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My Experience with 4beauty Anesthetic Institute. Coral Gables, FL

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I finally decided to share my BBL journey with...

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Susibbl2014
$11,000
I finally decided to share my BBL journey with you, I haven been lurking to get this procedure done for a couple of years. In 2010, I had a lipo with fat transfer to my buttock performed by Dr. Amarilis Pascau, which turned out to be a waste, only 140 cc were transferred cause she changed her mind during the surgery telling me she would not injected what we agreed upon cause she was afraid of complications, just unbelievable, she did not know what she was doing.I was charged a little over $6000 and it was done under local anesthesia. No change in my body happened, I was left with multiple roles in my skin which took over one year to get better and my butt was unchanged, months later after lots of aggravations they decided to revise it, I was promised the surgery to be done under general anesthesia with another doctor and more fat would be transferred to the buttocks, the week of surgery I got a phone call for my surprise Dr Pascau prohibited BBL's in her clinic and no license to perform surgeries under general anesthesia was granted to them, WHAT A MESS... I threw a big fit and they said no charge for the Sx, meanwhile I went to consult with Dr Mendieta and he recommended me to gain weight and come back to see him. At that time I did not want to go wrong again, so I decided to wait, gain weight, prepare myself financially and have a real BRAZILIAN BUTT LIFT GURU to work on my body.
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Constantino G. Mendieta, MD

Constantino G. Mendieta, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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October 21, 2014
Can you post pics ? Are you unhappy with results ?
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October 22, 2014
Super unhappy, I do not have 11k sx work on my body, and the worse feeling I have it that drs can get away with it.
October 21, 2014
Dr. Mendieta is a terrible doctor. I am VERY sorry you had a bad experience. People think they are going to best, when he is just an arrogant man.
October 24, 2014
thank you for your post, i'm so glad that this is an honest account of what you experienced in your time there. Is it possible to see pre-op photos? I really hope that all of this works out for you - it's such a shame when you spend so much money and don't get the results or attention you require. I really wish you all the best.
November 4, 2014
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November 4, 2014
Hey, Hun you were brave enough to have two surgery that a plus. Now just fight them to get your money back from the first surgeon and the second one if I was you I will take them to small claim court those surgeon they need to be expose they charge a lot of money but there work are lousy. They think some of us get money from a tree. Now listen like I say from the get go if you brave enough to have two surgery please go to the expert in Dominican Republic try Dr duran so far I like her work not much complain on her Good luck
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4 months post

Day of surgery

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e 18, 2014 I had my BBL done by Dr. Constantino Mendieta after gaining 20lbs, when he saw me in the 1st consultation he was super excited and told me I did an excellent job that I had enough fat now to be worked on, promising me I would have the so desirable Desiree, It made my day although the consultation was quick and I was charged an extra $1000 due to previous lipo.
On my pre op with Andrea I expressed my concern that I did not want to exceed the 4 liters limit, and again I was reinsured the more fat the better do not stop eating.
Surgery was done, everything seemed to be so efficient there, I was the first patient at 6am I believe at 615am I was in the OR already. Dr Mendieta entered in the prep room with a camera took several pics without saying a word then finally got up and asked me "how do you like your butt" I said lots of projection and the smaller waist you can give to me, he said OK, everybody was moving really fast.
I got home around noon, blending a lot from my belly button, no girdle, no drains and severe bruises everywhere. Around 5 pm I gave the office a call complaining I was bleeding too much and why I did not have a girdle neither drains on and the nurse said you did not need it and it is normal the bleeding I will see you at the office tomorrow morning.
Blood was pouring like a water fall from my belly bottom in the first day, after my clean up the following morning it stopped and the girdle was put on.
Three days post op had my first lymphatic drainage, I was severely bruised and swollen, I saw myself in the mirror for the first time and I realized I would not get the results I was promised to, even being extremely inflamed I could tell.

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November 13, 2014
Wow! I'm in awe. This sounds as if I wrote this for myself. This is exactly how my Sx day went... Word 4 word
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November 13, 2014
I know I relate my experience a lot with yours.. It is crazy.. Too many similarities.. He said to me many times I was a difficult case and removed the limit, I still cannot believe it.
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November 13, 2014
The only reason I look as good as I do is because I've been killing the gym. I do glutes & legs 3 to 4 days a week & stair steep 3 days a week. Crazy
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November 13, 2014
I had a consultation with Dr Salama today and he was very honest with me, he's advice is to wait one year before considering a revision, wear the girdle for 6 months, lose weight gradually and do not be afraid of losing weight at this point, so I guess will follow his recomendations for now , also dr Saulhaurser told me the same thing last week. I'm planning to hit the gym big time from know on I wnat to look good badly and sheared off the fat dr M left on me
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4 months post

One week follow up

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One week follow up: I was already upset, I was told 660 cc was injected and the fat was difficult to remove, Dr Mendieta told me it is way too soon to say something " I understand what you are saying about the projection maybe we should considered implants but lets wait I will work with you, come back in 6wks".

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