Ready to Enjoy Life with Confidence, PA

Hi everyone! After spending a decent amount of my time stalking this website and your experiences, I finally decided to jump in and get this vaser liposuction procedure done.

So a little bit of background information about me. As long as I can remember, I've always had a "gut," even when I was at my ideal weight back when I was 15 (lol) 5'3" @ 130lbs, I still had a stomach and large breasts. Over time I gained weight in all areas of my body, worked it off, had it come back, etc, and in all of those experiences my stomach stayed pretty much the same. All the while, it kept me from doing certain things in my life and took a pretty good chunk out of my confidence. I know to some in the grand scheme of things there are bigger fish to fry, but for me, this was it. Having a gut has made me completely self-conscious about what I "can" and "can't" wear, summer time and being in a bathing suit.... sitting down in that bathing suit, were just things I dreaded and avoided for such a long time. It has also affected my relationships, while my bf tries to reassure me he loves me as is, I can't help but still me extremely aware of my bulging stomach when we're intimate, even if it's just laying down in bed I try to lay in certain positions to hide it! Needless to say this has caused extreme insecurities for me for a long time now, and has prevented me from being fully confident in myself. I feel like I'm young and should be 100% confident in myself at this time in my life, but I'm not. After trying dieting and exercising and still not seeing the results I want, I've decided to try the other option, surgery.

While I definitely have an ideal look I'm going for, my main hope is that this procedure can springboard me into staying committed to a healthy lifestyle. I want to achieve a better contoured body, and then work my butt off to get every other body part in order! This is really a way for me to get started. I'm currently 5'3" and weigh around 168lbs. I hope to lose at least 5 lbs before the procedure.

As I mentioned before, for quite some time I have wanted to get this procedure done, but never took the time to research it in-depth. I was working full-time as a manager, and also finishing up two BA degrees, so on my list of priorities I knew this could wait. While I wasn't doing full research like I now have, I was consistently looking up doctors, their credibility, location, and of course price played a part too. I'd probably scanned through about 30 different surgeons somewhat in my area. At some point I came across Dr. Bryant, looked at his work and automatically thought, "with results like that, there's no way he will be in my price range," but I bookmarked his page anyway, in hopes to look more into his practice at a later date.

Fast forward a year I went through several doctors located in my area and they were either completely out of my price range, or I just was not too impressed with their work. I eventually decided to reach out to Dr. Bryant's practice through Facebook on March 14th asking for a quick estimate on what he thought the price would be based on some photos. The only reason I did this was because he's an hour & a half away from me, and I didn't want to waste either of our time if he ended up being completely out of my price range, which I thought he would be.

Long story short, I was quoted by his secretary $3,900, on March 16th, VERY DOABLE! Excited, I set up my consultation for a March 24th. *Sidenote* Throughout this whole process, his secretary Dalia had excellent communication with me, and answered all questions I had beforehand. We spoke through text, not sure how typical that is, but I didn't mind too much, because for me it can sometimes be easier and faster.

My consultation went smoothly, I was there for about an hour and was taken back in a timely manner. Dr. Bryant explained to me the procedure, how it works, what he specifically does, and showed me the tube that is inserted to get the fat. He then told me his credentials and showed me before and after pictures. I brought a printed out list of questions which he was more than happy to answer, he had me change into the robe and checked out my stomach area and explained what could be expected. He then showed me pictures of what results could be expected based on my body type.

My procedure will consist of: upper & lower abs, bra line-anterior, and waist line. I was again quoted the $3,900 price.

After some time I spoke with Dalia again about Credit Care options if necessary. We found a date available for me, and I put down a 20% deposit to secure my date. I will also have to spend an additional $400 for 2 body suits and a foam. Dalia sent me an email that consists of a consent document and a "tumescent liposuction information booklet," all giving thorough info on what to do, not do, eat, dress, warnings, etc.

At this point I am SUPER EXCITED!! Any recommendations on what I can do to prepare?

So yesterday I had my surgery done for Vaser liposuction! It was an hour & 45 mins away from my house, but my bf and I decided a hotel wouldn't really be necessary.

We get there at 9:30am the staff seemed a little flustered, I think because they were behind schedule with some other patients. While I waited to be taken back I finished signing some final paperwork, made my last payment, and took a pregnancy test. I was already pretty calm, bc they had me take my Ativan 15 minutes prior to arriving.

After a few minutes Tina brought me back had me change into the surgery garments: bra, socks, underwear, and robe. And took my temperature and blood pressure. Afterwards Dr Bryant came in and marked me up. We discussed my problem areas and how the procedure would go. I took my 2nd Ativan and was brought back to the surgery room.

As soon as I laid down, Tina who is so awesome, prepped the bedding for me so I'd be comfortable and arranged my headphones for me as well so I could listen to music on my phone. Procedure took about 2 hours. Overall the pain level during the surgery was about a 4-5. Since it was Vaser I didn't have anesthetic that put me to sleep, just a anesthetic/numbing solution. First he cleansed my skin then made 3 small incisions where he'd be working with the "probe" (idk if that's what it's called). After the incisions he took a probe with numbing solution and entered in through the incisions and worked his way around my entire abdomen, this was a little painful. After that came the "Vaser" where the fat is heated up to be liquidfy this was an uncomfortable feeling but not to horrible. Finally was the liposuction. He mentioned that my fatty areas were fibrous and therefore tougher to work through but we managed 2000 ccs to be removed. The fat that was there became tougher to take out and I was my body was getting irritated from it so we finished up.

Tina wrapped me up, gave me an aftercare pamphlet, & explained some details for me. & I was on my way. On the way home I slept the entire way just fine. 2 hours to being home I was fine and walking around like normal, but as the day went on I got more sore. I took 2 Extra Strength Tylenol to help the edge but i was still in pain as far as moving certain ways and sitting. Dalia told me that walking would make me feel better which it definitely did! I had a small meal around 7, which was no problem, & around 12am took another Ativan to help me sleep.
Getting comfortable in my bed felt next to impossible but at some point I fell asleep and woke up at 6am, not too bad!