redo 5moths later..added a butt lift

the swelling is different for everyone...but yes, they say a year is the best for really knowing what you will look like.

i did use the same surgeon....i took a risk that he would do it right this time. otherwise i would of had to pay another dr the full amount. the bl wasn't painful it was a breeze compared to MR and tt...:)

i just couldnt live with the way i looked when i knew it could be so much better. and actually watching your progression and seeing your bent over pics, i knew mine was not done right with all my skin still hanging off when i bent over. this one was so much easier since there was no mr, but 4 drains really sucked. and yes, even though i am swollen its a like a "flat" swollen. so different from last time....you look good as well.

thanks...we haven't discussed in detail yet. he says that he will only charge me the diff bt the modified and the full, which was about $500 but i would have to pay the other charges. but, for all the mental agony that i have been through, a wasted summer, depression and the fact that he should of picked the right surgery for me in the first place..and i could go on, lol....i think it should all be on him. what happene is he thought a floating bb tuck would be best. didnt give me an option of the full even though i questioned him many times of the diff. therefore i kept my original bb hole but it floated down just a little bit. which means nothing above the bb was pulled tight and really not alot below was pulled tight otherwise the bb would not be in the same place. so even though my lower skin is smooth its not flat and when i lean even a little bit to any side but especially over...there is still ugly skin that hangs.....it looks terrible...

Isn't that SO frustrating! I'm actually getting a second opinion today to see about a revision...Will update what he says. At least the recovery will be much easier with no muscle repair being done.

thats true....hopefully the pain will be less since no mr this time. the biggest thing is the damn tubes...but whatelse can i do but suck it up and just wait until late fall...at least i will have the winter to recover...how is your v-scar looking and what are you doing to heal it?

Either he sutured it down to the muscle or it has adhered. Since there's a lot of excess skin around it, it pulls in and I really don't like it...looks like a secondary labia :0/ I've been using Bio oil for about a month.

swelling is still hanging around. i had one day of no swelling 2 weeks ago. havent seen flatness since. up and down is the name of tha game. if it wasnt that it was close to summer i wouldnt care as much ya know...winter hides all things!

You're welcome. I know how it is, it's just we've waited so long for this and worked so hard for it that when we dont' see it, it's hard! I think your stomach will shrink and look really good. I took a good look at your 3 and 5 week pics and your 'pudge' is not fat, hell u didnt' have fat there before. All swelling. It's gonna leave. Unfortunately some of us swell longer than others.

And thanks, I can't wait to see what my belly looks like unwrapped, I too am trying to be optimistic that it'll be flat and no 'skin' will be loose.