22 Years Old, Vaser Lipo to Upper Abdomen, Lower Abdomen, Flanks and Inner Thighs - London, GB

BEFORE SURGERY - I wanted to share my Vaser Liposuction experience in the hope that it’s useful for those younger people who are perhaps considering having this surgery, as it’s a huge decision to make, particularly at a young age, when you’re working full time and before you’ve had children etc.

I’m 22 years old, I haven’t had any kids, and I have always been relatively petite (I’m only 5 foot 3 tall and I have never worn clothes larger than a size 10).

Excessive drinking and late night eating in my first and second year at university saw my weight increase quite significantly from 8 stone 7 lbs to 10 stone 2 lbs. In my final year I decided to lose the weight and it dropped down to 8 stone 9 lbs by simply eating less – I still ate biscuits, chocolate, sweets and the lot, but with only eating 2 meals a day this didn’t matter, and the pounds dropped off.

Although I knew I was not overweight, and my BMI was exactly as it should be, I still couldn’t get over the fact that I had quite large hips and love handles, particularly in relation to my waist. I also had some stubborn pockets of fat on my lower abdomen and inner thighs that I started to dwell on. I tried dieting a few times but never really had the motivation to be strict with myself as I was still relatively small and it wasn't essential.

I’d never considered traditional liposuction, but when research led me to Vaser Lipo I had my heart set on going ahead. I have already had a breast augmentation when I was 18 year old due to having very small, tubular breasts. I had implants put it to make them fuller and a size C/D. Because of this the idea of surgery didn't really phase me, I had already experienced general anaesthetic and the same surgery clinic that did my breasts were also able to perform vaser lipo. I spent hours on this website reading through reviews and they confirmed to me that I would be an ideal candidate, so I booked my consultation

Here are a couple of photos of myself before the surgery - As you can see although I am not overweight I have relatively wide hips and a small pouch of stubborn fat on my abdomen. As I am only 5 foot 3 I felt they were disproportionately wide and I began to hate my body like this. (The blue blur on my hip is to disguise a tattoo)

I had my Vaser Lipo consultation at a clinic on Harley Street. I went in to see my surgeon Dr Mileto and he was lovely. I explained that I wanted my stomach, sides and thighs slimmed down, and after examining my body he said I was a good candidate for the surgery - I was a healthy weight, fit and almost at my ideal weight – I just wanted a flatter stomach and a slimmer shape. He said in order to achieve what I wanted I would need to have four areas of my body done – upper abdomen, lower abdomen, flanks, and inner thighs – and for this he would recommend a general anesthetic as the procedure would last 2-3 hours. I was also told later by my patient care coordinator that they are able to take more fat if you have a general as opposed to just a local. Although there was an additional cost for the anesthetist I was happy to do this, I thought I would be much more comfortable being fully sedated and I had no troubles with the general anesthetic when I had my breast augmentation – it is after all hugely safe.

I booked a date almost exactly 4 weeks from the consultation day. Luckily it fell on a Friday so I would have my worst days at home at the weekend. My care coordinator told me it took about five days for her to feel normal again, so with my operation on the Friday I booked the following Monday and Tuesday off of work. I was SO excited!