COMPLETE MOMMY MAKEOVER - Plano, TX

Pot bellies with large breasts are genetic in my family. I had two children at a really young age which made my stomach and breasts HUGE. I dressed in large tunics every day and getting dressed was such a struggle because I was a size 12 in my stomach, a size 14 in my chest and a size 6 from the hips and down. i just wanted to be able to wear close to the same size clothes all over my body. Well THE SURGERIES DID JUST THAT! I'm 4 months post-op and a size 6 all over. The dr. Said he took about 6 lbs of fat out but at 4 months I'm down 24 lbs on the scale. Woohoo!!!

I'm learning how to dress correctly for my body now, but still find myself buying big safe clothing. I have much more confidence in my looks although at 4 months I'm still recovering. I swell, feel stiff and numb, and sometimes feel like I have a hard pocket of something under my stomach incision.

SCARS. they are the worst! I've just started using silicon sheets but still...I feel like I look like Edward Scissorhands attacked me. I didn't think scars would bother me so long as I was skinny, but they do. I'm actually embarrassed by them. I feel like I look "good" but only because I cheated. I'm trying to get over that feeling of cheating my way into looking good.

I wish I knew before this what a mental job this does to you. Especially if you are prone to depression. I'm still struggling with sadness. I think the surgeries only amplify those feelings.

I also wish I would have know the possible BAD STUFF that can happen after elective surgery. Unfortunately no one knows what to "search for" online beforehand to coverALL possible complications. I found that after the surgeries, when looking up things that I was feeling or had going on with my body, that was when I found information on all of the possibilities of horrible complications. That is scary.