June Tummy Tuckers Check In Here

Rdy, not sure if this feeling is the same as yours or not but I still have shooting pains sometimes when I sneeze - not always but sometimes, and not exactly like immediately postop (because I was really numb then and didn't feel much) - this is more like a burning pain. My belly is also still sore muscularly, and am now kind of itchy skin-wise and perhaps a bit deeper whereas I was not at the beginning; I am still mostly numb (!) in the front but there is an itchiness to it that wasn't there before, and some sensations that are new. I am just considering it part of the process, because I don't know what else it could be.

Merry Christmas to all my fellow tummy tuckers, hope you all have a great holiday !

i had mine in May of this year and i am not having pains like you describe, maybe you might want to call PS and ask them about this.

Kathy, I am done with my PS, The one spot healed and hopefully I won't have to see him again. I will deal with whatever this is. It has gotten better though. Thanks, Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year!

I agree with the "quite a recovery". I am glad to hear you are doing well. I still have a lot of numbness. I am hoping this is normal. But since yours is almost gone, not so sure. I like the way clothes fit on me also. Strange to hear people say I look skinny. I keep telling them I'm not, just smaller than I was.

Hi Rdy, agree totally with not skinny. I too am smaller but to that I am thankful. I was having major bathroom issues and had it confused with swelling, lmao!!! Feeling better now that I know. I do continue to get weekly massages but not sure that has helped, but figured I'd continue until 6 month mark which is the 18th then decide. I am not exercising, which I should be. What about you? Take care and nice hearing from you. Have a good day.

I am not exercising. I need to start back walking. The weather here in south Alabama has been great, just can't get motivated. I am not gaining or losing weight right now. Everyone keeps telling me I don't need to lose any more, but I want to at least 20 pounds. Maybe after the holidays I will start back. Hope you have a wonder holiday!

So hard to lose weight with the holidays coming up, maybe we can skip the desserts and fried foods. Easier said than done, lol. Thank you and enjoy the holidays as well. Happy holidays, Continued healing and well prayers to ALL.

i still have some numbness, may always be there not sure, things are good with me, i have been doing exercise program for about 3 months now and feel better than i have in years, clothes fit great, so nice to be rid of that belly, im still shocked when i look at myself, cant believe that belly and stretch marks are finally gone, thank god i went thru with this and thank god all went well........best wishes to all of you(yep quite a recovery !)

That's good news Rdy and a pleasant surprise (to me, anyway - but you knew and now I have learned, thanks!) - congrats! :) One big benefit is your scar line will all be healed at the same rate. My touch-up scar is about 3 months behind the original, and it shows, but I guess in the end they all fade pretty well so it doesn't matter. Doing well. Did okay staying out of the Halloween candy, now to avoid stuffing myself at Thanksgiving. ;)

Hi looking. I am not sure where to follow up on this but I think maybe posting a question to the drs on this site might be one place to start. I get the sense plastic surgeons have some training / interest in making sure patients walk into this in the right frame of mind. In terms of mixed signals, I'm not sure what it is thats concerning you specifically. I will tell you that the few people who knew about my procedure (full mommy makeover) were telling me how everyone would notice once I had it done. In the back of my mind I knew they wouldn't because I had some skin removed from the abdomen but not much to be visibly different under clothes. My breast aug was also not very significant. So if I dress as I did before (which I do as all my clothes fit similarly, just better) no one can really tell. If I put on a t-shirt, though, you can see I look a little different while I would say I look significantly different. In closing I can tell you that while those are "facts" none of it really matters. When I take off my clothes I know what i look like and I did this for me. And even dressed I know all the places my clothes fit better. In short, this procedure has been something that allows me to "not think of the things that used to bother me." When I do think of my figure now I think "perfect" instead of "90% there." I hope this helps. Consider posting this question to the drs on this site.

I went back to the Dr this past Monday and he is going to go cut the knot (stitch that didn't dissolve) out on the 15th. He said it will be about a 3 inch cut. I am just so ready for this to be healed and not have to wear a bandage EVERYDAY! It's still about the same, the 19th will be 5 months! I have stock in bandages and tape now LOL... I am still boiling it out with peroxide, but not getting any better. I am really dreading it, but ready for it to be over. Hope all is going well with you!

Do you not like the way you look?

