Tummy Tuck
So happy with my tummy now! Would do it again in a heartbeat. I did well initially after my surgery, was off pain meds by day 3, then got an infected drain. After that was taken care of, I felt much better. I followed directions for lifting restrictions for the full 6 weeks and had low energy that is just starting to improve in the last month (my abdominoplasty was in March). I wish I could afford to have my thighs done - someday I will...
I like having a flat tummy, but I would only do it again if I could be guaranteed no necrosis! My entire incision (reverse tummy tuck... a true T shape) turned necrotic and I had a big, deep crater in my belly(you could see the muscle fascia at the deepest point!) that had to be cleaned and packed twice a day and took over 5 months to heal up. I now look like I have burn scars all the way across below my breasts and down the first couple of inches of the mdiline). It also hurt like hell for a number of weeks. I was off work for 4 weeks and still had trouble walking completely upright when I went back to work (because the muscle was so tight NOT because of the hole from the necrosis).
Lora
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I'm three weeks out from my lower body lift and would do it again in a heartbeat. I really only had 2 bad days, but with pain meds, they were not too bad. I was able to get in and out of bed myself by day 3. My last two drains were removed on day 10. I feel great, but do tire easily.
All pros, no cons.
Laura
All pros, no cons.
Laura
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I am two months post fleur de lis tummy tuck and brachioplasty. TT was the most painful of the 4 "open" abdominal surgeries I have had. I was off work 4 weeks. I also have had tissue necrosis with an "open wound", I imagine it will take about 2 more months until it closes - a pain in the bum!
My arms are great and my belly is flat.
Go back a few pages on the plastic surgery board and you will find many posts on the board. They have been very helpful to me.
Best wishes.
My arms are great and my belly is flat.
Go back a few pages on the plastic surgery board and you will find many posts on the board. They have been very helpful to me.
Best wishes.