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Visitors' Stories -- SoCal Kathi's Story (page 2)I went to a doctor (who had done some lipo on my tummy and hips and a laser resurfacing around my eyes the year before) for a consultation. She didn't do BAs, but her opinion was that I would need the "anchor" lift if I did my boobs and she was sure I needed a tummy tuck because all that skin, at my age (47), wasn't likely to ever shrink back into shape. She gave me a quote on the tummy tuck, but I knew I wanted to do both procedures together, so I started looking for another PS. This turned out to be a good thing. I've since discovered that my first doctor is NOT a board certified PS (I learned at Nicole's site how to find this out...I didn't have this info before) and I'm very glad I didn't go to her for the more extensive tummy tuck surgery (she would've had another surgeon come in for that and assisted him...now I realize the other surgeon may not have been board certified, either!). We started the search for a surgeon. Thanks to my husband's efforts, we found two female surgeons that sounded like possibilities (I wanted to go to a woman for this). They were both in La Jolla, CA, which is about 70 miles from where we live, and both in the same medical building! We made an appointment with one surgeon, then I chickened out and cancelled. A few weeks later, we were able to make appointments for initial consultations with both of these surgeons on the same day. So, we took the day off work and went to La Jolla. Larry was with me all the way. The first surgeon I liked a lot and I thought her staff was really nice. She spent a lot of time with us. Her opinion was that I should have under the muscle implants, about 600cc, with probably a Binelli lift, and a tummy tuck. We made a surgery date. Then, when we left her office, Larry said to me "What if you like the next surgeon even better?" and I said "I can't imagine that, but we'll deal with it if it happens." The second surgeon was THE ONE! Dr. Lori Saltz was so COOL!!!! For example, I, at 47, had never had a mammogram. When she heard that, she said "Put your hand up here on the table so I can slap it!" She's terrific! She looked at the pictures we brought and was willing to work with me to get the result I wanted without a lift. I told her I wanted to "fill 'em up" and she said we could do that! So we decided on 800cc, round, textured, McGhan implants (overfilled as necessary to get the result we wanted), over the muscle (because I had so much of my own breast tissue), and a full tummy tuck. She was so straight with her answers about everything and so savvy about what results I wanted and why I wanted them the way I did! I can't say enough good things! (more - click forward arrow)
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