My Experience with Smart Lipo & More

I'm sorry I haven't been real good about updating the after pictures. I got a promotion at work and it's been keeping me VERY busy but I love it :) As for the procedure, the skin is still not completely back to normal from the Laser Resurfacing.  The skin isn't perfect, but I'm giving it more time before I make any decisions.  This first picture is from the 25th .. it shows the skin issues I am referring to Here are two pictures from today.  Tomorrow will be exactly one month out.   You can see from the side view that there is absolutely no bulge anymore!  I can actually wear dress pants to work now.  It's amazing :)       There is still a lot of healing going on.  I'm going through the hardening and softening still.  Some days it looks good and others I am like, ugh.  I know that it is just going to take time.  I really need a tan too.  Everything looks better tan :) lol .. but I don't want to make it appear better than it is f

Ok so it’s been 10 days since I had my thighs done .. day 13 since I had my upper body done again. Here is what they look like now. You can see what I mean about the skin not looking as good now as it did 3 days ago right after taking the garment off.

The thighs have definitely improved a lot, but they don't look as good as they do in the last picture here. These were taken right after the garment was taken off. I've been wearing it less and less, so things haven't been as "held tight" if you will. It didn't seem to be making a lot of difference so I made a judgment call. The doctor will likely tell me that the body was still making improvements, but I have been through this enough to know that if it doesn't happen in the first    

This is the garment that I have been having to wear for two weeks. Let me tell you, if you ever plan on getting this procedure done, definitely do it during the winter time if you're going to have to wear either the arm or leg compression garments. For whatever reason, they cause you to really over head.   There is an opening in the crotch so you have to wear your underwear over it so that when you have to go to the bathroom, you don't have to take the whole thing off.  I was constantly paranoid that I was going to get it "dirty" if you know what I mean.  Never happened, but didn't cause me to stop worry about it. LOL

Here are the progress pictures for Day 4.  Not a whole lot of change but since I took them, I thought I would post them.  Sorry there's a lot of draining going on again. You can see there is a lot less bruising on the back of the thighs in just one days time.

Monday, I had my upper stomach and back done.  On Wednesday, I went back to have my inner thighs done.  The pain was minimal in comparison to what I had experienced on Monday.  That could also be due to the fact that my body was still in shock. The procedure was pretty quick.  The doctor decided to do CO2 Laser Resurfacing on the outside of my thighs where I had the most excess skin.  I was beyond surprised when she brought it up.  I knew what it cost me to have the stretch marks done on my stomach and here she was going to do both of my thighs - for nothing?!?! The one thing that means the most to me about my experience with Dr. Kaufman, is that she is a perfectionist.  Yes, she has made a good amount of money off of me, but at the same time, she could easily be in it just for the money and suggest such a service and then say, well, that will be an extra $1,000.  They are so incredibly good to me at that office!  I absolutely love them! In these pictures, you're going to see

Here are the pictures that I took the day after I had my upper stomach and back done       I apologize for the drainage, but there was no way to avoid it.  I've never drained so much before.  The doctor said that the reason it seems so much worse this time is because the incisions right above my hip bones were the lowest drain points, where before the lowest incision was on my vagina.    I was extremely nervous the first day after the procedure given how much my mid section was bulging out.  I was assured it was just fluid and swelling, but that doesn't stop me from worrying about it!   I was surprised that I didn't have more bruising given how painful the procedure was and the fact that it was mostly all over my ribs.

Here are a series of pictures that I took the night before the procedure.  The first procedure was done on Monday and focused on my mid section from the belly button up to under my ribs.  The doctor also did my back so as to have the best results possible. So many people think I'm crazy because I complain about my body all the time .. particularly how much I hate my thighs.  No one understands why.  I've always been pretty good at buying clothes that hide the parts of my body that I hate. These pictures should make it clear why I feel the way that I do!       I have a bit of a boyish shape - very square.  The doctor said that with the focus being above the belly button, she could help give me more of an hour glass shape. My biggest issue is with my left thigh.  If the left thigh looked like the right thigh, I probably would have just deal with it.  But I cannot stand how there are clumps of fat on my inner thigh. I have little to no fat on my outer thighs, w

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Well, I had my stomach done again today. This will be the third time. The focus was above the belly button. As I've been working out 6 days a week, doing abs 6 days a week, there have been some interesting changes on my stomach. Although the appearance is not perfect, there are still divots .. My lower stomach is rock hard. Above the belly button .. I refer to it as jelly belly! It's unbelievable how different it is. During the pre-op, the conversation was centered around what needed to be done on my stomach. When I went in today, and I'm standing there practically naked, she had me keep turning so she could get an overall assessment of my body fat. The markers come out and the roadmap is drawn. The doctor started on my stomach. Then she had me turn around so she could mark my back. I was standing there thinking, I totally didn't pay for all of this. When she was done, I got on the table and the prepping started. They sanitize your entire body area where the work

Here I am, still contemplating whether I want to get Smart Lipo done on my thighs. I hate my thighs. Absolutely hate them! I know I posted some pictures before but this one really shows the issues that I was talking about. The way the fat protrudes out is apparent no matter what I’m wearing whether it’s jeans or shorts. The only way I can get away from it is if I’m wearing a dress or a skirt. But I’m not going to lie – I’m scared. Does it look bad now? Yes. But what if it ends up looking worse. You may be wondering where this is coming from. Well – I must say, I regret getting the CO2 Laser Resurfacing done on my stomach. It may have improved my stretch marks SOME , but it caused other weird problems. I didn’t have divits before and now I do. Granted. a tan would help too. However, I’ve been doing ab exercises every day. Switching it up constantly so that my body doesn’t get too accustomed to any one particular thing. Mind you, I haven’t put on any weight either

I’ve decided that I am definitely going to get the SmartLipo procedure done on my inner thighs. I am so unhappy with them and nothing I’ve done for the past 4 years has made any significant impact. I’ve been running, cycling, stair machine, strict diets and even had a personal trainer for an hour three times a week for three months – I’ve still got seriously fatty inner thighs. I’ve reached the point that I just don’t know what else to do but elect for plastic surgery. When I think about how big my thighs were when I was heavy, I really shouldn’t complain about how tone 75% of my legs are. I tried to find a picture that would show you just how bad it was .. I found this one from when I was in the Dominican Republic in 2004. I seriously just started crying. How do you let yourself get that big? How do you not see what is happening to your body? It seriously disgusts me that I ever let that happen to myself. I can blame being depressed from the death of my mom, but ultimate

I went to the doctor on Tuesday to discuss having my thighs done since the Vaser Shape had no impact whatsoever. I have been told by multiple medical professionals, including this doctor, that the thighs are the least forgiving area of the body in terms of skin retraction. There is no guarantee that if I do this my inner thighs won’t have sagging skin. Is there ever a guarantee with anything in this life? Other than we all die at some point – I don’t think so. There is no reward without some risk. I expressed my concerns to the doctor. Mainly, I’m scared of doing more harm than good. I know I’ve never posted any pictures of the hated thighs so it may be a little hard to understand my issue. The fat is very centralized to one specific area. Even the doctor commented on how bizarre it is. There is almost a distinct line down my top front center of my left thigh down into my inner thigh were the fat bulges. The skin all around it is tight and flat. I can’t wear shorts that fit arou