Mini Tummy Tuck, Ultrasonic Lipo on Muffin Tops & Implants - Fort Lauderdale, FL

And I can now see the shape that I will eventually have. I would recommend to anyone considering lipo or smart lipo to think twice about it . I went for the HIGH end doctor, the HIGH end practice, the HIGH end procedure and still ended up swollen, battered, bruised and with huge hard spots. If you want to take off some 'fatty' areas on your flanks, hips, arms, stomach or thighs - I would suggest you bite the bullet and have the proper surgery done. If you find a good plastic surgeon who is well recommended and reviewed - your recovery time will be HALF of what this lipo recovery time is and I am a FAST healer. If you don't mind waiting around for MONTHS, then do the lipo. If you want immediate results and a rapid recovery time, bite the bullet and get the knife....I am not sure if there is such a thing for thighs, but I know there is a surgical option for all the other areas normally treated by lipo. And you will find most primary doctors do not like lipo and will not support your choice to get lipo

Costs aside, remember that you DO get what you pay for and 'bargains' in surgical or other cosmetic treatments of your one and only body are just beyond stupid. You will "pay" for what you "save" for the rest of your life.....not worth it.

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Can't emphasize that enough. I am not unhappy with my results, they will be ok eventually - it's just that it's a LONG road to get to where you wanted to be with the procedure done. That's just the matter of the fact with lipo, ANY lipo smart or not.

And with smart lipo there is NO guarantee you won't end up bloody, bruised and massively swollen with hard spots EXACTLY like regular, vigorous and dangerous lipo procedures.

Given a chance to do this again? I would absolutely NOT do lipo!

Well, the swelling has gone down a lot, I am back in my pre-surgical pants and shorts - but they are still tight and the pain/hardness and excessive bruising is still there. I've combed through web sites and the only doctor that responded here gave me the advice that I'd already been following (take bromain, drink lots of fluids, keep compression garments on, etc).....not one single person or site addresses this 4" X 3" hard knot on my right flank - which continues to hurt when touched or pressed. There is also pain in the center of my back, right on my spine, which had nothing to do (supposedly) with either the tuck or the lipo. Can't get any answers from my surgeon, other than "give it time"....so, I guess I now will have to wait months and if this has not cleared by the end of summer - I will be seeking an MRI with my primary to see what is going on.

I am mostly over the swelling, but am still quite puffy on the right side, where all the bruising happened (and large, hard spot on my flank occurred too). I can see the shape I'm going to be down the road clearly now. The augmentation was upsetting as they turned out WAY too big. Entirely my fault. I trusted doctor to tell me there were smaller sizes available than what they had in stock and he didn't. Therefore, I didn't know 265 WASN'T the smallest you could get. Now, I have to cope with these (on me) giant boobs that are tight, uncomfortable and essentially, in the way all the time. This was an expensive lesson in DOING YOUR HOMEWORK and not getting upsold on stuff you didn't want or plan on, which was the case with the augmentation. I went in ONLY for the lipo and got talked into a tuck (which is OK, that part I am liking) and the next visit, I was talked into the augmentation by a nurse....they fail to realize that not everyone on the planet who wants to augment, does it for SIZE. I wanted only to inflate what was deflated over time and babies. Instead I went from a small B to a GIANT nearly D cup. Now, I have to wait years to get these out and have smaller ones put in....let my mistakes be a lesson! Also, everything takes more time after 50 to get back where it was supposed to be. Photos tomorrow....