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Thank you!!
HW: 254 SW: 238.2 CW:179.6 1st GW: ONEDERLAND 2nd GW: 150 GW: 135 Surgery: 5/22/13
Dr. Francisco Sauceda was the first plastic surgeon I went to. He did my face, neck and eyes and every surgeon I have seen since has said it's the best face work they have ever seen. I would have him work on my face again in a hot second. He gets 1,000 stars for that! People bash going to Mexico for surgery and love to tell horror stories but to be honest, Monterrey has some of the best plastic surgeons on the planet and the clinics and hospitals are lovely.
Every surgery is a risk. Just don't be stupid about who you have do your surgery. Sauceda has more training, experience and creds than most plastic surgeons stateside. There is a difference between going to a respected plastic surgeon in Mexico and hopping on someone's kitchen table in a dirt floor shack with chickens running around because a guy in a bloody apron offers to do your butt implants for $500.
Sauceda also did my first body work (offhand I believe it was an LBL, breast lift & implants, arms, thigh lift and maybe something else) which was technically perfect but he was very conservative with the skin removal. I am very physically fit and have a six-pack so to be honest, I was disappointed. It's not that he did a bad job, he's great and so is Patty (his nurse) but I paid a lot of money and my butt was supposed to be lifted about 5 inches and it ended up being around 1. I understand his concerns and respect them but I paid him somewhere around 34k to 36K and then had to wait a year to heal and then spent ANOTHER 34k (?) here in NJ with Dr. Matthew J Trovato (he's also in Dallas and he is excellent) to have all my body work revised. Again, Sauceda did absolutely nothing wrong and his care was top notch but his skin removal was not aggressive enough for me ... but not even God could have done a better job on my face, eyes and neck than he did. It was perfection.
99% of people would have been happy with the body work Sauceda did for me. I had different expectations as far as skin removal. That's all. I went from being rounder than a beach ball to becoming an athlete and had a different vision for myself.
I don't know about Dr. Michaels specifically, but several people on here have had them do their LBL's, so I'm sure one of them will see this. I know when I started looking into plastic surgery 3 or 4 years ago, people on here told me to expect somewhere in the neighborhood of $8K-$10K per procedure, with the LBL counting as two procedures since they do so much with that one - including front and back. I had four consults, and that "guesstimate" did ring true (in other words, about $16K-$20K for an LBL. That was three years ago, though, so they may have gone up since then - but that should at least give you some idea).
Is none ready to share their costs for a lower body lift with Dr. Joseph Michaels? I'm definitely in the market.
HW: 254 SW: 238.2 CW:179.6 1st GW: ONEDERLAND 2nd GW: 150 GW: 135 Surgery: 5/22/13
I am still pretty young, but having all this skin is really uncomfortable and I want to feel good NOW, but I haven't had kids yet. Hoping one day I'll find someone who loves me enough to take those steps, but I feel so conflicted.
Has anyone here had plastics surgery AND THEN had children?
Thank you. That is why I am here trying to get some opinions of others. I feel so conflicted because I don't have a TON of money to spend but still want SOMETHING...
Just plllleeeaaaassssssssseeeee do as much research as you absolutely can and speak to multiple patients from a surgeon if that is the route you decide to go. I know there are success stories out there, but don't just go for someone because they are giving you a "killer" deal. Not worth the risks and complications since a US Dr. won't touch you if you have issues.
Thank you. This puts things a bit more into perspective for me. I didn't have surgery to become "skinny" I just want to do normal things without having to adjust skin and try to minimize the appearance of it
I hear you - I don't think I could have stopped fixating on my body without the skin removal (although I am fixating on it still - but more in the, I can't believe this is my body happy way lol)- so I definitely see where you are coming from. In time, my thighs may bother me more (and I have a bit of a turkey neck) -but just like when I lost the weight, I'm so thankful to be in this place right now and the happiness is real even though my body isn't perfect. I wish you the very best in reaching your goals and finding that happy place. Acceptance is something I always marveled at (and still do for people *****ach out without change), but I do think it's a hard thing.
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