BBL Surgery Schedule 11 Sept 2012 - Lutherville, MD

Hello ladies, so happy to be starting this journey with you guys. I am a 48 year old retired Army Veteran who wants a better defined butt that compliants my body and age.

Over the last year, I lost 50 lb. I work out 3 days a week eat right but all the workout in the world is not defeating GRAVITY. I am scheduled to have my BBL surgery on 11 Sept 2012 with Dr. Rodriguez located in Lutherville, MD. Although most of you ladies seem to have your surgery performed in Florida by Dr. S, I decided to stay local because I have a 12 year old son who will just be starting the 7th grade.

Anyway, today I had my physical and blood work performed by Doctor's Express and all lab work came back good. I will upload some photos I took last week for my before shoots as soon as I figure out how to get them of my cell phone. Cheers

Hello my BBL ladies, today is my pre op appointment with Dr Rodriques in Lutherville, MD. Am a little nervous have a few questions for him as I see that most of the Florida BBL patients get drainage tubes after their surgery and messages and Dr. R does not require this. His BBL procedures also take 8 hours. It is my understanding after speaking with his assistant that the 8 hours is because he uses such a small cannula when extracting the fat which leaves the fat cells intact vice using the larger cannula which destroys the fat cells. Anyway, I will get the answers from the Dr R. himself at 1100.

Peace and Blessings to everyone

Just left my pre op appointment with Dr Rodriquez www.cosmeticsurg.net/. All systems are a go for Sept 11, 2012. I did get some clarification from Dr. R regarding the questions I posted earlier today.

1. Drainage tubes: According to Dr. R tubes are not needed for his technique. It is my understanding that the tubes are used to drain excessive fluid that is created by using the larger cannula. The larger cannula creates large holes in your tissue.

2. Massages: According to Dr. R, massages are not needed for his techinque. It is my understanding that massages are only used if you have lumps or uneven skin variations after the BBL. Dr R. techinque does not cause lumps because of the delicate way he handles the fat cells. He gave me this analogy: If you have a beer can, and you put a small hole in the bottom of the can to drain the liquid out it will take a long time while maintaing a steady flow. HIs BBL procedure takes 8 hours with a small cannula and he only does 1 per day. This small steady flow is what helps keep the fat cells intact which means NO REDO.

Same beer analogy: If you have that same beer can and took a can opener and opened it across the top, you will get a large flow of liquid pouring out the can shorter time with larger cannula.

WARNING: This is my own personnal thoughts so please contact your PS for your understanding of your own procedure.

Cheers