pooke_bear

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!

I just started getting itchy today. Did you have any fluid buildup?

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.