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Liposuction Testimonials From Dr. Pousti's San Diego Cosmetic Surgery Patients
Breast Augmentation / Tummy Tuck / Liposuction :
My experience with Dr. Pousti and his staff has changed me forever. I
had come to a point in my life that I had tomake a decision. I eat healthy,
I exercise and no matter how lowe my body fat was, I could not loose weight
in my "problem areas". Ladies I think you know what I'm talking
about. Genetics are evil in my family. I was unhappy with the way my clothes
fit, the way I looked in a bathing suit and was tired of NEVER being able
to find a good fit in a pair of jeans. I had done lots of reading and
talking to people about plastic surgery in general. I spent a good 8 months
thinking about it. I made the jump and started scheduling consultations.
I had seen 2 doctors prior to my consult with Dr. Pousti and had just
about given up. I had my consultation with Dr. Pousti and that is when
I know he was the right doctor. He was kind, truthful and spent alot of
time with me. I decided to have the surgery that minute. I was not leaving
his office untilI had a surgery date. Dr. Pousti walked my through the
whole process to make sure that things went smoothly and they did. The
nurses were fabulous, the office staff was great! I can't say enough good
things about the whole experience. It has been almost 2 months after surgery
and I look and feel great. It has changed the way I think about myself
on the outside but more importantly on the inside. Thank you Dr. Pousti.
Dear Dr. Pousti -
I want to thank you for my new found self confidence. Prior to the surgical
procedure, I often avoided social settings and had a fear of running into
old friends who only knew me thin. Now I find myself excited at the prospect
of running into people and having a visit without feeling self conscious
about my appearance. I did not realize how much hiding I had been doing. My quest for less neck and shoulder pain, as well as hoping to end the
poor posture, rashes and rutted shoulders led me to explore breast reduction.
I am also the youngest of three sisters and the other two are breast cancer
survivors, so whether it is 100% medically proven or not, I wanted to
have less mass for concern. Two different friends recommended that I visit you. So, although I had
a full authorization from my HMO for a different doctor, I requested a
second opinion and I'm so pleased that I did! From the first phone call
to schedule an appointment, I realized you had a staff that truly cares
about the complete well-being of its patients. Your office is light and
cheerful and my first encounter with you was so respectful. I remember
on my first visit I told you that it didn't matter much to me how I looked
under my clothes; as long as I looked better when I was dressed. Your
response was that it mattered to you and that you would make me look and
feel beautiful. The folks at the Surgical Center were very warm and helpful. I'd had
concerns about having the procedure outside of a hospital, but now am
glad for the personal care that I received at the Center. Since my surgery I have found myself with more energy and my years of
neck and shoulder pain from the weight have ended. And to walk into a
store and purchase a pretty bra without steel reinforcements is quite
an experience. "Thank you" to you and your staff for giving me exceptional
care. I gladly recommend you to any of my friends considering cosmetic
surgery. I know it is a cliché, but truly, my only regret is that
I didn't do this year ago. Thankfully, hola tengo 34 años soy Mexicana, tuve cuatro cesareas, por eso
me decidi a visitar al doctor Pousti, por recamendacion de mi ginecologo. "I am a medical malpractice attorney, and recently had liposuction
performed by Dr. Tom Pousti. Because of my professional experience, I’ve
seen the good doctors, the bad and some ugly results on people who come
to me as a last resort. They should have gone to Dr. Pousti first, for
the reasons I did, and you should. Some plastic surgeons, in Beverly Hills, tout themselves as “doctors
to the stars”. I think a much more impressive byline would be “doctor
to the lawyers”. Many a doctor would politely decline to perform
an elective procedure on a lawyer for obvious reasons. Dr. Pousti, however,
can boast of many lawyers who are his satisfied patients. And let me tell
you, it takes a very confident and competent doctor to cut one of us! Dr. Pousti is more than just competent. He is the very best plastic surgeon.
He has top training, experience, employs cutting edge (no pun intended!),
technical skills and performs artistry (a requirement as a plastic surgeon).
