Choosing a Mommy Makeover Practice: A Patient’s Perspective
A patient who identifies herself as a healthcare professional explains why she chose Dr. Smith for her mommy makeover. She describes her priorities, meeting the team, her experience of care around surgery, and the support she received afterward.
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Key takeaways
- She describes researching the surgeon and feeling welcomed at the consultation.
- She explains why feeling safe, secure and cared for mattered to her.
- She recounts nursing support and the team’s availability during her recovery.
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Video transcript
Transcript from the source video’s English caption track. Auto-generated captions may contain transcription errors. This is one patient’s experience; results and recovery vary.
0:00 Hi, and just wanted to let everybody know that I had a wonderful experience here at Dr. Darren Smith's practice. Um, I had a full mommy makeover. As a busy professional woman, I did my research and I was very impressed with the skill set of Dr. Smith and I came in to see everybody and the staff were so welcoming. I was really concerned as well not with looking good even though I
0:25 know he's really great with contouring and um that was important to me. But as a healthcare professional, I was interested in having somebody that would keep me safe. I knew my surgery would be kind of major. Everything was clean here, everything was safe. I felt secure. His bedside manner is what really got me to I felt very cared for. Um, I stayed the night of the surgery
0:50 here. I had a wonderful nurse that was organized. I didn't have to do anything. I went home with with the right garments that I needed. I didn't feel as scared as, you know, what I've heard other people are. I felt like I was in good hands. My recovery has they've been available to me. Every question that I've had answered. They checked on me. I couldn't have asked for a better experience. I've they've just made me feel like one of the family here. Very
1:16 very professional place. And I can't recommend Dr. Smith enough. He is an incredible surgeon and his staff they they made it for me. Once I met with him, I made a decision [clears throat] right away. Once I was in the office, I didn't see anybody else. He was what I wanted. So, I'm very glad I did I did my procedures here.