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30 Year Old with 2 Little Ones. Wanting a Bigger Butt.

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I wanted to get a butt enhancement, to gain more...

jdgis
$10,000
I wanted to get a butt enhancement, to gain more attraction from my husband and a new confidence in myself. I’ve always had a little booty and no amount of squats I did seemed to do anything to build it up. Finally I was frustrated with it all and decided to go in and make a change. When I first got out of the procedure my husband and I were disturbed by the outcome however as to his advice we waited until I healed to make the final judgment. After the swelling went down I still had a way bigger butt than I wanted. I also asked for fat transfer to my hips but it looked more like saddlebags and I hated it. As time went on my 548cc implants began to drop and made my butt look even bigger and now 1 year and a half later, saggy. My natural crease is much higher than my implant actually lands and I feel it resting on my thighs. I just recently went in for consultation for a revision where he recommended we take the implants out Lipo back out the outter thigh and do a butt lift with the incision in the inside crack of the butt area. He said he would send me pictures of the outcome of lift a month ago but after a few emails he still has not. My surgery is scheduled in a couple weeks and I am nervous about it, as I’m sure most patients are. I’m not sure I am making the right decision with the lift and I’m worried I will end up with a small butt again now with tons of scars. I do not recommend but implants to anyone. Such a mess

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Johnny Franco, MD, FACS

Johnny Franco, MD, FACS

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December 19, 2017
so sorry to hear this but was wondering if u had a review for ur BA just wanting to see if I should go smaller that the 520cc like u said
December 29, 2017
I don’t but you can just message me your number and I can send you pictures if you want.
December 21, 2017
hey love so what your saying is your butt is saggy? I just put down my deposit and now I’m worried you are more than a year post op and if your unhappy and butt is saggy that’s a no go. do you have any other pictures because the one you posted you butt looks nice it is pretty big like you said. it doesn’t look to sag but maybe it’s the angles you took them from. Wold you be will to post better pictures?
December 21, 2017
Posting more pictures for you
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December 31, 2018
Dont do it I shagged at 3 months
December 27, 2017
hi, I’m really sorry you are not happy with your results. Did place them sub facially? Or under muscle?
December 27, 2017
Thank you. It’s Sub facial
December 29, 2017
I’m guessing that is why they have fallen. Funny… I have read a lot of reviews from girls who had their implants done under the muscle, and they have trouble with them dropping. It takes months! And they are frustrated with how high the implants are. Seems it is difficult to find a happy medium.
December 29, 2017
Really? I would rather have that though. At least it would just look like a gluteus medius muscle in the beginning then look good. There’s no reason why anyone should have a saggy butt unless they’re old or have had significant weight loss causing loose skin. Idk I just can’t wait for him to him to fix it.
December 29, 2017
I don’t blame you! I wish all the best for you and I hope you get it to where you are happy! You’ve been through a lot already. I hope it goes really well
December 30, 2017
Thank you <3
January 8, 2018
How do they look bending over ? Mine look horrible. You can see the whole thing.
January 8, 2018
Same. Girl. I don’t recommend implants to anyone ever. Get them out and get a bbl and you’ll be happier.
January 13, 2018
hi, I’m in exactly the same position as you. I was advised with a big implant also, I was panicking that it would be to big. so cut a long story short, they r now sagging.. I’m pretty sure they are not in the muscle even tho I was advised they are. dr Franco has now said that I should remove the implants and have a thong lift with fat transfer. the trouble is that Iv not got much fat to take now as I had fat transfer less than a year ago. how is your revision now are you happy with it? xx
January 13, 2018
Hey girl, I completely understand what you are going through. Its a difficult situation and I feel for you! i did the fat transfer with the thong lift but all he was able to get was 120cc and more than half of it won’t survive. My butt is bigger than my original and if it looks like it did out of surgery then I will be happy. Right now 9 days post opp. It has flattened and gotten dimpled, he did tell me that it would flatten from my drains but would fluff back out again. I’m actually on my way now hopefully to get the drains removed and have my incisions checked ( they’ve been bleeding) The surgery is hard Girl I have to long incisions from the sides of my vagina to the top of my butt crack but I would recommend that you go through with his recommendations for the best outcome. At the very least get those implants out you can’t live like that girl it’s only going to get worse. I chose the lift because another girl just got her implants removed (lovvveepiink) and she had a very noticeable and unusual looking flab of excess skin. She is now going in for a thong lift. My butt is actually a little perkier than my original booty now and I love that.
UPDATED FROM jdgis
1 year post

