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Best Decision I Have Made This Year - No More Fanny Pack - Marietta, GA
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I am a pretty active woman with one adult child. ...
FannyPackLadySeptember 1, 2015
WORTH IT$5,500
I am a pretty active woman with one adult child. I have had a pouch or "fanny pack" in my lower abdomen since the birth of my child 31 years ago and over the years - it has always bothered me. Well recently, I had started to gain weight and the pouch started to grow - again in the lower abdomen area - just enough for me to look like I was about 4 months pregnant. All of my dresses clung to the pack and in my jeans - the muffin top started to look like a soufflé - going down only when I lay down. I decided to have Liposuction on my Upper and Lower Abdomen after doing some extensive research and seeing Dr. Okoro on a local television show last year. Looked him up and saw that Dr. Celestin had just joined his practice. I procrastinated a bit, but then decided to go see her (this year). Boy, oh boy! Best decision I have made this year. I am not a vain woman and I don't have a unrealistic sense of what my body "can be" even with a lamp and 3 wishes. However, I did want to feel more confident in my dresses without my fanny pack making me look like a tourist in Target. So I did it. Boy, oh Boy, Best decision I have made this year. Dr. Celestin did the damn thing!
UPDATED FROM FannyPackLady
1 month post
Getting better every day!
FannyPackLadySeptember 2, 2015
Hey there, I posted yesterday. No material changes to my post - just edited it a bit. I can tell you today is the 4 week anniversary of my procedure and I am remain committed to my decision to do this; it worked for me. I have had minimal to no pain or complications and the garments have become a necessary evil so I don't mind them nearly as much as I did the first week. I am planning to get back on regime of running this weekend and will start exercising in mid-September. I have changed my diet and I am committed to being a better me. This was an emotional journey for me; not a physical one. I didn't go in a perfect specimen of a woman and I have not walked away from it a perfect specimen of a woman; breasts are still lopsided; C-section (vertical) scar is still a hot mess; thighs are a little bit lumpy and butt is starting to sag a bit; but I feel good in my dresses (70% of my wardrobe) and that is what I wanted out of this. Good Luck to all of you who are contemplating having a procedure and to those of you who decide not to; that is okay too - do what is right for you.
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September 5, 2015
I've been thinking about using the same Doctor as well, have heard nothing but great reviews about her. I have the same issue as you, the lower ab roll, have carried that baby for 24 years now and am ready to get rid of it, lol. So why did you choose lipo over a TT? And did you get you flanks done too? Also how has the aftercare been? Some of the reviews weren't so kind about that. Can you post some before and after shots? I'm so ready to take the plunge but still am looking for the right surgeon because I would be traveling there from TN and need to make sure that the facility and aftercare treatment is solid. I'm happy for your great experience and thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for starting a review!