23 Years Old, From London U.K- Had Lipo and BBL in D.R!

Hi guys.. I am almost 4 weeks post op and decided to post an update on my recovery progress. Firstly thanks alot to the beautiful ladies who have dm'd me several times to check on me, really appreciate it!
So, firstly, how is the pain/swelling now?... I am still quite sore and swollen around my waist and my lower back, also a bit behind my thighs and back. I would say more of sore on my back. And with swelling nd soress comes pain so yh still some pain and sometimes alot of pain but nothing unbareable. I dont take painkillers much anymore just when i feel i need it(tryibg to give my liver a break!!). I am now going about my life as normal, somewhat. Not excersising yet tho cuz of the pain.
Results?... Welll with my butt, everyone who knew me before my surgery noticed my butt is bigger and beautiful, and everyone else i go past, stares or gives me complements! :) i love how it looks and my hips too. not huge but perfect enough to look great and attract attention lol.
Tbh i cant tell if there is much of a difference on my waist because i am still swollen there and due to that i have some irregularities on my tummy due to the swelling which im told will go away once im healled.(hopefully)! So im not judging my results yet and im not obsessing over it as i know i am not fully healled yet! Besides i honestly always had a small waist and tummy.
I can defintely see some difference in the contour of my body especially my back, looks great!
Now, the faja problem.... So the faja burnt me so badly that it pealed my skin on my waist and left this huge disgusting ugly scar for me to look at everyday. Because of this i dint wear my faja for about 2 weeks till today.! I did wear my latex waist trainer some days. Again im not allowing myself obsess over the scar as im allowing myself time to heal rather than go into depression too soon over this. I really hope the wound heals well and the scar fades significantly. Though with how bad it looks i dont think the scar would dissapear but over time hopefully! Yh its that bad il put a pic up. Sigh..
Dra Medina has continues to check on me atleast weekly, sometimes more. Over all i do feel more confident in my clothes and generally.
So far, im ok with everything except the burn :(... And the remaining pain and swelling should improve over time as ive notice i feel better every week. Letting time do the work.

Just chipping in a bit of vital advice. When travelling for SX, hold more than enough money, preferably cash! cause sometimes, atm cards can fail you, and if you are in a hospital bed you cant expect to walk to an atm to remove cash. so, hold more than the doctor is charging. Cause you never know what could go wrong, and remember you are financially responsible for every and anything. You dont want to put your health or life at risk by not being ablt to pay for extra care/meds you may need. for me i did not expect this and i had to buy 3 bags of blood, and extra meds after surgery and my wallet was empty. Also there was a lady in a different RH who had surgery with Contreras same week as me and she lost so much blood and was dying apparently. One of the ladies recovering at my RH read her appeal on Facebook and went to her to give her money to have blood. Its better safe than sorry, you may not end up needing it, but its best to have it on you.

For those from the UK looking to travel to DR for sx and wondering what the flight back is like.. The journey sure was a long one, but i survived it. Luckily the flight wasn't full so the nice hostess offered me a a whole row to myself to do whatever i pleased with. lol. SO i picked up all the pillows on the entire row (6 or 7 pillows and some), then i attempted laying on my side (this was comfy for a very short while until my hips and arms started hurting), sitting with my back leaning on the window and my legs up (this was probably more comfy for a while until my back and sides started to really hurt). s for the last two hours i sat up straight with pillows under my butt and behind my back, which was ok). i did stand up to use the loo a couple of times so id stretch my legs. but i was reluctant to get up alot cause once u find the right comfy position and u think about getting up and then trying to figure out how to position yourself is hectic lol. i slept through most of the flight thanks to the pill. and the last few hours i killed with a movie and before i knew it we were on the ground in Heathrow. had wheel chair assistance pre-booked so the wheeled me all the way through to the door of my taxi outside :)
to summarise, take something to help u sleep, use a lot of pillows, drink fluids regularly and try to take walks every hour or so and book wheel chair assistance in advance.