Power Assisted Lipo of Abdomen and Love Handles. Reflections in Martinsville, NJ.

Today i had lipo performed again on my central abdomen upper/lower with power assisted and laser lipo. My Doctor was Renata Wix-Harris and she is wonderful! I wanted to flatten the area around my belly button and central area of the stomach. Pre-op i weight 113 lbs and i still had a round pooch. I had abt 200cc removed, that's a lot less then the 2500cc that were originally removed by Dr. Chasin. Dr. Wix-Harris was very nice, gentle, answered all my questions, and talked to me during the procedure. I received extra numbing as needed. The rest of the staff was funny, talkative, and had my favorite music playing. I also received laser lipo to tighten areas of skin that may sag. I felt almost no pain and was a lot steadier on my feet after this surgery. I left feeling happy and like this had been a success. All the pre and post op instructions were the same.

Will update when i see further results!

Also losing about 12 lbs and getting lipo has been life changing for me. I feel healthier, have more energy, and i feel like myself again. This was the perfect 30th B-day gift i could have bought for myself (my birthday isn't for a few more months so i should be 100% healed by then too). I have so much more self confidence now. If you want lipo i would say go for it! just make sure you diet and exercise too as it does make a dramatic difference in your results.

Finally 3 months have passed and i am seeing more results! I have continued my dieting and exercising. I am down to 117 lbs and 32 inches around the largest part of my belly. My bra and underwear are even a little too loose. The jeans i bought a month ago are too big. :( If you are getting lipo definitely wait 3 months minimum before you buy a new wardrobe! My belly is still a little swollen, numb, and lumpy around the belly button which is why it pokes out in the pics. I stopped doing the belly massages a month ago so i should start doing them again. If i lie down on my stomach and rest on my elbows (half cobra pose for you yoga fans) i can feel that stretching/tearing sensation again in my belly so i'm definitely not fully healed yet. Also after years of having a pot belly i finally wore a bikini to the beach!! My belly only pokes out a little now and isn't as bad as it looks in the pics.

I went to my 3 month appointment today. Once again i didn't see the doctor and the appointment was very rushed. They seemed to only want to take pics of me and then rush me out. I was surprised that the woman seeing me didn't know it was my 3 month post-op visit and kept calling it my 1 month. When i asked what my pre-op weight was and if i could keep the pictures that the office took, i was met with some resistance. These post-op visits are very impersonal. All the enthusiasm and motivation they had at the pre-op visits is gone. I feel like once the surgery is done, they don't really care about the patient anymore. If you have any questions or concerns you really have to speak up and be very persistent to be heard. This was my last lipo appointment included in my package. Since everything went well i won't need to go back.

CONCLUSION AT 3 MONTHS:

I am very satisfied with my results. I think the lipo helped contour my body into a nicer shape. The lipo definetely didn't make me lose weight; it just changed my profile into an hourglass shape with a flatter stomach (which is what i was told to expect). From the front i can see the hourglass shape, but from the side you can still see a small round belly. As i lost weight from cardio and dieting i slimmed down into the frame Dr. Chasin made. I wonder if i had lost all this weight before i got lipo, would my stomach be totally flat or my results look more dramatic? There is no way to know now, but i have no regrets! I think Dr. Chasin gave me the results i wanted, but not the experience i wanted.