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miamouse , I think the saggy skin is only remedied by a tummy tuck, which is more complicated than lipo. I’m sure the cost is more “complicated” too. Though my mom had one, she got it at a big discount because all her friends worked for free…she basically had to pay for time and materials.
As for what my lipo is going to cost, I’m not really sure. I didn’t ask. They’re sending me all the stuff in the mail so I’ll let you know when I find out.
Best of luck, Sue.
folks -
pls do not confuse an adominal lipo with a ‘tummy tuck’ - they are VERY different things - the full-blown tuck consists of peeling off the adominal wall, and stitching muscles together, then trimming the flesh to fit the smaller target - kinda of like trimming the top crust from a pie. Very gross, Very intrusive, Very damaging.
pics are on the web, but i’ll be damned if I will link to them.
What Sue is describing is relatively minor.
Good luck!
I suppose I could, like, exercise or something.
Good for you - I’ve considered the lipo route before, but I always talk myself out of it. Mostly, there are just other things I want to spend my $$ on.
I have a friend who had it done - twice.
After the first round, she kinda went hog wild, thinking that she could eat whatever she wanted and wound up putting on a bunch of weight, both in the lipoed areas and the non-lioped areas. She went back and had a second procedure done and now has been quite pleased with it.
I suppose that anything a person is willing to do TWICE can’t be that bad, right?
Anyhow - good luck! I’m sure you’ll be happy with your decision - if you’re already happy with your body, this procedure should just enhance it.
Al. 
$4800 total.
$3000 surgeon fees for the first site (tummy) + $600 for each additional site (hips) = $3600.
$1200 for surgical center fees ($1430 for more than 2 sites).
Add in my medications (Prescription strength vitamin K for clotting, antibiotics and painkillers) and the fact that I have to have an HIV test prior to the surgery and you can say that it’ll be about $5K.
Well, heck, all I can say is that I wish you the best of luck.
2000 cc’s. 2 liters. ~ Half a gallon. Doesn’t seem so much, does it?
(Heh. I hear guys talking about their “six-pack” abs. Lightweights. I could tap off two liters and still have at least a twelve-pack under my belt.)
:eek:
Actually when you put it that way, it sounds like a HECK of a lot, especially when you consider that it’s just in two areas.
Thanks for the good wishes!
:::Half GALLON? Holy shamoly!:::
$4800, huh? Heck, that’s only a little more than I paid for my eyes. I think, much like Bill, that we should combine efforts, what with my refined eyes and your refined body, and do the “viewed from all angles” thing. In the interest of medical science, of course.
thinksnow , you realize that with my hips and tummy, all pictures will be bottomless, right? 
Actually, I just may post B&A pictures (with a strategic black box and NOT for just anyone) in the interest of science though. C’mon, what other time will I have a ligitimate reason for showing my bare ass?
(heh hehehe heh…she said “black box”)
My mother just made the same announcement to me the other day. Good for her, and good for you.
I don’t even want to know what kind of data might be recorded there.:eek:
\format every day, bay-bee! 
Sue sweetie, I can come up with several legitimate reasons for you to show [me] your heiny, along with other areas!
:eek: !!! I…uh…never thought of that. Really. Nope, not at all. But now that you’ve brought it up, so to speak, well…let’s just say I’m more than a little interested in your strategic little black box [sub](though I thought it would be more of a brunette?)[/sub]
Why, you’re in luck! I happen to be a professional scientist. You have my email address.
Now I really wish I had been able to make it to the BADfests. I’ll never see the “Before” Sue in person.
For you, I suppose I’d have to change my black box to a black hole, huh? 
That depends on the camera angle.
I think I’ll just let others comment on this from here on out and I’ll just sit back quietly before I get in trouble.
Holy crap, I killed a thread about Sue’s naked body.
I must be the worst person alive.
Hey Sue, for 5 grand you can fly to Prague, have a great vacation, finish with a bunch of lipo, then go home…
They are advertising lipo and breast augmentation plans as vacation alternatives for Westerners here…Supposedly pretty good stuff. My cousin-in-law is a doc here- all first rate stuff, but not nearly as expensive.
Just throwing that option your way…
Take care-
-Tcat