Liposculpture abdomen, waist, hips, outer thighs

I am a 5'2", 40 yo F. I would describe myself as fit & healthy. I work out 5-6 days a week. However, over the last several years I have noticed certain areas are very hard to get rid of and I haven't been totally happy with my body. Over a year ago I started looking into lipo. I went to a consultation for another well known plastic surgeon and wasn't totally convinced. A few months ago I picked my research back up and narrowed it down to 2 local PS. I went to see Dr. William J. Hall at Infini Cosmetic Associates and really liked him. His staff was very nice. Dr. Hall was very nice. He took the time to explain everything and assess what areas I did and didn't need lipo. I asked about my inner thighs, he told me no. He stated my buttocks didn't need augmenting, I had a nice shape (thank you squats & hip thrusts), and that by sculpting the outer thighs and waist it would reshape my buttocks nicely.
By the time I left I decided that Dr. Hall was the PS for me. I scheduled my appointment and it is coming up! Next Thursday, August 31st. I'm excited! And I will update as things progress.
I will be getting my waist, abdomen and other thighs done.

So I had my surgery today! I thought I would write about the experience. I was so excited, not nervous at all. When I arrived the nurses took me back and had me change into some adorable surgical panties, lol, and a gown. I was given xanax, lortab and zofran. The nurse gave me some socks to keep my feet warm. Took vitals & measurements, all the usual medical assessment stuff. Then Dr. Hall came in, he marked up the areas he was going to be suctioning, then the nurse cleaned all the areas with betadine, it was nice and warm so it wasn't uncomfortable.
I was able to choose what I wanted to watch on the tv mounted over the bed, I put on Friends, because who doesn't love Friends? Lol.
They had me get up on the table and Dr. Hall injected the areas with a numbing agent. I barely felt this at all. Then he made the incisions for the cannula. Again, barely felt that. Then he started with the tumescent fluid which contains lidocaine and epinephrine. I will admit this part was a little uncomfortable. The worst part was the upper abdomen and around the belly button. The waist, hips and outer thighs weren't bad. Dr. Hall talked to me and asked me questions to distract me & the nurse placed a vibrating massager on my chest for distraction (look up gate control theory). -Not sure if I mentioned I'm an RN myself :)
After he finished injecting the fluid he waited a few minutes to let it do it's magic and numb me up. I didn't feel the suctioning once he got started. You feel pressure and movement, that's about it. One little spot in the upper abd was sensitive so he injected a little more lidocaine.
The nice thing about being awake is that you can flex and push out when the Dr asks so he can perfect everything. Dr. Hall uses the smallest cannula on the market and does multiple entry sites working in a cross hatch method in order to better sculpt the area. This is vs the traditional technique of using one or two entry sites and a thicker tool that doesn't give the ability for as much precision. It also reduces scarring, and the light sedation along with local anesthesia greatly reduces the risks associated with general anesthesia where you go under for the procedure.
Dr. Hall had me stand up when he was close to being finished to check for symmetry and make sure he was happy with his work. He then had me get back up on the table so he could perfect a couple spots. (He and the nurse helped me get up and down).
After he was done the nurse helped clean me up and put on the lovely hose with a hole cut out in the crotch, she placed pads under the hose to soak up the fluids that will leak out. She then helped me to put on my sexy compression garment ;)
I got dressed and my husband pulled the car right up to the exit door and the nurse escorted me out and into the car.
Once I got home the epi started wearing off and I started feeling tired. I ate some protein and veggies, took a tramadol and fell asleep for about 3.5 hours.
I just woke up before writing this and the lidocaine has worn off and I'll admit I'm pretty sore now. Probably 6/10. I wanted to write up my experience before I go back to sleep. I just got up to take pics, not a good idea :( Going to take some zofran and lay down. I'll update tomorrow!

Today is much better than yesterday. Yesterday I had quite a bit of pain/discomfort. Kept up on my pain meds & anti-emetic. Slept on & off throughout the day. Took a shower earlier in the day and got super dizzy and nauseous. My poor hubby helped me with my under hose, padding and putting on my garment. Dr. Hall leaves the incisions open to drain so you have to pad yourself up with extra large, super absorbent maxi pads. It's a sexy look. Lol. Last night I felt decent enough to walk loops around the inside of my house for 30min just to get some exercise in. It felt good but I was tired afterwards.

Today I took my garment off to wash it. Took a shower, sitting down, much better today. Got to wash and dry my hair. I Put on my temporary garment but I didn't love it, didn't feel comfortable and wasn't enough compression. So as soon as my real garment dried I put it back on. Not so easy on your own. I only need a couple pads today vs yesterday as only a couple of the incisions are still draining. The surgical RN said to try and press down to help extract fluids when you're in the shower. I couldn't do it. It made me queasy. So I skipped that.
Swelling is pretty under control with the garment. My feet and ankles were swollen
yesterday, they are better today. And the most swelling I have is at my pubis area. It's also where I have the most bruising. But even that isn't too bad actually. I'm not comfortable taking pics of that so I won't be posting those, sorry.
So far today I've only taken ibuprofen & I just took my zofran about 10min ago. I walked around the inside of my house for about 40min this morning. I got dressed, fixed my hair a little bit so I feel a little better. It's 130pm and I'm feeling a tired now. I might go ride long with my hubby to run some errands just to get out of the house, then come home and take a nap.