Meet Alexandra
We are always honored to be a part of every single patient’s journey – always always always! Recently, we have had a few patients sit down with Dr. Slenkovich and talk about their plastic surgery journey. This first patient, Alexandra, underwent a HUGE transformation. She is a 32-year-old mother of two and went through a 130-pound weigh loss. Alexandra is so happy with her results that she has willingly opened up about her journey to all of our followers.
Nine years ago, Alexandra weighed almost 300lbs. She has described herself as an emotional eater, saying she depended on food to comfort herself during difficult times. She bounced from diet to diet without seeing substantial results. Most of us can relate to that. Finally, she underwent Bariatric Surgery. For those of you who don’t know, Bariatric Surgery is a specialty procedure performed on patients who struggle with obesity. This procedure achieves weight loss by reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or through the removal of a portion of the stomach. It should be noted that bariatric surgery is not a shortcut or solely a weight loss procedure; it should be used as a tool, combined with healthy lifestyle choices like diet and exercise to attain positive results.
Nine years ago, Alexandra weighed almost 300lbs. She has described herself as an emotional eater, saying she depended on food to comfort herself during difficult times. She bounced from diet to diet without seeing substantial results. Most of us can relate to that. Finally, she underwent Bariatric Surgery. For those of you who don’t know, Bariatric Surgery is a specialty procedure performed on patients who struggle with obesity. This procedure achieves weight loss by reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or through the removal of a portion of the stomach. It should be noted that bariatric surgery is not a shortcut or solely a weight loss procedure; it should be used as a tool, combined with healthy lifestyle choices like diet and exercise to attain positive results.
Her lap band surgery helped her reach her 130lbs weight loss, leaving her with excess skin ad sagging tissues. She still felt trapped and hidden in her own body. She finally made the decision to undergo a body lift and she chose Colorado Plastic Surgery Center to partner with her on this incredible journey. Her surgery was very long and required her to stay overnight in our surgery center, under 24 hour care with our expert team of nurses!
After surgery, Alexandra spent a lot of time with Pam, our super skilled and knowledgeable peri-operative massage therapist. Postoperative massage therapy is essential for helping your tissues heal as well as flushing fluids and toxins from your body.
Now six months post op, Alexandra feels amazing. Every day activities like chasing after her kids or doing yoga feel 10x easier. She finally feels free in her own body. For more pictures of her weight loss transformation and for extra pre and post op photos check out her full story here: https://youtu.be/EUuHX4K7PvQ
A note to Alexandra from the whole DenverBodyDoc team:
Thank you for sharing your journey and for picking us to partner with you on this life-changing journey. You will forever be part of the DBD Family.
Until next time,
