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Laser Lipo, Not What I Expected As Far As Pain but Results Still to Come

Name: Laser Lipo, Not What I Expected As Far As Pain but Results Still to Come
Item: Dr. Richard A. Jospeh
Rating: 5
Author: crossyourfingers

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Not a full review, too early to rate....Today is...

crossyourfingersMay 10, 2010

WORTH IT$7,000

Not a full review, too early to rate....Today is day 5 after I has laser lipo on my lower and upper stomach as well as my love handles around to the back. Let me start off with saying I am 5'4 120 lbs and have a nice shape. I just wanted alittle help with some stubborn pudge. I didnt get drosey or super relaxed from the meds the day of but I was comfortable. The shots did sting alittle but were tolerable. The actual procedure was tolderble as well. When I was all done, He wrapped a foam compression thing around my waste and put me into my step 1 garmet. He also stuffed maxi pads under my garment over the incisions. I went home and felt fine, still pretty numb though. The next morning, was oh my god horrible. When I got out of bed, it hurt and burned so bad. I slowly made my way down stairs to the kitchen to take my meds and started shaking, got dizzy and even fell on the floor. The pain was bad. I laid in bed and on the couch the rest of the day. Vicodine did not seem to help. The pain was mostly when I moved. I could not bend or even sit, just laid down. I took the maxi pads out and there was only a drop of blood, so my bleeding was minimal. Lots of pain and burning sensations the next few days. Today I can at least walk just slowly and carefully. I can not tell what anyting looks like bc I still have my stage 1 garmet on, which gets switched to stage 2 tomorrow. I have 8 incisions which I am really hoping fade nicely. I am very nervous since so many people say they had no results or bad results. I do not get it, if you have fat taken out of you, how do you not look slimer? I will post after pics as soon as I can take some. For now its just a waiting game. I would love to chat with anyone who had similar done and compare or if you have questions prior to your procedure. I dont know how people can say they had no pain and went to work the next day, really I dont. Even though I didnt have much to take away, he took about 2200 cc of fat and liquid and said that most people do not have so much done at once...Time will tell

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Dr. Richard A. Jospeh

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He was very informative, caring and always asked if I had questions. Never made me feel uncomfortable. Dr. was very informative, respectful and made me fell comfortable at all time. Always asked if I had any questions. And most of all, results at 1 week were better than expected.

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I have made several other posts but this is the...

crossyourfingersMay 13, 2010

I have made several other posts but this is the first one with before and after pics. I still want to get my outer and inner thighs done but I am not sure if want more scars. I love the difference so far and am very anxious to see what will happen over the next couple months. It's been 1 week since I had everyting done and If you can not tell, I had my lower and upper stomach and love handles done. I was really hoping to still wear a bikini this year like I always do but I have a feeling those scars wont heal and fade in time so I think this might be the first summer in forever that I will wear a 1 piece. Let me say that the pain the day after is very very painful, nothing like what I expected. I feel soo much better today, can finally walk and bend with very little pain. The swelling and knumbness is very uncomfortable and I hope it goes away soon!

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crossyourfingers

May 13, 2010

its been 8 days now and I finally feel good. Still very knumb and swollen. I was pleasantly surprised when he took the garmet off, my stomach was flat. and again, it was not bad before at all, just had alittle pudge. I do have 8 incisions and they are all noticable I am praying that they heal and blend in, espcially the ones in the middle of my stomach, that would not look good in a bikini. It is soo uncomfortable. I do have the stage 2 garment on which is way better than the stage 1. It feels so tight, knumb and swollen. I am very happy so far but still need to see the final results over the next couple months. I want to get my outer and inner thighs done but I think I may wait to see to see how the scard heal because I dont want anymore espeically if they are noticable.

Kai Kai

May 10, 2011

I am on day 5. Had my stomach and flacks done. I am very swollen and don't see much of a difference yet. I am 5"8 and weigh 148. My belly is so swolllen that I look really worst than I did before. I am hoping for the best.

crossyourfingers

May 16, 2010

Day 12 and no more pain! still have swelling and numbness. Looking good so far. Still thinking about getting my inner and outer thighs done......

Elaine84

May 16, 2010

I had smartlipo done this past Friday and I am feeling very discouraged - how soon did you see results. I feel like I look exactly the same and I too didn't have a lot to take out I'm 5'2" and weight 115 lbs.

crossyourfingers

May 17, 2010

When he was all done, and I looked down, my stomach was completely flat. I didnt see anyting till 6 days later when I went for my follow up. I was soo nervous to look, worried about lumps and scars. He took the garmet off and I stood up, wow stomach is so flat! didnt think the love handles looked too different though. He said I look great more like someone at 2 weeks. today is day 13 and I am still very numb. I think sill swollen bc it looks a little puffy. Now that things are changing, my stomach is still flat but when I sit seems a little wrinkly and there are some lumps which I hope is fuids and or swelling. I hate that there is 2 incisions right in the middle of my stomach, I really hope they fade. I guess I was wrapped up in the whole experience didnt really pay attention that they would be there. I am not sure if I regret it or love it. I didnt have any wrinkles before so I again, hoping I dont have them now. I am checking on a lymp massage to see if that will help with the swelling and fluids. Still want my thighs done but maybe after summer bc I want to wear shorts soon!

Elaine84

May 20, 2010

I'm still swollen. Today was the first day that I didn't swell as much through out the day so I'm hoping that means I'll see some results soon. I'm still really bruised - the black and blues are finally turning yellow so I'm happy about that. I went to my doctor yesterday and he said I'm looking good - I guess only time will tell. I'm hoping the time comes sooner rather than later. Good Luck with recovery! I did hear that the lymphatic massage is good to help reduce swelling. My doctor told me it's too soon for me to go for it. Hopefully that helps your healing along. He told me final results can take up to 3 - 4 months, I'm just hoping that I see some results soon so that I can enjoy the summer.

anon933

September 14, 2010

Hi there I am going for LipoLaser in late October and I saw your post. I am about your same size and just have a fat stomach and have always had it even when I weight 105 when I was 16. So I am finally doing something about it. Just wondering if you are happy with your results? I read all these posts on here but it doesnt seem like anyone follows up after 3 months and I am dying to know if I should even do this. It seems like its horrible at first and all these lump stories are scaring me. Did you post any pictures? If so can you please please send them to me? I just keep reading that people are unhappy and I dont want to do this if that is going to be the case. Thank you, Stephanie

Tiffany Taylor

February 1, 2015

didn't you have unevenness and lumpiness? did you ever get that fixed? I have the same problem. :-(