May 5, 2014 Dr. Csikai, Jacksonville FL, 39 Yrs Old, Tummy Tuck, Breast Augmentation, Lipo of Inner Outer Thighs & Flanks - FL

Hi everyone!!!!
Well, here's my story......

I have 3 amazing children. My first child was born a week before my 20th birthday.... (Almost 20 years ago) So I've spent my entire adult life with a tummy with lots of scars that flapped over itself and would occasionally get raw underneath. Soooooooo sick and tired of having to constantly pull my jeans up over the flab or wear a tight undershirt to make it look smooth!!! (Which pulled down so hard over my shoulders (where the bra strap is) it actually caused me so much pain that it would shoot down through my arm almost making it where I couldn't even pick up my arm or use it at all!!!..... NO MORE of those undershirts for me!!!)

After breast feeding those blessings of mine...... My breasts hit my knees every morning when I woke up and crawled out of bed (from how bad they sagged...... Little humor there.) But really, I've always wanted to put the girls back up where they started LOL (Come on laugh with me as I know I'm not the only one in this over cramped boat we are all in!)

I interviewed 4 doctors total and have wanted to share with you my testimony for the past few months but because life gets so busy I haven't made it a priority until now. It was all of the other testimonies from everyone else on this website that really helped me out and encouraged me to go ahead and do what I wanted so badly to do for the past 20 years. I am now 18 days post-op and I have pictures from before the surgery and now post-op. I will continue to update my testimony with thoughts, emotions, feelings, my overall experience and updated pictures along the way.

So here goes… I will give my review of the four doctors that I interviewed in the Jacksonville Florida area. I ask that no one get ugly with me on this website about any of the things that I may say. I am simply trying to convey my experience that I had with my visit to their offices in order to help others on this website and the not so easy decision making process of choosing who their plastic surgeon will be. It was others that took the time to share their testimonies on this website that really helped me out and I would like to be a blessing to others. I understand that your feelings may be different from mine and I ask that you keep that in mind before leaving some unnecessary comments in response to my review. Some visits were amazing as others were terrible.

Well here I go… I am going to upload some of my pre-op pictures now and then continue to tell everyone about my experience through this entire life-changing surgery. I will tell you this from the beginning… It is a rough road but it is absolutely one that I have no regrets, not whatsoever, for having done! I can't wait for the months to come to see how awesome the results are going to be!!

Hi everyone! I thought that I would start off by giving my stats so you know my height and weight. That was something I appreciated when I was looking at other peoples testimonies because I was able to kind of compare and see if their body height, weight and size were similar to mine.

I am 5'4 AND 3/4"....LOL (don't forget my 3/4 inches LOL!!) I probably weigh between 155–162 pounds. I did not weigh myself before surgery and I will not weigh myself now because as a female it is so easy to be sucked into the whole mindset of letting the scale depict how your day is going to go. It is simply not worth it to me. I did a lot of extensive research on each of the procedures I wanted to have done and I saw hundreds upon hundreds of testimonies of women that were weighing themselves every day or every other day so consumed with how much they weighed.

I know my personality and I know that by simply getting on the scale it will determine how I allow my day to go and it is simply not worth it. I have made a life changing decision by having this surgery and I made a decision long before the surgery that I was not going to get on it. I will state that even the doctor’s office did not weigh me on the day of surgery. So like I said I made a decision long before the surgery that I was not going to get caught up in the mindset of being worried about what the scale says.

Our bodies are so busy trying to repair and overcome the trauma that it has just gone through that the tissues are swollen and holding on to everything necessary to heal itself. This is why there's lots of swelling. It is trying so hard to repair itself and the last thing that we need is to sit there and mentally beat ourselves up or pick ourselves apart because we weigh an extra 10, 15 or even 20 pounds more (differing that much day by day) just because our bodies are hanging onto the extra water because it needs it.

So do yourself a favor and make a decision from the get-go that you are not going to get caught up in that mindset. It is simply not worth it. And I tell you what... you will be SO MUCH HAPPIER if you make that decision!!! It is hard enough every single day dealing with the pain and the twinges, tremors, zingers and discomfort that you are going through. I can't imagine adding the mental abuse of beating myself up or getting down on myself because I don't weigh what I want to. Go through this knowing it is a life-changing transformation and that you really should wait at least six months before you do anything like getting on the scales or anything that will make your mind feel crummy about yourself. Okay enough about my harping on your weight.

My doctor removed a little over a liter of lipo "fat & stuff" (Approx 2.2 lbs) and he probably cut off about 5 pounds (if even) of actual fat. I believe my implants added an additional 2 pounds of weight to my body. Fair enough trade lol.

I will give my doctor reviews when I have a chance. I am uploading a few more pre-op pix and then a few from the first week. I have some from pretty much every day to show how it is changing from day to day.

Here are my morning of pix! In the pix you see what appears is Dr. Csikai treating me like a coloring book lol. He's making all of his marks preparing for surgery. The other pix show me walking in to the operating room. Thank goodness I have such an awesome daughter that documents things like I do! I really enjoy looking back and having these to look reflect upon.

I was hit with a terrible migraine attack this afternoon with aura that just wouldn't go away. The pain is frustrating and now I've come down with a head cold on top of everything else so I will upload the rest of my pix later when I feel I have a little more strength. At least the aura is gone now. Maybe I'll call it an early night.