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• Posted to Im Very Depressed About my Mini Tummy Tuck. Please Help. on 12 May 2013

  Blondie36, I also had to buy bigger clothes after my TT as my normal clothes would not fit me for a few months after the surgery.

• Posted to Im Very Depressed About my Mini Tummy Tuck. Please Help. on 12 May 2013

  It will take up to 12 months for the result to show. My advice would have been to go the full TT as read my comment below dated 30 Jan 11. I was very bloated for a few months and I got drepressed thinking I look worse than before, but my doctor told me to give it time to heal (approx 12 months). I wore a compression band for 6 weeks which help release the fluid. 3 years on I am so happy with my results.

• Posted to Im Very Depressed About my Mini Tummy Tuck. Please Help. on 30 Jan 2011

  Hi applebee, I don't know how much excess skin you have, I am a thin person but I still needed a fully tummy tuck because my surgeon told me that if I went for a mini tummy tuck I would have bulge around my upper belly and it would look odd. Maybe best to speak to a few plastic surgeons and ask them what they recommend after seeing you. Also ask if they tighten the stomach muscles on a mini tummy tuck because tightening of the muscles will give you a better result. I had my surgery on 15 December 2010 and got to do lipo on my flanks and now at 6½ weeks post op I am loving my results. Still a little swollen and have a small seroma on my right side but this will disappear in time and my surgeon will try and syringe it out next week. Hint for you all, because I was swollen and wearing the compression garmet I got away with wearing my sisters maternity pants. They were a great fit because my current clothes I couldn't get my pants around my waist because of the garment and by wearing the maternity pants it gave me room around my stomach to get them up and it looked like I was wearing normal pants, plus wear a loose top or jacket so you don't see the garment through your tops.
  Good luck in your journey....

• Posted to Im Very Depressed About my Mini Tummy Tuck. Please Help. on 18 Nov 2010

  I went and saw another plastic surgeon on 15th Nov 2010. He advised for me to get a full TT and not a mini because he stated that if I don't do the upper part it would look odd as it would bulge. He said that he would pull my sides in so I would have a smaller waist and it will stop me from having a boyish figure and he did mention I would be flat but may have a little bulge in the centre due him pulling my skin from the left and right sides and bringing them to the lower centre of my stomach. I am also having lipo on my pubic bone to flatten that also. He told me I would be sore for about 5 weeks in that area and that it will be very swollen and would swell to the size of a football, hehehe... I also wanted lipo on my flanks but he advised that since I have joined the gym I'd get better results working it off than for him to lipo it as he said the lipo may make it look uneven. Hence this is why he will pull my skin from the left and right sides of my flanks. (I appreciated his honesty in this and not doing it for the sake of making more money from me). On my second appointment before surgery I will ask him again if I can have just a little lipo on my flanks, I think it would help me. Will see what happens. I am going to ring today to book a date. I am planning to have it done mid December this year.

• Posted to Liposuction and Mini Tummy Tuck on 26 Oct 2010

  Hi me2010, I am planning to have a mini tummy tuck and I did ask the professional what the mini tummy tuck would be like pain wise. She said if I have had a c-section before, which I have had 2, the pain is the same. For me it was like a long chinese burn if I stood up too quickly. After your procedure you will be hunched over because you will find it painful to stand straight. I used a walking stick to help me get out of bed for a few weeks. Best to take your time when getting up from a seated or lying position and walk slowly and bit by bit try and straighten yourself but very, very slowly, as this will minimise the pain. After your 2nd week you will start feeling better.