Brazilian Butt Lift with Dr. Hughes! **Team Hughes** - Culver City, CA

Stats: 5’4” / 132-134 Lbs

I started doing my research a year ago on BBL’s. I have a flat-pancake-narrow booty, should I even call it a booty? Lol

Dr. Hughes was at the top of my list for surgeons to perform my BBL. The reasons I chose Dr. Hughes:
1. He is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
2. Harvard graduate and an outstanding academic career.
3. Countless 5 star reviews on realself.com for BBLs.
4. Performs 500+ BBL’s a year
5. Aggressive with his liposuction. Dr. Hughes tries to get at least 1200+ ccs into each of his patients. I’ve had other doctors tell me that they could MAYBE put in 600 ccs of fat into each cheek. Well, seeing as a good % of the fat transferred doesn’t survive after a BBL procedure, 600 cc would not give me the results I wanted.
6. Minimal scars. 3 tiny incisions for the entire procedure.
7. And lastly, he is easy on the eyes. Lol

I contacted Dr. Hughes a couple weeks ago to get the process started. I wanted my BBL done this winter so I would be ready for the summer, plus I didn’t want to recover during the hot months while wearing that dreaded “evil binder” lol.
Now, other realself members have mentioned how fast Dr. Hughes is at responding to your questions and emails. They weren’t joking!! He responded back to me within an hour! I was overly impressed by this, and it made me feel even more confident with my decision to go with Dr. Hughes. We exchanged a couple emails back and forth, he answered my questions and then I spoke with Adam to get the date booked and the financials settled. I already gave my deposit and have my Pre-op appointment scheduled this month on 2/16 and my sx date is the next day 2/17. I will be having liposuction in my abdomen, flanks and back. I'm hoping to have more than 1000 cc of fat transferred into each cheek and some in my hips.

I’m very excited and actually wished my sx was sooner! I just want my new booty now! Lol

Countdown: 15 DAYS!

Hello Everyone! So I went bought some items over the past week to get ready for my upcoming BBL sx! COUNTDOWN – 7 DAYS!!!

Firstly, I’m someone who likes to be over-prepared for any situation, so some of these items you may not need but for my peace of mind, I like knowing I have it just in case. And I’m also traveling 5 hrs and staying in a hotel for recovery, so I need to make sure I have whatever I need.

Supplements:
- 500mg. Vitamin C (started it today, once a day)
- Feosol Iron Complete (started it today, once a day)
- All day Vitamins (I take Prenatals regularly, once a day)
- Arnica Montana 30x Tablets (will start it around 3-4 days pre-op)
- Muscletech Premium Whey Protein (right after sx)

Post-op Care Items:
- Anti-Bacterial Soap
- Peroxide
- Benadryl Extra Strength | itch stopping cream
- Arnica Gel
- Cotton Swabs
- Baby Wipes
- Chux Pads
- Gloves
- Straws
- Compression Sock

Some “not pictured” items I am also bringing
- Boppy
-Thermometer
- Shower Cap
- Bed Sheets (So I don’t stain the hotels sheets)
-Coco Butter oil (Thank you PUDGIE13!)

I also went and purchased some maxi dresses & moo-moos (sexy I know lol) on amazon for cheap to wear during my recovery. I bought 3 moo moos for $5 each and 3 maxi dresses that cost around $10-15 each. I decided not to go shopping for dresses, pants or booty shorts (LOL) just yet. I’ll wait a little after, maybe a month or two post-op.

I’m also waiting to purchase my fajas/compression garments till I get the green light from Dr. Hughes to start wearing them. Plus I’m not sure how much swelling I’ll have so I don’t want to order a size and have it not fit me correctly. But I did bookmark a couple fajas that other realself members have recommended (Thank you PUDGIE13 & mesan). I’ll do a little update when I am ready to start wearing a CG/faja.

COUNTDOWN: 2 DAYS!!

I can’t believe its almost here, sx is this Tuesday!!! I haven’t updated my realself on purpose, simply to try and make this last week go by faster! Lol

I did my labs shortly after my last update. I couldn’t believe how much blood work they need, 6 in total: CBC, CMP, PT PTT, HCVAB, HCAQL & HIV. Don’t ask me what 75% of those are, I couldn’t tell you myself lol. The process was simple and Dr. Hughes was kind enough to fax over an order for my labs. I was lucky enough to have my insurance cover all of it.