39 Y/o One Son,Finally Going to Do It - Columbus, GA

I'm glad I seen this information because I was thinking about Dr Cochran instead of going to the DR.

thank u. I just want the best results..im scared if I don't lose some weight.it wont look right

I am one of his patients and I didn't get a flat stomach, also I feel a real dr will take weight into consideration, but a greedy dr won't care, there is so much more to say about this dr but I will say please do your homework, I could've end up in bad shape but it was the grace of God that I'm ok....speaking from experience !!!

Some women with a large ab with extra weight located on it before surgery can get a flat result without weight loss but many cannot. For those with visceral fat, even Dr. C cannot "get rid of all the stomach" and believing he can will lead to ladies with visceral fat being very sad and disappointed as well as maybe even angry.

Although some women have weight/fat/skin on their abdomen that can practically all be removed with a t.t. and lipo, many women have a large amount of fat located under the muscles of the abdomen which CANNOT be treated with the surgery. Only the fat between the skin and muscle can be removed, not the fat under the muscle. When ladies have a lot of this visceral (under the muscle fat), their results will not be as impressive. Doctors can tell us how thick our removable fat layer is and they usually do so while telling us about the visceral that is not removable. Many women with an "apron" go ahead and have the surgery knowing that only that problem will be solved and have the muscle/fascia repair but will still be very round and protruding because of the visceral fat.
Sometimes the surgeon wants people to loss weight because their health may make surgery unsafe for them; but sometimes they want patients to lose weight because the patient has this "unreachable" fat which will cause them to be unhappy with their surgery results.

Dr. C nor other plastic surgeon can remove this pesky fat with a t.t. and lipo. However, even women with quite of bit of the visceral fat can greatly improve the way their abdomen looks when the surgeon "fixes what can be fixed" but they need to understand what can actually be improved and what cannot be improved.

You can actually check your own body. Lift you upper body/back off the floor while lying on your back to tighten the muscles. With the muscles tightened you can "poke" yourself to feel how thick the fat which can be treated is because when you reach the muscles that is the boundary. Also the removable fat can usually (but not always) be grabbed in a "pinch an inch" or more type manner..

thank you for the info. I looked on ur page.. WOW Great results....I am happy for you

Thanks. Best wishes for your surgery

I agree with you redberrygirl, I to had issues with him and although Britney decline speaking with me personally, I'm happy to know that someone like myself care about Others well enough to speak up, people are not aware that plastic surgery is a billion dollar business and the competition is high so when you find a cheap dr, you need to really ask yourself why their that cheat, I definitely wouldn't advise anyone to travel out of town for him. The main thing is Please look at their work, as in pics because deception is real.

Thank goodness for this website to view a doctor's patient results. Overall it will help you choose the right doctor. It is a serious dicision that could effect the rest of your life.

Yes and I regret that I only chose him because of the reviews, but what many women don't realize is that there could be just as many dissatisfied patients that isn't familia with realself to report their issues.