Day 6 and I finally looked at my thighs again. The right one looks fine. The left one has a little bulge at the top but hoping the skin will retract as I continue to deswell. Using heat pads on my back for the pain from lipo bruising.
How to go from 50+ to looking 20+ with plastic surgery rejuvenation.
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I'm thinking of getting fat transfer to the breasts too, along with a mastopexy.
Hi @Phoenix123 I got emotional today. I am truly happy and look like I have implants! They don’t look droopy but have projection! Shame I am not going on a beach holiday this summer to flaunt my new figure in a bikini! Can’t believe the magic of breast FT. I could have saved myself 7 breast surgeries had fat transfer been around back in 1996. Today my skin nerve sensation is returning with pins and needles sensation over all the lipo sites. My lower body is still sore so still on paracetamol but not stopping me move about the house. I have almost finished the tube of arnica cream. I am going to continue to apply haelan tape to the hypertrophic scars until the tape runs out and I see Dr Hussein re vascular laser with steroid injections.
I was watching botched and a lady had trouble answering the question how many procedures she had. I counted and my total is 33! I don’t tell the surgeons that as in Korea if you do, they will add lots more procedures and bump up the quote as they know you are an addict! I am trying my best to limit to 1 procedure a year but this year and last year I had 2! I may get a mini thigh lift next year but will see how my thighs heal as I know lipo takes 3 months for full recovery.
Having experienced threadlift temporarily and seen the change to the appearance of my face, I am putting off a FL until my 60s as it can potentially change your appearance permanently and make you look like a different person. I am not prepared to wake up and not recognise the person in the mirror! Lol.
Hi MissOrange, just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for all your years of posting on this forum and offering both a medical as well as personal account of everything. I myself have also had a "few" 
things done in the past. Mostly to my face in my early twenties. I'm now also more in a cruising mode so I check in on this forum from time to time.
This year, I was planning on a KR trip but everything to pushed back because of COVID. Definitely still planning on it and I was actually thinking about doing the same thing you are. FT to chest and lipo overall. Do you have any concerns that FT to breast would cause sagging?
Are you staying longer overseas in case they need to do a 2nd op? I hear FT usually better after doing 2x...
(Edit): Also additional question... do you use Tretinoin or Retin-A for your skincare regime?
things done in the past. Mostly to my face in my early twenties. I'm now also more in a cruising mode so I check in on this forum from time to time.This year, I was planning on a KR trip but everything to pushed back because of COVID. Definitely still planning on it and I was actually thinking about doing the same thing you are. FT to chest and lipo overall. Do you have any concerns that FT to breast would cause sagging?
Are you staying longer overseas in case they need to do a 2nd op? I hear FT usually better after doing 2x...
(Edit): Also additional question... do you use Tretinoin or Retin-A for your skincare regime?
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That's really great!! Sooo happy for you!!
The laser with steroid injections are to lessen the scars? I need something like that. My scars are not great.
Does threadlift really work? I keep reading that they don't work. Also, you can feel the "cones" on your face. What kind of threadlift did you have? I've consulted with Dr Martin Huang here in Singapore and he's suggested a silhouette lift. The cost is very high, the equivalent of 10k pounds, and I'd be extremely upset if it didn't work, ie. if the effect didn't last beyond a year or so...Well, not just the cost, but also the pain I'd have to endure.
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Btw, @MissOrange , have you heard of vampire breast lift and/or vampire facial? I am sure you have. I am not sure if they work either. I really don't want another surgery. I just need my breast upper poles to fill out a little. I also read some vampire "thingy" they do to rejuvenate the face and lift the jaws and help lessen jowls.
. I am not sure if they work either. I really don't want another surgery. I just need my breast upper poles to fill out a little. I also read some vampire "thingy" they do to rejuvenate the face and lift the jaws and help lessen jowls.
Hi MissOrange, just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for all your years of posting on this forum and offering both a medical as well as personal account of everything. I myself have also had a "few"
This year, I was planning on a KR trip but everything to pushed back because of COVID. Definitely still planning on it and I was actually thinking about doing the same thing you are. FT to chest and lipo overall. Do you have any concerns that FT to breast would cause sagging?
Are you staying longer overseas in case they need to do a 2nd op? I hear FT usually better after doing 2x...
(Edit): Also additional question... do you use Tretinoin or Retin-A for your skincare regime?
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Very grateful for your contribution.
