[alexandra]

I have tried making an appt. with Dr. Khouri for 4 months. I have sent pictures at their request and his assistant Rosie will make either an occasional email reply or simply not answer. ...

Rosie has been really sweet to me, but I do know what you mean about not always getting a reply. I found I have far better results when communicating directly with Dr. Khouri. The email addr on his site's contact page is his now - (rogerkhour "at" aol "dot" com)...I spaced it out like that so spambots can't link to it - and that is the correct spelling, w/o the "i" at the end (hers is very similar, I think with the "i"). You might want to mention to him that you haven't heard back from her and have been trying to schedule a consult (or surgery date).

...I chose one of the days and then looked on the website and found out that I would end up being included in a seminar with many paying doctors in the operating room who wanted to view this type of surgery...

When you read my "story", you'll see that I was included in one of the fat grafting workshops. I didn't realize it until the day of surgery, but it was kind of interesting, in an exhibitionist kind of way, lol! Really tho, I didn't mind.

...I then went on a consultation with another top surgeon who does fat-grafting and he told me I was too thin and my skin on my legs too loose and I would have bad results from the liposuction, although he could probably get enough fat out to put in about 150 cc's each side. ...

Curious who the surgeon was. There is a gyn (not a board certified plastic surgeon) in AZ who claims to do stem-cell fat transfers, which is a blatant lie, uses pics of Dr. Khouri's patients on his site, and just rubs me the wrong way. I hope it wasn't him!

....Alexandra.....how much fat did you have taken out? How are the results of the liposuction? How old are you? ...

I don't know how much he took out (looking at my before/after lipo pics I don't see that much of a difference, but I know there's swelling for a few months after), but I did ask how much he transferred. He said 400cc (I believe in each side). I turned 50 last fall, but am in relatively good shape (but obviously w/fat to spare!!). Dr. Khouri tho, did explain to me, as well as to the surgeons observing, that he often has the best results on very thin women. There is another surgeon, in Boston I believe, who worked w/Dr. Khouri. He has before/after pics of a very thin woman, with modest, but very nice results.

...I would love to read your blog if the link worked. Would you be willing to send me your email address so I can talk with you privately?

PS. I just realized I used to be a member of your forum! I knew your name looked familiar. I remember my user name but not my password. I can't retrieve my old password because I no longer have the ISP email I signed up with. Also, I just tried logging in using various passwords I thought they might be and no such luck. When i went to re-register using my gmail account, I was told it was not a valid email that was supported. Unfortunately, I do not have an ISP-supported email since I am renting someone else's apartment and using their wireless. What do I do?????

My email address is alexandra "at" alexandra-aaa "dot" com . Send me you're user name too, and I'll give you a temporary password so you can log in and change it (I'll email it to you).

I'd be happy to talk more. I'm running out of town for the day, but should be back online tonight or tomorrow. I'll check my email before I go in case I have a chance to at least change the pswd for you before I leave. (I did fix the link to my forum in my other post.)