Flying in to Get Hip + Butt Implants from MA.

I’ve included some pics of how I look today and how I looked a week after I got the surgery, sorry I cannot find any pics of before I wish I took some. If I find some pics of how I looked before, I’ll add them. But I was about 33.5 inches before around the fullest part of my butt and now I’m 35 inches with the hip + 300 cc butt implants combined.

First I’d like to say: I’m about 5 feet and 105 pounds so I’m very skinny. Also, my body type is pretty straight so I didn’t have much going on to begin with. I’m sure that if you’re a bigger girl or you have more to start with, the surgery might be worth it in your situation. However, I was insecure about how straight I looked and even now after spending 23k on butt + hip implants, I’m still insecure about how straight I look after the implants. The total cost I’ve spent on traveling to California & the surgeries combined probably cost me a total of 26k and 1 month down time. I will say, I look slightly better than I did before, but the difference is so slight that nobody notices I did anything & I still look straight wearing jeans + a lot of clothes. I’m about 1 month & 21 days post opp and all the swelling as gone down and left me with a pretty disappointing size. I really wish I went bigger with the 400 cc size but Dr. Stanton told me my muscle could only fit the 300 cc so I got both the 300 cc and the hip implant with hopes of it really giving me that hour glass figure. Also, my left hip implant leaves a slight indentation/ outline on my hip so you can see that there is something in there. My right hip implant is pretty seamless though. Which leaves me to think that even if I were to get bigger hip implants, the outline of the implant would’ve shown even more. (Keep in mind, this is MY situation, I’m 105 pounds and don’t have much fat in that area to conceal but if you have more fat in that area than me, they might not show on YOU) The pictures of other patients that have gotten the implants that I’ve seen looked great though, they just don’t look that great on me.
The actual surgery wise: I flew in from MA, stayed at an airBnB about 7 minutes away from the office. After the surgery, I paid for the patient service where they drive you by back to your place. The service was about $100 or $150 (I can’t remember) but the girl showed up late & then didn’t really stay to help me with anything afterwards because I didn’t really need help with anything so I paid $100 for her to just drop me off & walk me to my room. If you’re traveling alone like me, you have this service to consider.
Pain level: I would say it’s a 8/10. I have pretty high pain tolerance and this was pretty painful and also, you cannot do anything for weeks after. I was bed ridden for at least 2 weeks before I felt like I could go on small walks and stand up to cook food and what not. I have no idea how I would’ve been able to sit on a plane and travel the 6 hour trip back home if I stayed less than 2 weeks. At 23 days, I was able to sit comfortable for 6 hours on the plane.
In conclusion: Am I glad I did it? Yes. Do I think it’s worth the 23k based on how I look after? No. My biggest disappointment is definitely the size and how small it is. In the beginning they looked great especially my hips and very proportional with all the swelling, but after all the swelling goes down, the size also goes down significantly so consider that when you’re picking sizes.
Are they hard? The top part of my butt is pretty hard but the bottom is pretty soft but my implant is only 300cc so it’s not that big to begin with. I can’t really feel my butt implant when I grab my butt but I can feel my hip implants & can almost pinch onto the edge when I grab that area. Now I’m kind of concerned that anybody can tell I have something in there if they grab onto me. They say my implant is going to “fluff out” in time but honestly it just been getting smaller everyday so who knows. I started off at 33.5 inches and now after the butt and hip implants I’m about 35 inches.