Booked Full Body Lift Today ?!?!
Hey guys! Long time, no see. I don't pop on nearly as much as I should. It's nice to be back :)
Anyway, last time I was on I was asking for recommendations for surgeon's in the NYC area, which gave me the name of Dr. Capella in Ramsey, NJ. Best suggestion I could have ever received!
I went in for a consultation last week, and was completely blown away. I had previously gone in for a consultation in January with Dr. Sterry on the UES of Manhattan, who wanted me to do a LBL followed by UBL, quoting 25k per each. HOLY STICKER SHOCK BATMAN!
Dr. Capella, on the other hand, plans to do my entire body (360 body lift with mastoplexy, brachioplasty and flankplasty) all in one go!!! He expects this to take 6 hours, and quoted me just short of 22k.
I literally was so thrilled with him that I have thought of nothing but getting this done, and put down my deposit today for surgery on July 11th. :D :D :D
Celebration aside, I can't help but wonder (and far be it from me to question a doctor of his level of expertise and experience) but is this realistic? How is it possible for him to accomplish so much more in a shorter period of time?
I need to speak to him again to see if any of my procedure will include liposuction and if there is a possibility for fat transfer/auto butt augmentation... in my pure giddiness in his office I seem to have lost track of a few things. Oy.
Anyway, happy me, but also confused me lol. Any thoughts??
RNY w/ Dr. George Fielding @ NYU 10/25/2016
LBL, BL, MASTOPEXY, FLANKPLASTY, BRACHIOPLASTY w/Dr. Joseph Capella @ Hackensack 07/11/2018
Stay tuned! 
Sounds like alot of surgery to do at once, but it will be nice to not have to go through it again! Good luck!
HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.
Dr. Capella works with an assistant.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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mine did an LBL, Butt lift and mastoplexy and hernia repair in 4 hours (3 surgeons working simultaneously). Usually the quantity of surgery you are talking about is around 12 hours. Your surgeon may have a partner who works with him so it would cut down the OR time.
Band-RNY revision age 50 5'4" HW 260 SW: 244 (bf healthy range 23-35%) bf 23.7% (at 137lbs) cw range 135-138.lbl with butt lift and mastoplexy March 23, 2018...2.5lbs removed.
Pre-op-16lbs (size 18/20...244) M1-16lbs (size 18...228) M2-15.6lbs (size 16/18...212.4) M3-10lbs (size 16..202.4) M4-11.4lbs (size 14...191) M5-10.8lbs (size 12...180.2) M6-8.4 (size 8/10...171.8) M7-6.4 (size 8...165.4 lbs) M8-11.6 (size 6...153.8) M9-5.6 (size 4/6...148.2) M10-5.8 (size 4....142.4) M11-4 (size 2/4...138.4) Surgiversary -1 (size 2/4...137.4) M13-2.6 (size 2/4...134.8) M14 (size 2/4...134.8) M15 (size 2...135) M16 (size 2...131.4) M17 (size 2...135) M18 (size 2...135) M19 (size 2...138) M20 (size 2...135) M21 (size 2...138)
Right? I am going to reach out to Dr. Capella about this and see what he says. As others said before, he does work with a surgical assistant (Scott, who I met and is very nice!) and that cuts down a lot of surgical time. It is hard to believe though that one extra person would make such a difference!
