Certified Hasan Doll! 4/11/14

Hi There! I’ve been stalking this site for so long that I have finally decided to write about my experiences since others have helped me so much. *Disclaimer* These are my genuine, honest, thoughts. I did not write this to be judged, but to hopefully help at least one person, as well as share my experience. Any negativity can be left on the next person's posts. Ok, rant over. About me, I'm 27, no kids, I work full-time, and go to school full-time. I'm actually doing 19 hours this semester; it’s exhausting! I actually have a paper I need to be writing right now but I can’t stay off this site!!! SMH! Anyhoo, I'm 5'4, 170 lbs, measurements are 36, 35, 43 size 8 or 28 in jeans/pants depending on the store. Most of my jeans are from bebe/Guess and work pants from Express/Zara. I don’t mind the size I wear though, just how my butt/gut looks in them. I wouldn't say that I have low self-esteem or anything (which is what ppl would think if I told them about my decision) but I will say I'm honest with myself and I know I look a hot funky mess with this big gut, back rolls, fat arms and no butt! I've always hated my butt, it’s wide but very flat, and I have cellulite, stretch marks, and a dent in each cheek, but I never thought I would ever have surgery. My previous plan was to work out, lose weight, and hope the results would come. Well I know working out is not going to give me the results I want (butt wise), so surgery is my only option because I don’t want to be unhappy all my life, especially when I finally have the chance to change myself for the better! My plan is to keep this as best a secret as possible. I initially told my coworker (because she recently had her nose done secretly so I knew she would understand) and one of my best friends that lives 4 hours away from me. I want my results to be natural looking and fit my body, but be big enough to make a good difference and make me look great in clothes and even better naked. I’ve been wearing butt pads to work for two weeks now and no one has said anything (and ppl like to notice me at my job for some reason smh). Since I’m so busy with school I haven’t seen my close friends much, so they might be shocked by the results but they know I’ve been working out and trying to lose weight so I might be able to fool them IDK. My two best friends do have big butts though and they know I flat as a board lol so I’m not sure… I hope I can keep it a secret and I hope to get nice results without having to buy a completely new wardrobe because I have alot of clothes. I have at least 60 pairs of jeans alone and that’s not even counting all the work slacks, skirts and bottoms I have (I work in a business casual environment) and I aint tryna re-buy or alter each pair! I will try to document this process as best as possible because reading so many reviews I know that there were still questions I had that were not answered and I hope to fill that void, even if not that many people read my posts.

Pretty embarrassing but... This is what I look like now =/ I'm SERIOUSLY counting down the days! Excuse the mirror in these pics! The gray ones are at my house but I was in a rush to send Jessica my pics for my consult and I rarely use this mirror as it is in my living room... It's clean now LOL smh

Time is slowly ticking; my date is on April 10th, in less than three weeks! My surgery is with Dr. Hasan at Vanity Miami. I liked alot of his results from RealSelf, I have a few saved in my favorites but Shay08 is someone that comes to mind. I am slightly nervous because I live in TX but am traveling to Miami to have this done. I will be staying at their recovery house since I’m doing this alone. The cost of my surgery is $4000.00 plus $2000.00 for the recovery home. I really don’t want to pay $2k for what I’m getting but I’m nervous about finding a place to stay, hiring a nurse and transportation so I feel a tad bit safer going through them.
I had a consultation with a Dr. in the Dallas area (Sacha Obaid) but he had limited reviews here, and limited pictures online and in office. The ones he did have looked ok (just ok), so I was willing to go to him and hope for the best until I heard the price lol $9720.00! I know surgery is not something to skimp on, but right now is the best time for me to have the surgery, plus I cant see myself spending almost $10k on my butt , not with him at least. He also took me kinda fast in the consultation, so even though he was nice, I felt like I didn’t get the chance to ask all of the questions I wanted. I initially wanted to do the surgery closer to home just in case there were complications, but I started looking up other options, saw Vanity was within my price range, and had the recovery home so it was a done deal. Even with my flight I’m saving almost $3k by going to Miami. With the Dallas surgeon, I would have to finance but with Vanity I can pay immediately. I really didn’t want to have to look for financing either, or delay my surgery date further.
I’ve already paid for my surgery and recovery home, except for $500.00. Reading other people’s reviews I saw that they received discounts for paying in full so I tried to see if that would work for me and Jessica wasn’t having it LOL… SMH… I guess they treat different ppl different ways but whatever. So that’s why I haven’t paid the remainder, but I plan to sometime next week. I did all of my labs with my PCP yesterday so I wouldn’t have to go to Miami a day before surgery; didn’t want to have to pay for a hotel and transportation for the extra day. So I plan to fly in on the 10th early in the morning. I would like an early surgery time if possible so Im gonna try to talk to Jessica about that. I sent her my pictures and initially when I spoke to her over the phone and told her my weight and height she told me I would probably have to lose ten pounds or so (made me kinda sad lol, I know I’m big but dang!), but once she saw my pics she told me not to lose anything and that I don’t look like I weigh 170. I later sent her my wish pics and she told me again not to lose anything. I do not want a huge butt or anything but Im nervous about not losing weight. I have plans towards the beginning of summer that I’d like to not be fat for, and I know I wont be able to work out after surgery so I feel like I def need to lose at least ten pounds! I don’t want to lose too much and still be flat, but I don’t want to lose nothing and still be fat lol. Ugh idk what to do. I feel that I will have enough fat at 160 to get the job done. Suggestions?