Sooooo Excited!!!! 21yrs Old and BEYOND READY!!! - Buffalo, NY

Woah, I want to warn you to be careful. This is REALLY concerning to me "I just wanted to book my procedure as soon as possible because summer is approaching. " I've had surgery myself and know how much you want to have it done RIGHT NOW that the first surgeon who says they can make you look better/give you what you want is the one you book with immediately. (Luckily, in my case, I needed a few extra months to save up the money, so I ended up having more consultations and going with a different surgeon.) The MOST important thing you need to do before you schedule surgery is research your doctor. Read about them and their training. And LOOK AT PICTURES OF THEIR WORK. This is probably the most important thing to do. Dr. Cusenz doesn't have a gallery on his website of any of the work he's done - he may be a perfectly fine surgeon, but virtually every single article that tells you how to find a good surgeon says you need to look at pictures of their work. This is SO important. Plastic surgery can do wonderful things for your self confidence, your appearance and your life. And I know you want it done ASAP - but you want it done right. I'd encourage you to definitely have more consultations with other surgeons. You can still have the surgery done in time for summer, but you're going to have to live with these breasts for the rest of your life - this is a huge decision. One last thing that concerns me is the doctor/office didn't give you a quote? There is NO such thing as cosmetic coverage insurance. Maybe cosmetic dentistry, but no insurance will cover elective cosmetic procedures like a breast lift/implants. I'm incredibly concerned that Dr. Cusenz's office didn't tell you this before letting you book surgery.

Congratulations on the weight loss! Glad to hear your consulting with several surgeons...good for you! Do you have a general idea of the type and size implants you would want? We'd love to see some of your wish boob photos. Keep us posted!

yes i am having lipo with my lift. I have heard about the skin adherence but even with my weight loss I still have plenty of fat left for lipo so that's not one of my top concerns. I requested the lipo, it was not something my doctor brought up. But thanks for your concern :)

I'm glad you are not adding lipo. It really ruins the structure of the whole skin organ, including the part where fat needs to be. Plus the fat comes back. In weird ways. The doctors say it doesn't but studies and actual real people show that it does. A little pouchy belly is so preferable to fat arms, neck, back, breasts,face etc. Plus if someone has the pouchy then she knows when she's gaining; if that's gone, the gain goes unnoticed. Plus one has to under-eat and over-exercise in order to just make sure that *might* not happen. It's a horrible condition to live with.

Women deserve the right to make a well informed decision and I see you have made a great decision by not getting liposuction. You understand that liposuction poses many risks to your health and you have chosen not to sacrifice your body. I am so glad you have chosen the healthy way to lose weight and shape your body. If I would have known I was signing up to be lipo'd on non consented areas, and knew the truth behind liposuction, believe me, I would have been you; still enjoying my weight loss. Their is nothing I can do now. I read your last comment and you said you had enough fat to not have a skin adherence, what most women do not know is that nothing is guaranteed, once you are under anesthesia, these surgeons can do anything they please with your body and get away with it. Suck out your entire fat, burn you, make incisions where your skin can be grafted, exceed consent etc. I hope other women come to your blog and understand everyone is really in the dark of things. Once they educate themselves about the proven studies they can decide for themselves if they rather "look good" then feel good. You can always PM me if you need help on losing those few pounds.