Equally important, he has a wonderful bedside manner and he truly cares
about his patients and their satisfaction. His staff is professional,
as is the Grossmont surgical center where procedures are performed. Liposuction, performed by a skilled plastic surgeon, is really “body
sculpture, and can erase years of fat & flab which resists diet and
exercise. For the first time in many years, after numerous diets, countess
exercise programs, aerobic classes and personal trainers, my paunch and
love handles are gone! And it only took one morning. My only question
is why did I wait so long? The answer is: I didn’t know Dr. Pousti
earlier. Thanks Dr. Tom Pousti. " M.A. I am a 24 year old women who recently had liposuction done to my abdomen,
flanks and back area, and I can not begin to tell you how EXTREMELY happy
I am with my results. During my high school years I really wasn't to concerned
about my weight, I figured I could lose a couple inches in my waist but
I didn't stress to much about it. It wasn't until I joined the Marine
Corps in 1999 that I began to really look at myself and realize that I
wasn't too happy with the way my body looked. I had nice legs, arms and
even chest but my waist....well I just didn't have one! When I put my
uniform on I always felt "Fat". I felt that I didn't portray
that Female Marine image. You know that slim, fit, small waist image?
For years I would work out and try to watch what I ate, but I could never
get the waist I wanted. As Marines we are responsible for maintaining
a certain weight and body fat and I always met that criteria but I still
felt overweight. I even went on the Atkins diet (which was a great diet)
and exercised more then ever, but still no waist! Finally after talking
with my mother and boyfriend, of 2 years, I decided to look into liposuction.
I wasn't too fond of the idea since I never had any type of surgery done
to me, let alone be put to sleep for surgery and the thought of "Surgery"
scared me. Yet I did my homework and found that this might just be my
answer. Breast
Augmentation/Breast lift/Tummy
Tuck/Liposuction: After years of dressing to camouflage my floppy breasts and saggy belly,
and of having to exercise in long loose shirts and full support bras,
and of pulling pillows up against my stomach when I was lying on my side
(to hide the skin and flab beside me that was my constant sleeping companion),
and of swatting away my partner's hands when attempting to "caress"
that part of my body - I finally decided to really do something about
it. I had a tummy tuck, breast lift, breast enhancement, and some side
liposuction. It is the best thing I have ever done for myself.
I am and have always been very athletic - walking, swimming, hiking,
crunches, pushups, etc., and yet while my muscles are and were taut...
the skin over the muscles, that had originally held all of my extra weight
(mostly my breasts and belly), just stayed there. Strange as it sounds,
the more weight I lost (35 lbs recently, but years ago 65 lbs after pregnancy)
the worse my front side looked. I was and am at my ideal weight, yet my
breasts were flat and hung down without any real mass to them, and the
skin on my belly skin was marred with stretch marks which extended both
over and under my natural "waste" line. When wearing anything
other than granny underwear, the underwear would simply roll under my
belly and stay there. And, although this is kind of personal it probably
applies to at least some of you considering the procedure, I had a pooch
of fat over "that" area... the pubic hair area. Nothing I did
could get rid of the skin, the scars, and the sagging that started at
my breasts and continued down my front side. On my first visit, Dr. Pousti asked then really listened to my requests.
I knew what I wanted done. I wanted all of my loose skin and flab removed,
and nice natural B cup breasts with the fullness in the bottom, not the
top. I brought in pictures of the big No-Nos, such as those huge bulbous
breasts sitting on top of chests looking like hard immobile rocks, and
I brought in pictures of natural looking breasts (some of which were the
"before" pictures in Dr. Pousti's albums). I brought in pictures
of women with flat stomachs. Dr. Pousti was very patient with me and explained
everything about each procedure. He kindly suggested/insisted that I come
in and talk with other patients who had undergone the same procedures.
On several more visits, I came in and talked privately with other women
who had been through the various procedures. Every single patient I talked
to had nothing but good words for and about Dr. Pousti and every single
patient was happy with their results. Every visit with Dr. Pousti and
his staff was positive and personal, and I never, ever felt like just
another patient nor a dollar sign. The week before surgery I was very, very excited and very, very scared.
Scared that I would come out a surgical nightmare... what if my breasts
were too high, too fake looking or lopsided... what if I ended up with
a horrid scars under my breasts or on my belly or had lumps of fat here
and there that the doctor couldn't get rid of... what if I got infections...
what if I ended up with ugly puckers on the ends of the scars... what
if the results of the surgery were such that I STILL had to hide my body
while naked??? Two days before my surgery was scheduled I almost canceled.
I was a mess and, well, I was a big-old-baby (or perhaps a different "B"
word would be a more accurate description, depending on who you ask).
