Once a Self-conscious Fitness Model... - Montclair, NJ

bhantz7's provider

Barry E. DiBernardo, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

He explained everything extremely thoroughly to me. I cannot thank him or his staff enough. ESP Danielle, one of the assistants in the operating room. The local numbing was PAINFUL. I'm not going to lie. I'm very good with pain and after the first set of numbing while I waited for it to kick in, I started feeling very faint and nauseous. Could have very well been my anxiety but regardless, Danielle laid me back, put a cold compression on me, gave me my meds and I started feeling fine. Once in the operating room, they administered the second dose of local anesthesia and Danielle and the other assistant kept checking on me to see if I'm ok and how I'm feeling. At that point I just felt like I was in my own world from the meds lol the dr was comforting and explaining to me what he was doing and when the skin separated from the fat and 'popped' up. I loved it. The procedure itself did not take long. After he finished the girls put me in my compression garment and I was fine to walk. The pain was not excruciating for me. It hurt and I had to wobble for prob the first week and I still get pains here and there but people on here were giving me anxiety with how it was for them. Everyone is completely different. I went for my post-op and he said I was healing extremely well!! Better than most but that could be bc of my active lifestyle. I also made sure to walk every single day slowly no matter what for a minimum of 30 minutes. Overall-- I'm SO excited I got this done. They were amazing and I'm slightly obsessed now with my legs and butt which I was always SO SO self concious about.