Birthday Gift To Self/Full Lipo From Dr. Salama

The stiffness I used to feel every time I sat down or lied down for too long has stopped now. I am a size extra small in most clothing, small in some. I was wearing a size 9/10 before the lipo, a size 4/6 for the first month after lipo, now I can fit as low as a size 2. The highest I can fit in juniors is a 4. My curves are out there now. Thank God I never got a BBL. I've never wanted one because I've always felt if I had lipo, my booty would be popping and I was 100% correct. Because of the way that he performed liposuction, I look like I've had one done (thank God for my genes, I've always had a petite shape with curves). Honestly, I think he did the majority of the lipo on my love handles and back. I know I still have months before I am fully healed, but honestly, I don't think he removed a lot of fat at all. However, I am definitely happy with the result this far.

My brother is coming to visit me for a few weeks and he is a gym rat. He is going to show me how to lift weights properly, because if I can, I want my military body back from when I was in. My body was popping, it's popping now but it was definitely popping when I was in the military.

I weigh between 135-142 depending on where I am in the month. If I "can" I want to lose maybe 5 pounds, but I may gain, because I'm trying to build muscle. I want my big calves, my biceps and triceps back and if possible, my 6 pack back. I don't really eat horrible, because I'm a picky eater anyways. I love the way I look in a two piece and a monokini now, so I'm just imagining how I'll look once I get back heavy into working out.

Another woman passed away here in Miami due to going to Seduction in Doral. I have nothing against cosmetic surgery but I always tell both men and women, if you're going to have it done, especially in Miami-Dade County, Broward and West Palm Beach, you better do your due diligence with researching. I feel the state of Florida should do more and be more strict, because a lot of these people aren't licensed and are permanently disabling people. Wheb I first moved here years ago, a 19 y/o with a 4 y/o son went in for lipo and a breast lift. She came out of surgery brain damaged and paralyzed, so her mother is basically raising a maimed adult and her grandchild. They sued but what use is the money if you can't have a full functioning life, and of course your family, friends and the people social media are going to laugh and judge you for being vain. The doctor settled, however the place is in Coconut Grove on US-1 before you get on 95S, that man is still performing lipo, BBL, everything for cheap deals and I see females on this board bragging about going there. I don't say anything. What's more sad, most of these women pay a deposit and pay the surgery off befote meeting the doctor, getting a CV, searching on the American Board of Plastic Surgery, so hey if they don't care, it's not my job to say anything. Just be careful when choosing someone to reconstruct a part of your body you're not fine with, because you can wake up permanently damaged or not wake up at all depending on whom you choose.

What I would say is I do wish Dr. Salama and his staff checked up on their patients, because the doctor I had my tummy tuck with checked up with me for a long time. I had it done where I'm originally from. There, women don't have cosmetic surgery as much as the women do here in Miami, and he's been a cosmetic surgeon since the 1970's (surprising huh).

Almost four months in, I don't see any irregularities, my scars where the cannula entered my body are tiny and disappearing, where the drains were has healed well. I've never experienced any skin discolarations outside of the first week. I've never experience any skin hardening after maybe the second or third week, no lumps, humps, bumps, nothing. I did experience a lot of itchiness (I still get it sometimes but not as much) and I did experience a lot of stiffness. I believe that is a normal part of healing from lipo. I didn't suffer from skin necrosis, I didn't suffer from ANY burns. Only thing was the respiratory distress and luckily, my health insurance covered a LOT of that bill.

All in all, I guess I chose the right cosmetic surgeon, because my body doesn't look fake and my body looks DAMN good after Dr. Salama worked his magic on me. I may post another picture in a few weeks. I do recommend him 100%. He may charge $6400 for lipo, but to me it was definitely WORTH it.

All in all, I hope I help someone in choosing a Miami based cosmetic surgeon for lipo, because not everyone wants a BBL. I know I've never wanted one, because I feel I'm too petite for one. Also, the way Dr. Salama and his anethesiologist cared for me in that hospital and even after shows they're really compassionate about what they do and not just in it for the money. I first contacted EPS in May 2013, then I visited the office in December 2014. From May 2013-February 2017 (almost four years), I asked Dr. Salama and the staff a lot of question and thoroughly researched them. If you guys have any questions you all are welcomed to ask me.

I wasn't paid to make this review or received anything for free, I still haven't told Dr. Salama or his staff that I've reviewed them to a tee on this website. I paid for every massage, compression garment, the recovery house and this procedure from my money. I didn't receive any discounts or anything. With everything combined, I paid close to, if not, $8,000, but it was all well worth it. Some women have told me I have helped them out a lot with choosing Dr. Salama and learning about the true recovery phase and I appreciate that.

I am still having a lot of itching, the majority of the swelling is gone and I feel horrible when I wake up in the morning on the spots I've had lipo. When I move around, I feel fine. I think I am a little over 10 weeks out now. Just last month, a size 29 Levi's were skin tight on me. Today, I am swimming in those and can fit a size 26 comfortably and 25 skin tight. I ordered some clothing off of Fashion Nova. I had to return them, because I was a medium before lipo in dresses, pants and such, now a small is too big depending on whom makes them. I've been using Bring It Up on the boobs, because I do want a mastopexy BUT, I don't want implants and honestly, I don't want to go through any surgery again. My breast aren't sagging really bad, I just hate the size, I feel like I'm too skinny of a person for some 36DD. Then again, people pay to have what I've been blessed to have since I was 9, so I'll just use push up bras like I've been doing, work out and Bring It Up when I want to go bra less, because they work fine. Then, I've heard every 5-10 years you have to have a revision on the implants, I don't have time for that. Maybe when I'm 45, I'll consider having the boobs done, but for now, I'm good.

I do love the lipo results, especially the muffin top being gone. Every 2 weeks, it seems like my waist is melting away. I can't wait to see my final results in a few months. I need an extra small garment but I refuse to wear it. Sometimes, I forget to wear it and my waist is STILL shrinking so I am happy.

I am still swollen and the itching is STILL insane. I know it seems I am happy one moment, angry in another but I am glad that I had the lipo done. Do I think I could make it through anything else? Yes and no, but I don't want anything else. Lipo is more painful and take longer to heal from than a full tt. If I take off my compression garment then I still feel like a bruise kind of pain, you know like when you get injured and your body is trying to heal. I mean that is literally what is going on. I expect to be like this for months.

I hope you guys enjoy this recent picture. I'm not holding anything in. What scares me is if I have my garment off for too long, I see love handles, I guess from the swellinf, but once I put on my garment with the foam I am fine. Well her you go.