Body by The Best in the West aka Dr. Hughes! 10 month post-op - Los Angeles

Hi girls, I have been looking at reviews on this site for about two weeks now. I have learned so much and have become convinced that I want to get a BBL, the twist is I'm getting my nose done as well. I decided to write this review because this process can get very overwhelming, and I see that there is a lot of support here. You ladies providing all the support and feedback are amazing!

So right now I am at the stage of trying to find the right PS for me. I have consulted with Dr. Bruno and Dr. Dass, I am scheduled to see Dr. Hughes this weekend and I am also trying to see Dr. Afifi and Dr. "J" (Dr. Payam Jarrah-Nejad).

About my consultation with Dr. Bruno:
I have seen great results from Dr. Bruno on this site and his before and after pics are great. I was able to get an appointment very easily and soon. The day of my appointment, his assistant Mary called me to confirm and gave me instructions to valet park, I was running late, but they were very understanding and accomodating. When I arrived to my appointment I was greeted by Mary, she is extremely nice and pleasant. She immediately scorted me to a room and handed me a goody bag. She then proceeded to tell me about her own BBL experience, which she got 2 months ago, and may I say Dr. Bruno did a great job on her. Shortly after Dr. Bruno walked into the room and I was immediately pleased with his sweet personality. We discussed what I wanted to get done and he told me what he would do for me and took his time to answer all my questions. The one thing I did not like was that he suggested I gain 5 pounds, and after I told him I wanted to get as much volume as possible, he suggested I gain 10 pounds :-(. At the end of the consultation I saw the patient cordinator, Marisol, she was also very nice and gave me a very good quote, better than I expected, but I still wanted to keep my options open, I was almost convinced Dr. Bruno was the right Dr. for me but I believe in considering all possible options before making a decission.

About my consultation with Dr. Dass:
It was also absolutely easy for me to get an appointment with Dr. Dass, and soon as well. His patient cordinator, Leslie is amazing, prior to even going for the consultation she took quite a while to tell me (over the phone) a lot about the procedure and about Dr. Dass. The day of my consultation I was running a few minutes late but they were very accomodating. I was very pleased with Dr. Dass' demeanor and his approach as to what he would do for me. Right away he told me I should not gain any weight, when I asked what would happen if I lost weight (since I just got back to working out) he basically assured me that he could still give me the results I wanted with my existing fatness (my own words lol) and even if I lost some weight. He also had a little better approach in reference to my nose. I think Dr. Dass was a little more confident with the results he could give me, whereas Dr. Bruno was a little more hesitant to reassure me that he could give me that big butt I'm trying to get. Oh I almost forgot to mention he did Leslie's BBL about a year ago, and the results are amazing. So far, I love Dr. Dass but since I will also be getting rhinoplasty, he is a little out of my budget, he basically quoted me $3,800 more than Dr. Bruno :-(. So my search for the right Dr. continues.

I would greatly appreciate if you ladies can give me any feedback as to any of these doctors. I will be posting pictures soon and I'm excited to embark in this journey and continue to share my experiences with you.

I just wanted to post up some pre-op pics, hopefully they'll be way different than my post-ops

My consultation with Dr. Payam Jarrah-Nejad:

I found Dr. J through a Google search since he has not received any reviews here for BBL. The results in his website look really good, I would say among the best I have seen. It was fairly easy to set an appointment with him.

He has a beautiful office, you know you are in Beverly Hills! As soon as I arrived I was greeted by a very nice lady, I filled out paperwork and was immediately escorted to a room, I was given a gown and Dr. J came to see me after just a couple of minutes. He is super sweet, nice, charismatic and knowledgeable. I told him I wanted to get a BBL and rhinoplasty at the same time, but he said he did not recommend it and asked me to choose which one I wanted to do first. I was not expecting to hear that so I asked him to just do a consult for the BBL. He took a look at my body and warned me about the loose skin in my stomach, which I was also warned about by every doctor. He examined my frame, skin, and explained to me how he would shape me up, he was very confident that he could give me very good results. He then proceeded to show me before/after pictures on his iPad of girls with bodies similar to mine, this was extremely helpful because I could get a better idea of what results he can give ME. He told me that this procedure is becoming very popular and he does several each week.

I asked him what he thought of weight gain in order to have more fat available. He said I did not need to gain any weight, but he recommended that I not lose any. He brought up a good point, he said that he is a physician first, and as a physician, he would not recommend weight gain because the fat is not only going to go to the areas to be lipoed, it will also be going to undesired areas, organs and other tissue, definitely not healthy. He said that the weight gain certainly makes it easier for the surgeon, but it's not at all necessary, it just gives them more work.

