Tumescent Lipo with micro cannula

I hav been researching Lipo for about 3 months now as a last resort after working out for 8 months and dieting without any new results. After my second child, i am at about 163 and a size 13... I was 125 and a size 5 with a bubble butt before. My love handles have taken over and my butt isn’t defined anymore. I scheduled today for tumescent Lipo with Dr. Andres Bonelli in Safety Harbor and put down a decent deposit. I cannot stop smiling today. Browsing before and after today literally has me so excited. Even a 50% improvement will have me over the moon. Friday April 5th I am having my first of 2 procedures. We are doing upper (flanks, bra fat) and lower back (waist, love handles). After some healing time I will book for abdomen & neck/chin (and possibly arms depending on finances) with fat transfer to my breasts. Dr. Bonelli spent almost 2 hours with me going over all my questions, before and after pics and all options. I am confident in my decision and beyond excited for this longggg overdue change. He was very helpful, detailed and kind. I look forward to spending a few hours with him during the procedure since I’ll be awake.

I will be updating on the day of, as well as documenting my healing process in detail.

Dr. Bonelli is so nice and polite. He performed tumescent liposuction on my flanks/love handles/ bra fat... entire back basically. The procedure feels a little weird because you can kind of feel the movement and pressure but no pain at all. We stopped and took a photo after my left side was done. I will post a BEFORE and the DURING today, as well as when I change my pads and shower tomorrow. Obviously final results will come in a month or so. Overall a great experience, I plan to go back for my abdomen and arms with fat transfer to my breasts. And possibly my double chin lol.

Day 1 wasn’t that bad post-op but day 2 was extremely painful. I do not like the narcotic pain killers so it was my own stubbornness that made it much worse than it should’ve been. That night I had to give in and take the pain med. day 4 and 5 I felt better. Sometime I get a little anxiety about having to be in compression all the time, but my shape looks great. Some bruising around the hip incisions and most of the swelling is where the love handles and lower back fat were. I use a ton of arnica and have eaten a whole pineapple over the course of these 6 days. Arnica heals my bruises very very quickly. He more I apply, the faster it works so I can’t wait to start using that. My small incisions have healed to the point that I didn’t need pads on all 6 of them today. Hope this all helps! Happy I can take ibuprofen and alternating that with Tylenol seems to help. I only take the Percocet at night now. 1/2.