Thanks, Busy45Mom. Like you, my old clothes fit similarly but better. Ultimately I did this for me too and most of the time I'm really pleased but I wind up being reminded of some things or think too hard and it kind of gets negative, darn it. :) Part of my problem is I am fighting weight gain postop, and it seems to be collecting in the tummy and trunk - right where I don't want it. Went up 10 pounds and an inch, now sidled back down 5 so just 5 up now (have not lost the bloomin' inch!), but it's a battle and here we are heading into the holidays... this means war. The mixed signals: My boss saw me and said I looked really great, she was really pleased for me. I relayed that to my daughter who said my boss was just trying to be nice, that the change wasn't that significant and I am being vain. I won't disagree with her, I had liked what I was seeing and was feeling better about myself, and have even taken in some shirts since I don't have to hide the belly any more, but... dang. That kicked me back a bit and I took a closer look, and obviously in my pics I am still not where I want to be. *sigh* But not sure I ever will be. After some research, it appears I am an inverted triangle body type. Turns out that the woman my PS did whose pic I closely related to my own "before" picture has more of an hourglass figure... I expected to look like that afterwards but now I see I never will. My waist and hips will always be about the same (there is still room for improvement in the waist though). Probably will just ask my PS about suggestions when I see him the Monday after Thanksgiving (talk about incentive to keep my face out of the pecan pie!). I really really wish I knew what I look like. I don't think I know, it still changes every time I look in the mirror. :) Thanks again for the response.

Thanks for responding, Rdy. I think you have been wise to keep rinsing it with peroxide to keep it from getting worse, but imho it'll be best to get the stitch out; he should clean out the wound well and your body should really be able to heal when that's gone. I'm not sure if I'm just being hypersensitive to things, or hypercritical to my body again (thought I was over that), or uber vain, or what. I want to be happy in my skin, and know I should be after all the $$ spent, but lol I am still no swimsuit model am I, and I didn't turn out like the girl in the picture on my PS's website (unrealistic goal)... I hope this is just PMS making me moody... :D Sorry for whining. And it's funny you mentioned it being 5 months... does it feel like that to you? To me it feels longer... ;)

Hi Looking4Change. You're welcome. You will change a lot for the next six to twelve months. I would start the morning really flat then slowly "thicken" as the day went on due to swelling. Its only now starting to improve and i am four months. Try to see how the glass is half full -- for you! Don't let others' opinions overshadow your own good feeling. It sounds as though some negative comments are coming from people who may not support your decision. It's what you think that maters in the end. How do you feel when everyone says you look great but you dont like how you look? It's the same idea. My change wasn't significant to the outside world, except maybe my breasts which are more visible. But I don't care. I know where the improvement is and it matters to me. Worth every penny. I also gained some weight back, a couple of pounds, and a lot was because I was swollen. Its going now and the one thing that was tight now fits closer to how it did when I started this process. Going back to the gym has helped as well. Good luck, and remember to focus on how well the process has met YOUR needs and expectations.

yes, it seems like it has been a year. I don't think I will ever be "happy" with the way I look. I have a lot of skin that could be removed everywhere. But my stomach was the main thing. I could use another TT, it doesn't hang like it did before, but I still have skin that is lose. But I am ok with what I have. It's a lot better then it was.

Looking, you know all that I have been through trying to heal this spot. As I have also said, I still have a lot of skin that is very loose. But, when I have clothes on, people tell me I look good, and that I am skinny (I know I'm not, just smaller then I use to be). But if you ask me if I am ok with the way I look, I would say yes. I am the ONLY one that sees me naked. I am 50 years old this month and I know I will never wear a bathing suit, or clothes that fit tight and I am ok with that. I was disappointed to start with after my surgery, because I along with you and I am sure others, thought I would look like the women in the pictures. WELL,,, not ever going to happen!!! At some point, we have to say, ok this is what I look like and I am ok with that. Yes, it is easy for me to give advice .... lol....

I guess it was PMS, or something. Still doing okay with slow weight loss (why couldn't I do this when I was gaining?!) and getting out of the house more, as well as tuning out the negative comments (yes, they were coming from people who were not supportive of the decision to have this surgery done in the first place, apparently it was eating into their inheritance, lol). But it's okay now. Thanks for helping me through it. :)

Looking4change, so glad you are feeling better about yourself! That PMS is a killer sometimes! :-)