Skinny Petite Asian, 5'2", 108 lbs, 32Yrs Old: My BBL Journey

I have been reading reviews from Realself for over six to eight months now, however, i have already been struggling with a flat butt since i could remember. I have a stereotypical Asian shape, boyish, straight and athletic figure. I have attached a few of my before pics so you can see for yourself.
Although i have grown to accept my body the way it is, BUT deep inside, i have been wanting and hoping it could have been different. I came from a culture where blunt comments coming from friends or relatives are okay. But that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt me deep inside. I had a relative commented and said to me before that from behind he can't tell if i am a girl or a boy... that bad! Another close relative had asked me where did my butt go???
Anyways, enough with the sad stories. Now is my time to do something about this! So hopefully i can feel more confident again. To give you a basic idea of me, i am currently 32, i am married and have a one year old baby. I am 5'2" and weighed 108 lbs before i started gaining weight for this procedure. I am now at 113 lbs and hopefully could gain another 5 lbs before my procedure. I had one C-section when I had my baby and was at 170-175 lbs when I was pregnant. My baby was very long and heavy and I just can’t stop eating and drinking soo much water when I was pregnant! Due to diet, exercise and breastfeeding, i went back to my original weight in 3-4 months.
I like to be active, I like to go to the gym 2-3 times a week. I have done multiple squats but my butt just get toned but not bigger. I tried gaining weight before but I only gain it in my stomach and thighs! My butt still looks small! This January I saw a really petite lady in a club with a perfect butt and I asked my husband, do you think it is fake? And he said, “Yep! Do you want to have your butt done too?” That comment out of nowhere made me realize that if I do this procedure I would get his full support so that’s when I get serious with my research.
I have been reading realself and getting ideas from reviewers. This is the same reason why I wanted to post my review to help others as well! I had contacted several doctors and made appointments with the ones that respond faster! I believe that customer service is important as well. I narrowed my selection of doctors based on their results, before and after photos, their credentials, their reviews in realself, cost of the procedure, and their experience with petite women like me. I also take into consideration their available dates to do the surgery as I wanted this to be done before summer if possible.
Here are my initial choices:
1. Dr. Dennis Dass – he is a good doctor, I actually visited him for office visit consultation in California and he is very genuine. I have seen his results and reviews online and looked at his Youtube videos and he has done a lot of surgeries for petite and skinny women. He also told me that he could get enough fat from my body without actually gaining weight. The only thing really that made me think twice is the cost! He quoted me $11K for the BBL plus another $1K for additional areas such as my thighs.
2. Dr Kenneth Hughes – I have never meet him but he responded to my email queries so fast that I felt like I have known him for so long! He sends me follow up emails if I have additional questions, etc. He told me that he could change my body in a great way and that he had a 95 lbs patient before who looked great now! He has a lot of before and after photos for skinny patients alone. The only concern I have is his customer service people takes a long time to respond! The doctor respond faster than they do! He also quoted me for $11K plus additional cost for additional areas.
3. Dr Mel Ortega – I have not meet this doctor nor I had talked to him on the phone. I only contacted their office and have been talking to a coordinator. The only reason he was one of my initial choices is because he only charges $4,900 for the procedure! However, I keep reading other reviews and noticed that most of his patients are in the bigger side and I also have seen some bad reviews.
4. Dr Jonathan Fisher – I have seen really great reviews for Dr Fisher, I have seen that he has a lot of credentials and also saw reviews that he did skinny women although mostly on the bigger side as well. When I went to Florida and visited their office for consultation, I was expecting to see him so he could give me his honest opinions but I only saw the coordinator. Although the coordinator is good and responds fast to my inquiries, not meeting the doctor himself is a red flag for me. The coordinator told me that his availability is not till August and that there is another doctor that could do sooner and has done a lot of skinny patients, Dr. Hasan. I searched about Dr. Hasan on realself and saw his great works but then I found a negative review that he has a patient before that died!!! I googled it and confirmed that it was true. I also found out that at one point his license was revoked! Waaahhh… I can’t ignore that! So he was a big No No for me. Anyways, I continued my research for Dr. Fisher’s work and I was impressed. Coordinator quoted me for $6500 ($5500 if paid in cash) plus additional for any areas such as thighs and that was 2 weeks ago. I did ask the coordinator last week to send me an invoice so I could reserve my date for August although I really wanted it to have it done sooner. When I got the invoice, I kind of think twice… and decided to do more research on other thin patients.
5. Dr Ron Hazani – last week when I was about ready to book my appointment with Dr. Fisher but think twice, I went back to realself and did a search for keywords “5’2”, 108lbs, BBL”… I patiently go through each of the page results until I found this review from someone of about the same height and weight that got awesome results! His doctor was Dr. Hazani. I called their office and scheduled for a free virtual/phone consultation on Wednesday, 03/15 at 7:30 PST. Since I am on EST, I didn’t receive the call till 10:30PM when I am about to go to bed and almost forgot about it. But when I answered the phone, it was Dr. Hazani on the other line and with over an hour conversation with him, I felt so comfortable and confident that he will be my doctor! He has good personality, good sense of humor and I felt that he really cares about his patients, he gave the sense of feeling that I could trust him. He sent me pictures of his other patients just when we are on the phone. Overall, I just have that gut instinct that he is the doctor that I have been looking for! He suggested that I should gain 10lbs so that the surgery will be worth it for me. He quoted me for $8600 and that already including my lipo on my inner thighs. I think that is a big deal for me since I know that if I gain weight that not only my belly will grow big but also my thighs! The next day, 03/16, I looked at his website again, read every single reviews he had on realself (yes, I really did that!) and google his name for any possible bad reviews and made my decision! I got an email from a coordinator and I asked him when his availability is. He said he has in May and I got more excited coz I wanted to have this done sooner! So I decided to have it done on Memorial Day weekend, I paid my deposit to lock in my date and booked the date for May 26!!!
Now that I have it booked, I am feeling the same! What I meant is, I don’t feel nervous yet. I have been imagining though how my body will look like after the surgery. Lol. :-D Please pray for me ladies. The only concern I have right now is the pain after the surgery. I am a very cry baby and have very minimal tolerance to pain. So hopefully, this isn’t going to be too bad!
My next steps would be:
1. Continue with my gaining weight – I already paused my gym membership and started eating more.
2. Get supplies – this is a challenge for me coz I don’t know what I should get
3. Book hotels – I don’t know yet where to stay, thinking of staying in CA for 7-10 days.
4. Transportation to California – I am in Ohio so I am thinking that we could fly to California but then rent a car on the way back so I don’t have to sit on the plane? I am scared to screw up my results on the way back. I was thinking I could just lay on my stomach if we drive.
I’d like to hear comments from others who had this journey before and if you have any suggestions regarding my preparations for this upcoming surgery! Thank you everyone and I will keep you updated as my journey to getting a better shape progresses.

Now, that i am set my mind for my surgery in May 26, my husband just told me he can't get off that week! So now, thinking of changing the dates to the week of April 26-May 3. I hope they have availability! I am crossing my fingers!

My surgery schedule has been moved up to May 1st! I'm excited to get this over with! But i'm struggling with gaining weight! I started with 108 lbs and last week i was at 113 lbs. Now, i'm at 110 lbs. I have been increasing my calorie intake and stopped exercising but i don't gain more weight! Please help!