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New Scar Pics! -Tummy Tuck with MR, No Lipo... So Happy!- Dallas, TX
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NEW PICS! One Year Later!
WORTH IT$7,000
Here are the latest pics... one year later and I am still so happy I did this! I've been rocking a bikini and the new crop top look this summer and enjoy being able to see definition in my abs. The scar looks great! barely visible in my opinion.
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At 7wks PO I was able to do a backbend again! I'm...
At 7wks PO I was able to do a backbend again! I'm at 8wks right now and my backbends and updogs are feeling wonderful! I still feel that there is some more stretching to do with my skin.. but I am happy I can do the poses again. I'm back!
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December 12, 2013
Wow so happy I found this - not sure how I didn't find it before my TT. I am 3 weeks PO. I am 5 feet tall, 100lb, mom of 4 big babies and a yogini. I have been so concerned about my practice and really have not met anyone who did a TT and was serious about yoga (probably for the reasons you all discussed.)
I had tons - i mean tons of extra skin - way more than you folks - I guess as a tiny mommy with big babies it was really way stretched out. I also had a 6 inch diastasis - that is about as wide as they get.
So, I am 3 weeks PO, had great recovery for the most part. Good things: had very little drainage at all, not too much pain (certainly not compared to 4 c-sections) and am healing well.
Not so good: My scar goes far and high. I am upset about the placement - it is nowhere near as low as yours. It could be because I am little - but it is above my hip bones which is basically almost at the same height as my belly button. It is not covered on the sides by underwear, low pants or yoga pants. That bums me out. I mention this so that anyone reading pre-OP can please, please discuss scar placement with your doc.
My PS did not want me to stand straight for the first 2 weeks- he had me stay hunched over. Now at 3 weeks I am almost straight but extremely tight in the upper center of my body - sort of between my ribcage - and that is what is preventing me at the moment from standing tall. And yes - I know what the other poster was talkign about- at the moment I have rounded shoulders and my head forward- bad posture lol.
I am still supposed to take it super easy- so no working out till 6 weeks. But at the last visit I asked the doc about backbends and he said I may never do one again. He did say no one has ever asked that before. And maybe I could prove him wrong but with my major MR he said it could be an issue. He said... that a half inch or inch MR is very different than a smaller one. I'd be interested to know if you know the size of your MR.
Either way I am so encouraged to find other yoga lovers here. Thank you for sharing your story.
December 12, 2013
Wow I think it is low and looks really really good, girl healing takes a loooooong time, I'm 9 months got on a yoga ball to stretch back over it today at the gym, it didn't feel right so I stopped I'm going to take baby steps, felt like I was going to tear my skin out, looks like you had a full tummy tuck as well which takes longer to heal , when the swelling starts to go down the scar will too, everything will fall into place, I have a side tattoo so it throws my scar off, and I use really good cream, every time I look at my scar today I still feel depressed that's why I cover it with scar pads, makes me feel half way better, but I know with time the scar will fade well, if taking care of and cream is used everyday other than that , if u read my posts I did have scar revision done on my sides to have it pulled down lower, patience is a must
December 12, 2013
Hi Tilly! For some reason I can't see any pics on yours, or anyone's, profile. I'm sorry you feel your scar is too high.. hopefully it will go down as everything heals. My PS asked me to bring my bikini bottom with me the day of surgery so he could see how low the scar needed to be. He was so great.
Other PSs tried to tell me it would be a year before I would be doing full yoga again.. some said I'd never be back to 100% physical ability.. they were all wrong. I can actually do more now than I could before because that extra skin is no longer in the way. Your PS doesn't seem familiar with yoga related things... and I wouldn't believe him on that backbend comment. Just don't even try it until your at 6wks PO. Then go VERY slowly to restretch the skin.
I think my doc said there was about half to 1 inch of MR.
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6 wks PO - I have Dr. Deuber's official ok to...
6 wks PO - I have Dr. Deuber's official ok to start doing all my normal activity again. I am fully demoing all 13 of my classes now and am able to do planks, chatarangas, and ab and core work. Inversions are good too! My only current limitations are backbends and updogs..both of which I can only do halfway at the moment.