Dr. J was very informative and made sure he answered all my questions, I felt very comfortable and confident about his skills. I then saw Daria for the quote, by this point I was so impressed with him that I was scared to hear the quote, but surprisingly it was $1,550 less than Dr. Dass. The only downside was that he would not do my nose at the same time, and I have my heart set on doing both. Daria asked if I needed to finance and offered to help me apply for carecredit, but I told her that I had to think about it. She was understanding and did not try to pressure me at all. She is very professional and very knowledgeable as well. I called her a few days after with follow up questions and she was extremely helpful.

The last couple of weeks I have been pretty much changing my mind every day. I went from completely eliminating Dr. Bruno, to reconsidering him, and I finally eliminated him about a week ago. I do believe he is a great choice but I am much more impressed with Dr. J and Dr. Dass.

Two weeks ago I was convinced I would go with Dr. J, because even though he won't do my nose, I still would not be able afford both procedures with Dr. Dass. But then last week I received a follow up call from Leslie/Dr. Dass' office. I told her I was probably going to get my BBL with another Dr. because I got a much better quote. She offered me a discount, which threw me back to considering Dr. Dass again.

After much thinking and talking it over with my boyfriend (he always gives me the best advice), on Wednesday I decided I would choose Dr. Dass. However, I was still scheduled to see Dr. Hughes on 8/31. I have to admit a few weeks ago I started getting doubts about Dr. Hughes and was skeptical about him. Plus I've read a lot of bad things about waiting time, office location/cleanliness, rude/unhelpful staff. I guess I've always been a big believer of "if it sounds too good to be true, it is." But something kept telling me I had to see Dr. Hughes, just to see for myself and to convenience me that Dr. Dass was my best choice.

I wanted to get my consultation with Dr. Hughes out of the way in order to secure my date with Dr. Dass, so I called Dr. Hughes' office (at 3:50 p.m.) and asked if he could see me at 4:30 p.m., sure enough they made it happen. When I arrived to Boris cosmetics I was pleasantly surprised, it was nice and clean, the girl who greeted me was very presentable and friendly. I filled out paperwork and in just a couple of minutes I met the famous Dr. Hughes. Thinking back, I feel I went in very confident that he was going to reassure my decision to go with Dr. Dass but boy was I wrong!!! He was very warm, charming and down to earth, he started by going over my medical history and when it came to finding out how I knew about him I brought up all my doubts and concerns about him. He was very open to hearing my concerns and talked me through them. We even joked about me being one of the doubters here lol. I immediately felt very comfortable with him, I asked many questions and he made sure I understood all his answers and everything he was explaining to me. He has no problems doing my nose as well, which is a big plus. At one point I brought up Dr. Dass, since I know he used to work there and he immediately said that he was a very good doctor, that made me gain much more respect for him. You can tell Dr. Hughes is very smart, he KNOWS his stuff and is very confident, I think some people might think he is cocky, but I just think it's confidence, there's a big difference between the two.

After he made sure he went over everything, he walked me over to Heidi's office, the patient coordinator. I was not a very big fan of her… She seemed confused/disorganized and was very pushy, I don't like that, I have not experienced that in any of my other consultations. Thankfully, Dr. Hughes was still around and came in to explain her my quote, and he told her not to be pushy lol ahhhh gotta love him! I was a little disappointed that they do not take carecredit, I just applied for it a few days ago, and I did not want to run my credit again ? Despite this, I asked if I could come back for another consultation in order for my boyfriend to meet Dr. Hughes so I could get his point of view. I mentioned before, he gives me the best advice, but I also want his approval because he is a big reason why I'm getting the courage to go through with this. I have wanted to do my nose since I was a teenager but I never had the support. He has been so understanding and encouraging since I told him I wanted to do my nose, and more so when I told him about the BBL, of course! he loves a big booty lol. Last but not least, he is the only one that knows I'll be getting surgery, besides my sister, and he will be the one taking care of me. So I made an appointment to see Dr. Hughes again on 9/7, I will make my final decision then.

Yesterday, I emailed Dr. Hughes a few follow up questions and my wish pictures, asking if I could realistically achieve those results. He replied very quickly (within an hour), he answered my questions and said my wish pictures were not unrealistic. More points for him!!!

Today I find myself equally torn between Dr. Dass and Dr. Hughes, I'm thinking of many different factors and there are certain things I like more about one then the other. I'm going to make a list this weekend to be able to better compare and so I can be ready to make a decision on my next consultation with Dr. Hughes. I'll share next week and hopefully I'll get some feedback.

Sorry for the extremely long update but I wanted to write out all my thoughts. I'm going to start updating more often so I can keep them shorter.