90 Day FiancéThis is Loren talks about her plastic surgery. ET’s Rachel Smith sat down with Loren and her husband Alexei and they spoke candidly about the difficult recovery from the procedure and why she felt it was necessary.
In this season of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?Loren has openly talked about going under the knife after give birth to three children. Alexei as well as her family and friends were against it, noting that they thought she was fine the way she was. But Loren told ET that there was nothing that could have changed her mind.
“Alexei, he can come to me if he wants, but he knew how important this was for me, and I usually let people convince me and persuade me, but for some reason I was so convinced of it for years,” she emphasizes . “It wasn’t a one-month thing, I’ve been talking about it for years. … Normally he can change my mind, but not in this case.”
Alexei admitted that he was against surgery.
“I feel like she was just doing so well, before, after the third baby and before the surgery, with all her, you know, changes and her lifestyle and training and eating and all of that, and she’s progressing so well “I felt like she should just move on without the surgery,” he shares. “But I knew that was what she was after, so I just gave in.”
As for the surgery, Loren described what she had done for a “natural mommy makeover.”
“Basically, I did a fat transfer,” she explains. “I used my natural fat and did a fat transfer into my breasts. I did the tummy tuck and then I did 360 degree lipo, so I did lipo on the chin, arms, upper back, lower back, thighs, all of this natural stuff [in my breasts].”
Loren recounted the intensive recovery period, which included being confined to bed for two weeks. During this time, she relied heavily on Alexei to not only care for her post-surgery, but also do the heavy lifting regarding her three young children – sons Shai and Asher and daughter Ariel.
“I think I was a good patient, he was great,” she remembers. “I couldn’t have asked for better support… I couldn’t have replaced the drains and done what he did. I would have said, ‘Take care of yourself.'” He’s just the best father and they admire him and adore him and he can do no wrong.
Alexei joked that he was working as a nurse at the time.
“I have always taken care of the children, it is nothing new,” he notes. “At the moment I had to constantly take care of her. I change diapers, bathe them and feed them and still do everything, right?”
Loren also spoke to ET about body dysmorphia and offered advice to other women considering elective surgery.
“That’s no secret. I was open about it,” she notes of her body dysmorphia. “I’m talking about it more this season. You’ll see. And it’s definitely a struggle. You just have to know what you want and if you want to have the surgery then do it for yourself and don’t regret it.” I don’t regret doing it but I’m really happy and have a good one Support system.
Loren hasn’t closed the door on further procedures in the future.
“I mean, we can always make improvements,” she jokes. “I’m back, body dysmorphia, accepting my body. I feel good. But it’s a process.”
As for this season 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?Loren says the couple she is the biggest fan of is Emily and Kobe.
“I like Emily and Kobe because they’re kind of in a similar situation to us, like they’re expecting a third baby and we just did it, so I think it’s the most relatable thing for us,” she says . “I just think we can relate to them the most – they have a good relationship with their parents, they look after the kids, I just think they’re having a third baby, we’ve got three, so we got it.
Alexei also praised Kobe, especially in terms of how Kobe handled it His friends in Cameroon are not fans of Emily.
“Kobe is also very strong and he supports her,” he says.
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? airs Sundays on TLC.
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