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Do I Really Look As Bad As my Pics -Cancun, MX

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I am almost ready to pull the trigger and really...

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surfeleuthera
WORTH IT$2,300
i am almost ready to pull the trigger and really want the face to face (so to speak) consult because I had my friend's daughter take the worst pix ever to send to Costa Rica and I don't look as bad in reality!!! I wanted the eyes but everyone is shocked when I say they are all recommending the whole thing! including the neck....should i just go for it!!! When i first came on the site was a little difficult to find some real meat but recent posts are very helpful so I will put m journey up so as to help more people readily make decisions....

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Dr. Marco Carmona

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I am so glad I went to Dr. Carmona and can't believe how quickly I am healing and looking good...so much faster than I had anticipated. He was no-nonsense and confident. You just know he will do right so there is no need to ask a lot of questions. I will not hesitate to return when i am next ready. The solo sojourn I took to his area was safe and fun. Danny, his assistant, is cool, helpful and nice. The hospital is close, clean and beautiful. The doctor even took me home and would have come to visit if I had needed him. The el centro area is very upbeat and easy to navigate. So, in a way, it didn't matter that my surgery was delayed by one day. Do your homework before you go. Gracias Dr. Carmona, Alex and Danny!!! Te amo

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May 7, 2015
best of luck, you won't regret it, especially in Costa Rica!!
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May 7, 2015
love love love costa rica! and your posts which would make anyone want to go...i was up late last night mesmerized!
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May 7, 2015
no bad days you r right! the docs here say the same is needed so face to face tells the same as the pix i sent to costa rica docs. Today, he did agree with me that I dont need the brow lift but only dr chacon had put that in the quote...after doing the research on area of the brow bone I had already determined that part for myself! And thanks to everyone who says that you really dont need the full price recovery inns
May 8, 2015
Hi Surfeleuthera, When is it that you are going to go to Costa Rica? Have you decided where you're going to stay for recovery? And did you decide to go with Dr. Rashi at Rosenstock clinic?
May 8, 2015
I am scheduled for surgery September 29, 2015 with Dr. Rashi. I am having a platysmalplasty, Chin implant, earlobe reduction, and TCA peel.
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May 8, 2015
o wow is he booked that far out or that is when u picked!!! He seems so nice and there are so many great reviews of him! I am thinking about staying close to him and maybe not in a resort...and i would love to go soon...gathering money now... it is hard for me to get eyes and face info on him but lotsa boob jobs
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May 8, 2015
he just threw another term at me...canthopexy...and i have to research that now......
May 8, 2015
from looking at your photo it looks like canthopexy is a very good idea. My upper and lowerblepharoplasties would have been very weird without it.
May 8, 2015
these surgeries are the carrot that I'm putting in front of myself to complete a large project. I chose the time.I was able to set up my last surgery a year ahead of time because I sent him my flight information. I probably saved somewhere in the amount of three to four hundred dollars by doing it that way with the flight. I'm still trying to get the money together myself so I need the time. I am also in a helping profession. it would not do for me to have my clients/patience to see my photo naked or otherwise on this website. Just saying...
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May 8, 2015
yes i do believe i am going there...but doing a bit more research....yes clients seeing may not be good but I have to help others...ha ha always the helper....i needed this support with my research and have to help the others just starting out!!
May 9, 2015
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July 28, 2015
great luck...so nice to return to someone you know you like!!! His staff were so easy to deal with which I like....I am not big on making big deals out of things with checklists and such so I bet your next experience with them will be good as well as the previous ones! i'll be watching even though I moved mine up!
May 8, 2015
Help! I've been researching CR as well with Dr Lev! What else should I know
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May 8, 2015
for some reason i never went in that direction but there seems to be a lot of peo who love him....
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July 28, 2015
and now a good model and confidant of his on here!!!! Thanks scarlet for helping us!
UPDATED FROM surfeleuthera
2 months pre

start gathering money and before pix

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surfeleuthera
i am now on a mission!!! As one in the helping profession, is time to somethIng for MOI...and the support from this community helps..woman empowering woman and some men kindly post too!

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May 8, 2015
I look forward to your journey, I am so interested in those who go to CR as everyone I read about are so happy they went and had work done and the recovery centers are all great. I think you will be in good hands and even enjoy your recovery...the best to you.
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May 8, 2015
thanks i cant wait!
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May 9, 2015

Thank you so much for paying it forward and sharing your own photos and story! Here's a list of questions to ask at consultations.

Please keep keeping us updated!

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May 13, 2015
ok booked with my friend with dr rashi for sept 29th!!!! wish i could go sooner....now time to obsess on whole thing v eyes only....
May 27, 2015
Hi Ms. Surfer!, Just wanted to let you know that tomorrow I am having my first experience with Botox for the area between my eyes. I also made an appt with the same Doc in Orange County, CA to put Juvederm (sp?) Voluma in my cheeks on June 19th. I think I am becoming aware of how I feel when planning a cosmetic procedure and I will need to process this stuff. I am actually feeling emotionally high. No wonder people go overboard on this stuff. It feels great and I haven't even had the procedure done. I'm just talking about it. The realization feels kinda odd. Interesting...
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June 25, 2015
how is it????? i missed this comment..thought u faded away!....the derm suggested the fillers at the skin cancer check and when i heard the price is why i got on this "high" of doing somethg more permanent!!!!
May 30, 2015
Based on what I read here -it seems to be a bad idea to do everything at once. Do one thing and then if you do not like the results find anothe PS
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May 30, 2015
thanks I am starting slowly even tho i am a go for it kinda girl!!
UPDATED FROM surfeleuthera
2 months pre

now is meditation time

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surfeleuthera
with the beautiful pema chodron in a webinar...she is a beautiful buddhist nun with short hair and untouched face and inner beauty which shines through... wow will i change my goals?...we shall see at the end of the class tomorrow!!...but I d...oubt it lol

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May 9, 2015
so much for that idea...b f gets admitted to hospital during my meditation..can only hope i stayed calm because of doing it!! er doc sez serious kidney thg and, and if he signed out ama could be real serious..admitting doc sez dehydration ......let us pray!!
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May 12, 2015
so i wrote back to ask for quote without brow lift (research tells you how to tell if need that and I def didnt qualify according to where the brow bone is and according to my instate here consult last thur) and i have a super high forehead anyway...and the quote for all comes back 2000 more???????
May 13, 2015
Call them out on the quote. Sounds like it could be a mistake, or else they are ripping you off. You have time in your side.
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May 13, 2015
yes u r right i think i am going to and now i have much time to think things through..but i didnt go with that doc...
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January 21, 2016
Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha!