My Self Confidence Regaining Journey - Dominican Republic, DO

1) Lets start with the about me portion. I am a mom, to an amazing 7yr old girl and fiancé to an incredible man (wedding 10/19/14). My fiancé is not the biological father, however he makes it his duty to be with every action to makes. Blessed. But importantly does NOT want me to have plastic sx. AT ALL. He loves me and doesn't see a need to change and also, a piece of me thinks he doesn't want any extra attention thrown to his (future) wife.
Understandably- but this isn't about the outside world, thankfully this isn't about my fiancé either. This is about me. Getting my confidence back- the "sexy" back if you will. I already feel sexy but this would, I feel, be life changing.

2) So I've been lurking and stalking and have arrived at Dr. Baez. I will note that I am still very much in the planning phase and looking to have sx year next year, Feb-April sometime. I initially wanted the works! Lol! Breast! TT! And BBL! However I'm getting married and I don't want to (God forbid) have complications. So to power to lower the risks I've come to the decision o just tt/bbl.

3) Stats: 28yrs old, 172lbs, appx. 5'4

If you have any questions let me know

So I wanted to attach an email I received from the good doctor to show those of you who are still timid and the considering/ planning phase. And to properly document this journey.

Hello
Thank you for thinking of me for an evaluation of plastic surgery, for realization of all the surgeries you requested the most important thing is that you must be healthy and the cardiologist must approve that we can perform all procedures. Price for the surgeries that you are requesting tummy tuck, liposculture to arms, abdomen, waist, back, flanks plus Brazilian butt lift is US$ 3800 dollars if you add breast lift with mentor implants is 5500 dollars, which includes:
-Airport pick up
-evaluation by plastic surgeon
-Chest X-ray
-EKG
-Cardiovascular evaluation
- Laboratory exams
-Anesthesia
-Surgeries
-Overnight stay in the clinic
-First compressive garment
-Free of charge follow ups
-Medication post-surgery (antibiotics and analgesics)
- Lymphatic drain massages and ultrasound massages are not included , cost is 300 dollars extra
You must weight under 180 pounds to have surgery and good results. Dates for next year are only available till April, dates from May and summer time will be schedule at the end of the year. If you have any clinical condition you must obtain clearance from your doctor, if you smoke you must quit two months before surgery and have clearance of your pulmonologist. The amount of fat transfer to your buttocks depends on how many cc can be extracted with liposuction. Your results also depend on your hemoglobin level if you want to get excellent results you really have to be healthy and no anemia. I recommend you to begin taking vitamins (C and B complex, folic acid, iron) and please ask your primary can doctor to take some blood test like glycaemia, full blood cell count and creatinine at least to know if you can have all surgeries done.
Important info:
Your date for surgery is important because I work from Monday to Friday. I just have one patient per day (I also have to go to a public hospital to perform reconstructive surgeries) and days available for surgery are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, you also have to arrive one day before surgery to be evaluated and have lab work done, if you are arriving early is better for you because lab test can be done from 8.00 am to 6.00 pm.
Medication included in you package are antibiotics, analgesics and gastric protection medication, all drugs provided are given to take by mouth. Massages are not included. Your compressive garment included is a Fajate’s brand item if you want one more garment it cost 120-150 dollars.
I work with a team, my cardiologist will evaluate you and my anesthesiologist will examine you and discuss what type of anesthesia suits you right, you might have epidural block or general anesthesia. Anesthesiologist and cardiologist have the last word about how many procedures can be done safely on you.
If you are aiming to have a breast augmentation, there are several brands of implants but all are silicone gel implants (Mentor, Eurosilicone, Motiva and Donasis) depending on the brand you choose then your quote might be lower or higher.
If you smoke or use addictive drugs you must quit them, two or three months before surgery and two months after too in order to get good results and no complications. Plastic surgeries are for healthy people or those who have any clinical condition but are under control, if you have any disease you have to consult and get approval of your doctor before surgery.
If you need transportation or a recovery house, there are several in the Santo Domingo area, I don’t work with an exclusive recovery house. You can hire a taxi driver at a recovery house, from my office or from yellow pages, a round trip from my office to the place you are staying it costs about 10 dollars. Recovery houses are the best place to stay as they can offer all services but some patients don’t feel fine staying there, I don’t have a preferred one. You can hire a nurse (around 2000 Dominican pesos for her services, nurses don’t know much English) if you want to stay in a hotel. I work at Instituto de Cirugia Especializada. This is a link in Google maps with the location of my clinic and the second it is a link for small hotels in Santo Domingo, you can stay at other renowned hotels too.

https://plus.google.com/114324799365990290734/about?hl=es-419

http://santodomingohotels.com.do/home_en.php
You will have to stay in Santo Domingo from 10 -14 days depending on the surgeries you will get. You will be able to get back to your work in two weeks (average). Your follow up visits are included and you don’t have to pay more money for them, you will have to pay only if you receive any service that was not previously included.
I know some English but I can’t speak fluently, my assistant will help me in your evaluation to have a better communication.
It is not necessary to deposit to my bank account to lock a surgery date, you just have to confirm your surgery 3 weeks before traveling here but you can if you are willing to do it. I just accept cash and payments with credit cards have a 10% taxes by the clinic. This is how you can deposit/wire, you can transfer total cost of your surgery. You can do this from now or when you have everything set for your surgery. Once you go to a JP Chase Morgan Bank ask to deposit money in a bank in Dominican Republic, this is the info for the deposit:
Bank: Banco Popular Dominicano
Account Number: 778276212
Swift code: BPDODOSXXXX
Recipient: Australia Altagracia Fragoso Báez
I don’t have paypal account and I don’t like to receive money by western union as I don’t have enough time to get the money. Once you deposit the money you can send me an email and i will confirm that everything is ok. If you have a problem you have deposit some money I can send it back to you. Questions or doubts about the price or the elements included in your surgery package just email and I will reply as fast as I can.

Sincerely,

Australia Fragoso Baez, MD.
Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.
http://www.draustraliafragoso.com/

So ive been doing some snooping and found email for a recovery house and taxi man that seems to be trusted and had very pleasant experiences from what I've read.

1)Taxi service:
josebrito34@hotmail
"For $40 he will pick you up from the airport and take you to the clinic and your hotel. $10 for a roundtrip from your hotel to the clinic, expect at least 3 trips"

2)Yazmin's Recovery House
ysamik@hotmail.com

3)Massage-- mixed still. I read she use to include but doesn't anymore. Will update as I find things out.