My skin journey

I had my consultation with Dr. Kass on April 6th, 2022 and set my surgery to be two weeks and one day later. I paid that day (April 6) and then waited the very long two weeks. I really like that Dr. Kass talked about a lot of other treatments (lasers, etc), why he didn't use them and why he used the things he did instead. I felt like I was in really good hands.

My pre-op was two days before my surgery date and I was given all my prescriptions and instructions for aftercare. I was so ridiculously excited. Why is it that time seems to go by so slowly when you're really excited? It is so annoying! I am a super impatient person.

Finally, it was time. My boyfriend drove me to the office where Shay (I think) took me back. My memories get really blurry here but I vaguely remember sitting in the chair and then that was pretty much it until I was getting wheeled out to my boyfriend's car. I was told later when I was more coherent that I was in surgery for something like 4 or 5 hours.

My skin was really bad. I had pretty horrible scarring and Dr. Kass decided to do several different procedures.

It included:
1. Blood draw and PRP injections
2. TCA peel
3. Microneedling
4. Subcision
5. Fat injections (with minor lipo to get the fat from around my belly button)
6. And the big mamma Hetter peel

I'm pretty sure that was everything... Like I said, the whole day was pretty blurry so it's possible I'm forgetting something. No idea what order everything happened in lol.

My face looked pretty crazy immediately afterwards. It was so so swollen. The swelling went away after a day or so but then my skin took on the appearance of a sunburned alligator for about a week while it prepared to peel and then actually peeled.

The pain was very intense when I first "woke up" in the recovery area but they took great care of me and I had my prescriptions waiting for me at home. Once I woke up from my 8 hour nap at home (lol), the pain was very tolerable. I have some great pictures of those first 7 days and even though it looks really bad, it didn't hurt at all by the second day. It was mostly just soreness after day 2 and some pain from the lipo around my belly button. Not bad though. Not bad at all.

I had everything done on a Thursday and by Monday I was able to work from home without any issues other than being a bit more tired than normal.

For the duration of the peel, I had to do diluted vinegar soaks every two hours and it surprisingly didn't burn at all. In fact, it felt pretty nice. It was also pretty nice getting the princess treatment from my boyfriend even if he did call me an alligator

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It's now been 4 months since my treatment and I just had my second post-op. The redness is mostly gone and my skin looks amazing. There was ~60% improvement which is just freaking crazy. I never thought my skin would look so good. I wish I had access to the before and after pics that Dr. Kass took with his professional camera but they will probably be on his website. My skin should continue to improve for the next several months.

I am already planning on getting everything done again in 8 months. I literally cannot wait.

Everyone was amazing and honestly I am so happy I found them. I'm moving to Texas in a few weeks and you better believe I will be flying back next year to see them all again.