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44 Year Old Mother of 2, Taking Time for Me!
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I just had liposuction done on my abdomen, hips...
WORTH IT$7,000
I just had liposuction done on my abdomen, hips and inner thighs. I'm 5 days into recovery and have found this web sight to be very helpful. I wanted to contribute in hopes that I could help others as well. I found that at age 40 my metabolism crashed and the pounds just kept creeping on. I've been eating healthy and joined a gym with a personal trainer 3 times a week in January of this year. However, even with dedication and commitment I still wasn't seeing results. I felt stronger but was becoming frustrated with my size NOT changing. The long and short of it... I returned to the plastic surgeon who performed breast augmentation 13 years ago after my second child was born. I'm going to log my recovery process here with weekly pictures along with my experience, strength, and hope.
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UPDATED FROM innerpeaceandstrength
8 days post
One week after and I'm thrilled
After my first week I'm already seeing not only the difference from before the surgery but also gradual improvements each day. The picture I've included today compares my last post to today. I feel and see a difference in the swelling around my waist. My doctor said just as the bruising would get better from top to bottom and I'm noticing so is the swelling.
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April 5, 2014
I can see the improvement. Sometimes it seems to b slow with the swelling and bruising. Good luck.
April 5, 2014
You look great!!
April 5, 2014
I really appreciate your feedback. It's hard to look at myself with such bruising. My fiancé has a really difficult time seeing me 'beat up'. So hearing I look great means a lot.
April 5, 2014
You look really really good!!! I am having lipo plus ps from a burn on my leg on the 12th and I am 54. Do you mind telling me how many CC"S they took out if you know? I am praying my doc. will do the 5k but I don't know and he won't say until he "gets in there to"...:) Again thank you for posting it is so very helpful!!
April 5, 2014
5700 cc. Hard to believe almost three 2 liter 'diet coke' bottles worth. If you go to my first post I have my before pics there. Good luck! Let us know how it goes.
April 5, 2014
Wow, that is a lot. What was your bmi? Just mark me down as nosey but that is a lot to remove at once.
April 5, 2014
Don't know what my bmi was but I'm thrilled that much was taken. I feel great and am so grateful my procedure went so smoothly. I trust my surgeon completely and have faith he did the right thing for ME. He's had his practice for 25+ years and is known in the area as one of the best.
April 5, 2014
You know your doctor is perfectly fine to take that much out!!! You can take out 6K very safely!!! Sadly I happen to live in a stop that says they can only take out 5:( Anyway you look AMAZING so your doctor KNOWS what he is doing:)
April 5, 2014
Girl you are going to look amazing mid May!!!! I think they can only take out 5k in Louisiana so I just pray it will help ! I swear you get addicted to reading this site and then you keep seeing the next 5 surges you should probably have. No wonder men sometimes say" Ya"ll are CRAZY":)
UPDATED FROM innerpeaceandstrength
9 days post
Arnica Gel is wonderful!
After reading many people using Arnica I went and purchased some. I got it at Walmart for about $8. It is a gel form. It felt so good the moment I applied it. It's a cooling sensation with a bit of numbing. I got it hoping it would help with the bruising. I still hope I get some results in that department but will continue to use it 3 times a day as prescribed simply for the soothing effect it has had. The second thing I scored at Walmart was a 'Flexees' by Maidenform body shaping garment (size large). It goes from mid thigh up to bra line with arm straps. It has a slit for going to the bathroom. But the best part is it feels so good. The material is firm and snug but not binding. So all in all it's been a really super day!
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April 5, 2014
I have one of Wal-Mart in size small CG and find it with as good of compression as the medium CG that I purchased through the PS. You are looking great. Congrats.
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