breast augmentation/abdominoplasty

Review of surgery #1 (3 months post op)
After losing over 230 pounds, I was left with lots of excess skin in my stomach and arms. As soon as I met with Dr. Sofer, I didn’t feel a need to “doctor shop around” Because from doing my research on the doctor and what I needed and from my initial meeting with him I knew he was the doctor who would give me results I was looking for..
Pre op went good, I had tons of questions and doctor took the time and personally answered them all. it was truly good vibes, and that’s what is so important. Him taking the time with his patients is what people don’t realize is so important. it allows us as patients to have faith and trust in the doctor. pictures and reviews are one thing. Energy from a doctor is another, and he made me feel like it would be a successful surgery.
surgery went well, and although no surgery was perfect, it came out with amazing results,
I originally was supposed to have a breast lift and augmentation and the skin removal in the stomach with a scar around the front and possibly vertically as well and liposuction on stomach and back !
when I woke up from surgery, I was advised that I didn’t need a lift just the implant, and that with my stomach I did not need the scar going up..,
I truly feel doing the scar up would have removed all he skin because there’s still some left that i’m not completely happy with but in the scheme of things I see how he tries to be conservative as possible with the scars.
Took time but breasts are finally settling in and falling into place. i was overall happy with the size. seemed like it was around a full C after implants,
Staff went above and beyond for. anything and everything post op from this surgery. As busy as he was, if something happened and I needed to speak to doctor, he would call back personally. he also took the time to answer any questions during postop appointments as well. Which once again was very important. Having a customer pleased with what they pay thousands of dollars for is very very important.
massages are key! The staff and Dr. expressed how important they were and that’s why I did it multiple times a week to ensure that my results for the best. I listened to everything the doctor advised me to do with the massages being number one for swelling.
Oh and compression garments i stayed in literally all day every day even to sleep. keeping my body natural curves and chemistry was key while recovering and compression and massages help recovery and healing process.
he gave me clearance to start working out 5 weeks post op but I only started walking until week 7 or 8 when I started doing cardio. I stayed away from weights for the most part because of my implants l. I didn’t want to compromise the healing and settling.
overall I was very very pleased with the outcome for the most part! the recovery is very rough but follow directions and choose the right doctor and it will change your life ! After caring the skin around and then being able to see my body‘s natural curves and chemistry it was an amazing feeling it was a whole different outlook on life.