Brazilian Butt Lift Part 1: Just Checking - Dominican Republic

The post above is pretty much my final review with mucho pictures. Compare the before and afters, remember i didn't want huge,.. i just wanted normal. If i were to go back to Yily this summer I would get my arms done :D. And thats it... i'm done with messing with myself. I'll continue to post pics as my swelling goes down. Ask me any questions you like :D

To read part 2 of my BBL journey, please click here.

Ok ladies,.. sorry for taking so long,.. But I spent days tired as heck and just not wanting to think about this. Where shall I start.

Lets start with DR. YILY: I already told you a bit about her. When you first meet her she seems very serious and I guess I do too because she mentioned that like 3 times (through Marcielle), lol. But I gotta say that she is a great doc and she actually is a very warm person. I was there for 10 days and she visited me the day after surgery at CIPLA, probably the day of surgery too but i can't remember :(, and then she made 4 house visits to check up on me and another girl staying at Jacquelines spa. That alone trumps any doctor that I know esp because it was Christmas week!! In two hospitals that I work at surgeons try to discharge all patients before the holidays so that they dont gotta deal with them, and this is if they are sick or well. If they get readmitted after the holidays cuz they were still sick.. oh well. Yily is very accessible,.. the 2nd day after surgery when I looked that the Pillsbury dough boy and freaked out Anna called her for me and she picked up and spoke to me as much as she could and then told Marcielle to call me. Also the other girl in the house had more questions and a few more blips in her recovery than I did and Dr. Yily was always accessible. At one point she was texting her. But dont think you can abuse this because like I said she is a no nonsense woman, lol. I think she use to work for the military. During her visits she told Marcielle to tell me that I should smile more, and I said you first. And that earned me a good bye hug and kiss which was awkward cuz I was still naked, lol. So yah,.. she's warm.

She's also very good looking. She keeps her body looking right. When not in scrubs she wore these haugghhht suits in all red or yellow. She looks 10 times better than her website picture.
Jacky’s Recovery House: I already talked about this in my previous post. But some additional info is that they give you a buzzer so when you press it it sounds like a door bell and someone will come help you. After day 3 or so, as a nurse I really do think people should lay off the buzzer for getting up out of bed. Its in your best interest to start exercising and trying to do these things yourself. The more you move less chance of adverse events. Do be careful in the bathroom or when standing for too long on days 1-6ish. I would get faint and have to hurry back to sit down. I wasn’t weak per se,.. I could do things for myself, but I would tire out VERY easily and get faint if I pushed it. (hope that made sense) Also the rooms are fully air conditioned and they also have big fans. You get a remote control for this too. The food is good but sometimes I like simple food instead of a full out meal so they have a fridge where they stored my applesauce, yogurt, cheese, turkey.

MY RESULTS!! I will post up pics. I am very happy with my results. I got exactly what i wanted which was a moderate more shapely ass since i had NOASSATALL, and moderate sexy boobs that looked natural. The tiny waist and more rounding hips (i had none) was a bonus!!. I love how thick curvy women look, but thats NOT FOR ME. I prefer the thin shapely look and when i can exercis/diet again i hope to get there.

BOOBS: I made a mistake earlier and thought that she went through my armpits. that incision I think was just for lipo because after i took off the bandages I saw the nipple incision. She only did a half moon incision on the lower half of my nipple so the top half of my nipple is completely normal and the the bottom half is healing now. I have one stick in each that I'll take out today. The boobs take 4 weeks to settle in place but right now they are not sitting crazy high, they are not swollen and they actually look normal. 100% natural in clothes, 85% natural looking naked dead on, 70% natural looking from the side. I am very very happy that they look this good so early on. Looking at Yily's B/A pics online I didn't think they would look this natural already. I got 375cc in each. Its silicone, dual plane under muscle. I'll assume smoothe. She gave me the carrier card to take home with me. Compared to the other parts of my body they really didn't hurt much but I will say that I DO NOT RECCOMMEND GETTING A BA AND BBL AT THE SAME TIME. Initially you can't sleep on your side much less your stomach. I still cant sleep on my stomach but now i can carefully sleep on my side with very carefully placed pillows. I think my recovery would have been much less torturous if I could have slept on my stomach or layed on it during the days. Since i got some hips done even the side sleeping aint all that great. With that said everyone is in love with my boobs, lol. I didn't anyone that i was getting it until after i got it and they are all like WOW!! My boobs before had deflated due to weight loss.

