Can't Put in Words - Del Mar, CA

I decided to get my procedure done this June after being frustrated, depressed, self-conscious, whatever negative emotion you can think of over my body. My earliest memory of shame regarding the size of my thighs was when I was 7 years old sitting down in our classroom chairs and thinking to myself how fat my thighs looked. As you can imagine, my insecurities only flourished from there and only got more intense. I have always been extremely active my whole life and even ate a vegan diet for nearly a year so I could try and lose more weight. Despite the numbers on the scale decreasing, I still could never get rid of the problem areas. After trying on a pile of clothes in the dressing room and nothing fit right, I broke down and decided to take control of my insecurities. I weighed 135 pounds at 5'2 before I went into surgery. 5 and a half weeks post op I've only lost around 3 pounds buuuuuuut my body looks way more slender. The final results sometimes don't show until 6 months post op, but I've already gone down 2 inches in my waist and even though my flanks are still numb, I no longer have back fat (yay!). My inner/outer thighs and sides are still bruised and very tender but that's probably because I only took Arnica for the first week. Other than that, I feel back to normal but in much better shape. In fact, I went to my first reformers Pilates class yesterday and it felt amazing! Even though the first week after surgery was rough and the procedure was expensive, the way I feel about myself now is priceless. I'm leaving for Hawaii in a few weeks and will be confident in my bikini for the first time ever. Actually, this was the first time in 8 years I wore a two piece bathing suit.