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Its been 4 years
So I used to be on RealSelf ALL the time. You have no idea how much it helped me, a must if you will have plastic surgery. I have come a long way & I am SO happy I did all I have ever done & id do it all again in a heart beat. Only thing I would change, would be going back in time to my teen years & knowing all I know now would be to tell myself never to allow to be so unhealthy and so uncarefull with myself. Not possible so moving on!
Scars are shocking & cannot be erased. You must accept them and learn to live with them.
Last year I had liposuction in my hometown, Guadalajara with Dr. Giancarlo Talleri. Hospital is beautiful and bran new. Plastic surgery dedicated, prices are mad good & everything is top of the line.
Liposuction is crazy painful, skin burns and you are left extremely bruised. But that is not the worst part, massages and draining afterwards is brutal. Skin is so bruised and hurt and all the liquid needs to be hard massaged out of your body. Liquid gushes out of drain holes & shoot out. You drain at night and wake up all wet. Results are not immediate and you must keep a diet. I was happy. Doctor carved me abs. I was not expecting abs lol
I did not diet or exercise after a couple months. I was a fool to believe that results would just stick.
I was now just looking at my before and after pics. I mainly complain aboout my lipo, but after seeing the after pics, man have I bedn unfair and ungrateful. My tummy is super tight and flat. My body just needed all the help it could get and much more.
So back to it, I did not exercise & for all that was sucked out of me, I didnt lose much weight at all & i think it was my major disappointment and discouragement. I gave my body no time or care at all, instead I went back to being lazy and ate what ever I pleased, until January. My legs were so wide and fat that I had a hard time zipping up my boots. In X Mas pictures i looked round uncomfortable and I felt sad by looking at myself. Hubby started a diet and so I followed. I was at 79 kilos! Super heavy. Diet was very restrictive but good. In 2 months I lost 7 kilos, about 15 pounds. Nice right? I got lazy again. Stopped going to the gym and got back to my food. Along comes June and I gained 4 kilos of what I had lost, in about 3 months only. I knew I had to diet again and get my act together once and for all.
Went directly to the nutritionist and started treatment. Tons of protein, tons of green veggies, & water. Nothing else. I really do mean nothing else. I go back to the gym and 1 month after I lose 6 kilos in a month. Yay me!
So here I am giving it another go and hoping that I stay on the right path.
I am hoping to lose another 6 kilos, that is my goal, but I think I can do better.
The tummy tuck was worth it.
My breast augmentation was worth it. I love the girls.
The lipo was worth it.
I still have a long way to go. I did my body irreversible damage that I will not be able to correct 100 percent. But im getting there.
My arms hang horrible, i cant wear sleeveless anything comfortably so I will get my arms done sooner than later. I do fear that scar. Ive seen after that I did not like but it is a must and I will do it. My nose I might help a bit. Too much surgery? Yes maybe, worth it? Totally.
I want to like myself and sadly but true, everytime something gets fixed, something I didn't notice before, becomes evident.
Like my legs, they really bother me, almost the last thing. They are a cellulite temple. Exercise water and food should help and in time it will.
For now I discovered Vela Shape so I will give it a try on my legs. I hope it works. I will start my research and if conviced I will start asap.
I estimate doing my arms some time next year. So i will write a review then.
If you want plastic surgery go for it, it's worth it.
But if you want results to stick you WILL HAVE to change your lifestyle because its not magic and fat finds its way back. Eat healthy and exercise!
Scars are shocking & cannot be erased. You must accept them and learn to live with them.
Last year I had liposuction in my hometown, Guadalajara with Dr. Giancarlo Talleri. Hospital is beautiful and bran new. Plastic surgery dedicated, prices are mad good & everything is top of the line.