Here’s what they look like today. Dec 2017

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December 23, 2017
I think they look natural!!
Your butt looks good
December 28, 2017
that is terrible butts don’t look like this and he knows that. I talked with him and he gave every excuse as to why the three girls I’ve seen butts have dropped your not he only one is three other ladies as well
December 28, 2017
Really?! What did the other girls do to fix it? I know, he keeps telling me I look great yet every one else is telling me how unnatural I look. I asked him why it happened but he never directly answered the question. I could tell I wasn’t going to like it from the moment I got to the hotel after surgery. It was my first surgery so I didn’t know what to expect. I thought maybe time would help and I had to adjust but it only kept looking worse. His bbls look better than his implants. When I get them removed he will be transferring about 75ccs of fat in. It’s not much I hope it turns out well and my husband and I are happy because I cannot afford all this.
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December 28, 2017
This has happened to me also ! My butt fell it sags and it was really hurting me . This is a sad problem and it affects us every day . We can’t even wear proper jeans without people pointing and laughing at us . I’m very disappointed!
December 28, 2017
I really wish you the best of luck with everything keep us updated. you are really helping people because I was going to him and saw four other ladies after there year mark and implants had dropped.
December 29, 2017
Yes, I agree. I really avoid going out in public and if I do I wear a really long shirt or long sweater to cover it up. I have little kids who need me and this has been really hard on our whole family. I hope that once my implants are out we can move on and life will be back to normal. I hope everything works out for you. Your 548s look much better but I’m sorry to hear they dropped and sagged too! After my experience with these implants and my situation I couldn’t even deal with downsizing and repositioning them again. I’d rather have a smaller booty than I wanted then deal with it not being right
December 29, 2017
Thank you. I never wanted to do a review but felt like I had to. I want other girls to know that I didn’t just get a nice round perky booty like I hoped. The surgery was very painful and recovery is very inconvenient. I mean not sitting for 6 weeks is very frustrating! Then when I finally could it feels like I’m sitting on basketballs all the time. It’s painful just doing normal things. Implants have slowed me down for sure. It is very expensive, all so people could look at me like I’m a weirdo and look fake and saggy and have to go through surgery again.
December 29, 2017
That Is so sad it’ll be praying for you love. Again, thank you for sharing your story.
December 29, 2017
Thanks so much for your prayers love. I need them.
December 28, 2017
I’m not going to him anymore.
December 29, 2017
Thank you for your opinion. I think they look bigger in person once you compare it to the rest of me.
January 23, 2018
Hi
January 23, 2018
How did u get bigger butt. Doctors help?
UPDATED FROM jdgis
1 year post

Thong lift/ fat transfer/ implant removal

jdgis
I just had my revision surgery January 4th. Girls it is painful! Just as painful as when I got the implants in. I’m not a big pain med person but I have been taking it the moment it’s time and I’m still in pain. My incision is huge, from the top of my butt all the way down to the sides of my vagina. It’s very swollen and painful. It feels like it’s constantly burning. I also have intense itching that comes and goes.
As far as looks. As soon as I saw my husband I asked how it looked and he said, “it honestly looks really good.” When I got to the hotel and had a chance to see my new silhouette it looks great! With the implants gone I got rid of all that fake looking heavyness at the bottom and my butt is still round and full with out being too much. I still have a big booty but this time portioned to my size. I am so relieved. This has been such a hard journey that I honestly feel like I will never get cosmetic surgery ever again especially my butt. I’ve had my breasts done and it was so easy I was in minimal pain and it only lasted a few days. This surgery is like 20 times worse. I honestly don’t recommend anyone getting their butt done it’s just too painful especially with implants.

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January 8, 2018
Who put your implants in the first place ?
January 8, 2018
Dr Franco.
January 8, 2018
looks awesome! what is a thong lift and what ps did you go to?
January 9, 2018
Dr Franco did the both the original implants as well as the revision surgery. If you type in Dr Franco thong lift on you tube you will see a video of exactly what it does. It basically takes the excess skin from the bottom of your butt and pulls it up giving you a perkier look. the incision being in your butt crack.
January 13, 2018
Dr Franco does subfacial implants, and I have already read several bad reviews on here where girls are extremely disappointed after the first year or before with their implants sagging. surely he knows by now that his technique doesn’t hold! I’m very happy for you that you have finally gotten the results you are satisfied with. I hope he didn’t charge you for the revision!
January 13, 2018
Yes I agree. He just needs to stop doing implants this way. It’s ruining girls lives. It terrible that I had to pay so much and spend soo much time recovering, my husband using so much sick leave and annual leave all for ugly saggy implants. I was charged 3000 this time around for anesthesia and facility fees. I wish we didn’t have to pay that. I wish we could get out money back from the implants because it’s just not right.
January 21, 2018
I feel like he should pay for your life time damages... Ahh ,very frustrating.
January 13, 2018
I’m so sorry for you. I recently did a revision on my 30 year old breast augmentation. The surgeon sewed me up and sent me home but I was bleeding internally! I ended up having to go into the hospital and have another surgery same day to stop the bleeding. now i have. $13,000 hospital bill on top of the $6,000 revision cost! I called and spoke to my surgeon, and he said he would take care of it through his malpractice insurance. now that’s a cool Dr! He said he felt terrible for me and wanted to make it right. he’s a very well-renowned surgeon here and i respect him for doing that for me.
January 13, 2018
Oh my goodness! What a scary situation to be in! I’m glad you’re okay & Glad his insurance took care of that bill for you!
January 19, 2018
You look Awesome!!! May I ask you if your buttock implants were put Intra-muscular (inside your muscle) OR above your muscle?? Thank You So Much!!!
January 22, 2018
I don’t have implants in this picture. I used to in the first pictures but I got them removed. They were 548 ccs subfacial