I'm still in shock this is my body.

Amazing. Just amazing. I felt well taken cared of the whole time. Nurses are so sweet and do everything for you during your time at the recovery house, food, medication, bathing, its like having 7 or 8 mothers taking care of you. The results from Dr. Cardenas molding and reshaping your body will leave you speechless. I still cant believe this is my body. I had saddle bags and my fupa was pretty poochy. I was worried I didnt have enough fat for the fat transfer to my butt, so I had lipo on my arms as well for additional fat. This doctor takes safety very seriously, so she will only combine certain procedure and will only remove 2 litters of fat from your body. So keep in mind, if you are someone who will need multiple procedures, she will only do so many at once. I had the lower body lift, my quote was about $11,100, which included the lipo to my arms. My recovery is no walk around the park, I had a small opening when I came back to NY from Mx, the opening was very small in the top of my butt crack, so there will be extra care to keep it clean. But I still love my results. And you also need to keep in mind that the surgery is only the first step and the easy part, the tough part is the after care. Be patient because you will be swollen and may be swollen for many months after. The great thing is that Andrea, who is a coordinator for Dr.Cardenas will be in contact with you after the surgery. So any questions you have dont be afraid to communicate with them about. I was worried about traveling so far, but the price I paid for all the areas she address in this lower body lift, would have cost me about 18 to 20k in NY. I also had Botox and fillers while I was there, first time and im so happy with the results. The filler hurt, im not gonna lie, that night was a bit uncomfortable for me to sleep because my face hurt. I had filler in the cheeks and undereye area and botox in the forehead, crows feet and between the brows. I love the way I look. So smooth and no wrinkles, I feel like a model lol, like im in my young twenties again. I would do this all over again because I felt always in good hands and safe. She is again, AMAZING.

Well, its been a month since I had my lower body lift and lipo to my arms. I ran into a couple hiccups bit nothong hugely dramatic. For one, I had a small opening on the top of my buttcrack. I noticed it when I arrived home in NY, from a long flight from Cali plus a few gate problems that we had to deal with. I was in a sitting position for a few hours possibly 9 or 10. I tried to stand up and walk in the plane but it was difficult. I emailed the Doc and she told me its common to sometimes have a opening, so kept it clean and covered with gauze. Which I have been doing and noticed a reduction in the fluid that came out of the opening and that it is healing from the inside out. Which they said it would. Also got a small area of irritation on my armpit from the faja, bit this is gone now, tjey told me keep it to keep it clean and put neosporin on it. Which I have. Now the swelling is kinda annoying but a normal process of the healing process. She said not to except to see any true glimps of how your body will look, 3-4 months in and end results 6- 8 months, possibly a year. Which I get but of course, but would love to see my true figure now lol. Now this is how I feel! This surgery is no joke, Im so glad to have my mom to help me with my son, and help me with my faja and compression socks. In the first 2 weeks I felt tired and pretty week. At 3 weeks I could stand pretty straight and was almost able to get my faja on without help, but not my compression socks because I once tried to put them on by myself and bleed a lil from the opening on my crack. It was only a few stops but I learned my lesson. At a month post op I can put my faja on by myself, I been using foam pads and an ad board to help reduce swelling, which it has. I can drive around but getting in and out of cars, I do so carefully. Bending down by the waist is a no, but using my legs I can bend to the floor almost completely. My incision is almost completely scab free except for a few areas. I feel like this recovery def took some real adjusting to, and mental check. Learning patience and self control. Depending on others for help was big for me. Im not used to that but had to ask for help so much, it def changes the way you thought recovery was gonna go down. I will be updating every month. I hope by 2 months post op, my opening will be completely healed and I could bend somewhat from the waist, with out feeling like I will rip open my incision, scary but a fear. I want my second stage of surgery, arm lift with a breast lift and augmentation, possibly a torso plasty, to be done in 4 or 5 months. After that any revisions if any, will be it for me.

Tried doing this a couple times. Hopefully these pictures post. Some of them may post upside down, not sure why but the are loading this way by the site. I have posted a picture from mostly when I got home from recovery house to now. I will post an update every month.