3 years later - a little smaller but still love it

Hello beautiful ladies!!! I am so excited to finally be starting this bbl journey. Thanks to all of your reviews and comments, they have made this decision easier.

I'm 28 yo, 5'9", and right now around 153 lbs. I lost around 10 lbs over the last 6 months (I'm a slow loser), trying to get a better idea of my stubborn areas, and to make sure a bbl would be WORTH it. I remember thinking of liposuction when I was maybe 18 (~145 lbs), cause I had a pooch that would NOT go away and still have it. A few years ago I read a review by maybe Exercise (?) that said to just freaking exercise instead of lipo, so I tried that for a while, but I still had a pooch and back fat. I also started reading about BBLs back then, and that planted the seed. I work out 5 days a week for an hour or more, and I can't get rid of my stubborn fat areas (love handles, pooch, outer thighs), and my butt is okay for me but it kinda has a weird shape, not that appealing, with dents in the hip, so I'd like to have it all filled out. Not a huge butt, but something round and shapely, that fits on my body.

Basically I'm tired of being bothered by my figure, I freakin deserve the body I want, and I now have the means to get there. I'm in Texas and had a few consults with Dr's here (Lyos, Vitenas), and got quotes from Salama, Mendieta, Salzhaur (?) and some others, but my gut (haha no really) instinct said they really weren't the one. I mean, this is MAJOR surgery, I don't want to f*ck up and have regrets later. Lyos is definitely very meticulous and seems like he would do a good job but he didn't really have any reviews of his bbl work. (and then something super suspicious happened, when I called his office and said they didn't have any BBL reviews on real self, and then magically one shows up the NEXT day. That bothered me so I didn't follow up further). Vitenas seems all about the money, very flashy office, you fill out all forms on Ipads, but seemed excited with his work. I probably should have checked out Wilberto Cortez but .... well didn't

So I continued my search, trying not to focus on the price, I just want the best quality. After maybe 6 months of researching I decided to go with either Markmann or Mendieta. Their asses are AWESOME... wow. But after reading so many reviews (thank you all again) I decided to consult with Markmann first

Phone interview first, and then flew to the consult with my BF, and it was great. Answered all of my questions and gave me the reassurance I needed that he really was the best in the business. He's been doing this for the longest of anyone else (besides another Dr in South Caroline who has retired since), and I haven't heard of one of his patients being unhappy with their butts. They also let me talk to a former patient who was happy with her results as well. So after thinking about it for a few weeks, I put down $1300 to hold my spot for DECEMBER 12!!!! YEEAAH, here I come BBL!!!.. Now just organizing and planning. Would love to hear any advice that anyone has on BBL procedure, Baltimore/Ellicott city, and anything else!!!

So last week I tried to call to talk with Trish but she's no longer with Metamorphosis plastic surgery!! I really connected with her and felt really comfortable with the procedure because of her. So all of my paperwork has been shuffle to the other patient coordinator Amy, who is just as good I'm sure. Just takes time to adjust!!

I'm the type that needs a plan and schedule. So I booked all of my travel and hotel in advance. And I'm trying to buy everything I need in advance. Basically, my bank account is getting drained, but I can pay for it all up front which is good for booking w Markmann because he offers a cash discount (I asked a few other docs like Salama and no cash discount, but he's much less expensive as it is). Costs (broken down) $1,300 down payment to hold spot $11,200 to Markmann at least 1 month in advance $4,700 directly to Northwest Hospital $2,300 hotel for 24 days $1,200 SUV for 24 days $100 SUV 1 day, from Amtrak to home $800 Amtrak $330 flight for 2, 1-way, (not counting this bc used points) Total = $21,577 (omg and I'm thinking about adding arms too... ) so that's about 80% for the surgery and 20% just for traveling and staying in the area