47 and Finally Saved Enough Money for TT

I feel your pain. I am almost ten weeks post op and unless im sucking in or wearing a girdle I still have a pooched belly. I was also tld diet and exercise. I exercise regularly. I jog over thirty miles every week. I admit that I knew goinv in I would need lipo on the upper belly but I expected mu muscles to be tighter and to not still have a roll in my lap when I sit down. I do plan to have lipo in December but it will not be with the same dr because I have don't trust him to do it right

I'm with you love. My tummy is still swollen and I have a pooch too, one that seems to grow everyday. I also exercise and watch what I eat. I will not have another surgery even if it is a revision. I just won't go through it again. I do look tons better than I did before surgery but my scar is so dark and if my tummy continues to swell then what was the point? I wish you well and hope things turn around for you. Thank you for the update! Love and hugs~

So sorry that happened to you! The good news is....You are not botched up! The bad news is, you did not get the results you had hoped for or were promised! I understand! I made the mistake of going to Athenix in Irvine California, and practically had a full body lipo with no real results other than lumpy fat moved to other areas. After months of waiting, they agreed I needed a revision, the pictures dont lie! I figured that maybe it was a fluke and the fat wasn't broke down enough the first time, and I decided to get my saddlbags done at the revision. Well, she missed the whole saddlebag and did the middle side of the thigh....strange, and not one area is smaller, not one! And now, my lower stomach is so loose that I now need a TT and for the bra fat the doctor went into my arm pit and loosened that skin so I now have bra fat and front bra fat which they concluded needed to now be cut and sewn and offered another revision and to fix my arm pits or the amazing low price of $5000.00 and that is on top of the $14,000.00 I ended up paying with the two operations! Wow! 3 lipos in the same area? I would think at this point, anyone would be scared to have a 3rd lipo when 1 and 2 did not take care of it. And wouldn't you know it....at my 8 week check up, my doctor is no longer there as well as other doctors jumping ship! So....The reason I am commenting is so that people who are thinking about Athenix... NOT TO GO TO ATHENIX....EVER! Like you mentioned, go to a doctor who has his own practice and his own pictures! I have been paying $650 a month to get rid of that card and its a hardship! I don't buy or go anywhere! I will have to wait until my card is paid off to even think about fixing the problems! So again, the good thing is...you are not disfigured and trust me....they are good at that! But I do understand how frustrating it is when you do not get the results and you are so excited that you finally made the decision and trusted them and you are using hard earned money that you thought would help change your life and make you feel good about yourself. Its a big sacrafice to spend this kind of money on yourself! And like you said.....Its a clinic....a sales person is the fist person you will see and they will tell you anything to get you to commit!

I'm so sorry. Has it went at all yet. I have an appointment with him and I paid 6k. Please give me feedback. I'm worried

Just wondering if you have an update?

Looking great! I'm really swollen too. Hate that part!