Behind the search for ideal Instagram body: Roxanne Wanjiru’s story

“My name is Roxanne Wanjiru, 23. I have decided to get liposuction, a surgical process used to remove fat from specific parts of the body and transferred it to another. This is because I have always wanted bigger behinds.

It’s something that has been on my mind for many years, especially because whenever I log onto Instagram, I see fellow young girls flaunting incredibly beautiful curvy bodies thanks to a transformation that involves the transfer of tummy fat to their buttocks or boobs.

I have an appointment with Dr Tilman Stasch, an internationally board-qualified aesthetic, plastic, reconstructive and hand surgeon with over 20 years’ experience in doing liposuctions.

Dr. Stasch, who is based in Nairobi, is very nice and patient, explaining to me everything that he is going to do to my body.

He discloses that it can be performed on its own or in combination with others, such as breast reduction, a tummy tuck or fat grafting (using the suctioned fat to enlarge the breast or buttocks).

Dr. Stasch explains to me that the areas most treated by liposuction include thighs, hips, inner knee and lower leg areas, upper arms, liposculpture of the neck or chin (double chin), tissue in the breast area, axilla and anterior armpits, man boobs and the pubis.

At 3rd Park Hospital in Nairobi, a team of six doctors are busy preparing to receive Ms. Wanjiru for surgery.

This is where Dr Stasch performs his magic. The nurses wheel Ms Wanjiru away into the surgical room after washing her body with lots of betadine antiseptic solution. She is all smiles.