Duran Doll! BBL / Lipo MAY 11 - 2 days post op! - Dominican Republic, DO

Hello dolls! :) My name is *morenaxo* and I am excited to start on my journey to being a Duran Doll!

I've been on RealSelf for just a couple of weeks, and decided almost right away that I wanted to Dr. Agustina Hilario Duran as my doctor based on the reviews I've read from all of her dolls. Every before and after I've seen of her work is just amazing, and every review speaks so highly of her patient care and just who she is as a human being in addition to being a phenomenal professional, so I'm very comfortable putting myself in her hands.

I started trying to contact her earlier this week, sent an email, called the numbers on her website, even called the office at 7:30am their time as suggested, but no luck. I didn't receive an answer to my email and the only time someone answered the phone and I was able to ask for a quote, I was just told to email (I already had) and call back on Friday at 2:00pm.

The level of my impatience is renowned, so I contacted Bella Vita Consultants instead, a company that specializes in arranging plastic surgery and dentistry in the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Dr. Duran is one of the doctors they consult on behalf of, and they are even able to issue quotes on her behalf.

Jazmine Navarro at Bella Vita answered me within a day, and I spoke to her both via email and Whatsapp, and I paid my $200 USD deposit for their service today. So now I'm just waiting on next steps to get my quote and finalize a surgery date! I'm hoping for mid-May.

In the meantime, I'm sharing some wish photos with you :) I'm so excited!

Hello ladies,

So I haven't had much to update because like I said, I paid my invoice to Jazmine Navarro at Bella Vita and sent them my photos, but there must have been some mixup because two days later they sent me another invoice for the same amount? So I messaged back saying no, I already paid my invoice (gave them the invoice number that I paid), and I've emailed them every day since asking them to confirm that they received my payment and let me know when I should be expecting a quote and a possible surgery date, and ... radio silence. Honestly, this is no better than calling Dr. Duran's office and emailing her day after day and just hoping one day somebody responds. I understand that she's very busy, but honestly, I would rather deal with a consultant or another member of someone's staff than dealing with the silence.

In either case, I want to have my surgery in MAY, and it doesn't look like that's happening with Dr. Duran, so if I don't hear from Bella Vita before tomorrow, I'll be asking for a refund (LOL assuming they'll respond) and researching a different doctor.

Any suggestions?

Just when I was about to throw up my hands in defeat, AN EMAIL! Lol.

Jazmine just emailed me and explained they're actually just coming back from a business trip in Colombia (they've been setting up their RH there from what I can tell on Instagram, and it looks incredible, but I have my heart set on Duran) so they'll be setting me up before the end of the day today.

Remember how I said I was impatient? Lol. Considering I emailed Dra Duran's team about 3 weeks ago now and still no response, I suppose a few days isn't terrible for Bella Vita.