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Bbl Review CG Cosmetics- Dr Carvahlo
First I would like to ask why on earth NOBODY has mentioned the condition of the building? Now I wasn’t expecting state of the art Dr Miami building, by I was at least expecting a little more than mildly raggedy. It looks like the pre-op building and Dr Carvahlo office has Never had a facelift. Like ever. With that being said, it makes you kinda feel disgusting. Like maybe I should have saved an extra 15k to have it done with a doc who cares about his external appearance, after all this is cosmetic surgery. Pre-op experience sucked to the max! I got there at 9am, walked in the door and there were literally 15 people waiting to be seen. The medical assistant told me that it’s like that every single day. Didn’t get out until 1pm! And that wasn’t because I was busy prepping it was because I was waiting for everyone Else that was before me. So my recommendation is to definitely get your labs, clearance, ekg done BEFORE you get there. That way when you go to pre-op maybe you won’t have to stay as long. Next….. Surgery scheduled for Sept 6th 2022. I got here at 10:30. The office for Dr Carvahlo is separate from CG pre-op building, but it still is not very comfortable looking on outside and in. I feel like the photos online are deceiving. Nurse got mad at me because I asked her to prime my IV a little more because I saw air bubbles. She had another nurse come in and do it. Doc came in and he didn’t want to see my wish pics, I’ll trust that’s cuz he knows what he’s doing, but he also said that I shoulda got a tummy tuck since I have four kids. My problem with this is that my coordinator told me she showed him my pics and said I was a great candidate. Again deceiving. So I was scheduled for 11, and it’s 11:53. Still waiting. I will follow up after surgery.
Finally got in at 12:30, and omg the operating room was so dated as if we were in the 1980s! I’m telling you it was scary looking! I almost left out of there. Again, for the price you can’t really complain. I got bbl and jplasma for $7500. After the procedure they had me sitting in this little hall for recovery. I had to go to the bathroom and the nurses said I can’t get up so just pee on myself. Luckily I had a great caretaker that got me washed up and changed into a new faja as soon as we got home. She was furious about the fact that they told me to pee on myself . I did see Dr Carvahlo in the recovery room and I asked him to come here so I could ask him how it went, and he ignored me and kept walking. The after pain was excruciating!!!!!!!! When I got back to the hotel I took 2 Percs at 345 and it did not touch the pain. I took one more like 2 hours later and still felt like my stomach was on fire, then took one more around 8 and finally I was able to at least lay down and with stand the pain, so pretty much 20mg plus the Tylenol is what I needed. Of course they will only tell you to take a half of one, but that’s not realistic. I think it was so bad because of the j plasma Today, Sept 7th the burning has went away, it’s more achey now. Headed to post op. I will let you know how that goes.
Post op suite is way cleaner and neat looking. I was in and out within 30 minutes. My caretaker set up my massage to get done by someone else so we didn’t have to wait in the clinic for that. Overall so far I am satisfied with my results. He said I shoulda got a tummy tuck but it seems like the jplasma is already making my tummy feel super tight! I have 4 kids and have never felt it this right since before I had kids. He filled out my bottom but didn’t add a whole lot because I already have some fat, just needed shaping. It’s 2 days post op. Sleeping is uncomfortable, draining a lot, but that’s apart of the process. So overall, clinic is dated, you wait a very long time, operating room is very small and no up to date looking tools, but I’m Alive and results look good! Not sure what star level to give that lol
First I would like to ask why on earth NOBODY has mentioned the condition of the building? Now I wasn’t expecting state of the art Dr Miami building, by I was at least expecting a little more than mildly raggedy. It looks like the pre-op building and Dr Carvahlo office has Never had a facelift. Like ever. With that being said, it makes you kinda feel disgusting. Like maybe I should have saved an extra 15k to have it done with a doc who cares about his external appearance, after all this is cosmetic surgery. Pre-op experience sucked to the max! I got there at 9am, walked in the door and there were literally 15 people waiting to be seen. The medical assistant told me that it’s like that every single day. Didn’t get out until 1pm! And that wasn’t because I was busy prepping it was because I was waiting for everyone Else that was before me. So my recommendation is to definitely get your labs, clearance, ekg done BEFORE you get there. That way when you go to pre-op maybe you won’t have to stay as long. Next….. Surgery scheduled for Sept 6th 2022. I got here at 10:30. The office for Dr Carvahlo is separate from CG pre-op building, but it still is not very comfortable looking on outside and in. I feel like the photos online are deceiving. Nurse got mad at me because I asked her to prime my IV a little more because I saw air bubbles. She had another nurse come in and do it. Doc came in and he didn’t want to see my wish pics, I’ll trust that’s cuz he knows what he’s doing, but he also said that I shoulda got a tummy tuck since I have four kids. My problem with this is that my coordinator told me she showed him my pics and said I was a great candidate. Again deceiving. So I was scheduled for 11, and it’s 11:53. Still waiting. I will follow up after surgery.
Finally got in at 12:30, and omg the operating room was so dated as if we were in the 1980s! I’m telling you it was scary looking! I almost left out of there. Again, for the price you can’t really complain. I got bbl and jplasma for $7500. After the procedure they had me sitting in this little hall for recovery. I had to go to the bathroom and the nurses said I can’t get up so just pee on myself. Luckily I had a great caretaker that got me washed up and changed into a new faja as soon as we got home. She was furious about the fact that they told me to pee on myself . I did see Dr Carvahlo in the recovery room and I asked him to come here so I could ask him how it went, and he ignored me and kept walking. The after pain was excruciating!!!!!!!! When I got back to the hotel I took 2 Percs at 345 and it did not touch the pain. I took one more like 2 hours later and still felt like my stomach was on fire, then took one more around 8 and finally I was able to at least lay down and with stand the pain, so pretty much 20mg plus the Tylenol is what I needed. Of course they will only tell you to take a half of one, but that’s not realistic. I think it was so bad because of the j plasma Today, Sept 7th the burning has went away, it’s more achey now. Headed to post op. I will let you know how that goes.
Post op suite is way cleaner and neat looking. I was in and out within 30 minutes. My caretaker set up my massage to get done by someone else so we didn’t have to wait in the clinic for that. Overall so far I am satisfied with my results. He said I shoulda got a tummy tuck but it seems like the jplasma is already making my tummy feel super tight! I have 4 kids and have never felt it this right since before I had kids. He filled out my bottom but didn’t add a whole lot because I already have some fat, just needed shaping. It’s 2 days post op. Sleeping is uncomfortable, draining a lot, but that’s apart of the process. So overall, clinic is dated, you wait a very long time, operating room is very small and no up to date looking tools, but I’m Alive and results look good! Not sure what star level to give that lol
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