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I'm a mother of two and wanted liposuction. The...
SURGERY DAY:
I arrived at 7:30am and got prepped. I had general anesthesia. My pain tolerance is VERY LOW, which I expressed to my surgeon before surgery. Although she said some people only needed motrin, I advised this would NOT be me and I would need percocet. Upon awakening, my pain was about 20/10 on my car ride home. After taking Percocet 10mg, it dulled the pain to 10/10 my first night. I was able to drink water and chicken soup broth and then slept. I awakened multiple times throughout the night to urinated. I had gained SEVEN pounds from before the surgery until after. My compression garment is tight, but not too tight. I like that it has a wide opening to urinate. I urinated a lot all night and still a lot today. It hurts my inner thighs to squat so sometimes a urinate standing straight into a large plastic cup then dump the urine in the toilet to avoid stress put on my thighs from squatting.
It was very uncomfortable sleeping on my stomach, as it's difficult to position my arms and they are getting sore from sleeping on them. I usually sleep on my back or sides. I ate some more soup broth & crackers today and drank water and ginger ale. By taking my percocet every 4-5 hours I have managed to keep my pain level down to about 7/10. I was told the pain would be a soreness like after a work out. I am definitely sore, but the pain would be unbearable without narcotics. This is no work out pain for sure, it is MUCH WORSE. My surgeon advised that I cannot take motrin for 3 days, I hope this will help with the intense soreness, but I will probably still need the percocet for the sharp pains.
I walked a little every couple hours today, sat on my boppy pillow and BBL pillow for short periods. I also ordered the Booty Buddy pillow, this was very CHEAP and a waste of money. I returned it and bought a regular boppy pillow for babies. I do recommend the BBL pillow, however, because it is more firm. I like having both, soft boppy & firm BBL pillow.
I will upload before pics tomorrow when I have more energy. Sleeping most of the day today. I do NOT know what my results look like because I have gained 7 lbs and feel fat from all of the swelling and I haven't taken off the compression garment yet. My butt is bigger for sure, she put ~600cc in each side. But, I can't tell any difference in my liposuction sites (stomach, waist, inner thighs, 3/4 back) for now. I will take off compression garment tomorrow to shower and I'm hopeful that I will have a small waist with a thigh gap and lose of back fat.
4 Days Post-Op
After Surgery: 147 lbs
2 Days Post-Op: 148 lbs.
3 & 4 Days Post-Op: 146 lbs.
Well, I'm four days out and still in a lot of pain. I also had to go in four IV fluid due to nausea & dehydration today. I have no appetite. I have to force myself to eat & drink. Ice chips & crackers only today. The IV fluid did help because I couldn't keep my pain pills or antibiotics down due to nausea & dehydration. Staff was great they took care of my as soon as I called.
I sleep most of the day. My parents & hubby are talking good care of me. I still feel like I was beaten all over with baseball bats but again my pain tolerance is extremely low.
My butt is getting lots of compliments. Tons of swelling which is to be expected. I was hoping for a smaller waist but I'm confident that will happen once swelling subsides.
Because I'm so sensitive to pain I can't say I'm 100% happy now. Once the swelling & numbness gets better sure it will be well worth it. Also good news is my hubby was motivated to lose weight & lost 8 lbs on 48 hour hollywood juice diet. May want to try if anyone needs weight loss before surgery.
TIPS:
Have a pain plan & supportive doctor;
Drink plenty of fluids or constant ice chips so you don't get dehydrated like I did;
Have a supportive partner to help change bandages and get you in your garment after showering;
Be creative with ways to stay off your butt! It's a total drag not sitting. A boppy & BBL pillow help as does dropping my butt between my sectional sofa. I tried cutting a whole in a lawn chair & that didn't work for me. Have strong arms & core so you can manage shifting weight of your rear end.
No More Back Boob
Provider Review
I chose my surgeon because it was important for me to have a female who was local and highly recommended. My mistake was I only talked to people she performed breast & face work on. She apparently does great breast & face work. I did not talk to people who had BBL/lipo with her. My liposuctiom was inadequate, she took too little from belly & too much from thigh. She did not repair it correctly when given the opportunity to fix my thigh it still looked deformed because she did not transfer fat to the area of defect. On the day I was scheduled to follow-up for the thigh "revision" I told the staff I had to work and still waited over an hour to be seen. I had to leave without seeing her. At this point I was so disappointed that I did not continue follow-up with her. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. She didn't want to address her mistakes anymore and I no longer trusted her of being capable of doing so. My body deserved better. The shape of my butt is nice, but despite following her instructions & not sitting for 6 weeks I still lost a lot of volume. If she would have taken more belly fat during lipo, I would've had more volume in my butt. I ultimately had to pay someone else to correct her botched lipo job. There was often a 60 min wait to see her from your scheduled appointment time. She barely touches you & uses the TV monitor in place of a physical exam. Staff was way more responsive & timely before my surgery than after. It's like they didn't care anymore after they were paid because of a no refunds policy. The BBL surgery has potential to give you a much more desirable figure; I just would not recommend getting it done here. As far as answering my questions, I thought her answers were adequate before the procedure. After it, not so much. She looked at the monitor on one post-op apt and said I had gained weight in my posterior love handles. She circled it one the monitor instead of asking me if I gained wait and doing a physical exam. I had not gained weight. She didn't even touch me, it was obviously residual swelling that went away with lymphedema massage. When I asked about my subpar abdominal results she said I probably needed a tummy tuck. I asked if I had enough skin or would I need a vertical scar. She didn't know said she'd have to decide in the OR. When other surgeons saw me they all agreed that I could get a tummy tuck if I wanted b/c I have had two pregnancies and NO if done properly I would not need a vertical scar. But they all agreed that I would still need lipo to my belly even if I got a tummy tuck for a good result because she left so much fat there. It was like I never even had belly liposuctiom, 8 months after the BBL losing a little weight too. I had a belly fat not lipo suctioned enough issue not just loose skin that needs a tummy tuck issue like she suggested. I asked if I needed fat regrafted to my thigh for the defect she left, she said no that repeat lipo above the defect would be enough to correct the deformity. It was not and all other PS agreed the problem should've been corrected with repeat lipo AND fat grafting since she took out too much fat from my thigh. Was it worth it? Not with this surgeon, no! But if I would have had it with someone more experienced and skilled it would have been one of the best things ever.