37yo Mommy/Mummy Makeover Dr Thiti Bangkok with Thai Surgery - Bangkok, TH
I have been researching for HOURS the last couple...
My story - I'm a 37 year old mother of 2 from the Gold Coast. I looked into surgery to correct my tummy muscles and sagging boobs locally but the quote was $33000 - I would get about $1200 back from Medicare and if I joined a Health Fund for hospital cover and waited 12 months I would get about $6000 back from them. I was not prepared to wait and didn't have that sort of money so started looking at Thailand.
A friend had breast augmentation through Cosmeditours and was very happy so I started out asking them questions but they did not provide quick responses or thorough information so by the time they got back to me with the answers I wanted I had already booked with Thai Surgery. Trina (the owner) seems lovely and answers my emails very quickly. She has a closed Facebook group for her patients so I was able to message other girls who have had the same surgery, used the same doctor and some who are in Bangkok currently recovering from their surgery. This reassured me that Trina was not a fly-by-nighter going to run off with my deposit and that the doctor (Dr Thiti Chaonalikit) gave good results - low incision, clean lines, looks good.
I am getting a full tummy tuck with muscle repair and liposuction, a breast lift with areola reduction and small (300cc?) implants. Not sure on placement yet - thinking dual plane but not sure what surgeon will recommend and I have been told by some of his other patients that he will give me good advice so I will just wait for the consultation. I'm also getting liposuction on my upper back, upper arms, inner & outer thighs. I have also decided I want it at the sides of my breasts, near my armpit as its a bit bulgy, especially if the boobs are pushed up, but will wait and talk with the doctor about that. I believe I will have two surgeries as its safer, but again the doctor will make the final call on that.
I am about to book Medical Tourism Insurance - I think through Global Protection Services, although I have been unable to find any reviews on them, so will let you know about that too. Should cost about $500 but for saving potentially thousands if I need care once back in Australia it will be well worth it.
I will post again in the days after my surgery unless anything else comes up before that.
I have booked my flights and am sending my kids to their grandparents for the month of December - I will fly home on December 18 and go to collect them and spend Christmas & New Years on December 24th. I will have 6 weeks off work total so I'm hoping that will be time to recover.
Morning of surgery
It's the morning of my surgery. I arrived in Bangkok about 36 hours ago. As part of my package I was met at the airport by a driver and taken to my hotel. The room is big, comfortable & clean. The hotel is lovely.
My assistant Nancy phoned once I was in my room to advise she would come to see me shortly. Nancy is lovely, friendly, warm, she speaks excellent English. She talked me through what would happen in the next few days and answered all my questions.
The next day (yesterday) Nancy collected me in a taxi and took me to the Hospital for blood tests, chest X-ray & doctor consult. The hospital is lovely and clean, the staff are friendly. The tests took just minutes and I signed a million release forms then had 90 minutes until my appointment time with Dr Thiti so Nancy took me to a cafe for lunch and told me more about what to expect and aftercare.
The doctor arrived on time and talked with me for half an hour or so. He speaks very good English and is relaxed, friendly and laughs a lot. He explained my surgeries will be done in two operations a few days apart as it's not safe to be under for 9 hours as my surgeries require. He asked what results I wanted and answers all my questions, and marked me up showing me where he would cut, how things would sit after, where scars would be etc. He placed implants in my bra & had me put my dress back on to give me an idea of what I will look like after. I was pleased he suggested exactly the size I had been thinking of, so he understood what I wanted. I am getting different sized to even my breast up, the bigger one will be 250ml, the smaller around 225ml but he will decide when placing it depending on how much my larger breast shrinks when the droop is fixed & skin removed. He is placing them dual plane which is what I had been thinking and will do a small anchor lift so the breast is anchored to the chest wall rather than just held up by the skin being pulled tight - which is also what I had hoped for. I didn't tell him any of this - he suggested it. I'm happy that he chose the options I had picked from all my research to pick the best options for me. Make me feel like he knows what he's doing.
After the hospital Nancy took me to the big shopping area, several malls joined together - Siam Paragon, Siam Discovery (I think) & MBK. She let me have a couple of hours to shop at MBK but after an hour I was Feeling yuck from all the noise & people & not sleeping well so she put me in a taxi back to the hotel. I picked the wrong time to leave though - a 25 minute trip took a hour and a half - rush hour traffic. Next time I will stay out from 6-8pm and have dinner rather than sit in a cab.
Today I can not eat, and no wTer after 8am. Nancy is collecting me at 9am. I have to pack my stuff up and store it at the hotel. The hospital will provide everything I need so I'm just taking a small bag with my toothbrush etc & my laptop/books. I'm also taking fluffy socks and a jumper as the hospital was quite cold yesterday - Thai people love their air-con! I may not need them but better to have then in case. Nancy tells me I won't need any clothing - even underwear.
I will get liposuction today - vaser to my inner & out thighs & bodtite to my upper arms & back/bra line. Dr Thiti says I have mainly skin rather than fat on arms & back so bodytite will melt the fat & tighten the skin. I'm sceptical but am trusting him. I did not pay much more to include the lipo and don't have major issues with my arms & back - just want them a bit tighter so I fit clothes better. I won't be devastated if I don't see a huge difference there.
Depending on how long the lipo takes the Dr may do my breast lift & implant as well, but if not he will do that at the same time as my tummy tuck. I guess lipo can take longer depending on how much fat comes out.
If I get only lipo I will stay one night in hospital. If I great breasts as well I will stay 2 nights. Nancy is taking care of the hotel arrangements so I'm just along for the ride.
Depending on how well I heal I will have the second surgery up to 5 days later. I'm a bit concerned if I have it on the 5th day (Tuesday) as it will leave me only 8 days to recover before flying home. It's a big holiday here on Friday so I wonder if the Dr wanted to take an Aussie long weekend & have Monday off too lol.
Ok, that's it. I'll update again after surgery.
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