“My Tummy Tuck Was So Worth It! - Colorado”

Well you look fantastic and are only 6 days post op!!! Congrats and enjoy that new body. It is life changing.

You look amazing!!  

OMG iam also 42 and i go in for my TT Dec 6 was looking at your pic's we have very much the same shape on the before i only hope i look as good in my after god bless and enjoy your new body

OMG you look fantastic....I hope mine is such a success!!

Thank you all for your wonderful comments. Today is my first post op appointment. The only complaint I have is my back pain, which I am sure it will go away in time. Will let you all know.

You look AMAZING!!!!!!!

Amazing!

Wow! Huge difference! You look fantastic!

Thank you for all the wonderful comments! All of your after pics look GREAT also. Today is post op day 9. Doing well. I feel like a tickly itchy fluttering feeling around my incision. Its like an inside itch you cant get to. My back pain is much much better, yet still there. No pain meds for 3-4 days now, just tylenol for my back. Of course yesterday being Thanksgiving I think I over did things, was pretty sore this morning. I will post more pics soon!! Good luck to all the future tummy tuckers and all the post tummy tuckers WE ROCK!!!

Amazing, you are my hero. I am booked for Jan31/2012,I hope I look as good as you do. Recovery looks very fast. Thankyou!

Amazing, you look amazing....

I had my 5-6 week post op appointment last Friday, I cannot say enough about Dr Vath and his staff, I love them all!! I had so many questions for Dr Vath and he sat there patiently and answered every question.

Some of the things I have felt over the past few weeks...

week 0-2 not much swelling, tenderness, sore, bad back pain, couldnt stand up straigt.

weeks 2-4 started swelling at week 2 (i freaked out)ran to Dr Vath's office where he assured me it looked great and all was good. Red bb, slight draining from bb, and small amount of oozing from incision (Dr Vath does not use drains) my binder was my woobie, still had back pain, muscle spasms, felt like I had done 1000 sit ups, Looked great in the am (no swelling), slept with binder on at night and went w/o binder in the day starting about week 3. Would put binder back on in the afternoon if my back hurt or was feeling like my midsection felt overworked. Still tender, still slept with a pillow under my legs because it felt good, towards the end of four weeks I finally slept on my side BUT, had a pillow between my legs.

weeks 4-current At about week four, maybe a bit before then, when I layed down at night completely relaxed suddenly I was woke out of my sleep with what felt like my muscles were trying to escape from my stomach!! My legs would stiffen and my stomach would become rock hard. This is very different from muscle spasms. I find relief from this by taking a couple deep breaths and relaxing. At my post op appointment Dr Vath said, he has heard this before. My muscles are still sore, kind of like I have been laughing lots and lots!! I feel very tight at times not sure if it is the inside feeling tight or my skin is tight. From bb to top of pubic area still numb, getting a little more feeling there. I can feel pressure of touching it but cannot feel my skin. BB still has a bit of crusty on/in it but I hear that is the last to heal.

with all this being said, would I do it again???

HECK YEAH, IN A HEART BEAT!!

I love my results! I may not be a skinny minnie, but I am so very happy with the way I look and the confidence I now have. I no longer cry trying to get ready for work in the morning. I can wear blouses that are waist long/high instead of long enough to cover my belly! People that I know may not notice, but what matters to me is that I do. I look at my before pics and say how did I live with that for 23 years??? It may have gotten smaller and bigger over the years with weight loss or gain but it was always there!

Before surgery I said to my husband, what if I miss it? It has been me, a part of me for so long what if I cant handle it being gone :-) He would laugh and say uuhhh, I seriously doubt you will miss it!! So I said ok, what if you miss it? He laughed harder and said, I know I wont miss it! We have a good sense of humor about it now. Honestly before surgery it was such an emotional thing everyday just to get ready for work and now I love getting dressed, oh an I even love being undressed!!

You look great! I am PO 14 days and got my 2nd drain out today. It feels so good to be rid of that! Your results are just wonderful! Congrats!

Wow, you look so amazing! I hope I look as good as you in about another month or so- I'm almost 2 weeks post op. Wow! ;o)

WOW

Wow, you look amazing!!!

You look just wonderful! I don't see how everyone doesn't notice as it is a big difference. Congrats!

I have the very same thing happen to my abs & muscles. They "tighten" all the time especially when I am trying to relax. I've had them for months. When I started walking a lot they increased and are now calming down. I get them every day. They are almost violent in nature and feels like your stomach is being pushed way out. Very weird but I think they will eventually just go away. I had a 6 in muscle repair so thought perhaps that was why. My muscles aren't used to being where they are.

WOW!! Look at you! You look awesome. How amazing!!

Wow I can't believe I found your post as I am going in for my consult with dr vath next Friday! I am so nervous but I know that this is what I need to do my biggest worry is I have a 2 yr old and a 1 yr old and with the recovery I'm not sure I will be able to do it so soon since i do a lot of lifting them... But I was wondering if there is any advice you can give me on what I should do before and after...I would really appreciate it! You look amazing and I am confident that I have chosen the right dr! Congrats on your amazing new body!

You are my inspiration! I was booked for Jan 31/2012. Had to cancell due to 10 lbs too heavy. Totally my fault. Now have to wait for May. Does anyone have referrals for P.S. in Calgary, Alberta?

Luvnbrit66, Thank you for such nice compliments. WOW what a small world!! Dr Vath and his staff are really great. They are all truly professional, kind, sincere, caring, helpful. I really cant say enough about them. Dr Vath was the first Dr. I had a consultation with and I knew he was the Dr. I wanted to do my TT. I didnt even meet with any other Dr.s!! Dr Vath and his staff made my decision pretty easy.

You have a huge challenge that I didnt have, a 1 & 2 year old! How long will they let you go without picking them up? I was told 6 weeks was full recovery, 2 weeks you can do some limited activity (picking up kids may be one of those limited activities)
My husband was a great amount of help the first couple of days, waiting on me and helping me to get up. After day 2, I was pretty self sufficiant, other than trying to get out of bed and even then he would just hold out his arm so I had something to grab and I could do the rest. I did sleep on the couch recliner with pillows under my knees the first couple nights. Sounds very uncomfortable, but it was really the most comfortable. Then when I started sleeping in my bed I had a great big pillow under my knees and about 4 pillows under my back to prop me up. I slept with the pillow under my knees until just about a week ago. I am a side sleeper so now I put the pillow between my knees. Not for any other reason other than its comfortable.

For about 2-3 weeks I walked slightly hunched until I was able slowly stand up straight. And no lie, my back pain in that time frame was worse than anything else. BUT, the binder they give you is a miracle worker for back pain. All though the back pain subsided after about week 3, I wore the binder all the way to week 6!! It was my woobie!

I would suggest lots and lots of help with the babies. Rest is so important for recovery. Over these past 7 weeks I have felt such a range of different things. Not necessarily pain, just verrrry different things inside :-) And still after 7 weeks, Im still feeling things. My thing now is at night my muscles completley tighten and my stomach gets really hard, more annoying than anything, my stomach is still numb from my bb down and I cannot stand to have anything on my stomach!! HaHa, kind of hard to wear clothes!! But my jeans fit very well, even loose in my tummy area but I leave them unbuttoned, because I dont like the feeling. But, I am completley self sufficiant and back to normal activies & no restrictions.

Sorry, Im making this very long winded! All in All, I would do it all over again!! I hope this helps. Let me know what you decide and what you think of Dr Vath.