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Exceptionally Unhappy with the Results at the Price

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Exceptionally Unhappy with the Results at the Price

Neat817904
$30,000
In 2021 I wanted to have liposuction to have a role in my lower back removed as well as more of a waistline created to have a more feminine shape. Naturally it made sense to have the fat put back and go ahead with a full bbl. The original goal of the surgery was not just a bbl. It was to create more of a hourglass figure. I pointed out specifically in the upper outer portion of the glutes where I would like to have had more volume to create more of a hip and also pointed out the role in my lower back and mentioned I would like my waistline slimmed down. Several years later unfortunately I still have the same waistline as I originally went in. He did the standard BBL where he only took out the triangle of fat in the lower back, leaving the role that I was originally concerned about. No shaped waistline or accentuated curves. Now I have dimples in my lower back below the original roll I wanted to have removed that almost accentuates fat roll in my back I was originally concerned about. On the day of surgery I was immediately rushed out of the recovery room as soon as they could tell that I was awake but I was definitely not fully feeling stabilized to get in the car. I was rushed out to the car and almost barely remember it still being partially sedated and got extremely sick when I got back to where I was staying. I did extensive amounts of follow-up care including wearing a Faja for months, sitting on the special block to avoid contact of the rear end, hundreds of follow-up massages as well as later getting multiple treatments of endermology. The whole thing cost me around $30,000. I don't have the fat roll removed that I had originally seeked treatment specifically for. I do not have more of a waistline or curvier hips. I have the same straight shape as I started with. My rear is a little bit more plump to the back but looks narrow to the sides so it's still gives me the straight shape. The entire purpose of a BBL is to have a more hourglass shape and that did not change at all. Now the way that my lower back roll shows up and the dimples in my lower back are going to require additional surgery and if I would like more of a waistline and etched stomach which I had originally asked for.. I will have to go for additional surgery. Overall for traveling all the way to Beverly Hills and the cost of the travel and stay plus the cost of the surgery I had hoped for more of a high-end tailored experience. It felt like I was just one of many in and out really fast without any attention to the details or outcome of the surgery I was truly looking for. Unfortunately it's going to require me to have surgery again. Girls with my same shape are getting excellent results at 1/3 of the price in Miami. At this price I wish I would have gone to Calvin Jung in Houston texas. He is taking people with my exact body shape and provided curves and smooth results.

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Raffi Hovsepian, MD, FACS

Raffi Hovsepian, MD, FACS

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (2)

July 25, 2024
I’m so sorry you’re left unhappy. I ended up very unhappy with my BBL but I think I chose very poorly with my doctor at the time. I wanted that “upside down heart” shape because like you said, I had a very straight shape. He gave me curves, but he did more of a right side up heart and the tops of the “heart” are in the worst spot and not smooth in the curve. I look so boxy now. I’m having surgery in 5 weeks from today and having liposuction to try and correct it finally (the bbl was about 5 years ago). At this point I just want to have the box off of my butt and hope for the slimmer shape I had before. I’m too scared to have another bbl because of how awful I look. I just want it gone as much as possible. Is your after picture from recently or back when you had it done?
July 25, 2024
These pictures are obviously just before surgery and then within the months of progress after it was done. I lost a little bit of fat and roundness in the after picture and I'm just left with the dimples in my lower back. It looks almost identical to the after picture currently. Very straight shape. Nearly no change. My butt is a little bit more round out to the back, but no body shape change. I also asked if he could do the stomach etching like Dr Calvin Jung that also makes your stomach less nice and give you the curves at the same time and he said that's not common for him. Since I was getting liposed specifically to remove fat and shake my body I would have wanted my lower stomach shaped which I did ask for and it did not happen. I'm basically left with the exact same shape that I went into surgery with with a slightly Slimmer lower back but now it has these uneven skin texture and dimples. Unfortunately I'll have to have surgery to get the results that I want and have this all corrected again as well. The price tag was exceptionally high. I could have gone to Miami at 1/3 of the price and gotten better results