However, the feelings passed and I had surgery as planned. I woke up and
it was as if the good-fairy had waived her magic wand over me. I could
not be happier, and none, not one, of my pre-surgery fears came to fruition. The only thing, and I mean the ONLY thing that I would say to any woman
considering the procedure is to realize that as you are talking to those
of us who have gone through the procedure and who are (all of us) giddy
with our new bodies and boosted body image - is to remind us to tell you
about the surgery itself and the recovery. The actual surgery is a breeze
from the patient's standpoint. Everyone at the surgery center is sweet
as can be and understanding, and you really won't remember much about
the ride home. The next day, however, is a different story. When the meds
wear off - holy cow - it hurts ferociously. (Take the pain meds before
you feel the excruciating pain come back.) The first three weeks are very,
very, very painful - more than I had expected. You have to sleep sitting
up with pillows behind you and under your legs for the first two to three
weeks, then you have to lay flat on your back for another few weeks. You
can't stand up completely straight for many weeks. You have to be helped
to get out of bed for the first several days. You will have disgusting
drainage tubes sticking out of you which can pinch and pull, and when
the Dr. removes them, it really hurts bad! But, as with childbirth, you
sort of forget about it because you have something so special and so fantastic
that the pain fades from your memory. With childbirth you have the miracle
of a new and beautiful baby. With Dr. Pousti's surgery, you have the miracle
of a new and beautiful body. It is well worth it, and the pain just passes
from memory. Yes, the recovery is slow, slow, slow - but then you wake
up one day and find you are back to normal. Two weeks ago (at 7 weeks
post surgery) I still couldn't completely stand up straight, couldn't
walk more than a few blocks, and was certain that I would never be back
to participating in athletics. Then, during my 7th and 8th week I recovered
so fast and so completely that just two days ago, at nine weeks post tummy-tuck,
breast lift, breast enhancement and liposuction - I successfully completed
an eight-mile mountain hike. I'm back to doing everything I was doing
before surgery. So, if you have the tummy-tuck with or without other procedures
- be patient, baby yourself for the first two months, relax and it will
all fall into place - and you will be happier than you can imagine. Oh. The only other downfall is that you will need new clothes. Bummer.
You'll have to shop for new pants and jeans. Tee shirts and spaghetti
strap tops. Shorts without pleats. Bathing suits. You will have to donate
your long and loose fitting shirts and your pleated trousers (as you will
have nothing left to fill in those pleats anymore). You have to start
borrowing clothes from your high school or college-age daughters or nieces.
You may have to go to Victoria's Secret. And (after a full 6 weeks, so
don't bother thinking you will even consider it before then), you will
have to fend off copious amounts of attention that your husband or partner
will shower you with. You will have to "suffer" through the
daily compliments from co-workers, friends, family and strangers on the
street, such as, "Have you lost weight?", "Are you working
out?", "My god, you look great!". Lastly, though loath
to admit it... before my surgery, not in my craziest dreams would I have
imagined that a rude cat-call from a construction worker (one, that had
it been made toward my daughter, would have made me seethe with anger)
would later secretly make me smile in awe that I actually somehow looked
attractive enough to warrant such rude behavior! Dr. Pousti is the best. His staff is the best. His work is the best.
I never, ever felt like just another patient. His staff was professional
and treated me with respect (which isn't easy when you are standing naked
in front of the doctor and staff, with all of the flab and skin that you
have spent years trying to hide just hanging out for inspection). I never
ever felt in any way that Dr. Pousti ever touched me in an inappropriate
way, nor that my privacy was disrespected. I have come in for multiple
post op visits and he spends as much time and consideration with me as
with any of my pre-surgery visits. He is a truly kind and thoughtful person,
as well as an awesome surgeon and artist. I strongly recommend Dr. Pousti,
and would be happy to speak with or show you the results of his skill
in reshaping this middle-aged mom's body into a very nice figure. M.S. Halo! Soy paciente del Dr. Pousti. Hace dos meses me hice la operacion
de Liposuction y Breast Augmentation. Cuando estaba embarazada me di cuenta
del Dr. Pousti por parte de mi amiga. Yo sabia cuando yo tuviera a mi
nina, iba a necesitar trabajo en mi cuerpo. Tuve a mi nina ye me espere
(se sintio anos!!) para liposuction y breast augmentation. Fui al Gimnacio
por unos 6 mese y perdi el peso que podia perder. Yo he escuchado que
si pierdes la mayor cantidad de peso su resultados es mejor y comprove
que era sierto. Al conocer al Dr. Pousti yo supe que el era el doctor
que me iba a operar y meiba sentir con el autoestima igual que antes de
mi embarrazo. Estoy muy feliz con me resultado de liposuction y breast
augmentation. Gracias al Dr. Pousti me siento orgullosa de mi cuerpo.
