Flatlands, here I come!

I had a mini tummy tuck after my third baby in Charlotte NC. Fast forward 5 years, and my tummy above my belly button is loose and wrinkly, while my lower belly is tight and wrinkle free. Once again I was very self conscious about my stomach. I wasn't sure if a PS could fix it since it was upper belly and I didn't have enough skin for a full TT. I did some research and found out that some PS do perform a rather uncommon procedure called upper abdominoplasty. Basically you make an incision under the breasts and pull up and excised the excess skin and then suture in place. I would highly recommend finding a real plastic surgeon (general surgery residency with an internship in plastic surgery)...aka lots of training! A lot of cosmetic surgeons do not perform upper abdominoplasty for whatever reason. I am guessing because most women need a total TT and some surgeons are not comfortable with upper abdominoplasty since either they perform it so rarely or have never done so.

I have to say my results are fantastic. I will post pics soon ( tomorrow if I have some extra time) I was concerned about the incision and the possibly of it pulling my breasts down. I was also concerned about the scar right below my breast and across the lower part of my cleavage to the other breast. 

I am happy to say that the scars are barely visible and I am very happy with my stomach. It is flat and wrinkle free and i have almost invisible scars under my breasts.  

I went to Dr. Jeanne Scanland in Chattanooga, TN. She is amazing! She barely advertises, and most of her clients are repeats or friends/family of a patientej

It has been about a month since I updated and I am almost 7 wks postop. I am pretty much back to normal. I had a PS appt a few weeks ago and he is going to do lipoX laser for skin tightening free of charge. I hope it works! The skin laxity doesn't bother as much as before. I plan to get the lipoX done soon (they are in process of hiring a new tech for that laser at the ps office), probably sometime this Summer. My scar is looking pretty good, I am going to include a pic soon. I am using the Scaraway silicone strips for c-sections and I think they are helping. Overall, I am loving the result!

So, I am 18 days postop and have been having the post sx blues. My stomach is flat and weight is down, but I still have skin laxity above the BB and below when I bend over. Being rather a small person, I expected ALL the skin laxity to be gone. My PS said that we might be able to "laser" to tighten the skin above the BB. I am not happy with this at all, after paying 10K, you expect things like skin laxity to be taken care of. I paid for a full TT, but did the floating bb TT (basically keep your own BB, but move it down). If it wasn't for the skin laxity, I would be very happy with the result. I will post a pic if I can tonight. I would love to hear ya'll's opinion about the TT results so far. I am hoping things will tighten up by somehow, or that I am seeing things because i am a nutjob. Thanks!