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Congratulations! Once you get past the recovery, you will realize that this is one of the best things you have ever done! I had a Tummy Tuck after losing 60 pounds, about 6 years ago. Unfortunately, I have gained all of my weight back, and am thinking of getting the gastric sleeve in Mexico to get the weight back off. I always did do things backwards! LOL! But even with all of this weight back on me, I still love my tummy! I'm happy for you, and wish you the best. And BTW, can you tell me how I get information about cosmetic surgery in Mexico? My daughter now wants a tummy tuck, and I want to ensure she gets the best she ca get. Can you guide me to a website or contact info for whoever did yours? Thanks, and more congrats! It is a long recovery (at least for me it was - they cut my muscles too and shortened them so I had a lot of pain), but hang in there. You look great already!

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Congratulations! Once you get past the recovery, you will realize that this is one of the best things you have ever done! I had a Tummy Tuck after losing 60 pounds, about 6 years ago. Unfortunately, I have gained all of my weight back, and am thinking of getting the gastric sleeve in Mexico to get the weight back off. I always did do things backwards! LOL! But even with all of this weight back on me, I still love my tummy! I'm happy for you, and wish you the best. And BTW, can you tell me how I get information about cosmetic surgery in Mexico? My daughter now wants a tummy tuck, and I want to ensure she gets the best she ca get. Can you guide me to a website or contact info for whoever did yours? Thanks, and more congrats! It is a long recovery (at least for me it was - they cut my muscles too and shortened them so I had a lot of pain), but hang in there. You look great already!

Its the Ariel Center. I think the link is on the OCC site or you can email Ora Herrara. ora@thearielcenter.com. She'll most likely be the person you end up communicating with anyway. Thank you so much. I'm in no pain! Granted I didn't do any muscle tightening just the lift.

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How long do you stay in Mexico?

What are the accomodations? What about followup and problems if they arise?

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I'm looking forward to going in April, how much was the procedure?

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Sorry haven't been on in a bit. I'm on another site since its different on this site now. I'm doing great. As far as price goes, when I was ready for a quote, I contacted the Ariel Center to find out how much surgery would be for me. They are very prompt in getting back to you when you ask for a quote and send them pictures so please make sure if you want to know pricing to contact them. They don't hassle you to be their patient so contacting for pricing info is not complicated at all. Here are some after pics post-183019-14416738024784_thumb.jpg post-183019-14416738230462_thumb.jpg post-183019-1441673837613_thumb.jpg

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Wow!! Back2Barb78, you look great!! I haven't lost all my weight yet, but my butt and thighs already look like your before picture. A plastic surgeon at home told me that they can't do anything for celulite, but your butt went from looking bumpy to looking smooth. Besides the Tummy Tuck, what did they do to your backside to make it smooth? And is The Ariel Centre the one that is attached to The Grand Hotel in Tijuana? Did you have Dr. Medina Sanchez? Sorry for all the questions, but I'm excited that there may be something that I can have done to make my bumpy thighs look good!

Oops, I see in reading the previous posts that you already shared that information. Sorry, should have looked first :)

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How long did you stay in TJ after surgery?

Did they recommend a recovery house or hotel?

Pain- did they use a pain pump or administer Exparel for the first several days?

I am very interested in Dr Medina for a Tummy Tuck plus Lipo.< /p>

Thanks.

My surgery was on a Monday and my projected d/c home date was Saturday and that's when I went home. Went to the doctor daily. You stay at the hotel but you have to have a companion with you the whole time or you have to pay for a nurse. That was for my surgery so you have to speak to them about your own to get the rules for what you are having done. I would bring someone with me anyway to handle luggage running errands while there, etc. I hired a nurses aide that I brought with me to take care of me for a week. As far as pain I barely had any! I was expecting to be in a tremendous amount of pain and there was minimal. Everything is numb. I was put in the same sublingual toradol I got when I had my sleeve done. I did purchase some extra to bring home and that came in handy with occasional pain. The main thing was my back was sore from having to walk hunched over for which I took Tylenol. The pain I had was getting in and out of the car and in and out of the bed sometimes but I modified my whole house preop so I could do things for myself with minimal assistance. I hate asking people to do things for me. PM me if you want because I'm on another site and I can give you the link to my plastic surgery experience and there are way more pics to see

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Wow!! Back2Barb78, you look great!! I haven't lost all my weight yet, but my butt and thighs already look like your before picture. A plastic surgeon at home told me that they can't do anything for celulite, but your butt went from looking bumpy to looking smooth. Besides the Tummy Tuck, what did they do to your backside to make it smooth? And is The Ariel Centre the one that is attached to The Grand Hotel in Tijuana? Did you have Dr. Medina Sanchez? Sorry for all the questions, but I'm excited that there may be something that I can have done to make my bumpy thighs look good!

Oops, I see in reading the previous posts that you already shared that information. Sorry, should have looked first :)

Ok so for my butt he took ALL the fat out. All of it. Unfortunately now it's flat!! I wanted it "smoothed out" not all gone but to be honest with you when he was marking me in the back my companion walked in the room and we got on another subject and I didn't tell him to leave a lil something back there. But another medical person I know told me to tell him to take all the fat cells out (which I never did say) and I believe that's what he did. I might have to get a butt later!! I did not have a complete tummy tuck I had a lower body lift for which I had skin removal and a new belly button and outer thigh lift and the fat removed from my butt and a bit of a lift. My butt is not that high though. Tummy tucks usually involve muscle layers being seen together and your tummy being done. I didn't get my muscles done.

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I understand why you are missing your butt. When I looked at your pictures, I said, "oops, he took all of her butt." This is coming from a person who was born without a butt, an I have, always, always wanted one. I think once you get use to it, you will love that look. You really do look fabulous!

Thankfully my plastic surgeon put my flab-fat into my butt, and now I am not painfully sitting on my tailbone any longer, which added just a little to my backside. Not much, but I am happy.

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No pain pump. And really no significant pain. It was hard to get around but I was good. I also took this thing called a Go Girl so I wouldn't have to sit that was awesome.

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