30 No Kids, Bye Bye Gut! - Dallas, TX

I have been to 4 doctors before deciding to proceed with American lipo. One nutty plastic surgeon who advised for a tummy tuck when I know i have no hanging skin and good elasticity. From all of them I can discern no particular difference other than pricing. Reviews for people with similar body structure or slightly bigger than mine have been good and I am positive about the procedure thus far. I will be doing upper/lower abs, flanks and bra rolls. If all goes well I will go back in the winter for my arms but do not want to be in arm sleeves in the summer. My Dr will be Thomas Baker and this guy looks young, but like I said I see good work done for the right body types, since technically for lipo you really shouldn't be too overweight. Most actual plastic surgeons advised me to lose 10-15 pounds but the non plastic surgeons did not...Hopefully this is a good decision and I will not get any seromas or loose skin from my outcome. Most of all Im scared of the numbing part and how long I will need to take off as I work in sales...

Trying not to get antsy about my surgery Thursday 6/9, Im just hoping the pain and numbing part isn't too bad. I have gathered all post-op supplies needed and have made my bedroom just as comfy as when I had ankle surgery. I feel as if I could get my period anyday now and Im praying it comes after because I dont need the extra tenderness during all that poking! Im also prepared to take off work extra time if needed, thus far I plan on going back on that Monday, but will take more time if needed. When I went in for my pre-op appointment I saw a woman leaving from her surgery and for the most part she just seemed loopy but didnt seem in pain just sore as she walked out with her family, this made me feel better. My main concern is not getting burned and having a seroma, and having rippling or loose skin. I purchased medical foam boards to put on over my Faja surrounded by another ab binder. This hopefully will encourage good shaping and ease bruising pain. Also I have pre-scheduled lymphatic massages for my midsection and back starting the Tuesday following surgery. I plan to do these once per week professionally and every other day at home. Anyway praying this goes well, update soon!

whew!!! so basically I went into the office at 635 to get ready which was fine because they tend to run behind, tookpregnancy test than proceeded to wait for premeds.so as I'm in the waiting room i hear the girl ahead of me screaming about the pain and they must've been doing her numbing shots because after 10 min it was gone when Debbie came out to do my meds I def asked her about it and was rethinking it, but she assured me everyone's experiences were totally different some people felt nothing some people just Mild and still asleep and some people had extreme pain. the good news is before that the friend of the girl in surgery actually came from the car and sat next to me and she had had it done about a month ago so basically she was telling me her experience is what she told her friend like it does hurt definitely but everyone's experience is different for her after the numbing it was okay but she felt jabs during the laser and I was like geez but for the most part it's something that she would do again because the pain wasn't that bad. So I get my meds and that definitely in short time made me very loopy and I just proceeded to go into the operating room then theygive you a little underwear to put on and your sports bra and I just hoped it on the best and laid on the table with my stress ball which really helped me during it.so for me the worst parts were kind of the numbing because it's not just like a regular shot they shoot the anesthetic in which is very stinging and it's like it's going into different areas like a snake that stinging you but it's really just the fluid in that particular area once that's finished you don't feel anything again and then they might have been another area that starts over but so far as the actual laser part it really just felt like a bunch of jabbing around sometimes they would hit specific spots that really hurt more than others but for the most part I would find myself falling asleep and then there will be a small jab that I feel and wakeup, for the most part weird I would say its dealing with when they were lifting me up from surgery to show me I couldn't see a difference because I was bloated and my skin literally felt like Jell-O like I didn't even want to touch it because like you can bend it in all types of ways I just wanted her to put the compression garment on ASAP so that I can go home and I was bleeding or fluid from the incision sites really bad so I kept having them pad myself everything twice then pretty much bled through in the car and then I had to basically put towel over the seat. I feel like im gonna run through 5 to 6 doggie pads down on my bed right now I'm just sitting here waiting to fall asleep to wake up the next day to take my shower and hopefully see some beginning results judging on the amount of fat they take out I would say they did a good job I just can't see it yet