STILL SWOLLEN 6 1/2 WEEKS POST OP... NEW PICS!

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Not so sure if i am happy or not??

  • 5 Jun 2013
  • 3 months post
My stomach looked great till about 7-8 week mark, now i am not loving my results so much. My stomach is half filled with new stretch marks and on top of that my stomach skin and muscles seem to be relaxing way to much. I have to suck in to not even look close to what i did at 5-6 weeks when i am not sucking in i look pregnant almost and when i set down i look like i have a jelly role.

I have not gained any weight what so ever i am smaller than i have been in 7 years so i dont understand how i look worse now than a few weeks ago? Anyone else have this issue my stomach looks like a question mark that start about 2 inches above my incision it just bows out unless sucking in and pushes my belly button t the point it looks ugly and weird as can be. Could it be a hernia failed plictation swelling?? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

Well even though I am very upset over my new...

  • 1 May 2013
  • 2 months post
Well even though I am very upset over my new stretch marks ABOVE my belly button (and yes they are new they were not kinda sorta maybe there before) .. and of course the swelling sucks some days I feel amazing and tiny and then the next day i feel like a water soaked sponge :( . I still havent taken a bath how long before its safe to bath? I am trying to wean myself from my compression garment until i go without it for a day then think i need to buy a new smaller size (it helps wit my swelling so much) i love it and i hate it at the same time, i have also had 2 stitches get spit out one in my big incision and the other in my belly button. but here are some new pics any how!!

So i have had what i thought was indents from my...

  • 17 Apr 2013
  • 1 month post
So i have had what i thought was indents from my compression garment and swelling since like 2 1/2 weeks post op.. well lately i havent been wearing my garment as much so i actually can see my bare stomach before i now i never seen it much i was always wearing my CG. Well i slept without my CG lastnight go to get in the shower and i notice the indents are still there after not wearing my garment all night so i start to really examine things and yup a bunch of tiny stretch marks what the hell!!! I asked my DR specifically if i could get stretch marks from a tummy tuck he laughed at me and told me no.. and wouldnt be so upset but its like a patch in a circle right above my belly button i am so upset cause i know there is nor reversing nasty stretch marks and almost all of mine we gone from before any i had left could be covered by underwear now i have them above my belly button??

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James Clayton, MD (retired)
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
680 E. Main St., Lehi, Utah
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  • 21 Feb 2013

So i have had what i thought was indents from my compression garment and swelling since like 2 1/2 weeks post op.. well lately i havent been wearing my garment as much so i actually can see my bare stomach before i now i never seen it much i was always wearing my CG. Well i slept without my CG lastnight go to get in the shower and i notice the indents are still there after not wearing my garment all night so i start to really examine things and yup a bunch of tiny stretch marks what the hell!!! I asked my DR specifically if i could get stretch marks from a tummy tuck he laughed at me and told me no.. and wouldnt be so upset but its like a patch in a circle right above my belly button i am so upset cause i know there is nor reversing nasty stretch marks and almost all of mine we gone from before any i had left could be covered by underwear now i have them above my belly button??