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So far my experience has been ok. I'm scheduled...
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So far my experience has been ok. I'm scheduled with Dr. Valls on 08/29/17 for liposuction of 12 areas. I don't have any complaints at this present time. Every time I reach out to Melissa she always answer the phone and answer my questions. So far so good, but I will update as often as possible. Will upload pictures later of me before the lipo.
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Day of treatment
I'm 5'5 192lbs. I originally was booked for 12 sections liposuction, but got there today and needed a tummy tuck.
My experience was great. I didn't have a bad experience like everyone else said they did. Dr. Valls was very nice and upfront. He explained that due to my 2 previous c-sections my muscles were damaged, me I would have hanging skin. I agreed because I kept looking at my pics last night and was like I'm gonna need a tummy tuck for sure. Everyone at the facility was very nice. When you go for your preop it's at a different facility other than Jolie. It just says surgery center. You have your surgery there and postop appointment also. I arrived for my preop the day before and was in there less than maybe an hour. I don't know if this was a good day or normal operations. They called me around 4:15pm and told me I w scheduled for surgery at 9am, but I received an email first around about 3:23pm. I arrived for surgery around 8:45am and they handed me my prescriptions to give to my caretaker. I was called back about 15 minutes later. I went into a room with a MA. She was vey nice and patient. I don't know her name but she was an older woman. She explained to me that hr English was not good. She asked questions got my vitals took pictures. My BP was 140/90. She said you are just nervous and I said yes that's very high for me. She then had m e try on my raja. Ate that the anesthesiologist came in and asked questions, made me feel very comfortable and hooked me up to some fluids, he did I was dehydrated. He told me to make sure I used the bathroom before surgery. He also did Dr. Valls want me to get a liter before surgery, so took about 2 hours. Finally Dr. Valls entered and asked the same questions. He told me to take off my gown and he instantly did you need a tummy tuck because your skin hangs to far down and your muscles are damaged from your c-section. I almost cried when he said I want do the liposuction because you will hate it. So I asked how much more and it was only $500 more because I paid cash for my surgery. So I had to sign different papers about a TT. After that I went into the surgery room laid on the table and he put oxygen on me and put something in my IV that burned and hurt like hell. I took about 3 deep breaths and woke up in the back parking lot getting into my rental car with my boyfriend. The pin is not unbearable. It feels like I pulled muscle in my stomach. It kind of burn in my lipo areas. Well enough typing here are some before pics and one after. I will post some more tomorrow after my postop appointment.
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August 31, 2017
Thank you for your explanation. I'm 50 yrs old and scheduled with Dr. Valls in November for lipo and bbl. I'm afraid I might need a tummy tuck also but don't want to go thru that more pain. What did they say the recovery time difference is from just the lipo and the tt? I only have a limited time off of my job when I get mine done. I'm thinking the tt will take alot more healing time. I'm glad your experience was good so far!
August 31, 2017
I'm staying off of work for 3 weeks, the NP actually asked me how long did I want to stay off and asked was 3 weeks to soon. She asked me what I did for a living and I told her I sit at a desk so she said oh you would be fine going back in 3 weeks.

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