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Smartlipo Done on 02/15/10- Flanks, Abs, Banana Rolls, Love Handles

Day 8- I took my one week pics today. The...

WORTH IT$3,000

Day 8- I took my one week pics today. The swelling has gone down quite a bit, but I had to go on several walks to get that working. Walking and water are the key! And keeping your garment on all the time. Today was the longest I've had it off, which was about 45 min, and I was ready to have it back on. Today was the first day that I would call the level of pain just "really uncomfortable" instead of "painful". My banana roll area and my upper abs are sore, but I can feel everything just fine. On my lower abs and love handles it's still a numb, tingly feeling. I have not had to take anything for pain in a few days. So I would say if you are considering doing smartlipo on several places on your body at once just count on a good 5 days of laying low. You can be walking around, doing chores, driving, and all of that. But you will be moving very slowly! I have been able to pick up my baby without any trouble as long as she doesn't kick while I'm holding her.

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Dr. William Guthrie

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WOW!!! You look great!! Your results are amazing!! I'm so happy for you!!
thanks! still recovering, but i'm liking my results more every day...
Thanks for your story. From MIAMI
how much does something like this cost?
the doc from miami is right. i think smart lipo is much cheaper in the midwest than it would be on the coasts. i've noticed that the prices people post are way higher than what i paid! i'm not complaining, though! i think my doc did a great job!
She stated $3,000 but I think the range would be higher In mIAMI Smart Lipo + Lipo of Abdomen, Hips, Thighs is $4800 to $6800. From MIAMI
I know you have prolly heard this before but I didnt think you needed to do this procedure. lol I had it done 5 days ago on my love handles, lower and upper abs and bra line. after the 1st day i took a shower and i could see a mild difference. I know i am still swollen and wearing the garment, but should i have noticed more? dr took out over 2 liters of fat from all areas. I still notice that I have a little buldge around lower abdomen do you think it will go down? I have a follow up appt. on tues the 9th of march. I am excited to see a more dramatic change with my body, but I am a tad bit concerned that I may not. Whats ur opinion? I didnt actually take pictures before (the dr did though) so I only have pics of the after result from the last few days.
I had mine done 2.5 weeks ago and I still have days when I am really swollen and then days when it goes down and I see my results better. I've noticed that walking a lot or mild exercise helps the swelling go down a lot! Hopefully, your doc will have some insight on the bulge around your ab. I'm not sure. I know I have hard little knots in several areas, but I think those go away with time.
Yeah I have to go for a follow up visit on Tuesday the 9th. I do notice the swelling going down little by little. very strange. my upper abdomen is def flatter and then below my belly button there is a little bit of a buldge, I believe it's just really swollen. some part of my back still hurt and i CAN feel my garment getting loose, which is good... or so I am told. I may have to get a smaller size after tuesday. dont know. I def. notice a difference I guess I just am impatient and I WISH there was more of a dramatic notice... right away. I feel around and I DO not have any knots, but my skin is def. very loose. I think i mentioned my problem with the two incisions on my lower abdomen. They are not really closing and they are very irritated or So I think they are and black and blue. Do you or did you have any incisions like this? I keep putting peroxide on them and neosporin or bacitracin. Sorry for the mispelling of words. thanks for commenting back....today is actually the 6th day
so what did your doc say about your progress and about those two incisions that were bothering you? i did not have trouble with my incisions at all. they healed up within two weeks and they have not bothered me. but i still have hard spots in my lower abs, kind of like knots. sometimes they seem worse than other times.
hellol. Doctor said everything looks good. They are scabbing over and healing up. My garment is loose so i have to order another one next wednesday. I can't order one until then b.c that is when I will have $. The garment that my doc wants me to wear and have is from a website called Healing Enhancements and the garment is a little over $100 bucks. I dont have the extra cash right now So I can't order it now. I am hoping that this doesn't effect the outcome of my procedure. I dont feel my belly tightening much.. I actually am starting to feel sore again. I think it's b.c my garment is loose in certain areas. nothing I can do... I just have to wait till I get paid. I'm kind of feeling like my lower abdomen is still buldging a little but def. 100 percent better then what it looked like before. I dont know... maybe its just me. My doc took before pictures which I am going to ask them to email to me since I dont have them and I will somehow post them so you can see what I am talking about...lol How is everything going with you?
i have my one month appointment next thurs and i'm really excited. i did call my doc about the knots in my lower abs and they suggested gently rubbing firming lotion in an upwards motion to massage the knots a little and they encouraged me to drink a lot more water to get rid of the last of my swelling. i already feel a little better today after doing these things! yeah!
while i wash and dry my garment i wear a girdle that i got at walmart for $12! i just wear a really tight one so that it does the same thing as my regular garment and it works great. so you might think about going to walmart and just buying "spanx" or a "girdle" in the women's undergarment section until you are able to buy your smaller garment. at least it will be tighter. you could always try it on over your garment at the store to make sure it's going to be tight enough. just a thought for you!
yeah geesh! I don't know why I didn't think of that...lol I just hope that the garment being loose for over a week doesn't really effect the outcome. I spent a lot of money on this procedure! haha! I mean it's tight in certain areas still just not to the extreme like it was when doctor 1st put it on me. I can actually zip it up and button it while standing and the nurse at my doc's office said No NO I want you to work up a sweat when putting the garment on. ..I guess I should go to walmart...I wish I could go now... sucks. Do they sell spanx there? and a girdle? I gotta look into it... thanks!
how long did you wear your garmet for? How long after were you comfortable for intimite situations..if you dont mind me asking? How long would you recommend taking off work if getting the lower/upper abs and waist done?