Posted the most recent pic and am very happy about the scar. I even tried on bikinis recently and was so happy! For the first time in 10 yrs I look forward to swimsuit shopping!
Anyone reading.. feel free to check out my website for workshops and products! dbyoga.com
Posted the most recent pic and am very happy about the scar. I even tried on bikinis recently and was so happy! For the first time in 10 yrs I look forward to swimsuit shopping!
Anyone reading.. feel free to check out my website for workshops and products! dbyoga.com
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April 23, 2013
What a difference. You must be ecstatic. So nice to meet a fellow yoga practitioner! I am a dedicated ashtangha practitioner and have a similar body type as yours. I haven't yet had surgery but am extremely concerned about lymphatic disruption, core weakening and diaphramatic breathing issues. Do you find yourself swelling? Can you breathe without difficulty and is this at all comprimised? As the weeks go on, please let us know if the core has been strenghened. Would be a nice added benefit.
I've seen several PS's who all pretty much dismiss my concerns but I am sure you understand being so physically fit. Why mess with a good thing? Except when I see results like yours. The yoga community is not supportive of elective surgery. So nice to see someone like you on the boards! Congrats on going for it....
April 23, 2013
There was very little swelling and drainage due to the remedies my homeopath gave me and my pre-surgery lymph drainage massage. My yogi breath was limited during the first few weeks, but now it is back to the way it was. Full Ujayii and muscle isolation. I don't feel any core strengthening, but I already have a strong core. The muscle "repair" actually just tightens the connective tissue between the ab muscles.. it doesn't affect core or muscle tone at all. It'll just be a big difference when you relax your abs (no more spilling out).
I know what you mean about meeting with opposition in the yoga community (gotta accept your body the way it is... you are perfect!... etc...).. which is all true... but that doesn't mean that someone with a messed up ear or harelip should not get it fixed. If we have the opportunity to make ourselves happier without harming others and hardly harming ourselves (the tummy tuck was basically just skin tightening.. no cutting under the skin), then why should we feel guilty about doing it? I have been open about it to my students and so many of them have now come to me expressing how they have always wanted something done too, but have felt guilty about it... poor things. I'm glad I can encourage others to follow what makes them happy and not worry about what others think. Plus, judging someone based on their elective surgery is kind of anti-yogi in my opinion. =)
April 24, 2013
Awesome answer. Thanks for clarifying the mechanics of the surgery. Your openess is nice. Several friends who are yoga teachers and Nurse Practitioners are hotly discouraging me from the surgery. One even showed me her flat belly and said that is was the result of yoga??? As if I myself don't practice like a fiend but still have a jelly flap. Probably shouldn't have shared but I hoped they might be supportive.
This is a great place to come. I am sure by now you know how awesome your belly looks! Nice to know that your honestly afforded an opportunity for sharing. I guess you mentally have to be ready for it too.
April 24, 2013
I was fully mentally on board and ready for this surgery so I had no depression afterwards and was able to explain myself to those who didn't understand. Mostly it was women with no children and men who "didn't get it". Any woman I talked to who had a child understood right away. I enjoyed helping people understand so they don't judge others too harshly in the future. Only surgery can get rid of the extra skin. No amount of working out will help that.
April 24, 2013
Hi Honeybutta,
I can relate to where you are coming from and the feedback you are getting from others who think you can "fix" this with yoga etc. It can be frustrating, right!? I am a personal trainer, fitness instructor and yoga teacher and the issue I had after children with my belly could not be "fixed" without surgery. It affected my confidence and for that reason alone I felt I needed to do this for me. What other people thought is their opinion but much of the negative comments provably stems for their own insecurities. I have to say I have had tremendous support for my decision from my yogis and my fitness classes etc. This doesn't change what kind of person I am on the inside and I was very honest about my surgery and said to my classes that you can make whatever judgements you would like but this is something I need to do for me!:) I am 5 wks out and so happy I did this for me and can't wait to get back to yoga etc! I feel great!!! Good luck!
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