Scheduled for 6/30/21 with Dr. Nathaly Bello!

Hi ladies! I've been stalking real self reviews of BBLs in DR for a solid 5 years now. I knew when my time came I would detail my own journey in case it would be helpful to others. A little bit of background info on myself... I am a married mom of two kids (4 and 8 months). My mom is Dominican so I have family there. Last time I was in DR was 2004, so it's definitely been a minute. I speak the language though and have family nearby so that is giving me the confidence to travel abroad for my surgery.
I thought I was going to be a Duran doll for a couple of years, however I recently fell in love with Dr. Bello's work. Her work is exactly what I want for myself- naturally snatched. I watched a few of her ig live videos and she seems to be beyond humble and I love that she prays with her patients before surgery. I asked my husband to take my pics and I submitted my photos for a quote via Dr. Bello's website and got a response in 2 days via email. She sent me two quotes- one for Lipo360 + BBL $4,300 and one for Lipo360 + BBL + mini tummy tuck $4,900. I mentioned I wanted a breast lift and change of implants in my quote request, however that was completely disregarded lol. I guess it's too many procedures at once. It's okay, I can do that in the states later on, I was just asking because this year makes my 10 years with my silicone implants that I got November 2011. After breastfeeding both of my children (first one for 13 months, currently weaning off my 8 month old), my boobs don't look how they used to.
So I selected the second option with the mini TT for a few reasons- she does not offer the highly sought after option to everyone, I need my abdomen muscles repaired since I have two young children, and it's only $600 more than the other quote. I got my quote end of January 2021 and they let me know she was booked until June 2021. I am not in a rush. Anxious about leaving my kids for this length of time and I still need to figure out what or how to tell my boss lol. They told me to plan on being there for at least 17 days. I sent my $300 deposit to lock in my quoted price for a year. I did inquire about adding ab demarcation (the vertical ab lines) $1,500, arm lipo $600 and double chin lipo $600. I am kind of annoyed with the pricing that the surgery consultant sent back on these additions because I am pretty sure I saw someone pay my entire quote with the ab demarcation included. Sooooo I am still debating on that, even though I really want it! Also, I just remembered while writing this, Dr. Bello's office sent me an email recently (after I booked my surgery date) to tell me the cost of labs and everything extra is going up due to COVID so to bring an additional 700 dollars. This is on top of the extra $1,000 for misc tests and lab work, faja, etc etc. If anyone else is booked currently, can you let me know if they emailed you about this price increase also or do they just think I'm rich or something??? I still can't get over the ab demarcation being $1,500 extra... Anyways, I am about 150 pounds currently (haven't even tried losing the baby weight), normally I am about 128-130 pounds at a comfortable weight. Pre-kids I had a great body and I worked out a few times a week. My honeymoon body was absolute goals, I miss it. I will start doing cardio ASAP and eating better to get my body ready for surgery! I still can't believe I have a surgery date booked! Eeek! Any one else going to DR end of June early July 2021? Let me know!

Hi ladies! I am currently in DR waiting on my X-Rays. I arrived yesterday and it’s so surreal that I am here currently. I am missing my babies and it’s been one day :( This morning I went in for my labs bright and early at 6:30am at CECIPLER and the lab wasn’t even open. They started calling us back at 7:30am. It was pretty frustrating. After that I went back to the 2nd floor to Dr. Bello’s office and did my breathing/lung test and met with the cardiologist. After that, they sent me to another clinic to do X-Rays which I am waiting for currently. It’s currently 10:00am. So just plan for an all morning event. After my X-Rays I will meet with the doctor and once I finish here I will head back to CECIPLER to talk to Dr. Bello’s staff again. I’ve met some other Bello dolls here and they are really sweet. We are all excited! I will keep y’all updated.

can’t wait to update y’all, waiting to be discharged from the hospital to my recovery home.