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Round 2 BBL May 2016 via Dr. Fisher or Dr. Hasan!

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Hello girls, Finally decided to introduce myself...

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queenxqueen
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Hello girls,

Finally decided to introduce myself on this thing lol. I haven't been lurking on RS for a long time but came across it at the right time. I've been looking into BBL since forever without knowing it actually existed until 2009. I was really considering it around Fall 2009. Researched a couple docs online and NYC. for some reason it didn't seem like that many surgeons were doing this a couple years ago until recently. Around '09 when I was looking for doctors my mom took me to one in MD. Seemed like a great doctor and his book showed the great results his patients have had but he was like 15K and then went to another consultation with one in the city for 8K but I ended up seeing some shady things on his record and didn't like his operating room. Looked like some ish from a scary medical movie. So I put it off and thought I could just whatever work it off. But no. At the time I got approved for care credit but never activated it. But recently I've been wanting to get this done more than ever.
Well let me back track.
I've always had a small bottom. It's always bothered me. Especially in boarding school when all my roomies had shape I didn't. Genetics. I love my face and my body is okay but would love for it to be good/great. Like for me to feel like it's close to 100. In general, I'm broad up top and when I gain it goes straight to my arms, back/bra area and abdomen. Blessed are the women who gain weight in their hips and butt lol. When I gain weight in my arms I can tell immediately! I hate even thinking that I may look footballish. (Anyone else felt that way?) When I wear certain shirts, the sleeves will feel so tight. I hate that. I'll get a small shirt because I'm a small but bc my arm fat is so OD (can you tell I'm from NY) I sometimes have to opt for the medium but then the shirt will be so wide & open looking by the waist where I'm still a small. Smh. And I'm a pretty active person. I just know my body and know for a fact that fat just doesn't leave my arms with regular exercise. Just doesn't. Smfh. I'll do hell cardio and regular squats, sumo squats, donkey kicks and other lower body weights and my two trouble areas, the 2 A's, arms and ass won't have hardly any change.
Love my boobs they're fine. I've been wanting to get my arms lipo'd for sometime now and getting my back area and some of my abdomen would help my silhouette for my butt. Then I started thinking. If I'm paying a certain price for that lipo in NYC why don't I get it all done including BBL in Miami for the same amount of money or less?
So that's where I am right now with this process still researching. I. AM. doing this this year! I don't want to be unhappy and uncomfortable about my body anymore. Don't want to keep looking brolic. Sometimes to my embarrassment a friend will say something along those lines thinking its funny while I'll be cringing inside and am like "it's not muscle it's fat and I'm getting rid of it soon!! Dammit" lol.
And I'm really tired of wearing these butt pad things. Because of it some people know me by this figure and I want my butt to look like that if I'm in my bday suit too. I think I owe it to myself to do what I know will finally make me comfortable with my body and make me feel sexy. I'll continue to update this as my journey comes along.
Thanks for reading. ^_^

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Mel T. Ortega, MD

Mel T. Ortega, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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May 9, 2014
Welcome hun cant wait to see how your journey unfolds!
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May 10, 2014
Thanks!! I appreciate it. I'm glad I found this site when I did. so much useful info on here. Good luck w/ your SX too!
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November 16, 2014
You look great! Congrats!
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March 7, 2015
oh I love your results! which garment did you end up getting? I can't really see much of your arms, are you happy with how they turned out? If so did you tell him exactly where you wanted him to do it or just that you want your arms smaller?
January 13, 2016
you look great , results are amazing !!
i hoped you healed well.
i`m 148 lbs at 5'6 and i dont want to gain weight no way
lol theres also fat on my body i know that lol
i wonder how tall are you ?? and how many pounds were you on your surgery ??
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January 13, 2016
Thank you hun!!
I'm 5'5 and I think I was around 165-168 lbs on my surgery day.
UPDATED FROM queenxqueen
2 months pre

Had my consultation with my doctor this afternoon!!!

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I originally had an email-consultation with Dr. Ortega earlier this week. But after sending him my photos he wanted me to gain 20-30 lbs. Thats not happening! Nope no lol. I'm 150 lbs right now. I have enough fat to use idk how it wasn't clear via email but whatever. I'm slim/thick, there's definitely useful fat on me. Just another sign I have to stay my ass here and get it done in NYC.
A week ago I set an appointment for a consultation for this other doctor on my radar that I heard about through a friend-of-a-friend. I had my consultation with him this afternoon. He seems amazing and his Patient Coordinator Stephanie was so helpful and nice. I really felt comfortable in that office. I wasn't a ball of nerves like I was during my first consult a couple yrs ago. Perhaps because I knew what I was getting into. His office and examination suites were clean, bright and inviting. After I got down to my undies, he and I spoke into depth about my problem areas, what I wanted done and what would be realistic for my 5'4 frame. He explained the technique in his BBL methods and how to get optimal fat survival. He understood why I wanted my arms lipo'd and plans to really sculpt my back and abdomen to best projection for the BBL. He saw from my "wish" photos that I didn't want a video girl type of look but just a nice pretty bubble.
Usually I'm not so impulsive but after the great consultation I set up my proposed Sx date in Aug and paid my $500 deposit. I'm so bent on getting this done this summer.
Now I have to convince my mom to help me co-sign this care credit application. They denied my application earlier this week. Wish me luck!
Here are some of my WISH photos.

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May 10, 2014
Who are you going with? And welcome to the RS community!
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May 10, 2014
Thanks!! I appreciate it. I'm glad I found this site when I did. so much useful info on here. I'm going with Dr. Richard Swift
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May 10, 2014
I have never heard of him, is he in NYC?
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May 11, 2014
Yeah...having some second thoughts now tho
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May 11, 2014
How come??
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May 17, 2014
I didn't think he would be aggressive enough with the lipo. Said that he would only put 500cc's in my cheeks. I want at least 900cc's. I didn't see enough examples of his BBL's either.
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May 17, 2014
What other doctors have you been looking into?
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May 17, 2014
Dr. Mel Ortega & Dr. Salzhauer for either mid July or mid August.
October 2, 2016
hi which doctor did you end up going with? and are you happy with your results
March 2, 2015
How did u get ortega email address?
UPDATED FROM queenxqueen
2 months pre

Some BEFORE & 'shopped AFTER pics...

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queenxqueen
I photoshopped some pics to see how it would look based off how/which areas my doc wants to lipo.

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May 11, 2014
Good luck!
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May 11, 2014
Thanks!
March 24, 2016
What doctor did you go with? Do you have before an after pic