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Vaser 4D Hi-Def Liposuction - Great Results from Dr. Hoyos - Bogota, Colombia

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It has been almost two months since my surgery was...

taylor523
WORTH IT$10,000
It has been almost two months since my surgery was performed with Dr. Alfredo Hoyos. Not be able to speak Spanish fluently I was a little hesitant on traveling to a foreign country to have plastic surgery performed. (I have heard and seen nightmares on TV/magazines from other doctors) Since it was a holiday when we arrived in Bogota, Dr. Hoyos went out of his way to come meet us at our hotel to perform our consultation. (We had an initial one via email with photos) We stayed at the Chateau Physique Hotel-Spa and it was the best decision! They provide a private chef to cater to your needs, spa is on site for aftercare, and you do not have to feel embarrassed walking around in a robe looking like you just had surgery! My mother and I had the procedure together on the same day so we had two private nurses who cares for us as if we were family. Dr. Hoyos team greeted us with open arms. Surgery day came and very little of the staff spoke English in the operating room, Dr. Hoyos speaks English fluently as well as the anesthesiologist and other communication, download the Google Translate app it worked for us for the next 2 weeks =)
I used to be a size 3 / 5 until about 2-3 years ago and I couldn't lose the weight I had gained, so 4D Vaser Lipo became my "solution" After my consultation Dr. Hoyos explained the areas he was going to work on and what results I should expect. The surgery was performed in the morning, then my mom went in after me and we spent the night at the surgery center, the staff was so kind and accommodating. In Colombia they are much more precaution than in the US, which was a good thing, not complaining =) But everyone thinks that surgery is not performed well in another country, Dr. Hoyos proved that wrong!

After the surgery, I am not going to lie I was in PAIN!! Our Nurses, Claudia & Luz were at our beckon call, every second we needed them. They were so gentle and patient with us, I do recommend hiring them for the week if you do not have any other help. The garment was probably the most difficult to get on the first 2 weeks as I was extremely swollen, the vest was so uncomfortable to wear 24-7, I am now wearing it 12 hours a day (at night) as much as I did not want to wear the vest, it DOES WONDERS and extremely reduced swelling. I still have some bruising around my hip area, but I tend to bruise badly, my mom did not have any bruising on her body, just slight bruising on her arms. Now that it is almost 2 months after surgery, I take off my garment for about 1-3 hours a day to just let my body breath, but it does feel more comfortable on now that I am used to it.

The photo below is only 5 days post op. I will post additional photos once my bruising is gone.
Dr. Hoyos is a genius at what he does, I am down 15lbs from surgery and my body looks amazing. I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Alfredo Hoyos, you will not be disappointed.

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Replies (31)

September 27, 2014
Wow what a huge difference after five days!  Definitely keep us posted on your continued healing- I can' wait to see your final results.
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September 27, 2014
You look AMAZING this looks your 6 month end result!! So Lucky!
September 28, 2014
Thanks I can't wait to see what it looks like in 6 months!
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September 28, 2014
I can't imagine :)
October 19, 2014
You look amazing.
November 24, 2014
Thanks! I am getting skinnier by the day =)
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November 22, 2014
Would love to get vaser with this surgeon,but Columbia is just too far away for me to travel from the UK. Could you tell me,what did you get vasered for $10,000? I think this about £6500 . Thanks
November 24, 2014
I had my arms, stomach, back, thighs, butt and fat added to my butt
November 24, 2014
I am now 3 months post op, and down 23 lbs 9 more to go to get back to my original weight!
July 4, 2015
If you don't want to travel to Columbia I would go to Dr. Grant Hamlet in the uk. He is very good at vaser and is a bit of a perfectionist. In my opinion he's the best I've seen in the uk.
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May 10, 2016
He would most probably be 20 grand for all that this lady had done though :-/
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November 22, 2014
She looks great doesn't she.
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1 month post

7 weeks post opp

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My fiancé is out of town for a few weeks so I wasn't able to take photos of my back/butt, but here are a few of my stomach and arms. I still have some redness and raw skin on my side. ****some advice, the first 3 or 4 days I did not wear my vest under garmebt because I was so uncomfortable DO NOT do this! Deal with it, because I didn't the garmebt rubbed against my bruising causing it to blister therefor taking longer to heal.
(Any other discoloration is from a spray tan fading away)

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November 22, 2014
The shape looks great! My question is did you have that burning scar on the side before you operation or was this caused by Dr.Hoyos? why does it look like he burned you?
November 24, 2014
The scar (bruise its really not a scar as it was a scab) was caused by my own stupidity but its fading away with scar cream. Dr. Hoyos advised us to wear the vest UNDER the garment, I was in a lot of pain the day after surgery and did not listen to Dr's orders and wore the vest OVER the garment causing it to rub against my skin therefor creating a blister and then a scab…..so please do NOT do what I did and as uncomfortable as it is wear it under the garment.
November 19, 2015
You look amazing!! My PS trained and learned the 4D technique from Dr. Hoyos-- who is amazing btw!!! If I could've traveled to Columbia I would've but needed to be close to home for all the follow ups. Anyway, I got the same blistering in the SAME spot and was beyond upset about the blisters and the discoloration it caused in my skin. When I tried the garment on I commented on the Velcro digging in my skin to the nurse and suggested it be ON TOP OF the spandex suit to protect my skin. Of course on the day of she did the opposite and with pain meds I felt pain everywhere and slept so much that I didn't realize how much friction was there. When I went on day 2 to get a lymph massage it was like two quarter sized blisters on my side profile-- yuck! Well I guess pain is beauty! You look great!! Wish I'd done my back but we spent the same amount of money (USD) But of course America is expensive for everything lol. Happy recovery! I'm about to roll into week 7 on Monday ;-)
August 13, 2017
Did you get burned?
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2 Months Post Op

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October 13, 2014
WOW! :) You must be so Happy!
October 14, 2014
Yes I am so happy! I used to be skinnier than this about 2 years ago… so I have 10 more lbs to get to where i was =)
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October 14, 2014
that's Awesome!
October 20, 2014

Hi Kellay,

Thank you so much for answering my message. I REALLY appreciate you taking time to write back. I am just wondering, Would you be willing to communicate with me via email? I have some other questions that I would really, really, really appreciate if I could ask... You look amazing. My email is ************ If not, I understand. Again, Thank You! so much for posting I will keep checking for updates. Have an awesome day.

October 29, 2014
Hi Laura, I sent you an email …..did you receive it?
October 29, 2014
You look great and I'm happy your experience was positive. Can you tell me everything you had done for $10,000 dollars? Thank you, CT
October 29, 2014
Thanks! I had my arms, back, stomach, thighs done….I had to stay overnight in the hospital I believe I paid $400 for the overnight stay, don't quote me on that, and a few other fees. If possible and you have insurance I would advise to get your pain meds in the states, my co-pay is only $3 so that is all I paid for them, they were VERY pricy in Colombia. Also get some Arnica for bruises start taking that a day or two before sugery
October 30, 2014
Thank you so much for your response.
June 25, 2015
HI there,

I wanted to ask you about the marks? Are they still there or have they gone? The skin looks burnt? Is that from the garment rubbing or is it a vaser burn?

I am hoping to go to Dr. Hoyos in September to have full body vaser and fat transfer to buttocks. Your results look awesome by the way!! Thanks, Julia
June 25, 2015
Oh I am sorry, I have just read your post properly! It is from the garment!

Has it all healed okay? The skin?
February 25, 2017
hi there,
did you get that scar after operation ?