Healing Process

It's been 13 days since my procedure and the healing process has been rough. For the past two days I've been feeling like my body is being glued back together. I had my follow-up visit and the doctor said I'm doing good and didn't need to be drained. Now I'm just waiting out for the pain to subside and for the swelling to go down. The first few days after the procedure I wasn't in much pain just uncomfortable but when the incisions were closed with the tape the draining immediately stopped and two days later the swelling started along with the pain. My incisions are very painful depending on how I move but I'm doing a lot better today than prior days.

OK it's been 7 days since my procedure and it seems like it's not getting any better. I'm still uncomfortable but I've been told that it will get better. I added a one day pre op and 6 days post op pics below. Hopefully they'll load the correct way.

May 8, 2015 My procedure was done on May 4th, sorry I don't have any pics up yet but I'll add all of them when I can take the post op pics of my results. The actual procedure was rough, it hurt like heck oddly it wasn't the liposuction that hurt it was the numbing medication that burns when it goes in. When my stomach was done I didn't feel any pain during lipo but I did when my sides and flanks were being done. I highly suggest that you be put to sleep during this procedure but like myself I didn't want to be put to sleep and this is one of the main reasons I selected this doctor. I can't say that after the surgery I was in any pain, it's just very uncomfortable and I stayed on the ibuprofen so when I started feeling uncomfortable I would take a pill and I'd be good. I'm not saying that this was easy its just that I wasn't in pain. After the surgery and recovery is also rough, I had a few friends come over and help me. The drainage is unbelievable but as long as you know that the leakage is mostly the solution coming back out and not all blood you will be fine. I did have a problem with being unable to stop draining but on my follow up visit the doctor noticed that there was a piece of tissue that didn't come out (real small) he removed it put the tape on the correct way and I stopped draining. Now I started to swell and OMG this is crucial. It started during the middle of the night with my garment on, I woke up and some how maneuvered that thing off and went back to sleep lol. I'm still beyond swollen and the healing part is hard because you can feel the inside of your body coming back together. I'll try to add pics by Sunday. Was it worth it. Absolutely!!!! Would I do it again! YES but I would have been put to sleep. Having the pain during the surgery and healing afterwards is frustrating. Results. I saw results on day 1 and couldn't believe it. lol Overall I'm extremely happy with my results.