BBL - Dr Hazani - Beverly Hills, CA

so, i am just past seven weeks. things are looking pretty good, but there are a few things to note...

1. my ass measurements are the same as the night before surgery. i am 5'3", about 150, and i had a booty before. i DONT have a lot of stretchy skin on my ass (something some PS noted as a potential issue), but apparently the dr hazani got 1040CCs into each cheek. this seems weird, though, that my ass isnt bigger than it is. the shape is definitely better -- but its about what i was at a few months ago, naturally.

2. i have two poochy spots on my stomach, both on the right side. one is under my breast crease (which is an area i asked to have liposuctioned) and another patched between that and my belly button. they dont show well in photos, but theyre definitely there.

3. the top of my butt is a high poochy shelf, and i have some flattening between that and the bottom of my butt. this was the exact thing i was trying to fix, so i am disappointed to see it... but i am also just letting it be whatever it is going to be.

4. ive started layoing on my back a bit, with padding under my back to elevate me slightly. my ass is already back almost to its original state, and im officially off restriction for everything (at six weeks), so im trying to relax my body and get it used to normal life again. i still drive with the pillow though, and havent been back at work yet so am not sitting all day.

holy ish. six weeks! officially off all restrictions. dr H says it's ok to massage my butt.

still wearing my garment, plus foams when I am home. in the last week my stomach has gotten a little more swollen on the right side, which is weird, but I'm just trying to be patient.

I spent some time in bed late last night and this morning trying different sleeping positions to see how my ass feels as I move through them. it mostly is pressure and kind of burning feeling. not sure how to take that, or how to know when it's fine to sleep on my butt. :/

I'm going to keep using pillows to drive and sit, but I do want to start integrating my ass back into my body with more massage and movement. I'm dying to use my foam roller but that seems terrifying still.

i have been stressing a bit about this little overhang i have on my lower abdomen. my major concern is that it will somehow harden and become permanent. this past week, i sent dr H a video. he called me, and said he "wasnt very impressed" with my seroma (that is: he didnt see anything to be worried about) but that he would happily see me if i wanted to fly to him, and would even make time to come in on his only off day before he left town for three weeks if that worked best. he said we could try to aspirate it, but that it may not need it. so i was going to mad-dash fly to see dr hazani before he left for his vacation, but i emailed a local surgeon i did a consult with (who it turned out i had mutual friends with) to see if he would look at me and recommend whether i get drained and/or travel to see dr H. ive heard surgeons dont like to do this, but i thought i would give it a shot. the local surgeon (dr B) called dr H just to give him a heads up that his patient was going to be seen by another doc; i guess dr H answered, and the two of them actually spoke for a while and dr B really liked and was impressed by dr Hs background. anhow, dr B looked at me, and concurred that it wasnt anything to be concerned about and said it was better to leave it as-is than to risk introducing bacteria by draining it. he also told me to just pack it with more padding, and that it would go down over time. he also said i looked really great and that i could expect my light poofy swelling on my belly and the top of my ass to keep going down. :D TL;DR: seroma is blessed as fine by two docs!