tarheel4life

Latisse Not for African-Americans - Durham, NC

Chose Smartlipo Instead of Tummy Tuck

Just had my sides and inner thighs done a on Sunday (4 days ago). Same doctor but this time, the aspirating machine vibrated which tickled my ribs. My inner thighs are pretty bruised, but no bruises anywhere else. Less pain this time. I was only sore trying to sit for the first days. I had the procedure Sunday afternoon and went to work for 4 hours Monday afternoon. (I sit all day). The hard roll on my tummy seems to be going away. I'm very pleased with my tummy and dides. CAn't tell that much of a difference with my inner thighs yet. Now that my sides are done, I noticed incredible fat/bra rolls. Hmmmm.....I hope I'm not addicted!

I went to a medspa in NC. I'm glad to hear about your lump/roll being the same. I think this is a great procedure for anyone not looking for perfection (e.g., skin tight tummy to get back into that 2-piece tiny bikini), but instead to look better in clothes. I'm 5'4, about 145lbs and my tummy is so much flatter. I can't wait til I'm a month out. I'll take your advice to stick with that icky compression garment. For how long did you do so? I'll also let you know how my procedure goes Sunday!

Thanks for the note. I don't remember exactly how much was removed - I Xanax put me in la-la land. I'll ask when I go back in for follow up.

I'm now 11 days out and I'm extremely pleased so far. Only a bit of tenderness in a few places if I get poked. My stretch marks are still here, but definetly do not look worse. I'm sure that a little bit of swelling is filling up the extra skin, but I really haven't noticed any sagging. The bottom of my tummy is remarkably flatter but I still have a roll of hardness/bump right above my belly area that I wish would go away. Did you experience that? When did you start to notice the biggest results? When did your swelling reduce the most? I'm going in to get my love handles and inner thighs done in 3 days!

I'm one week and 3 days out from my procedure. I thought I could go without my compression garment and felt the worse that I ever have, so I rushed to the nearest mall to get another. I'm really swollen right above and below my belly button. I also had to purchase a few pairs of pants the next size up to get me through the next few weeks. I've scheduled to have my rear flanks and inner thighs done in 5 days. I'd rather heal all at once, than to wait til I'm feeling all better to start all over.