Your advice on the messager works great! My Doctor offers deep tissue messages with the price of the procedure but he is an hour away. So after reading your post I got out my back massager and started using that. The hard lumps are not as hard as they used to be.
Thanks
I am at 2 weeks now and while I do have some swelling and a little itchiness I can totally see results! I do still have a few pinches here and there and it is still difficult to do my shoes for the most part I am totally pleased. Thanks for the recommendation and the good advice!
Your review was very helpful to me! I had my procedure done on Dec 31 and am so glad that I did. Thank you for your useful information. And the garment straps suck. I take them down in the evenings too!
I took my daughter with me just in case. I probably could have driven home but I didn't want to chance it because I am over an hour away from them and thought I would play it safe. I would have to say that there was a little more pain than I anticipated because I felt that I had such a high tolerance for pain that it wouldn't hurt so much, but I am on day 6 and while I am still sore I can bend a lot better, get in and out of the car without to much discomfort and can almost tie my shoes without pain.
I was able to move around okay but was really sore. I laid around for the first two days and then moved around on the third. I did light exercises on the 3rd day by doing some step exercises on the Wii Fit. Then on the 4th day....I went for a walk and did the faster step program on the Wii Fit. I really think that the moving around helped a lot with the soreness. SO I am continuing to do light exercising.
I do have swelling and am still a bit sore but I must admit that today was a lot better.
The incisions are very small in two on the lower abs and two on the upper.
The procedure took about 3 and a half to 4 hours. I am really happy with my results so far. I could immediately tell a difference because I was carrying around this huge stomach and looked pregnant. While I am not flat (nor do I expect to be) I am definitely a lot thinner. The pants I am wearing right now used to be really tight on me and now are really loose.
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