Recovery Mode from BBL done on March 28, 2012 - Maryland

Hi everyone, as a Hispanic woman I unfortunately was born with a flat butt, only time I would somewhat fill in a pair of sweatpants was when I gained weight. Problem is I tend to gain weight all over especially around my waist and face. I didn't like how my body looked so I decided to do something about it and scheduled a BBL.

I had liposuction done on my abdomen, flanks, lower back, dorsal roll, back of my arms and inner and outer thighs then had the fat transferred to my butt and hips to give me more of a coke bottle shaped body(I looked like a blowed rectangle before), and a fuller rounder butt. The first 9 days were the worse days of my life! I was in sooo much pain!, threw up everyday, and felt so dizzy and weak. Thank god I had my bf take a week off of work to come and take care of me. Coming back to new york Im currently staying with my dad until I get better (I live with my bf who i have been with for 6 years but since he works 6 days a week 12-13 hrs a day i decided to move in with my dad to help take care of me by helping me get in and out of bed when i need to pee evey 2-3 hrs and bring me food. Then when my bf gets out of work he comes over to visit me and help me out of my garment so I can number 2 while standing over the toliet, wipe my butt and give me a shower (trust me you need someone to help you with all this since you will be in a lot of pain limiting your mobility).

It's been 15 days since my surgery and so far the worse is over and am feeling soooo much better. I am a lot stronger, I stopped throwing up, am not in a lot of pain anymore just discomfort, and looking great. A lot of the swelling as been going down so I now have this small waist, my butt looks great, it's not huge but for my body frame it suits me (I don't want to be the girl with the big ass with chicken legs lol). My doctor did a great work sculpting me, I didn't think it was possible for me to have a body like this. I love that he filled out the hollowness of the sides of my butt and this dent that was on my lower left butt cheek (had a double creased which embarrassed me) I just HOPE that dent stays filled. I don't plan on sitting for the full 6 weeks to try give my fat graft the greatest chance of survival and when the 6 week marks comes I don't plan on sitting directly on it, using cushions on my thighs to lift my butt off for another month (I don't want my butt to shrink anymore since I like the size it is now, when it was swollen from surgery the first week I thought it was too big lol). I'll upload pictures when I get a chance, I'm writing this review from my iPad which doesn't allow me to post pictures, but when I get my hands on my bf's computer I will.

Hi everyone, it's been about 19 days since surgery and so far I'm doing well for the most part. Everything feels firm and tight, making it uncomfortable for me to move but not too painful. Recovering sucks since I'm so bored from laying around in bed (on my stomach of course) and walking in circles to help circulate my blood (doctor says its important to walk around every few hrs to avoid blood clots). What I do to pass the time is play angry birds lol, watch tv, eat and sleep -.- but I know that in the end it will be worth it. Just to warn you guys, make sure you buy some anti itch lotion and a scratching stick because you will get it it itchy whereever you had lipo, it's annoying :/. I have a heated massager that I try to use everyday for at least an hr to massage all my lipo areas and let me tell you it's made a difference with the firmness, it helps soften it up. Although when I actually touch my lipo areas it feels hard, most of it at least looks pretty smooth expect for the area above my flanks, around my bra area, looking a little lumpy, I hope that goes away with time. I'm going to Maryland tomorrow with my dad and my driver for my third follow up appointment


P.s. before I forget I'm 5'6 and weighted 140 before surgery with measurements of 36-31-36

My measurements as of right now is 36-28-40, I'm one month and 4 days post op