Medial Thigh Lift and Brazilian Butt Lift - Myrtle Beach, SC

I have been morbidly obese all my life and finally lost 85 lbs. I never thought I would be having cosmetic surgery because of my very conservative/religious upbringing. But since my weight loss, I've had breast implants/mini lift and smartlipo on my thighs (for contouring). I've always hate my thighs, they were 2 sizes bigger than my top and lots of cellulite. I did the smartlipo, not only to contour them but also to help the cellulite, which it didn't. I am 5'5 165 lbs (plus or minus a few), I'm not at my goal weight yet but at my goal size of 8 tops/10 bottoms. I worked out with a professional bodybuilder to see if I would improve the appearance of my thighs without any success. As a black woman, I tend to get hypertrophic scar (which I have around my areolar for my breast surgery), so I kept shying away from thigh lift surgery. I finally bit the bullet (after reading so many reviews on this website) and did a couple of consultations and was told yes I do need thigh lift and you need the one that would go down your thighs to the knee. I was devastated because I was looking for a scar I could hide and with my tendency to heal poorly, I can't expect in fine/thin scar. I thought long and hard about and decided to go ahead, and heck while I'm under do something about my flat droopy butt :)

I had my surgery friday 2/21/14

DOS: my surgeon said he removed 3 liters of fat and he injected 1000 cc in each butt cheek. I decided to make the 1 1/2 journey home instead of staying in a hotel because I wanted to be in my own environment. I live alone, a friend drove me to and from surgery and had a spare key and checked on me that night. I layed on my stomach the drive home and slept the whole ride. it was difficult, not going to lie to you. trying to pee standing up is horrible, let me just say i made a mess every where. i took the percocet (which just knock me out for 2-3 hrs) and ibuprofen.
so that night I was in pain, didn't know when I had to pee (but everytime I try too, I did and made a mess), was very very thirsty and was so tired. my butt felt hard as a brick. I'm not use to laying on my stomach so that was difficult also.

POS #1-6
my head/neck/shoulders/arms were a mess the first few days. once I switch from the couch to bed the pain improved. my arms were hurting initially because I was using them to get me in and out of the couch/bed. I haven't taken any Percocet since Saturday night. my pain is tolerable with ibuprofen and extra strength Tylenol.
I have been having low grade fevers so my doctor added another biotic to the one I'm taken now, and I'm waiting to see how that works.
today I had a bowel movement, lol.. I dreaded it because of the logistic of it. I would definitely recommend getting a toilet seat riser with arms. I survived the experience, glad I have been working out my arms, lol. not only do you have pain from the bbl, I had to worry about putting strain on my incision (he gave me staples :(

emotionally, it has been difficult. I've only told a selected few people that I was having the surgery. my family, except for one sister, is unaware that I had surgery. my boyfriend (very new relationship) lives a distance away and because of his work hours, he couldn't be with me, he is off today so he is coming to spend a couple of days with me. my friends were nice. they came by and help change my dressing, pick up all the stuff that I dropped :) and bring me stuff from the store that I needed but they have their work and personal life to tend to.
of course I'm going through why in the world did I do this, which is mostly when I'm in pain. I think of how much money i have shelled out on just my butt/thighs (total almost 20 thousand dollars). I still can't believe I did it. i'm very swollen and am now 12lbs heavier than before :( i can't wait for the fluid to go away. my butt is big and I know it will go down, but in the meantime when I go back to work on Monday, how do I respond to people's looks and questions.
I go back to see the surgeon tomorrow to remove the staples and my drains (I have 2).. now my next stress is going to be wound opening up and horrible incision scar.
I will post pictures later

POS #7
I have been holding pretty well this week, going through some periods of sadness but holding up. my boyfriend who lives out of town was finally able to come see me since the surgery. I was so happy, he brought food and help take a shower (he literally had to pick me up in and out of the bathtub). he help oiled me up and was helping me put the bandages on my thighs, I suddenly started crying. before I know it, I was sobbing. this is a brand new relationship and was so embarrassed of breaking down like in front of him. he didn't run away scared, lol. he calmed me down and I confess along with everything else I'm concern about my incisions opening up, hating being helpless especially when you live alone.

went to surgeon today. he is very please with my process, took out the drains and said come back in 1 wk for removal of some of the staples (none was taken out today as I thought). going down (and then up) the 1 flight of stairs to the car and laying on my stomach with my knees bend up for 1 1/2 hr each way was rough. my pain was not as well controlled today. I don't know what Monday is going to be like.

Wanted you to see the before pictures