Day 5-6 I can actually tell that I am progressing...

Day 5-6 I can actually tell that I am progressing now. I am noticeably less sore now. Still in pain and it's tough to get around, but I'm at least a little better.

Day 7- ONE WEEK! I am feeling even a little better today, but I am seriously swollen all of a sudden. I am posting my before pics tonight and will post my one week pics tomorrow.

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I am 33 years old, I weigh 129 pounds, and I am...

I am 33 years old, I weigh 129 pounds, and I am 5'-6". I had a baby 1.5 yrs ago. I don't have much excess weight on me, but I do have pockets of fat that don't move with weight loss or excercise.

Day 1- Surgery at 8:30am. I was very nervous. I remember the entire procedure. The doc talked me through it all. I was uncomfortable on occasion, but the doc fixed that right away. I was at the doctor's office from 8:30-3:30 and I left there very tired. I went home and went to bed for a few hours. Took one pain pill that night (hydracodone), but it kept me up all night. I was in quite a bit of pain! Because I did the flanks and love handles it hurt to lay on my back, and because I did my abs I couldn't lay on my stomach, and because I did my banana rolls it hurt to sit up. I had quite a bit of fluids leak out, which is good.

Day 2- Still in a lot of pain. I'm really not that swollen or bruised. I have only been taking Tylenol. I can tell that I look a little different, but it hurts very much to take my garment off, so I won't be taking time to take pics until I am comfortable without the garment on. I did take a shower this morning. Make sure you have someone around to help!!!! I needed help to remove my bandages and get my garment off. I was very uncomfortable in the shower, but sat on a foot stool so that I wouldn't get too weak. All of my surgery areas feel numb, sometimes tingly.

Day 3- Hardly any swelling still and very little bruising. Still in a lot of pain, but getting up and around. just moving very slowly. Took another shower this morning and it was quite a bit easier than yesterday. No more fluid is coming out of my incision areas.

Day 4- Went to my first follow up appmt this morning. The doc was very happy with the results and said that I am progressing very quickly. I'm still in a lot of pain, but I think my doc was pretty aggressive, which I'm thankful for! I am a bit swollen today. I set up my next follow up appmt for March 18 when the doc will take my after pics. He's going to give me a disc with my before and after pics, which I will post. But I also took my own before pics, which I will post as well. I will probably take some pics after one week and post those.

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