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Make sure your surgeon is board certified!!!!!!!!! Tucson, az

I went to a doctor that i trusted and he was awful. He lied to me, he did my surgery wrong! It was so bad! DOCTOR DRYDEN!!! Do not go there!!! He is not even a real plastic surgeon, although he claims to be. Dr Nelson is very nice and his work is good, on la cholla across from the foothills mall. Also, my friend got her boobs done by dr reinke and she said he was great. Yes, I had one tube, but 2 would have been better. Most people have 2. If i were you, I would have consults with multiple doctors, always check their certifications very thoroughly! Pick the one you feel most comfortable with. And make sure they are a board cert plastic surgeon because I learned the hard way, ANY doctor can perform plastic surgery and I cant sue him for messing up my stomach.

Hi karina! I'm in Tucson too. I just got my TT done on march 26th. So far so good. My best advice to you is not to look in the mirror for about two weeks because when I did I cried lol. Now 2 weeks PO and it looks much better than it did before and I am STARTING to look like my old self again :)

I'm sorry, I haven't been on in a while. I got my surgery March 26th so I am 2 weeks post op. It is looking a lot better and I feel a lot better. I have a couple problems. First, my belly button looks really weird. I don't know if I am going to have to have a revision or what. it is supposed to be an inny but it looks like the skin inside it is very swollen and misshapen and I'm scared its going to stay that way. Second, I have 2 pockets of fluid that my body doesn't seem to be absorbing and my skin is wrinkled still over those pockets. My husband says that once the fluid absorbs the skin should be able to attach itself to my muscle and tighten up. Lets hope so! I will post pictures as soon as I can. My camera hasn't been working right. On a good note, my scar is super faded already and I am only at 2 weeks. I am really excited to see what it looks like in a few months! I have been keeping the tape on it and not removing it for several days at a time, and that's only to change it.

The swelling WILL go down. My mom had a TT and hers looked exactly the same!!! It looks great now! The only problem with hers is that for some reason the dr had to cut a vertical scar from her bellybutton down to her pubic area. It was kind of weird. I am SOOOO hoping that doesn't happen to me!!! You are going to look so great when this is all said and done! Hang in there! For me, even though I am scared, my motivation (I still owe $1700 before I have my operation and I don't want to finance) is I go look in the mirror haha. Or i look at a vic secret ad and think, I am as thin (or almost) as those girls, why do I have to look like this??? It has kept me pushing forward with this despite all my fears. I have a my "mommy tummy" since I had my first daughter at 19 years old! I am now 25. This has been a huge emotional issue for me and I am sooo ready to do this! As far as your belly button goes, I dont know how you feel about piercings but my friend has a friend who got a TT and her she got her BB pierced so you wouldn't notice that it looks odd. She said now you can't even tell and it looks great! She wears a bikini all the time!

OMG! I am having a Tummy tuck hopefully in Feb. My date isn't completely set, and I am terrified, but really excited!!! I am small, but lots of extra skin in the center of my tummy. I am more nervous about where the scar will be....I want it low enough to wear a bikini again. Haven't done that in over 6 years!