Cellulaze Performed February 5th - Dallas, TX

I had the cellulaze procedure performed on Tuesday, February 5th. I am 5'9 and weigh around 140 pounds at the moment. I am 40 years old and have 2 small children (my youngest being 10 months old). The first time I ever saw any cellulite on my body, I was around 25 and under some hideous dressing room lighting ... it was very minor at first, but I feel like it has progressed moreso after the birth of my 2 children. For example, I never saw an ounce of cellulite on the front of my thighs until after my first child was born when I was 36 in fact. I eat pretty clean, but (honestly) probably only work out 2 times a week due to my demanding work schedule and wanting to spend time with my kids. However, even when I was single/married with no kids and worked out 6 times a week, I still had cellulite.

I had 3 areas done: (i) the bottom part of the front of my thights; (ii) the top part of the back of my thighs; and (iii) my butt. One thing I loved about my doctor is he uses twilight sedation versus just a local numbing agent, so theprocedure itself was extremely comfortable. I arrived at 7:30 am and my husband picked me up at 1:00 pm. I was prescribed an antibiotic and pain medicine and I also elected to start taking Arnica the day before my procedure to help with bruising. This procedure felt kind of serious and precise to me when it was over, which confirmed my decision that it was appropiate for me to have it performed by a plastic surgeon .... but I am also one of those people who has a dermatologist or plastic surgeon instead of... say .... a med spa do my chemical peels, photofacials or botox. I take things like this very seriously.

Other than a nauseous reaction to the painkiller (hydrocodone), the messy leaking that lasted through the following next day from one of my incisions, and the generic minor general annoyance with the compression garment, my recovery - thus far - has not been bad at all. One pointer -- for me, the most annoying thing about the compression garment is that it is somewhat high waisted and that feels constricting, so the second I walk into my house after work, I undue the hooks around the waist and fold that part over - SO much better. I sit in an office for work all day and my soreness is not to the point that doing so is at all uncomfortable. The only time it feels uncomfortable to me is when I go to the potty because of the hard ceramic ;)

I took the day off after my procedure, but ideally I would have had this done on a Friday just because of the leakage. I was scheduled the Friday before, but the office had to reschedule to the following Tuesday. But today is Friday and I feel pretty great.

I am a little swollen,which I assume can appear like you're already seeing great results, but I have a friend who did this in September with another doctor (she is happy with her results) and she warned me that you get all excited at first because the swelling makes it look the cellulite is all gone, but then the swelling goes down and you get disappointed ... but then the results get better over time. So, I will be watching and waiting patiently, promising to update you all every month or so. I made my husband take some "before" pics the morning of the procedure, but I get kind of freaked out about posting them on the worldwide web, but may do so when I get some good "after" pics done .... Or, if you message me separately, I would be happy to share.

So, here is prayer going out that this is successful and well worth it! :)