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Delia Atenea never considered going under the knife — she’d always been slender, fit and confident in her own skin. But three pregnancies, including two sets of twins, took a toll on her body, leaving her with stretched skin that hung from her belly.
Then a friend mentioned Dr. Ryan Neinstein. Atenea scrolled through his social media — and her idea of plastic surgery was turned on its head. Instead of the usual “add-on” procedures likeDelia Atenea, a mother of five from San Antonio, traveled to New York City for a “mommy makeover” performed by plastic surgeon Dr. Ryan Neinstein.“My main concerns were my gut area and my breasts,” Atenea said. “When I saw that it was possible to not have this 34DD chest, I was like ‘Oh my gosh, I’m so on board. Take it off.’”that attracts clients from around the world and carries a three-month wait just to get a consultation for the VIP service. “There are amazing surgeons in every corner of the globe, but people today want more than that,” Neinstein said. “We call it the pink glove experience.”This plant's been called 'nature's Valium' — it can help fight anxiety, reduce stress and treat insomnia In the weeks leading up to her procedure, Atenea was riding an emotional roller coaster — equal parts excited and apprehensive, and especially nervous about the anesthesia But the moment she touched down in New York from San Antonio, “it was like everything had just faded away.” Like all of Neinstein’s out-of-town patients — who make up roughly 40% of his business — Atenea was greeted at the airport by a chauffeur and whisked straight to the Plaza Hotel, the glamorous base camp for her recovery.She spent the night in her suite, then crossed the street in her pajamas early the next morning for her procedure at Neinstein’s office overlooking Central Park. “The minute I walked into the operating room, my worship music playlist was blasting,” said Atenea, a full-time fashion content creator ( As she drifted off to sleep, Neinstein stood beside her, holding her hand — a ritual in his clinic that he says isn’t just symbolic, but delivers “We see it in their vitals,” he explained. “Patients come in and their blood pressure is up, but when the surgeon holds their hand it comes back down. You go into surgery and you come out a lot safer.”Then it was back across the street to the Plaza, not home to five kids and chaos, but onto the next phase of her plush “vacation.” The morning after surgery, Neinstein was at Atenea’s bedside. He makes these house calls with all his patients, checking in and explaining how the operation went.“Medicine probably has the worst customer experience of any business in the world,” he said. “You’re put in a room naked with a stranger and then later you’re given a bill, and you don’t even know what happened.” “They feel safer and more comfortable. It creates a real therapeutic relationship and not just a transactional one,” Neinstein explained. “I don’t want medicine to be done to you. I want medicine to be done for you.”“The nurses were there around the clock,” Atenea said. “If I woke up in the middle of the night and had to pee, they were there to take me to the restroom. They were there to bathe me. They were there to walk with me every single day.” In the first days after surgery, Atenea and her nurse walked laps around the Plaza’s gold-trimmed halls. On Day 4, she ventured out into Manhattan.Simone Biles’ plastic surgery spotlights rise of women under 30 having major work done: ‘Seismic shift’ “My nurse took me outside to the fountain,” Atenea said, “then to do a lap at Bergdorf’s in my pajamas.” “With all my kids, I can’t even imagine,” she said. “You’re so weak, you can’t do anything on your own.” Neinstein says this is one of the biggest draws to his program. People don’t want to recover from a major operation at home with nothing more than an aftercare pamphlet. “They’ll probably be fine, but there’s a lot of moving parts, there’s a lot of things to do, and they’re scared because it’s intimidating,” he explained. “It can be a very challenging thing to do on your own.” Nurses can also arrange for patients to get hyperbaric oxygen treatments, as well as lymphatic drainage massages right from their suites. An added bonus: On-site recovery enables Neinstein to take bigger swings in the operating room — which he said delivers better results. “I think surgeons who send people home probably do less because they want it to be as easy and as safe as possible because no one’s with them during recovery,” he explained. “It’s kind of got to be set it and forget it, versus something that’s a little more active in recovery.”After each procedure, a private chef delivers ready-made, personalized anti-inflammatory meals designed to promote faster healing. Patients can also order room service to satisfy their cravings.“This was really important because you have these drains hanging from your body, so the more massages you get, the better and faster you’re going to drain,” Atenea said. Clients can also book hair stylists or manicurists to stop by, and even have their rooms customized with flower arrangements.@mommalovesfashionblog On the fifth day of her recovery, Atenea said goodbye to her nurses, confident she was ready to finish healing on her own. But if she had questions, help was only a call away.“It took one month for me to feel normal again,” she said. “I’ve always been a confident person, but now I’m even more confident than I was before,” she explained. “You know how after you’ve been eating healthy for a few days and then you go into a dressing room and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, everything fits amazing?’ That’s how you feel, but forever.”Bootcamp burn: TikTokers are using this $40 gym gear for military-style home workoutsCEO who grabbed teen's neck, tossed him to floor for splashing water on his wife learns his fate‘Dangerous’ Somali trucker busted driving wrong way on highway couldn’t read road signs, failed English test‘Bridgerton’ star Yerin Ha breaks down that steamy bathtub scene with Luke Thompson: ‘Water did spill quite a lot’Lisa Rinna Claims She Was Drugged At ‘The Traitors’ Season 4 Premiere Watch Party: “I Had Fentanyl In My System”Delia Atenea, a mother of five from San Antonio, traveled to New York City for a “mommy makeover” performed by plastic surgeon Dr. Ryan Neinstein.Nurses attend to them in the room, where they also get lymphatic drainage massages.Patients have their meals prepared and other needs taken care of as they recover.After three pregnancies, Atenea was left with loose abdominal skin that didn’t respond to diet or exercise.Courtesy Neinstein Plastic Surgery
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