ASS ASS ASS: Ok. I had asked for moderate booty, no shelf booty for me. And that is what i got. She filled in my side booty real nice because that ish was CONCAVE before. I got a little protrusion but now that i look i wish I had gotten a little bit more protrusion , just a smidge, but that was my fault cuz i specifically told her not to. Judging from another girl who was here with me at Jackys during Day 3-5, Yily does know how to do big booty!! I was like DAH-AM when i saw her butt and hips. If you look at my before pics from the side you will see that I started with NOTHING. It was like Build-A-Booty in that operating room,.. so overall,.. still very happy.

The fist day I saw almost no booty because my back and stomach from the lipo was sooooo swollen that I just looked flat. As the swelling goes does and continues to go down your butt will look bigger so don't worry. Just to make it a point how puffy you will be post op... I went into surgery at 158lbs,.. two days ago I weighed myself at home and I was 175lbs!!!! I must of been at least 185lbs at Jackys cuz I felt so huge,.. my legs and back were swollen more than they are right now. I think i posted a pic of my cankles! This morning I woke up at 170lbs so as you can see the swelling is dropping fast. My first 5 days I didn't pee alot but now I pee like 10 times or more a day and I am not dieting.
Your butt will be very very sore at first,.. then its medium sore and numb, now mine is a little sore and a tad itchy. It feels soft in some areas and hard in other. When you get masssages done you are not suppose to massage your butt as per Yily and the masseuse. I am wearing a butt in garment but now i want a butt out one. I may just cut this one up.

STOMACH AND BACK: BYE BYE BACK FAT, BYE BYE BACK BOOBS. My entire lower and upper back was done. those back breasts are completely gone. My stomach has very little fat on it but it still swells the most and it has hard areas which is completely NORMAL for at least the first two months. Ladies,.. do your research on extensive lipo before you get it done. I didn't and I was surprised at the swelling and pain. Just a mini lesson... when you do lipo the canula they use to suck out the fat destroys your lymphatic capillaries. These capillaries normally prevent your body from swelling as it takes all the fluid that gets in between your cells and drains it back into your blood vessels. There is no way NOT to destroy these lymphatic capillaries because they are like a network of cobwebs that surrounds your fat cells and tissues. Point: You will be swollen after surgery and you will continue to go through "swell hell bouts" until your lymphatic capillaries regenerates themselves... that can take 6 or more weeks. You wear the compression garments to prevent the fluid from leaking out of your blood vessels and to help push it back it in. So thats why if you take of the compression garment for too long you will get swollen again. Yily recommends not taking it off for more than 45 minutes at a time. This is hard to do if you only have one garment and it needs to be washed when you are at the recovery house. But the ladies there work hard to get you back into it, lol. very hard. I can't stand to be a smelly cat so i had my garment washed 3 times and after day 3 i think I did daily wash ups with the garment off.

If you are getting just Lipo and not a tummy tuck DO NOT EXPECT IMMEDIATE RESULTS. I went into surgery with a 29.5 inch waist,.. on day 3 my waist was 35 inches!!! Thats all completely normal,.. it is not fat,.. it is inflammation and Yily's and Anna's and Jacky's favorite quote is "its normale", lol. And it is. It will go down. I'm at my mothers house so I dont have a tape measurer but I'm sure my waist is less than 29.5 inches now that i'm day 12? post op.

