40 Y.o., 5'9" 150 Lb No Kids. BBL with Dr Hughes. Beverly Hills, CA

So now that my surgery is a distant memory, it's finally time to get rid of my leftover stuff. I am selling it as a single lot, so what you'll get is:


1 vedette style 135 size 38
1 fajas d'prada 11047 size 2XL
1 boppy pillow
5 pieces lipo foam
1 white binder size M
8 unused large chux pads
I unopened bottle Miralax
I unopened bottle magnesium citrate.
1 black ab board
1 grabber 18" end to end (not long enough to get things from the floor without bending, but it still came in handy)

Most of it is in excellent shape, nearly new. The vedette has a bit of wear on the edges of the lace, but otherwise great condition. I'd say the binder is only fair, though. The bone channels have been repaired after the bones started to poke out, and it's been worn a lot more than anything else. It's probably best as a back-up to wear while washing your main binder.

Size-wise, the garments were very tight but wearable over swollen 45" hips, now comfortably snug (but not high compression) over 41" hips.

All the wearable items are laundered, but I have cats so there may be a cat hair or two (just a warning if you are highly allergic)

I spent over $300 on all this; I don't plan to use it again, and I'm too busy (ok, lazy) to sell the items individually, so I am selling the lot for $50. Please don't ask me to sell you individual items, it comes together. If you will be in LA you can pick it up (I'm about 2 miles from Dr Hughes's office), or I will ship, but buyer pays the shipping cost.

So, it took a bit longer than I expected to get back to my starting weight, but I am finally there.

For anyone who hasn't read my review so far, I started out very ruler shaped and wanted a subtle and natural boost. I think that's what I got. I'm disappointed that the hip dip is still there, but I know hip grafts are especially tricky and tend to lose more volume than those on the butt. I tried to recreate the before pics as much as possible, to show the changes.

I currently weigh 145 and my measurements are 37.5-28.5-41.

I am really glad I did this. I wasn't 100% sure until I saw my before pictures again, and remembered how unattractive and old I felt. My body certainly isn't perfect now, but I can honestly say I like how I look, for the first time in at least a decade.

Sorry I took so long to update, I kept thinking I'd wait a couple of weeks until I was back to my pre-surgery weight and then add some pics for comparison. You'd think after 25 years of "waiting to drop those last 5 pounds" I'd realize it's not going to happen, lol. I'm currently 155 lb, which is about what I weighed on the day of surgery, but I had put on a few pre-surgery, not for extra fat to harvest (I wasn't planning to go big anyway), but because I had read about the risk of loose skin from doing stomach lipo close to the surface and I figured a bit of extra buffer might lower my risk. Loose skin was something the Dr warned me could happen due to my age and skin tone.

My measurements right now are 38.5 - 30 - 43, which I am very happy with. That leaves me with a waist to hip ratio of 0.7, which is statistically the ideal for female attractiveness. And we all know that nothing is sexier than a statistical ideal :P I still would like to lose that 5-6 pounds, and hope the weight comes off proportionally.

My lipo areas look perfectly smooth and tight and there is no way anyone could tell I had it done. I'm so happy with the way my midsection looks, the lipo alone would have made this whole process worth it. My butt looks very proportional and much more perky and rounded. No one has guessed I had anything done, but I have been asked if I lost weight or if i'd been working out. Perfect. My mom even asked me where I was buying my pants, lol.

My hip dip did return, like I was worried it would, but it's possible that it isn't graft fat loss, but some gain on my "saddlebag" areas that is throwing off the proportion. I have my fingers crossed that a small weight loss will help smooth that area and make it look rounded again.

I was worried a bit that my cellulite had gotten worse, but after seeing side by side photos I could see that even though the indents were slightly deeper (keep in mind, my butt was completely flat pre-surgery) they look much smoother and are less noticeable. I went to see Dr Hughes today to see whether there was anything that could be done for it, and he does have a procedure, but I think I may be making a bigger deal out of it than it's worth. When the guy who would get paid to do the procedure says you look great and reminds you that "the perfect is the enemy of the good", he's probably not just being nice. My husband has been saying that all along, but of course I didn't listen, lol. I'm definitely going to at least wait until I am under 150 before making any decisions about the cellulite treatment. I tend to have an all or nothing personality and I can totally see myself spending all my money on increasingly tiny flaws, only to end up looking like one of "those" ladies, who take it too far and end up looking weird and plastic. I totally respect Dr Hughes for not jumping to make a few extra bucks off my insecurity.

Overall, I am very pleased with my result. I am going to come up with a final rating before the 6 month mark, I promise, but so far it's an 8/10. That's 3/5 for my parents and the aging process for the raw materials, and 5/5 for Dr Hughes for what he was able to do with them.

I took some new pictures today, and you can see that compared to the last set, my butt has dropped to a more natural looking position. It's not totally smooth like some of the younger women who post here, but it's a big improvement from the starting point.

I'll post more pictures when (okay, fine, IF) I get back to the weight I was at in my before pictures. I'm sure it will be only a few more weeks ;P