Mommy Makeover Except the Breasts - Tijuana, Mexico

Hi everyone. I'm typing this from my iPad and am in the recovery room, so please bear with me if I make mistakes.

I wish I had found out about this site before surgery (I found the forums section the evening before surgery).

My biggest complaint was my arms. I lifted heavy weights when I was young and the skin must have never popped back into place. It's embarrassing. Although my body is on the heavy side, 150, the arms just make me look enormous.

I went to a plastic surgeon in Palm Beach, FL to simply address my arms. Instead he told me everything else that was wrong with my body. Nice :(. Oh, and HE didn't think arm lift surgery was necessary, just lipo. In the end, he gave me an estimate of $18000 for liposuction. I felt defeated.

Called a friend and told what happened and he said he knew a woman that went down to Mexico for Lapband Surgery and she looks amazing. I called him that day. October 22.

The next 2 weeks have been a whirlwind of blood tests, phone calls and consultations between the doctor, myself and the staff. The best part is that the Doctor calls me. I said I wanted a full tummy tuck and he said, from the pictures, that it might not be necessary. I felt safe in the fact that he would tell me to remove procedures, not add them.

I've never had plastic surgery of any type, so once my local PS told me my body issues, I just wanted this done ASAP.

I'm 49 and have had 3 full term pregnancies with 2 live births. The kids are in college now, so it felt right to do this for me. My DH said he thinks I look great just like I am but he has listened to me complain about my fat self for years and told me he would support whatever I felt I needed to do.

So here I am, post surgery. Pain is pretty high but bearable and my body is already looking better if you minus the guts and gore.

In all I had a full tummy tuck, arm lift, ultrasound lipo on back by bra strap, lipo on inner thighs, lipo the entire lower half of torso (front and back) and a fat transfer into the butt.