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I have done well. I had my sleeve 8/8/2012. I went from a HW 324/SW 292/CW 166, size 26/28 to size 8. I have been at the same weight for 14 months. I did use the Arlington office. I actually live in Tyler Texas. My surgical experience was great. i had plastic surgery last summer at my one year anniversary.

hey my PS buddy, you look amazing. What a difference from the last time i saw you. Keep up the good work.

The long vertical scar is because I had an anchor cut, a vertical cut up to the sternum because I had so much skin. I have a scar all around my waist to the back and up to the sternum. totally worth it for how he was able to pull me tight.

I did not need Lipo, and it looks painful to me, but i did have over a thousand sutures. I am a little abnormal, i was back at work in 3 weeks. I was in great shape when I had surgery. I will be 8 weeks tuesday and i ran a 5K yesterday

7 weeks ago, i had a lower body lift with anchor cut, breast lift and reduction, long thigh lift, and arm lift and have done great. never took anything but ibuprofen and tylenol for pain. Was more tight than pain. no regrets, would do it again tomorrow!!!!! needing to make myself take it easy because i feel too good.

My arms look better and better everyday. they are not tight incisions on the arms, they cannot be tight for risk of rupture with swelling post op. i had no pain on any of my incisions. The only thing that bothered me what when i had the drains near the elbow. I would do everything again tomorrow.

All of us were there alone but connected with each other through his network. We created a great support network for each other. Even of there was no one to connect with, I would go again alone.

I had a total of 9 drains. Came home from mexico with 4. REmoved the last one on day 29. just learned to tuck it in a pocket. i am now 6 weeks out and doing well. have intermitted swelling but not to much. Michelle and i were days apart. and we were bad girls and trying on clothes at the mall in mexico a week after our surgery. you should have seen the looks we got trying on clothes with drains everywhere. we were quite the pair:)

yep, i am going to remove all of these pictures because some idiot sent me an inappropriate message. I am going to give a little while for the genuine people to see pics, but yea, no more for me here.

My scars do look remarkably good at this stage. Part is certainly genetics, my hispanic heritage is helpful, I believe. Also I was very very very healthy pre-op. Other things that i think had a very positive impact include:

1)exercise, I was in very good shape

2) hormones: i am post menopause (early menopause) and i use bio-identical hormones (I actually prescribe these as well)

3) supplements--good Vitamin support

4) IV Vitamin C therapy pre-op

5) high Protein diet before surgery--animal protein!!!!!!

Even if my scars were glowing green, i dont think i would care. i am so happy with the change in my body that I dont care.

In this pic, the orange dress on the left is 2 weeks before plastics, and the same dress in blue is 1 month post op. No weight loss other than the skin.

Thanks, and yes i had the arms done. this is just before surgery and 1 month post op

my actual procedure was a lower body lift with anchor cut. I had lots of skin above my navel, so it gave me great results. so i was cut all of the way around and had a large area of tissue removed up the middle. He was able to give me great curves back and take so much away. Love my anchor cut:)

The surgeon there completes the forms. One woman that was there with me had hers completed for california.

Thank you!!!! I did have my arms done, but I will take credit for working really hard to get ready. Just now my muscle definition is now obvious. i am very proud. it is all a new thing to be a little athletic:)

oh sure, i have used Spanx forever. but spanx only does so much. it is very different. spanx are wonderful, but i was wanting to make it permanent and make it all go away.

Girl look at you in those jeans!!!!!

http://www.medicaltourism.com.mx/mtpl.html

link to price list, remember he discounts for multiple procedures

I am actually late with this drain. It is stubborn. I was 3 weeks yesterday. It does not hurt at all just ready to get it out. In general I feel great. I am taking it slow yet doing normal stuff. Everyone is noticing so much.

Thanks for sharing that info Cowgirl Jane. Thank you all for your comments. Tfhere is a price list on his website. He does significantly discount for multiple proceedures. The price is different based on the procedure and time to be spent in the OR.

Today all of my sutures are out. I am 3 weeks out today. I still have one drain i am having trouble with, but i just need to be patient.

I lost 140 pounds......overweight forever.

i thought i would never do plastics, i have a great marriage to a man who has loved me no matter what. then i realized that as i got to a good weight that iknew in my head that i was a good weight, i wore a 10 and i could cover up what i needed to, but when i looked in the mirror it was the same body, only deflated.

So happy with the decision.

It has discomfort, but i will say i was pleasantly surprised it was not horrible painful, i am shocked. The girls that had Lipo were in more pain than me, and they did not have as much incision work as i had. i would do it again in a heartbeat tomorrow. Post op i only used motrin and tylenol for pain control. the compression garment has given me the most pain. I am tight and that is uncomfortable and hard to sleep at times.

All in all a great experience. I will get some revision work down the road. As it is he did lots of work, and had me on the table for 13 hours. I had LOTS of skin. I know it was to my benefit that I was in great shape, i became a gym rat and it helped the recovery and the results.

I know i liked seeing the changes in people.

I am 18 days post op, I had very little pain. the most pain was from the compression garment the first few days because of the swelling. Immediately post op you still have pain management onboard from the OR, I had one dose of IV toradol (an anti-inflammatory) and managed my pain from there with motrin and tylenol only. He sends us to the hotel with tramadol. He is easily accessible on his cell phone, i had to call him for something, and he answered immediately and dealth with it. We all helped each other, there were 4 of us there overlapping one another. I had everything done and I have not made much pain, I have been uncomfortable, but not pain. Now I will say, I did not have Lipo, and those girls seem to have more pain than I had consistently. I felt well managed.

I think a small thigh lift works for you because you dont have much skin down around your knees. it is all up high. Dr S will make sure your thighs look good!!!1

I did not have my sleeve in Mexico, I had it in Dallas. I believe that Michelle had her sleeve in porta vallarta. We both had our plastic surgery in Monterrey with Dr Sauceda. Our prices were different because we had different procedures.

Dont be scared, it is a great experience. Obviously, it will hurt some, but recovery is not as bad as you think. I will be 2 weeks tomorrow, would do again in a heart beat