Hoping Tumescent Lipo Can Add Better Contour to my Petite Frame

So at 1-year post op I was happy about my results, but I felt that my inner thighs still didn't have the separation between them that I was hoping for. In general, my PS is a self-pronounced "conservative" type. And he felt that he didn't want to be so aggressive with removing a lot of fat from the inner thighs because he was concerned that too much fat loss would result in sagging skin in the area. Fair enough. So when I called him about the inner thigh result, he asked me to come in so he could examine it. And he said that since he felt that the skin has contracted since the procedure, and since there was still a "fullness" that he could lipo out, he said he would do the revision basically for free. I still had to pay $100 to cover the cost of the medical supplies for the revision, but I thought it was fair.

So 17 days ago I had the revision done under local anesthesia. It took about 45 minutes from the time he started numbing me up until the time I left the room. Overall the procedure was good. He talked me through everything that he was going to do. So first he injected the local anesthetic using 4 shots in each thigh. It definitely was bearable. Just think of when you had to get shots as a kid for vaccinations. It was like "Not so bad, but when is this part over?!" Then after that he injected the tumescent fluid. I couldn't feel anything at that point, except for the tugging and the pressure of the injection. After he used a tulip cannula to manually do the procedure. He explained that these were the steps he would take in a full lipo procedure, except of course he uses the vacuum to assist him. But he said he just uses the cannula during revisions, because the sound of the vacuum would freak out his patients. Kinda like when you go the dentist and you hear that whirring coming from the drill. So thank you Dr. P, glad you thought that one out-- being awake during a procedure is already pushing the envelope as far as comfort level. I must say you can feel that cannula working through your leg. So weird. Its like when you cut up raw meat and you feel through the knife handle the pressure of cutting through tissue...now think of that same sensation but you're the raw meat. I mean you can't feel pain, but you definitely feel that something is getting tore up. On that note, I did see what was coming out... honestly it just a pink/light red fluid speckled with white. My PS said, "see just like chicken fat." Which is right on point with my raw meat analogy.

Anyway, the recovery was similar to the first procedure: bruising, sensitive to the touch, and sore. I used Traumeel for the bruising and that seemed to help. The bruising just faded, but it already started looking good on Day 8. Overall, everything felt 80% better on Day 8. I didn't have my original compression garment, so I used Spanx and that made the recovery easier for me too. Just don't want anything rubbing up against your skin, especially jeans! As far as pain management goes, I used Motrin 2-3 times in the first week. But that's it. And that was because I have 3 kids and they kept accidentally running into me or jumping on my lap. OUCH! But overall, not bad at all. I haven't lost any inches in the area, but my hubby says that it looks thinner in the region. But as my last post says, most of the result became apparent Day 16-Day 35. So now that I'm in that zone, hopefully I can update you soon with the result. Lastly, I must say that I think I'm finally seeing the final result from the lipo procedure in my arms...it only took a year! I mean my upper arm looked smaller about 2 months post-op; it may be imagination, but it really looks like its leaned quite a bit in the last month. People are commenting how my arm muscles are really starting to pop. Just in time for summer too.

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60 days post-op. Here are my new stats:

Weight: 108lbs.... now 105.4lbs Lost 3.4lbs

Arms- 25cm (10")... now 24.5cm (9.8") Lost 0.2"

Thighs- 46 cm (18.4")... now 45cm (18") Lost 0.4"

Waist- 69.5cm (27.8")... now 64.5 (25.8") Lost 2"

Hips-78 cm (31.2")... now 72.5cm (29") Lost 2.2"

For the past two weeks I have been doing 45 minutes of cardio 3-5x/week, LPG6 massages, and adhering to smaller portions. I love the results!