Liposuction is crazy painful, skin burns and you are left extremely bruised. But that is not the worst part, massages and draining afterwards is brutal. Skin is so bruised and hurt and all the liquid needs to be hard massaged out of your body. Liquid gushes out of drain holes & shoot out. You drain at night and wake up all wet. Results are not immediate and you must keep a diet. I was happy. Doctor carved me abs. I was not expecting abs lol
I did not diet or exercise after a couple months. I was a fool to believe that results would just stick.
I was now just looking at my before and after pics. I mainly complain aboout my lipo, but after seeing the after pics, man have I bedn unfair and ungrateful. My tummy is super tight and flat. My body just needed all the help it could get and much more.
So back to it, I did not exercise & for all that was sucked out of me, I didnt lose much weight at all & i think it was my major disappointment and discouragement. I gave my body no time or care at all, instead I went back to being lazy and ate what ever I pleased, until January. My legs were so wide and fat that I had a hard time zipping up my boots. In X Mas pictures i looked round uncomfortable and I felt sad by looking at myself. Hubby started a diet and so I followed. I was at 79 kilos! Super heavy. Diet was very restrictive but good. In 2 months I lost 7 kilos, about 15 pounds. Nice right? I got lazy again. Stopped going to the gym and got back to my food. Along comes June and I gained 4 kilos of what I had lost, in about 3 months only. I knew I had to diet again and get my act together once and for all.
Went directly to the nutritionist and started treatment. Tons of protein, tons of green veggies, & water. Nothing else. I really do mean nothing else. I go back to the gym and 1 month after I lose 6 kilos in a month. Yay me!
So here I am giving it another go and hoping that I stay on the right path.
I am hoping to lose another 6 kilos, that is my goal, but I think I can do better.
The tummy tuck was worth it.
My breast augmentation was worth it. I love the girls.
The lipo was worth it.
I still have a long way to go. I did my body irreversible damage that I will not be able to correct 100 percent. But im getting there.
My arms hang horrible, i cant wear sleeveless anything comfortably so I will get my arms done sooner than later. I do fear that scar. Ive seen after that I did not like but it is a must and I will do it. My nose I might help a bit. Too much surgery? Yes maybe, worth it? Totally.
I want to like myself and sadly but true, everytime something gets fixed, something I didn't notice before, becomes evident.
Like my legs, they really bother me, almost the last thing. They are a cellulite temple. Exercise water and food should help and in time it will.
For now I discovered Vela Shape so I will give it a try on my legs. I hope it works. I will start my research and if conviced I will start asap.
I estimate doing my arms some time next year. So i will write a review then.
If you want plastic surgery go for it, it's worth it.
But if you want results to stick you WILL HAVE to change your lifestyle because its not magic and fat finds its way back. Eat healthy and exercise!
Almost 3 years after
Hey ladies,
Well nearly 3 years after and I am super happy. I was able to fit size 3 and 5 jeans till I got comfy eating (Eeek!) Most of the time I have been a size 7 ever since, still a 7, going on 9. I am a few kilos up due to my laziness but since I know I am gaining weight well eating healthy time and trying to exercise regularly, tho its hard, hardly have time to. I am going for a lipo in a month! I needed it anyhow and finally have the time and money yay! I super recommend Dr. Cardenas. This is life changing, dont even waste time thinking about it!
The Pics!
Well my last update was way too brief and did not have pics. So these are my newest pics, sorry Im in gym clothes but I took them today else I would of never gotten around to do it, I've been reminding myself to update for over a month now!
So I barely started going to the gym again. I have not been to the gym since October probably September. I have been losing weight tho and I have not been dieting but I eat much healthier and sooo much less than I used to.
So I barely started going to the gym again. I have not been to the gym since October probably September. I have been losing weight tho and I have not been dieting but I eat much healthier and sooo much less than I used to.
Provider Review
Plastic Surgeon
Ave. Paseo del Centenario 9580 -1803, Tijuana, Baja California
I chose Dr. Carmina Cardenas after researching Make Me Heal and RealSelf, seen great after pictures of her job. So far she has been very nice and attentive. Communication wise it has been awesome so far.