hope4change2012
6 Months Post Op & HAPPY!!!
May 19, 2013
I don't want to write, I just want to live my life, but feel the need to pay it forward a bit.
I'm 6 months Post Op and can't believe how great I look and feel. Here's a summary:
LBL - I never had any openings and my scar is flat and fading and even. With time, due to my larger thighs, the scar around my waste dips down a little bit, but evenly, where my saddle bags are. Sounds bad, but it's not. Just shows how nature abides. It wants what it wants. My stomach is super flat and looks SO great! I wasn't at a perfect weight when I had this done, 164 at 5'2", but I was fit. I've stayed at that weight so I'm glad I didn't lose a bunch and then gain more. Sure, I'd love to weigh less and am working on it, but that seems to be my average. Any way, my saddle bags have sort of come back. Dr. S took a liter off each side, but I have big legs. Yet, I look SOOO much better. They are even and don't look that bad, more feminine than any thing I guess. Also, my bum sure looks awesome. I have cellulite, always have and always will, but I have such a nice shape in clothes. My VJ was lifted too and I'm so happy with how it looks. The 3 little holes from the drains are fading. I wore my garment for a long time, maybe 4 months or so. It may have helped. I watched my sodium. I didn't get back to exercise strenuously too fast and I had massage to help flatten the scars once they had healed. SO WORTH THE MONEY & TIME!
Neck Lift - The changes are subtle and I'm sure grateful for that. I have feeling in most all of my face. The area by the ears is taking the longest, but the scar under my chin is not noticeable and the spots on the cheeks where he does a staple (I think) are gone. I was concered about seroma/hematoma in the beginning, but as Dr S says, massage and time, and this is exactly what it was. The scars by my ears are faded completely too. I work my garment religiously for about 3 months. He said 6, but I just got sick of it. Other docs say only a few weeks, so I compromised. I'd say that I have 5 years off my face. I sort of pull and tug and think..hum..wish he took more, but in reality, I don't. He did just the right amount to look a bit refreshed, not pulled. FYI, he does the lower face lift (which is a neck lift), the right way. He tightens your neck muscle and your facial muscle by your cheek, not just yank the skin. Quality work all the way. SO WORTH THE MONEY AND TIME!
Eye Lift - My scars on my eyes have faded completely. I again wish he had done more, but that's the whole plastic surgery greediness that gets people in trouble. He did a beautiful job and when I compare before and after, there is a HUGE difference. SO WORTH THE MONEY AND TIME!
Breast Lift - I love, absolutely adore my breasts! I had a little bit of a freak out time about a month out when the sutures around the nipple were puckering and I felt disappointed. Poor Dr. S has to put up with the post op blues we go through. I told him I was disappointed and he said massage and time. Guess what, massage and time and they look so perky and cute! I LOVE how they look in a t shirt with no bra, but I don't do that. I wear sports bras to bed even. I wore my garment religiously for 4 months. I double garment my breasts when I do strenuous exercise. Gravity wants to take these from me and I'm trying not to let it happen too soon. I'm glad I don't have implants because basically I don't need them. Dr. S created beautiful perky breasts out of my uneven long-hanging chest mess I had going on. I'm a large C. SO WORTH THE TIME AND MONEY!
The breasts combined with the flat tummy and the lift around my entire body from the LBL has transformed me. I look great for my age! I do wear tighter fitting clothes to highlight my shape. The sculpting Dr. S did on me makes that possible.
Thank you to my surgery sisters and patients who went before me to pave the way to this transformation. I may get pics of at some time, but I am just going to log off for now. Maybe I'll write in a year.
My advice is do this for yourself! Do your homework and read other posters. Don't expect perfection. Follow Doctor's orders pre and post op.
And most imporantly, thank you to Dr. S and staff who made this girl feel some peace about her self at long last. So very grateful. Amen!
