BBL Part 1: See Part 2 #Perry Princess Perfection - Miami, FL

Hi BBL family, I want to be able to pay cash for my surgery. I expect to spend between 7-12k for my surgery with Dr. J or Dr. Okoro. I know financing is available. I would rather pay cash. Can you guys share ways you saved or came up with the money? Thanks. I figure I will have the money by next Christmas.

Let me preface this by saying this is my experience, which is mine to own. So July/August I schedule Virtual Consultation with Dr. Jimerson. My appoint was schedule for 10/12. I sent my pictures and even verified on 10/7, that my pictures were received.

So today was my consultation. So the appointment times are a two hour window. My consult was an hour after the scheduled time. So where I work I don't have access to my personal phone, nor is the call something I want to be having in a room of coworkers. So needless to say when it did start I was a little irked (I own that). 20 mins in the call was over. Most of what was discussed was what is on the website and I have read on RS.

Getting off the phone I was a little peeved that I had waited 3 months for that?! I explain to them that I had questions for the dr. and I thought that was why I had to wait three months. She seemed surprised and says he is 45 mins out from surgery and will call then. So I come back to my phone 30 mins from the end of that call and wait another 30 mins. At this point I have spent 2 hours away from my work. No call. So when I get off 3 hours later now I call to speak with the lady I spoke with earlier because she says call if I had questions. I was not connected back with her but am told that a patient coordinator will call me when they are available. Hmmmmm I already spoke to them, I just want to know if my expectations about the call earlier was not realistic. If I was not to talk to the dr. please say so instead of making it seem like that is not the case. If so, then it shouldn't be a 3 month wait if I am not talking to the dr. The lady also says (I think she can hear the frustration in my voice).........drum roll please.......the doctor is taking on more surgeries.......as much as I thank her for her honesty and candidness, my heart sank.

So Salama pops in my head. While S does good work and seems to have very happy patients, I don't see myself going to a dr. that I meet for the first time day of surgery, imo. More patients and more business is great, but make sure you keep your quality (which is y I think his prices are almost double of his competitors). At this point I am thinking guess this isn't for me and I can focus my energy on something else in my life.

So this brings me to now. Armed and frustrated ready to give a concise report of my events in one day. As I start my review......I get a call.......guess who. Dr. Jimerson! You would have thought I knew him. I thanked him and gave him my frustration thus far (which I realize now is NOT appropriate because the Dr.'s job is to operate on the body, all the extra office stuff is not and should not be his concern, but I felt I needed to vent). So he tells me the deal and that is just what it is a deal...take it or leave it. I need to lose weight for better results. I need love handles, upper back, waist and for and additional $1,900 bra rolls (900) and hips (1000) for a grand total of $10,700. But wait..... I need a tummy tuck also. GEZZZZZ! My voice at this point has no enthusiasm in it, I don't even ask the price. The timeframe that I wanted to do it is not available. So I am appreciative that in the end I do get to talk to the DR.

The take away from this is that (IMO) I am less inclined to have the surgery by traveling. I was told I may not be a candidate because of my heart (TBD), I think about Kanye West's mom dying :(. I struggled with the customer service today. I would have made a way in the summer to get a inhouse consult if I knew what I know now. My expectations may not be realistic for me. I have read nothing but praises about this doctor and that was my thoughts going in. I am in no way knocking Dr. J or his staff because they have a job and a business to run and as we can see they are doing it well. He is not ruled out (I may just need to sleep on it and let it sink in).

Sorry if I am being a little emotional, we are all women. I am a little hormonal. When you want something really bad and you learn it may not be possible nor do you know if the results on yourself will be what you want is just a little sad for me. The good of it is he could have said not lose weight and I don't need a tummy tuck and then if I didn't I would be really pissed because my results would be so-so. I have to look at both sides. That a good doctor will tell you what you need whether it is what you want to hear or not. I am glad that I pressed to talk to him, because I was not told this earlier. A little bit sadder, but not 100% out of the game. BTW if you are told that the doctor (any doctor) is booked out... just like life things happen and change daily!

So my questions for my BBL sister are if you know a Dr. that meets the requirements below please let me know. I have already talked to Dr. Hakki, Dr. Michaels both in MD; want to talk to Dr. Okoro (not cheap but have a hard time wrapping my head around a consult when I can't know before hand if the availability is there) :
1. Dr. that gives Jimerson results?
2. In the US?