DRAINING: Yily closes your incisions after lipo so most likely you will not be draining like crazy on your garments and bed. There is debate about what is better.. open incisions,.. or closed incisions. Basically an open incision might make you feel initially better because you get rid of the tumescent fluid faster and you get a peak at your true results faster.. but in the end it WILL NOT stop the bouts of swelling. remember.. the extended swelling occurs because of the loss of your lymphatic capillaries so you must wait for them to regenerate. Closed incisions forces you to get rid of the tumescent fluid slower by having it reabsorb into your body naturally and with the help of the compression garments. From what I've read, these incisions heal much better, unlike open incisions which heal like dents/craters. I rather a closed incision with nice/no scars. When Yily checks on you she will decide if you have accumulated too much fluid. If she thinks so then she'll drain you manually with a syringe. The needle isnt very painful,.. it only hurts if she has to massage your back to get the fluid out. The massage hurts like hell,.. but definitely bearable. I didn't scream or moan or anything.

SCARRING: My nipples are healing nicely,.. I doubt there will be any trace of a scar. I have two incisions under my butt cheeks, 1 in each armpit, 1 in my belly button, 1 in my pubic region and 1 in the middle of my back. all healing nicely.. My back incision looks more like a scrape???

I bought pure rose hip oil/ Rosa Mosqueta at Jacky's spa. It comes with a free face cream. It cost 1100 pesos,.. roughly $27 USD. Dont know the selling price of it in America. Dr. Yily said i can use it when i hit 14 days post op and it should help prevent keloid scars.

MASSAGES: Lymphatic massages are a must after Lipo or tummy tuck. Your stomach will get hard and the masseuse works to get out all the knots and help release fluid from your tissues. I got almost daily massages at Jacquelines spa. They used ultrasound and hand massages .. about an hour,.. for $25 USD / 1000 pesos a session. BARGAIN!!! Remember to tip. The first massage hurts the most,.. but its bearable and afterwards you feel good. They know this so the first session they go easy with you and they build up the pressure during the following sessions. Every other day they do a parrafin treatment. I didn't like it cuz my skin was so sensitive and it felt like it was BURNING although when i dipped my hand in it the wax was not hot. Any cooler and it wouldn't spread so...if you want it just deal and know in your heart that your not getting burnt up. The other girl loved the parrafin treatments and she also had back lipo so everyone's sensation is different post op. Jacky took me to her spa which was located in a building right across from the President of DR's house.. white house?? lol. Dr. Robles also does her surgeries in this building. So Jacky's spa is really convenient obviously cuz she takes you there. The waiting room is simple and nice,.. get used to it,.. bring a little sweater cuz you'll be waiting a while some days. don't get mad, this is DR,.. that is the culture,.. everything is slow,.. everyone waits,... but the actual service is good. Read up on DR culture and waiting and you'll get what i mean,.. so don't be a ghetto bird and get mad,.. you will not change a country. If you are getting uncomfortable sitting too long Jacky did open up some other rooms for me and the other girl to lie down until it was our turn.

The actual massage rooms that you are in are small and shabby looking. I suspect this is normal for a DR massage spa not located in a tourist hotel or something, because like I said,.. the building is really nice and her spa seems to be prime property and prime location. so yah,.. this is no Red Door Spa. Bring 1 or 2 Chucks (disposable bed pads) if that makes you feel better. When i was draining a lil i did this. Also bring your own Arnica gel ($10-12 at Walgreens) so that they can put it on you when their done. The Spa is different from the recovery house where you will be living/sleeping... about 5 minutes away. At the recovery house it looks like she has/had a spa there downstairs but now I think she just uses it as an office and her and Dr. Yily were catching up there, lol.

Compression garments: Yily will recommend a schedule for you to make the compression garments tighter and smaller. When at the spa I gave it out twice to be taken in,.. it cost 200-300 pesos,.. around $5 and you get it back before your massage is over.. BARGAIN! The second time when Jacky didn't stay with us I guess they had to taxi it over to the seamstress and we had to pay them taxi money as well.