Yo recomiendo al Dr. Pousti y a su oficina que me trataron de maravilla.
Si yo lo tuviera que hacer otra vez no lo pensaria dos veces, y claro!
hiria con el Dr. Pousti! I am a 31-year-old male who just recently had lipo of the abdomen, flanks, and lower back. I cannot express how pleased I am with Dr. Pousti's work. To make a long story short, I had battled, since I was a youth, stubborn pockets of fat that seemed to be resistant to every type of exercise and diet. Even as a bodybuilder I just could not get rid of my gut, no matter how much cardio and dieting I did. It took me seven years to finally make the decision to have the surgery done, as I was in grad school out of state. I can tell you that within that time I had consulted with Doctors all throughout the L.A. area, but when I finally met Dr. Pousti I knew I had found the right doctor, for two reasons. First, he actually took the time to be very honest with me about what to expect and what not to expect. He listened to my concerns and answered every question I asked him with great honesty and integrity. Secondly, he did not come off as a businessman, but rather a doctor whose first priority was the quality of his work. His fees were very reasonably priced compared to other doctors I had seen who were quick to discuss their much higher than average fees up front. All in all the quality of Dr. Pousti's work speaks for itself and is very reasonably priced. Not to mention, he is just an all around first class professional. The actual surgery was a very positive experience. I was so impressed with how professional and caring his surgical staff was in the surgery room. They made me feel right at home. Before I knew it the surgery was over and I was on the road to recovery. Dr. Pousti also called me that night to discuss the surgery and how I felt, which was greatly appreciated. It is not a short trek from L.A. to San Diego but all the trips for the initial surgery to the follow-ups are all worth it. His office staff is especially nice and always very helpful. Lastly, let me just say how important it is when choosing a surgeon to choose wisely. I have heard many unfortunate stories from individuals who had substandard cosmetic surgery. If I were to do it all over again I would have no reservations about selecting Dr. Pousti. Sincerely, Liposuction:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Liposuction: Stigall's Story After several years of fighting weight gain associated with a medical
condition, my supportive wife suggested I research Liposuction as an alternative
weight loss solution. I'd always considered liposuction to be a technique
used by the idle rich, and "cheating". If you couldn't lose
the weight yourself through exercise and diet, then you weren't trying.
1. I firmly believe that any gains must be earned. I was trying steadily
to lose weight, and liposuction would be the admittance of defeat - I
was unable to lose the weight by diet and exercise alone. My wife encouraged me to look into the process. My friends call me a
"data digger", so I began digging up information on liposuction.
Through the discovery process I found a local surgeon (Dr. Pousti), who
was not only active on the web to answer Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQs),
but also sponsored meetings where people interested in cosmetic surgery
could attend and talk with former patients about the surgery in question.
You could actually talk to someone who had gone through same procedure
you were considering, under the same doctor. I made an appointment with
Dr. Pousti, bringing my medical history and research with me. Dr. Pousti
started the interview process by stating about 80% of the people who meets
with him are not good candidates for the procedure. After explaining my
medical history and research to Dr. Pousti, I asked him if I was a "good"
candidate for liposuction. I was prepared to walk away if the expert's
opinion was negative on the likelihood of benefiting from liposuction.
Dr. Pousti explained the effects of the liposuction would not be as pronounced
since my metabolism was slower than normal. I told him that even 5-10
additional pounds off would be more than the last 2 years of exercise
had managed to remove. I knew my hypothyroidism would decrease the benefits
of the liposuction, but Dr. Pousti told me that one waist size (38"
to 36") and perhaps 10 pounds would be realistic expectations in
my case. Final measurements would need to wait until about 3 months had
passed. This would allow for all of the swelling to go down. After we
talked some more about the process, I elected to go through with the surgery
in late December 2004. More testimonials available upon request. « More Testimonials |
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