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Liposuction in my Chest and Abdomen!
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Hi my beautiful people.....for months now,I've...
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Hi my beautiful people.....for months now,I've been looking for an international surgeon for my surgery but because of you guys...I decided to to go with Dr. Pantoja in Tijuana Mexico. I was looking at Thailand and the Dominican Republic,but I choose Mexico. I will be flying to San diego then cross the border.I am very nervous,I have no support and I will be alone. This is something I always wanted to have a flat stomach.I have been exercising for many years but never have the body that I want. Whats hurt the most is when I am on vacation....I always have a problem taking my shirt off on the beach and I am always around beautiful gay men. This is gonna be a gift from me to me.....I love you all!
Roody's provider
UPDATED FROM Roody
Now ......I am confuse
This is what a surgeon told me
Doctor#1-Thank you for the question and the photos. From your photos alone you appear to have a moderate amount of fat located inside your abdomen (deep to the muscles). Liposuction can only address the fat that is under the skin and not deep to the muscles. You may want to discuss this point with your plastic surgeon as you may not be able to get the contour that you want without loosing some weight first. Sedation and tumescent anesthesia works great for liposuction. The spinal is almost not needed or general anesthesia can be used.
Doctor#2-I want to thank you about the confidence on sending your photos.
I checked thoroughly and I have no very good news.
Your pinch test is telling me, that the majority of the volume you already have on your abdominal area is due to mainly intra-abdominal fat, that means, fat among the internal organs as are intestines, liver, and even heart. So, this kind of fat can not be removed, that can only be trimmed by loosing weight.
Also I can see some degree of loose muscle and that is letting the intra-abdominal fat to protrude .
Liposuction to the abdominal area will only improve partially your abdomen and will not create a flat abdomen. A completely flat abdomen can only be achieved with the combination of losing weight and liposuction, or even just losing weight, who knows (well, only you may)
Doctor#1-Thank you for the question and the photos. From your photos alone you appear to have a moderate amount of fat located inside your abdomen (deep to the muscles). Liposuction can only address the fat that is under the skin and not deep to the muscles. You may want to discuss this point with your plastic surgeon as you may not be able to get the contour that you want without loosing some weight first. Sedation and tumescent anesthesia works great for liposuction. The spinal is almost not needed or general anesthesia can be used.
Doctor#2-I want to thank you about the confidence on sending your photos.
I checked thoroughly and I have no very good news.
Your pinch test is telling me, that the majority of the volume you already have on your abdominal area is due to mainly intra-abdominal fat, that means, fat among the internal organs as are intestines, liver, and even heart. So, this kind of fat can not be removed, that can only be trimmed by loosing weight.
Also I can see some degree of loose muscle and that is letting the intra-abdominal fat to protrude .
Liposuction to the abdominal area will only improve partially your abdomen and will not create a flat abdomen. A completely flat abdomen can only be achieved with the combination of losing weight and liposuction, or even just losing weight, who knows (well, only you may)
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August 21, 2013
Hi Roody. Your photos are beautiful. I love the shot in the desert. Hat looks like so much fun. Have you read the discussion called 'Did you gain weight after liposuction?' It may take some time to look through, but many women in that conversation discuss liposuction studies, and the long-term results they experienced. Best wishes to you for a happy, healthy life!
UPDATED FROM Roody
I decided to make a booking with Dr. Pantoja in March 15,2014
I am not gonna lie,I was a bit scared.....but now I am ready. I have been going to the gym for years....I could never get rid of my stomach and I believe liposuction is my only solution. I have been emailing the office of Dr. Pantoja....and I will make a down payment this Friday coming up.
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October 15, 2013
I Roody, I have heard over and over, people who wished they had spent the money that the lipo cost them instead on a personal trainer and dietitian. I so wish I had. I think the reason I did not is that I did not understand that I could be successful in losing my abdominal pooch (if you look at my story you can see it was due partially to a work injury that left me unable to do my usual fitness stuff). I didn't think that would work for me and I felt that time was running out!
However, in the long run I have become very unhappy with lipo results and I believe it is a dangerous operation. It is advertised and marketed as a quick simplistic, fairly inexpensive procedure which addresses something that is much more complicated! IF you have fat removed from you body; your body will want to reclaim that fat and you will gain in other areas (I experienced this at 1 year post op with no change in diet or exercise). Part of what this means is that you would have to exercise MORE and eat even LESS than you do now. Otherwise fat cells in other parts of your body will enlarge. This has been true for me and countless others. And it is an phenomenon that is not to be underestimated.
It is not too hard to find a doc who will do the procedure you want. So I really urge you to take some time to consider alternatives. The science of this is real; but docs won't admit it or warn about it because it threatens there bottom line ($$). But it does sound like you had two docs tell you truthfully what they thought.
Good luck!
October 23, 2013
You are a spirit killer.....what didn't work for you- might work for others! Thanks anyway...
October 23, 2013
I'm sorry you feel that way. Consider that this is about science not random 'working' or 'not working'. My spirit was damaged by the industry that did this to me. Don't forget this IS an industry we are talking about (like the tobacco industry, big pharma, medical insurance). I wish you luck! You are an attractive man.
October 24, 2013
Sundogcoyote, i respect that you shared your story here. No one is intending to be a spirit killer, but this procedure is incredibly harmful, in both the short term and long term. I look forward to the day this is regulated with some standardization, or not allowed to take place. It destroys lives and there is not enough medical understanding of fat cells and the function of fat to warrant having is removed in an ad-hoc manner by just about anyone these days. I pray this msg gets out to the world.
October 24, 2013
Seriously.... is this a story.....you should be telling someone who's days away from surgery,specially when the doctor has my many thousand of dollars. I really believe you guys got no life....but just come on here to kill people spirit. By the way....where is your pic? Please stay away....I'd highly appreciate it!
October 24, 2013
I came here for support,and by the way....I have been working In the medical field for 17 years!
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