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POSTED UNDER Liposuction Reviews

Finally Had my Liposuction Done!

UPDATED FROM Laurastevem
5 months post

5 month update

Laurastevem
WORTH IT$4,000
Overall really pleased...the revision is healing great and swelling is down lots. Here’s a compare of July of 2019 and March 2020. I haven’t dropped a pants size at all...everything just fits great now

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Neil T. Chen, MD

Neil T. Chen, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (4)

March 11, 2020
Congratulations! You look great!Thanks
April 3, 2020
You look great! Change is really noticeable. Did you mean you didn’t change pants size at all, just fit or didn’t change since your post about ordering smaller pants? Overall in the final outcome, would you say ‘inches’ came off your waist measurement or just the fit is better? I’m just at the month mark, and although I look smaller and flatter, I’ve lost maybe only 3/4” or so and although I know I’m still swollen, I wonder if how much of my pooch is visceral...
April 5, 2020
You are spot on..in a few pairs of jeans I went down a size, however it’s not consistent across everything. Some people have these really drastic results and they drop even 2 pants size. Some clothes I’m a 4 and some I’m a 6. Also depends on the type of day I’m having..sometimes I’m just bloated and on days I’m not I’m super happy. The doc didn’t remove a lot of fat..so that’s why I don’t have a drastic results. I bet you will based on already loosing 3/4 of an inch!
April 7, 2020
You look great!
April 21, 2020
Thanks!
UPDATED FROM Laurastevem
4 months post

Revision done on left side

Laurastevem
So it’s been about four months since my liposuction And I’m really happy with my results. Clothes look amazing now! Even though I was super happy I had some asymmetry on my left side. It looked fine when I was wearing clothes but in a bathing suit it looked weird. I had the procedure done today and it was strange to say the least. Since it was a small pocket of fat it was done under local anesthesia. The numbing was the worst. A 3 inch needle was used to numb the entire area and it hurt! The Liposuction itself was just a very weird sensation because you could feel all the pressure. When my doc got close to the edges that are not numb holy crap! That hurt really bad. I am glad I had it done, however I will not have it done again. If I’m still unhappy with the results I will go back under general anesthesia and have everything evened out. On a positive note you’re in and out in 30 minutes and the recovery time is really short. I will post pictures in a few weeks. Anyone else have a revision done under local Anastasia?

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February 27, 2020
I had the whole procedure under local anesthesia.
March 11, 2020
How was it? Ugh this was rough... I wonder if it’s slightly different when you’re getting a larger area done.
March 19, 2020
Me too. Been a month and am still numb. Wondering if this is a good time to work on tattoes lol
September 15, 2020
Wow I would looove to find a doctor who would do the entire thing under local anesthesia. Can you recommend who was your doctor?
UPDATED FROM Laurastevem
1 month post

2 months post op

Laurastevem
I think i finally see a difference from the last few weeks. Overall recovery is going well..still have days where I have swelling. I still have lots of numbness and sometimes my skin hurts or is super itchy...a deep in the tissues kind of itch. I finally ordered a size smaller in my jeans so that’s cool! Can’t wait to see what another month brings.

Replies (3)

February 27, 2020
Congratulations!
February 27, 2020
You look great, stop obsessing!
March 11, 2020
Thanks!!
March 12, 2020
Completely agree!