Surgery day

First 2-3 were very limited in movement to the first week. I was scared I ruined myself so my days were rough until they finally settled haha but honestly I really expected worse hearing other woman but the pain was rather manageable

I was given them along with pain script I really didn’t use them and only a couple of pain med- bit a couple in half and took like that one pill each day for two days to get off narcotic ASAP and straight ibuprofen following.

Yeah I hear things from, "feels like I had a hard workout at the gym after not going awhile", to "it felt like an elephant on my chest and I couldn't breathe/threw up a lot". I've given birth without meds, but hell that pain goes away as soon as the baby is out! Lol.

They turned out great! Highly recommend

They turned out great! Highly recommend. It was a tough choice between him and dr Gray.

Its a good thing you didn't have Dr. Gray do it. An acquaintance of mine referred me to him (her husband is a friend of his), and I did a ton of research on him and.... first, hes not even a plastic surgeon, and so hes not board certified. He is a DO. Any doc can do plastic surgery but we want one trained in actual plastic surgery. Lol. Secondly, he has A LOT of bad reviews and the good ones can't be trusted because they pay patients for good reviews (in the form of $250 gift certs to their beauty center). He left a sponge in the woman that I mentioned, but they didn't take action b.c of being friends, and Dr. Gray gave them over ten grand in free (whatever she wanted). He has some good results but just looking at his page it's kind of obvious that he thinks his $#!+ doesn't stink. He says hes one of the best plastic surgeons in the country.... except he isn't even a plastic surgeon. Lol. Smh. I'd say you dodged a bullet there. But it explains why hes so cheap. That part is hard because I myself am trying to save what I can but at the same time, we have to do this right because in the end a botched job (though cheaper) will cost us so much more!
So speaking of price, would you say Dr. Rifai is affordable? Thanks again for your updates!!

I haven’t heard any negative reviews from anyone I’ve met that went through Dr Gray for their surgery. I’ve only heard of good things. I’m not sure if Dr Rifai Birmingham Cosmetic Surgery still has their Groupon but I had $2500 off of my silicone breast implants. So yes, it brought he price down and great quality work.

Yeah I checked and he is on Groupon! That's amazing, I had no idea there were coupons available. With Dr. G, my friend was happy and she looks good. I'd just worry about me being the unlucky one. Bad reviews I saw on google and yelp. I thought about it hard though, b.c even though hes not board certified, he has been doing this awhile. More of the breasts on his website than i feel comfortable with look kind of crooked though. I think its because he does the belly button scarless thing.

If you dont mind my asking, is that what you paid (at the top of your review) after applying the groupon discount?

That is the price prior. I believe their price is $7250 I paid $4750 after the$200 for the Groupon

That's not bad! I can swing that if I can talk my husband into it. Lol. Hes a penny pincher like a [RS bleep]. I've been wanting this forever though and this year I decided I'm going to make it happen. I'm hoping by summer. Idk when the coupon is expiring but it says it's good for 120 days after purchase. I emailed your PS about a consultation so hoping to go see him soon. Did u meet with him or an assistant for the consult?
Thanks again for answering all my questions. I appreciate it so much. This doc doesn't have a lot of reviews that I can find, but what I have found was all good ones.

Im having Dr.Rifiai do mine as well on April 15th. He was very pleasant to meet. Same deal. I purchased the Groupon and I’m glad to see his work on Real. I’m going to start my review tomorrow .