surgery and changed to my 2nd stage garment a faja with lipo foams on day 9. Apparently that faja was rubbing me the wrong way(left bad reddened/blistered area on Mt stomach above my BB and on my side, so I had to find a better one. So now at 22 days later, I'm back at work. 2st day back today. Nothing hard or strenuous. Sit down, computer work and giving shots. Yeah I'm a nurse. Today has been fine. I'm trying to walk around often. So I'll try to post my pictures up until now.

So far I'm still really happy with my results. But I have a couple of questions for my PS. First I want to know if I can stop wearing this death strap.. oh I mean breath strap. I've been wearing it fo 23 hours out of the day. See I'm one of those people, if my doc tells me to do something, I try to follow orders to the tee. But now this strap is literally trying to kill me. (I wake in the night gasping for air. Lol) Also I want to know what to do about this weird painful cord/tendon that I feel under my left arm down my arm to the middle of my upper arm. It hurts to raise my left arm above my head. Any thing above 90 degree angle pulls. So of course, I sent an email to my PS's patient coordinator to see if he can look at my pics and give me some insite, instruction, idea of what I should be doing. I sent it yesterday so I'm awaiting a response. I'll post the pics I sent him. Other than these 2 things I'm good. Still sore, wearing my faja religiously (23 hrs a day) only off to shower, and washing it, at the same time. Today is my 3rd day back at work. The first day put me on my butt when I got home. Had to take a pain pill, muscle relaxant and I passed out. I woke up only once in the night. (Unusual for me).
Oh and I almost forgot. My PS taught me my massages. For any of you with a BL with implants how long after surgery and how often do you do your massages. My incisions look really good so I've been doing the massages about 4-5 times a day.
Idk if I stated this but I got 550cc Left and 550cc Right High profile Silicone. I told my PS I didn't want to be top heavy, a full C or small D cup. I'm 5ft 5 1/2 in tall and weighed 156lbs.
That's enough of my rambling!
Have a great day Realselfers!