Breasts and arms will be the second surgery in the fall sometime... this one is 12 hours on it's own and that's his limit.

Sounds like alot of surgery to do at once, but it will be nice to not have to go through it again! Good luck!

Thanks for sharing the pics! I wondered what that would look like.

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??

Yup - I've popped/snapped a few internal stitches. The first one happened when I sneezed and felt a pop on my side. It freaked me out but I noticed that night that the pulling sensation I had in that spot when I was on side wasn't there anymore! Also, I had one snap above my right butt cheek when I bent over and now the stitch is trying to come out through the scar line. It's burning a bit and I can feel it under the skin but hasn't broken through.

There's another one my side that I can feel pull and I actually hope it snaps soon lol.

I also have been pulling my own stitches as per the direction of my PS. I've pulled clear plastic type ones (almost like fishing line) but those break easily and are mostly around my belly button. I also pulled 2 white cloth like stitches from around my belly button and then there are the super thick blue/purple ones that are all the way around my LBL scar line.

Good luck with your healing and hopefully everything drops soon lol.

Summer is going to be great :)

My PS says I'm a "stitch spitter" but says its not a bad thing. My body doesn't need the stitches anymore so now my body is trying to get rid of them he says. Ill post some pics of my stitches on my profile so I don't gross out people who don't want to see it but feel free to check it out :)

Edited to add: if you look at my pics you will see one that looks awful. I was so upset and nervous that it was necrosis. The PS said it's not infected and not necrotic at all but its a reaction to the stitch knot and slow healing. He's treating it with silver and it's almost closed now.