Tummy Tuck: Stories
Write a ReviewMy AMAZING Tummy Tuck - Huntersville, NC
- cacm
- posted 10 months ago
- updated 9 months ago
- Worth It
- Cost: $7,500
- Bill Kortesis, MD (Huntersville, NC)
In December 2011, I went in to have a TT. After...
- 1 Jul 2012
In December 2011, I went in to have a TT. After years of diet and exercise, I have managed to drop 140 #'s. I worked hard for this and am left with the chore of repairing my body from allowing myself to gain that weight. It was time to put the "mental" that Im left with due to extra skin behind me and start to move forward.
My doctor, Dr Kortesis (Huntersville, NC) is AWESOME. Made me feel at home and he honestly cares about each of his patients. He wants to hear your journey, your concerns, your needs and is honored to be part of changing your life.
The surgery was great! The first few days was a little rough, but it was due to not being able to walk upright. And the drainage tubes were just an inconvenience. Each day got easier. And month after month I saw myself shrinking. 6 mths down the road now and its unbelievable the difference.
I have after photos and will get my B4 pics from my doctor and post those as well. They took of over 9#s of skin/fat. I had lipo on my stomach along with a TT.
I now do not have to tuck myself into my pants nor is there any rashes anymore from that skin overlap. It has brought so much more confidence to myself. So much that Im not afraid to continue my journey to fix the rest of my body. (Monday, July 2 I go in for SmartLipo of my thighs-follow me on my journey if you like!)
My weight loss journey article has hit the stands!...
- 2 Aug 2012
I'm on page 34. So excited! Or I can email it to you if you are interested in seeing it. I wished I could post the story on this site, but it wont let me. Send me a private message with your email address if you'd like to see/read it.
My Doctor: Bill Kortesis, MD
My rating:
I would give Dr Kortesis and his staff a 10 if it would let me. You will never feel so loved and cared for by any other doctor. The took me by the hand and led me every step of the way. Worked with me on the cost and after surgery gave complimentary spa treatments for my stomach area. Literally made sure I was 100% happy from day 1 to even now, 6 mths down the road.
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I actually had a friend that had a complete body makeover with this doctor office after losing almost 200#s with gastric bypass. Her results were amazing, so I knew once I visited this doctor that he was the one. I had visited others and they just treated me like the next appt. Not this doctor, he wanted to know me and my story and just hugged me up and promised he would help me in anyway he could. He has been my blessing from God. His talent, friendship and bedside manor and just amazing!
I was not bruised for many, many days, then the bruising came all of a sudden, this morning, they are lighter and I feel Im on the upside of healing. My doctor told me 2 weeks for the majority of healing and today is 1 week out. Im actually going to go out today and get a new outfit for my magazine interview, thats how great I feel. I do have a compression garment on, and it doesnt bother me, its the foam that is about an inch think that you have to wear under it that is bothersome. Just FYI, I had NO bruising for my TT lipo, because it wasnt near as aggressive as my leg Lipo. But due to my large weight loss, my PS and I agreed that he needed to go aggressive because in a few months I will have the excess skin removed. (already had skin to be removed, so for the best results, we did aggressive SmartLipo to get the fat out before the skin removal is completed) And we had lots of fat to be removed-19#s off my legs, so you can imagine how great my legs will look after all is done!
Lipo is rough girl! Its less painful than my TT, but I had lipo with my TT as well, but the legs are just so sore, like I did a million crunches. And its the fact it was done the entire way around, knees front and back, inner and outer thighs front and back, saddlebags, rear end, makes it difficult.But Im walking circles in the house, basically hurts when you let yourself get stiff. I feel better today than I did yesterday, so hopefully each day will get better and better.
Im so excited for you and cannot wait to hear all about your TT.
I think my results are remarkable, the doctor removed 9#s from my stomach of flab. On the leg Lipo I just had 2 days ago, he removed 19#s!!! UNREAL.
The toughest part of the whole surgery was getting sleep, Im not a back sleeper. So after about the 4th day I decided to move to the couch and it was perfect! I guess my body's curves could sink into the couch and my head could rest on the side of the couch. And your very sore in the stomach area, so simple things like sitting to use the bathroom are tough. You just dont realize that your core makes everything on your body work. So lifting your arms, etc use your core strength. And if I had to chose one thing, the drains they leave in are aggrivating. It seems to pull no matter how you move and its stitched on the top part of your vagina. So make sure you clip it to something so it doesnt pull. And I did feel like it took forever for me to stand straight up, but I was very cautious because I didnt want to stretch my scar, so I let it happen naturally.
I would do the TT over a million times, the first couple days are rough, but its not due to pain, its just due to not being able to move quickly, etc.... I'd love to hear about your surgery! Good luck to you! Where are you from? I hope to get my before pics from my doctor so I can share those. I will wait to share my leg photos once I get out of the bandages.