MAKE SURE TO GET SOME PESOS. ($100 usd should be enough) The spa does take credit cards but not for the hemming because they are not the ones that do it. People generally do take American Dollars (incl the spa) but a few pesos for incidentals is well worth it. Change money at the airport or if you come early you can change it at the mall for a really good rate $40RD/1USD. Also,.. if you plan to use credit card at the spa make sure that you call your credit card company before hand and let them know that you are traveling out of country and will be using the card. Otherwise, some companies will block or limit your transactions.

I will post more info as I remember ... New pics posted

Hey ladies!! I am so sorry that i kept you guys waiting but when i say that i felt like [RS bleep],... i felt like [RS bleep]!! The first day post op included some tears, major pain/stiffness, I could barely turn in bed much less find my lap top.

Ok lets chronicle this.
Pre-surgery I didn't sleep a wink for two days because i had my finals. the day of my flight (red eye flight) did my finals, napped for 4 hours then finished packing, washed hair, shaved up everywhere and then rushed to the airport to catch my 11;45 pm flight. I almost missed it,.. apparently you have to check in at least an hour ahead of time for international flights. They were about to close the gates so i had to RUN,.. and this is NY so i barely had time to put on back my shoes and button up back my shirt which came undone during the check. Flight in was Ok. DR is one hour ahead btw but my flight took a "short cut" and we got there mad early. anywhoo.

As you all know by know, you have to fill out immigration paperwork on the plane and when it asks you for an address you can put down CIPLA. When you get off the plane before you hit the immigration line there is a ticket booth where you can purchase the 10 dollar visitors pass (its to your right) You need this for the immigration line. After you pass immigration and on your way to claim your baggage there are currency exchange booths there. I think it was only a 3% charge which is good and much less than in the states so I changed over $100. All signs are in English and Spanish but the people generally DO NOT speak English. And why would they or should they? So download a translator (itranslate) to your phone before you come or practice a few phrases. Jacqueline and her driver was there waiting for me with a sign. Jacqueline and everyone at the spa is very very nice.

That morning,.. at around 6am I went straight to CIPLA for my consult. i met with cardiology and filled out some paperwork, got weighed, ect ect, all before meeting with Yily. I was tired as hell at this point. the cardiologist equipment seemed archaic but they did their job, an EKG is an EKG, and the cardiologist was nice. The CIPLA building is nice, but later I'll tell you why I DO NOT like the staff there. Again a translater will be helpful to help you fill out paperwork but the receptionist does speak english and after you fill out what you can she will go through all the forms with you and help you fill it out.

They took me to what was going to be "my room" in CIPLA. I waited there for about an hour for Dr. Yily to arrive at around 8 am (the wait was fine because remember i took an EARLY flight in). Dr. Yily is a no nonense type of doctor. She is very nice but straightforward, doesn't joke around. I pretty much stripped immediately as I explained what I didn't like and what I wanted. Her assistant Marcielle was there to translate. I was nervous so I think I forgot to tell her some stuff. She took pictures, marked me up and then told me that I was going to be her first case! I knew that I would be going today but I half hoped that I would be going later in the day. But I agreed. The usual spiel about what to expect after surgery, risks, ect. was all omitted from our discussion. Half due to language barrier and half because of a time crunch. If I were getting surgery the following day i think things would have been different. But if you guys remember I had begged her just two weeks ago to schedule me in.

Anywayz.. I soon am brought a gown and hat and "the blue pill" which is what i thought it was... Midazolam aka Versed. It makes you sleepy and also causes amnesia so you forget what happens after you took the pill. and thats exactly that. I remember laying down on the regular bed and then i remember waking up back in the room stiff as all hell, nauseous, and in pain. My first day at CIPLA was no joke. It really felt like it would never end. I couldn't sleep,.. the stiffness and pain from Lipo is NO JOKE PEOPLE!! I felt like I was hit by a MAC TRUCK!! I have been hit by a Jeep in real life!!! THIS WAS WORSE. Imagine doing literally a million crunches, literally a million back exercises, literally a million lunges ,.. throw some nausea on to that and that is what i felt. Not exactly pain, but the most frustrating irritating not pain but pain that i ever felt. Regular pain medication doesn't do much for it because they were giving me IV pain medication.

