Should have gone elsewhere

While looking for someone to do breast augmentation I learned about fat transfer as an option and after a couple consultations with different doctors I decided on dr. Malan at innovative cosmetic surgery solutions. It's been about 10 days since my surgery and thus far I am still waiting to see the final results as the swelling is just finally starting to subside.
I'm a bit worried because I gave up on wearing the compression garment altogether about a day ago. It had become increasingly more painful and since I've stopped wearing it some of the swelling has decreased, I definitely dont think it was supposed to cause as much pain as it was.

The fat was taken by water jet assisted lipo from my abs, flanks, sacrum, inner and outer thighs, banana roll, knees, calves and ankles. The fat that wasnt transferred to my breasts was transferred to the following areas of my face- forehead, lips, jawline, cheeks, and, I also had him add some around the alar region of my nose and bottom of my right nostril which was a request I made with the understanding that it would be experimental with no guarantee of a positive outcome.
It was a lot of work in one procedure and it cost almost 19k altogether, which seems like a lot but given all that was done it actually is pretty reasonable. The only constructive criticism I have regarding the facility I chose to go with is that more effort could have gone into measuring for post OP garments, which is something a patient can proactively handle on thier own and I would reccomend doing so because it seems to be stressed by everyone as very important for optimal recovery but can definitely cause problems if not properly fitted or worn.

It probably is partially my own fault as I have been more concerned with preservation of the fat transfer than of the lipo results, and have intentionally maintained a high calorie, high carbohydrate diet in order to completely eliminate any chance of my body going into a ketogenic state which the doctor warned me would primarily target the transported fat while it is still established in it's new area. I've also secluded myself for the past week and remained as recumbent as possible so as to prevent as much force trauma to the fat cells during this critical time period.
It's too early to judge the final outcome of the breast transfer but if it stayed exactly like this without any further loss of volume (very unlikely) it would be an impressive success. Realistically I expect to lose a bit more size but regardless the increase was far beyond what I think is typically expected and he had told me in advance I would achieve better than average size increase due to my previous breast augmentation surgeries, which had made "room" for more fat than I would be able to accommodate otherwise. He also placed the fat very strategically to give my breasts the appearance of being even larger than they are. I'm tremendously happy with his artistic skill in that department and so glad I chose him over dr. Shuel at infini who literally said they typically just do it in one injection slowly drawn through the entire breast... which was the comment that told me infini was not the place to go.
The WAL lipo system dr Malan used is also the best for lipedema patients which he diagnosed me with upon our initial meeting. Recovery from it has not been at all difficult, I never once required the use of any type of pain medication. I did whine like a baby briefly on the operating table when they initially started the iv sedation... I've complained pretty fiercely everytime I have ever been given anesthesia and it must be common for them as they always ignore me and within a second or two I'm out like a light.

The experimental transfer to portions of my nose did not end up in disaster, which was a viable possibility, but they did not really make much of an impact other than the successful elimination of a small pitted scar that I asked him to fill in and is completely gone now. The skin on my entire face looks so completely rejuvenated and although I have been avoiding the shower as much as possible while healing and thus my skin isnt clean enough to really get a full idea of the impact the stem cells have had... I definitely look far younger than I did before the transfer. Still quite swollen but almost ready to be around others. My lips look pretty damn good... he emphasized he would be injecting a seemingly ridiculous amount into them but that it would end up looking perfect. I didnt see them immediately after the surgery but my husband said they were so big that they would have made Angelina Jolie want to kill herself which I assume he meant as they were beyond what would be considered acceptably large. Later the same evening he noted they had decreased significantly already, and if my doctor is correct in stating they've reached their final size I'm super pleased with the results. Its subtle but significantly improved at the same time.

I will post some before and after pics very soon.

So the after pictures here are from 11 days postop. Still too early to expect this to last but am trying hard to maintain.
I apologize for the quality of the pics they arent super straight or professional.

After having gone without any compression garment for over a day my lower body was finally starting to look improved. I decided to stop wearing it because my swelling in one leg was so bad and getting worse that I had to cut the bottom near the ankle because my foot was turning blue. It bunched and creased around my knees leaving horrible painful marks and once it was off for a bit ( with me laying on my back with legs propped vertically for the better part of the entire 24 hours ) my body was looking reasonably improved.
However I kept reading statement after statement about the importance of wearing them and that you should insulate with a pair of biker shorts or foam if need be so o got scared and put it back on with some nylons beneath and a layer of fabric around the areas with the zipper.
After half a day with it on I regret that decision so hard. I now have a lump where the bottom fabric bunched on my previously perfectly flat abdomen. I started swelling back up and have numbness again in the places that creasing is unavoidable. I see my doctor tomorrow... but I really hope he says it’s okay to do without the garment cause despite what unanimous input seems to be about it.., i feel that keeping my legs elevated with no garment is doing a much better job than that torture device is doing to aid in healing.