Hi @cherrykiss,Hi MissOrange, just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for all your years of posting on this forum and offering both a medical as well as personal account of everything. I myself have also had a "few"
This year, I was planning on a KR trip but everything to pushed back because of COVID. Definitely still planning on it and I was actually thinking about doing the same thing you are. FT to chest and lipo overall. Do you have any concerns that FT to breast would cause sagging?
Are you staying longer overseas in case they need to do a 2nd op? I hear FT usually better after doing 2x...
(Edit): Also additional question... do you use Tretinoin or Retin-A for your skincare regime?
Thank you for your nice feedback. I am not in Korea. I had my breast FT in London. In Korea, I could only find Dr Hong at Fresh who gets good breast FT with lipo results as Dr Seo does not do breast FT. As I was not comfortable with Dr Hong administering the IV sedation cocktail I cancelled with him and 7 months later had it done by Dr David Floyd in London with an attending anaesthetist and in a private hospital. As I am in my 50s, I thought it safer to have this procedure in a hospital with a doctor anaesthetist. If you are okay with Dr Hong doing both the surgery and sedation, then you can try Fresh clinic for 4.4 million won, which is half what I ended up paying here in the U.K. as I had to factor in the hospital cost and the anaesthetist here too.
Good question about sagging. I too was worried that if too much fat was put in my breasts, they would sag more as fat weighs! But the theory of reinflating a balloon has worked. The breasts have actually lifted with the additional volume!
Today is day 9 and I have lost 2 lbs of swelling and fluid. Thankfully my chest is still the same size as when I awoke from surgery as I have been eating fat every day...McDonald’s, croissants, ice cream, sausage and chips, roast dinners, etc. The cream in the photo is arnica. I have almost finished the tube putting it on all my bruises. Arnica works wonders on surgical bruising!
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Hi @Phoenix123 Yes I have heard of a vampire facial but I think it is a gimmick. To fill out your upper poles, it needs more fat, either from putting on weight or with further fat transfer. The good news is that my strategy of losing weight before fat transfer surgery and then gaining weight post, seems to be working for retention of the fat cells thus far. I have to wait to 3-4 months to know for sure about retention but will keep feeding the fat. I definitely will not be doing a second round. Recovery from lower body lipo was rough!Btw, @MissOrange , have you heard of vampire breast lift and/or vampire facial? I am sure you have
@Phoenix123 10,000 pounds for threadlift??? Is that sterling pounds? OMG! I can’t afford to live in Singapore! Threadlifts are temporary like fillers and Botox. A dissolvable stitch is placed under the skin to pull up the face but it dissolves in 6 months and may make the skin more lax as the surgeon is loosening up the skin to insert the thread each time you have it done. If you look back through my pages, I share my experience with threadlift for 24 hours.That's really great!! Sooo happy for you!!
The laser with steroid injections are to lessen the scars? I need something like that. My scars are not great.
Does threadlift really work? I keep reading that they don't work. Also, you can feel the "cones" on your face. What kind of threadlift did you have? I've consulted with Dr Martin Huang here in Singapore and he's suggested a silhouette lift. The cost is very high, the equivalent of 10k pounds, and I'd be extremely upset if it didn't work, ie. if the effect didn't last beyond a year or so...Well, not just the cost, but also the pain I'd have to endure.
Hi @Phoenix123
Here is why I booked to see Dr H next month to look at my hypertrophic scars. Here is his ig b+a. My friend said she trained under him and says he is a laser doc genius! Having had 2 pursestring periareolar sutures during 2 periareolar mastopexies have led to a lot of skin tension and hypertrophic scarring. Hoping he can do laser to flatten and reduce the scars.
Here is why I booked to see Dr H next month to look at my hypertrophic scars. Here is his ig b+a. My friend said she trained under him and says he is a laser doc genius! Having had 2 pursestring periareolar sutures during 2 periareolar mastopexies have led to a lot of skin tension and hypertrophic scarring. Hoping he can do laser to flatten and reduce the scars.
I love the free pic collage app! You can do so many b+a's! Wow thigh lipo did not ruin my thighs but improved them (top pic is today)! I had such a huge wad of resistant fat in my right inner thigh and my left inner thigh was so wrinkled. The surgeon must have enjoyed suctioning out that area! Lots of fat! I am never taking off my cotton leggings. Need to make sure the lipo space closes and the thigh skin retracts completely.
Also agree that Threadlift is unfortunately temporary
I had 2-jaw surgery + zygoma reduction with threadlift right after. Sadly I still have sagging near the lower jowels which I'm going to resolve with either with lipo in the area or some other method.... (still deciding)You're looking amazing post op!
Gotcha, thanks for the heads up about the anesthesia concern. I haven't thought about it that way before but that's a great point.
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