Vaser Liposuction: Stories

This is my second major lipo experience after traditional tummy tuck/lipo in 2002. At the time of my orignal Tummy Tuck, hi-def vaser was not in use.

Since then, pounds have come and gone and I tried other non-surgical fat loss treatments, velashape (see my review), lapex laser (see my review), none of it worked to remove the new pockets of 15lbs of fat that crept back in weird places over the years.

I took the plunge again last week and went for upper abs, upper back, mid section and lower back. They removed the FDA max of 5 liters over a 3 hour session - general anesthesia. Went home with 4 drain bulbs, compression garment with sticky foam and a catheter to avoid the hassles of in/out of bed. I am not a martyr, but I did not take any pain meds, just the Ambien for sleep and something for nausea.

Second day (Thurs) felt like I fell down and back up an entire flight of stairs, hitting every square inch .. especially the rib cage and abs. Rested all day and had extreme difficulty getting out of bed, so simply didn't except to go back for a post op to have the catheter removed and a look-see. Logged onto my work email to act as if I could still work from home, big mistake... mis-spelled a lot of words and had difficulty comprehending things... There are emails I dont remember sending - ooops...

Third day (Friday) back to the doctor to remove the drain tubes, which had tapered off quite a bit by then. Peeling off the foam was like getting fresh bruises waxed - tried to think of happy thoughts... I now understand why dogs bite when you pet them too hard...

Fourth day (Saturday) Took a cool shower and washed my hair.. ahhh... lots of bruises here and there, especially under the breast and scattered about - kinda liking what I see in some spots, but belly looks mishapen and distended. Put the foam and garment back on and shuffled around the house looking like a 40 gallon water heater. Difficult to sit and lean back and get back up again. Felt best just standing up.

Fifth day (Sunday) Feeling stiff, but better, so drove to a store to get some groceries and stuff, spent too much time milling around and ankles swelled up like blowfish. Started to get a headache so I came home and laid down at 4pm, headache mushroomed into a migraine by 9pm and I ended up vomiting and peeing on the bathroom floor at 3am - I over did it.

Monday - I took the foam and garment off for a while, the itching was driving me nuts, plus I wanted to see how it looked. I can see immediate improvement in the upper ab as if I had a breast enhancement due to the removal of fat that had collected under the breasts - whoo hoo. BIG SMILE... Abdomen looks weird and distorted, but I know its swollen and puffy... hopped on scale, 5lb weight gain, but BMI is down by 5%, so I know that this will change when swelling subsides.

Tuesday (today)- I went to work today wearing spanx and regular clothes. My ribs are sore and the puncture spots are pinching and biting, but I can handle it. Nobody really noticed anything..so that is good - I dont want to suddenly show up to work dramatically thinner.

Tomorrow is my 1 week follow up - I will check back!