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Dr. Lazarus and His Staff Are the ULTIMATE “Dream Team”
If you are considering breast surgery, this is why I would DEFINITELY and WITHOUT A DOUBT, recommend Dr. Dirk Lazarus at The Tranquility Clinic in Cape Town:
When I stop to really consider my personal journey and relationship with my breasts, I feel somewhat conflicted. There were times in my life when I absolutely LOVED them and then times when I couldn’t bare the sight of them!! The most memorable of the good times was when Mother Nature blessed me with the ability to feed, calm, bond, nurture and give sustenance to my beautiful baby boys...breastfeeding for me was the ultimate joy. After feeding my second baby, my breasts looked empty, saggy and sad, but nothing that a quick surgical procedure to insert implants couldn’t help. And it DID help, and once again, me AND my breasts were happy again and I loved them.The earlier times in my life when I hated them, were mainly in my teenage years, when I was teased because of how large they were (I’d developed so much earlier than girls of my same age and large breasts were genetically hereditary amongst the women of my family).But nothing could’ve prepared me for the way in which I felt about them in these more recent years of my life, especially the massive changes which occurred in the last two years. I’m a 47 year old woman who breastfed two babies, had breast implants almost 18 years ago...and then, much to my disdain and anguish, I hit my middle age spread and gained 15kg’s in two years!! What this weight gain did to my breasts was nothing short of SHOCKING. What the sight of my own breasts did to my body confidence and self esteem, was even worse!!! About a year or so ago, I began to ask around about recommended doctors that could offer me a solution, but for some or other reason, none of these recommendations gave me that “gut feel” of assurance or certainty...even after scouring dozens of surgeons websites and reading their reviews, I was unable to make a confident decision. Whilst visiting my mother in Johannesburg last year, she phoned a breast surgeon that she knew of and asked whom he would recommend in Cape Town. Without even so much as a seconds pause, he answered in one short, simple sentence: “Dr. Dirk Lazarus”. And MY “gut feel” kicked in and I immediately knew that Dr. Lazarus was my guy!!!I made my first appointment in early September of last year (2019), went for a mammogram and booked my surgery for the second week of October 2019. My procedure would include the removal of my implants, a breast reduction, a breast lift and resizing and shaping of my nipples and areolar...!!! Sounds scary huh??? Well, on the morning of my surgery, the VERY last thing on my mind was the fear of waking up with pain or discomfort... on the contrary, I had butterflies in my stomach I was so excited. I knew that I was in the skilled hands of an extraordinary surgeon and his equally extraordinary team of anaethetist and nurses...and I knew too that I would be waking up with beautiful breasts. That is HONESTLY the unquestionably large amount of confidence that Dr. Lazarus had instilled in me during his very thorough and extensively informative pre-op consultation...And that is EXACTLY how it all panned out. I still have decent sized boobs, but they are GORGEOUS boobs and they are ALL MINE...no more foreign implants. The pain and discomfort was an absolute walk in the park - remarkably minimal and VERY manageable. I’m almost four months post surgery, the scars are healing nicely, I have complete return of sensation, AND the surgery has been a great catalyst to me losing weight... so all in all, I AM FEELING LIKE AN ENTIRELY NEW WOMAN!!! It is at this juncture that it needs to be said, that the most unbelievable aspect of this journey to me being 100% content with my breasts, is to say that 5 months ago I walked into a doctors room for a consultation, and now, fast forward to today, I truly feel as though I didn’t just gain new boobs, I gained a new family too. Dr. Lazarus, my dearest Annelie, beautiful Danni, and all the wonderful nurses and staff at The Tranquility Clinic...THANK YOU
When I stop to really consider my personal journey and relationship with my breasts, I feel somewhat conflicted. There were times in my life when I absolutely LOVED them and then times when I couldn’t bare the sight of them!! The most memorable of the good times was when Mother Nature blessed me with the ability to feed, calm, bond, nurture and give sustenance to my beautiful baby boys...breastfeeding for me was the ultimate joy. After feeding my second baby, my breasts looked empty, saggy and sad, but nothing that a quick surgical procedure to insert implants couldn’t help. And it DID help, and once again, me AND my breasts were happy again and I loved them.The earlier times in my life when I hated them, were mainly in my teenage years, when I was teased because of how large they were (I’d developed so much earlier than girls of my same age and large breasts were genetically hereditary amongst the women of my family).But nothing could’ve prepared me for the way in which I felt about them in these more recent years of my life, especially the massive changes which occurred in the last two years. I’m a 47 year old woman who breastfed two babies, had breast implants almost 18 years ago...and then, much to my disdain and anguish, I hit my middle age spread and gained 15kg’s in two years!! What this weight gain did to my breasts was nothing short of SHOCKING. What the sight of my own breasts did to my body confidence and self esteem, was even worse!!! About a year or so ago, I began to ask around about recommended doctors that could offer me a solution, but for some or other reason, none of these recommendations gave me that “gut feel” of assurance or certainty...even after scouring dozens of surgeons websites and reading their reviews, I was unable to make a confident decision. Whilst visiting my mother in Johannesburg last year, she phoned a breast surgeon that she knew of and asked whom he would recommend in Cape Town. Without even so much as a seconds pause, he answered in one short, simple sentence: “Dr. Dirk Lazarus”. And MY “gut feel” kicked in and I immediately knew that Dr. Lazarus was my guy!!!I made my first appointment in early September of last year (2019), went for a mammogram and booked my surgery for the second week of October 2019. My procedure would include the removal of my implants, a breast reduction, a breast lift and resizing and shaping of my nipples and areolar...!!! Sounds scary huh??? Well, on the morning of my surgery, the VERY last thing on my mind was the fear of waking up with pain or discomfort... on the contrary, I had butterflies in my stomach I was so excited. I knew that I was in the skilled hands of an extraordinary surgeon and his equally extraordinary team of anaethetist and nurses...and I knew too that I would be waking up with beautiful breasts. That is HONESTLY the unquestionably large amount of confidence that Dr. Lazarus had instilled in me during his very thorough and extensively informative pre-op consultation...And that is EXACTLY how it all panned out. I still have decent sized boobs, but they are GORGEOUS boobs and they are ALL MINE...no more foreign implants. The pain and discomfort was an absolute walk in the park - remarkably minimal and VERY manageable. I’m almost four months post surgery, the scars are healing nicely, I have complete return of sensation, AND the surgery has been a great catalyst to me losing weight... so all in all, I AM FEELING LIKE AN ENTIRELY NEW WOMAN!!! It is at this juncture that it needs to be said, that the most unbelievable aspect of this journey to me being 100% content with my breasts, is to say that 5 months ago I walked into a doctors room for a consultation, and now, fast forward to today, I truly feel as though I didn’t just gain new boobs, I gained a new family too. Dr. Lazarus, my dearest Annelie, beautiful Danni, and all the wonderful nurses and staff at The Tranquility Clinic...THANK YOU
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