So if you followed my journey, you will see that eight years ago I had a breast reduction with a lift, and insurance paid for 100% of that. Back in April I had a Tummy Tuck with muscle repair and lipo… My doctor is STELLAR and he did an incredible job! However, several weeks after the procedure I developed a seroma… It took us many many months and a few different kinds of things to get it to finally go away. The different types of drains and ports we used left some deformities in my beautiful scar. So about three weeks ago I had a scar revision…He lowered the scar and fixed a big dent that the port had made. I am healing well, still very swollen, but looking absolutely amazing! So let this be a word of advice to all of you ladies… Hang in there!! Health first, and then worry about aesthetics! If you’ve chosen your surgeon well like I did, then there is nothing that cannot be fixed down the road! I feel like a new woman!
Updated on 10 Dec 2018:
Ok!!!! It’s officially been 8 months of this journey!!! I had a full TT with muscle repair and lipo done 8 months ago. I had long road of dealing with a stubborn recurring seroma that effected my results and just took many months to deal with. I had my revision procedure done about 3 weeks ago and tho still a bit swollen, I am ready for the final before and after shot!! I have one major piece of advice for all of you… Choose your surgeon wisely, and understand that this will be a very long process with many ups and downs! Just relax, trust your surgeon, put your healing first, and remember that anything you do not like can always be fixed! This process has changed my life and my confidence in ways that are hard to describe.
Updated on 8 Jun 2019:
My journey is complete...and it was worth EVERY penny and every single procedure. I have birthed 6 babies and am able to lay here proudly in a bikini. My surgeons are second to NONE!
Updated on 18 Dec 2021:
Well, it’s been 11 years since my breast reduction and 3 years since my full tummy tuck!! Since the tummy tuck I gained some weight then lost it again, and it still looks absolutely incredible! I’m sharing that so you know that I didn’t accrue any extra or loose skin. It was only maybe 15/20 pounds I gained and then I lost it all, but it still left no extra skin.
This is still the best decision I have EVER made. These pics are either from my husband and I vacation to Cabo (where I basically lived in a thing bikini) or sexy pics I took to send my hubby. See how CONFIDENT I am??? I NEVER would have taken pics like this before the tummy tuck.
Even with the complications it was worth it. After my TT I developed a seroma (no doctor error, they just happen). The seroma was difficult to get rid of and left me with a deformity…so I had a scar revision done which was great. Then at the one year mark, he did a full revision (bc after one year everything “settles” and oftentimes you can lower the scar and get rid of even more skin).
Now I’m 3 year later- 38 years old, mom of 6 kids ages 9-15, I’ve remarried, and am SEXY AS HELL!!