Mini Tummy Tuck: Stories

Hi followurdreams21. I have been looking a round for a reasonable price and a good doctor. I saw your post and I live in Palo Alto. How much did you pay if you dont mind me asking. Also is that the price for all mini tummy tucks there?

You have a lot of possibility there as far as toning up and "completing" your new look on your own. I started doing standing ab crunches with a 10lb dumbbell in 2004, and it was the best exercise I have found for tight abs. No neck strain, no back strain, tightens up your entire core, too. I was 46 and even developed a 4-pack (a miracle in itself). I don't believe that would have been possible without the TT I had done back in 1992. Wish I had done more weight work early on, in my 30's.

You've got a LOT of potential on your side. Good bone structure, good proportions. Go for it!

Hi! You look incredible given that you got rid of 100 extra pounds! I lost 40 pounds in high school and didn't look as good as you do... I have very poor connective tissue, so even though I exercised regularly, the stretched out skin never did "snap" back the way I had hoped.

Anyways, I think you did really well with the minituck. I went for the full TT in 1992 when I was 34. I had never had kids and was not planning on any and my ab area was not getting any tighter (I was doing aerobic classes 90 min a day 6 days a week back then).

After the full TT though, I ended up unhappy with the way my navel was repositioned. I was unhappy with the scar, it was so long it still showed if I wore a bathing suit. And worst of all, every pair of pants I put on afterwards fit oddly because of the way the skin was pulled down on the front of my hips. It was a good 10 years before this "fit" problem finally became less noticeable to me. It's hard to describe if you have never had to deal with it yourself. It made me wish I had just had lipo instead.

The only positive for me was the muscle tightening, because hernias run in my family and I would surely have suffered one without the TT being done.

So I think your surgery went well and you look great. Give it another 6 months or so to fully heal, I think you will be happy in your bathing suit next summer.

Yep, it really is true that time will tell. I am not even two weeks out yet.