WARNING: for all those thinking that they can get extensive lipo and BBL and then go to a hotel or hire some unknown person to take care of them... DONT... FORGET THE IDEA RIGHT NOW. I could not move,... I am here at Jacquelines spa with three other girls who could not move the first 2 days so I know that its not just me. If someone ran into my room on day 1-3 and tried to steal from me, [RS bleep] me, ect,... I wouldnt be able to do [RS bleep]!! so please,.. go to a trusted recovery house. The first night just to turn from side to side took almost 20 minutes by myself. I would inch a little bit against the pain then stop, then inch a little more, rest again, ect. Sometimes its like you want to move quickly just to get over with it but your muscles literally can't. I got a BA and they dont hurt at all. I think she went under muscle and entered through my armpit, but the lipo soreness... oh mah gah!!

CIPLA: Hated them. at one point i was calling out for over an hour and NO ONE CAME. I felt so defenseless, hopeless, stupid, that i just broke down and this is the first time in YEARS that I was really crying,.. i mean BAWLING, and calling out for nurse in Spanish. I told Yily about this when she came and her assistant and it looked like they took me seriously and Marcielle the assistant told the nurses to never close my door. Later she walked by and the door was closed and she looked upset and started asking who closed it. Thank god I only had to stay there for one day.

That afternoon Jacqueline came to get me and I tell yah it was a whole new world. I am the kind of person who DOES NOT like to be the center of attention and I always like to be as independent as possible. So please don't take this as I am a snob and thats why I like Jacqueline's spa and not CIPLA or a hotel. Jacqueline and and Anna helped me with everything. Just walking, getting into bed, all meals, turning, getting out of bed, getting the garment on and off, the bathroom, washing up, getting positioned in bed, saving me when i get stuck in a position in bed and can't get up,.. the list goes on and on.

The spa itself reminds me of a Poconos retreat kind of house. Its decorated very earthily, but not overdone. The bedrooms are on the second floor, all have private bathrooms and you are given a key if you want it. Two beds to a room but everyone here has their own bedroom. It seems like the second bed serves more for the night nurse Diana to room with you on your first night so that she can help you throughout the night. All rooms have a mounted flat screen tv with cable channels, mostly spanish, but there is at least 10 english ones including news and fox, animal planet, lol. I read in one review that the beds were dirty,.. i think,...if so then i'm here to tell you that that is a complete lie! All the rooms are very clean,.. helluvah lot cleaner than my bedroom at home, and when one girl leaves the beds are stripped and Ingrid the housekeeper goes to town on the bedroom and bathroom. Jacqueline and Anna only speak a little English but so far communication has not been huge problem for us. we use the translator and a lot of body language and basic thoughts we get across just fine.

When you leave CIPLA you will get a list of medications and general aftercare instructions. Anna will take the list to the pharmacy to pick up all of your meds. The list will most likely include Coparina (type of heparin), Diclowal (anti inflammatory/ pain reliever), Clavulin (amoxicillin - antibiotic), vitamin C, Folic Acid, Thromboxin cream. The most expensive on the list is Coparina which is about $110, and if the pharmacy is out of that brand the other brand is around $50. Anna will try to explain to you that Coparina is the most expensive and basically that she will go get the meds for you at the pharmacy if you either give her the cash or the credit card.

Ladies,.. i'm exhausted. I'll be back tomorrow to finish the review and tell you how i'm doing. In short i feel like a stuffed swollen sausage. my measurements are BIGGER than what i started it. the swelling is normal but i had no idea that with just lipo you swell this much. People who got a tummy tuck see immediate results because they are cutting off loads of loose skin so even when they swell they look better than their before pic. I most certaintly do NOT look better than my before pic. Dr. Yily says that its normal and a girl that just left said that she looked like me and all her swelling has gone down. Thats just a tid bit. will finish later. night