The first time I stepped into the Markham Institute of Plastic Surgery I knew that, that was the place for me. Dr.Kao takes the time to answer any questions or concerns you have. He is professional, intelligent and kind. His entire team follows in those footsteps. Honestly, they are so welcoming! Susan is the head nurse, she’s fantastic. From holding my hand in the operating room to talking with me to make sure I was okay- she is the definition of super woman. I cannot say enough great things about these wonderful people. They have changed my life. My results are incredible. I had a breast lift with implants and a tummy tuck with muscle repair. I was so nervous going in and they took the time to make me feel comfortable. Dr. Kao genuinely cares about his clients- you will notice this from your 1st consultation. There’s a reason I traveled 2.5 hrs out of my way to have my Mommy Makeover procedure. He is truly an incredible doctor.
I had an incredible breast augmentation experience with Dr. Kao to correct my severe asymmetry. I had a gummy bear implant placed in my smaller breast above the muscle. Dr. Kao is so friendly and caring, and took the time to adress all of my concerns during my consulation and sizing appointments. He thoroughly explained the procedure and possible risks and gave me a realistic idea of the results I can expect. I am currently 2 weeks post-op and am very happy wirh my results, but I know they will only get better with time! Dr. Kao is really fantastic!
I am over the moon with my results! I hated my hips, there wouldn't be a day go by where I didn't dream of surgically removing my stubborn muffin top. Even with rigorous exercise (six days a week) and a stringent diet, it helped to shrink the area but not completely remove the bulge. Dr. Kao really made my dreams come true. Post op pain was five days of bloody hell. I reluctantly gave my prescribed bottle of painkillers a lot of love. I think that was largely attributed to a garment that was too snug, but during my 1 week check up we discussed alternative garments and found a compromise. All in all, I'm really happy with the results and can't wait to hit the gym again with my new contours!
Good morning. I am awake and pretty stoned on oxycodone after my procedure yesterday at 12noon in Markham with Dr. Kao. everything went well so far. I was surprised when he told me that he managed to get them down to a B cup as during previous consults he wasn't sure at he could go much lower than a large C cup. Of course right now it's hard to tell because they are wrapped well and pretty swollen. I requested Oxycodone instead of T3 as I have had bad luck with T3 in the past with constipation. I am also taking a stool softner, just in case. I have been taking Arnica Montana homeopathic pills for about a week prior (30cc) and am now taking it in 200cc 3x a day (this is for swelling and seems to be recommended by most surgeons )You can purchase at any health food store. I also bought a couple of pineapples as they contain the antiinflammatory Bromlien, so I thought why not! Delicious and helpful sounds like a good combo. My throat is getting a bit sore, so I am going to take a few drops of oil of oregano now and try to go back to sleep. there is some pain in the bottom where the draining tube goes in, which is manageable and probably a good thing so I am constantly reminded not to overdo anything. Make sure you have everything you need at waist/face height... The straw has become my new best friend... I'm drinking a lot of water!! I will try to post some pics now... I can already feel a difference in my back...very happy so far More ramblings to come Thx kat Sorry some pics are upside down and I'm much too stoned to figure it out right now!! I made a video in the hospital right after surgery, that I will post later.,, Cheers and goodnight/ morning Updated on 11 Sep 2015: I'm sorry that some pictures are upside down, maybe the moderators can fix this, as my brain is still fuzzy. All is good, the nurse has been in to change the dressing and is happy. I can't believe how small they are!!! Woohoo!! That's it for now, I am definitely weak but feel healthy.. Updated on 12 Sep 2015: Well I've stopped taking the oxy/Percocet as it was causing nightmares, making me cry and feel crazy and causing constipation. What a terrible drug! I'm now taking an extra strength ibuprofen (400mg) every 6 hours, max of 4 a day and an extra strength acetaminophen (500 mg) every 4 hours, with an 8 hour break at night for sleep. The pain is totally manageable, and my head feels better. I took milk of magnesia twice and ate a bowl of steamed collard greens and have now had 2 bowel movements and I'm feeling much better. I've also been out for 2 short walks up and down the street just to keep the blood moving. Updated on 15 Sep 2015: Hi everyone, The home care nurse just left and I snapped a few more pics. She didn't take the tubes out as they are still draining red and wants to wait until the fluid turns yellower. Although I'd like them out, it makes sense to err on the side of caution and let them drain some more. My breasts were more sore today ... And turning yellow, ( bruising) which means the nerves are starting to repair and they are healing! My bum is getting sore from all this sitting, but I'm not complaining! Oh, I forgot to mention that I have inverted nipples in case people were wondering what the heck was going on there. I always hated my nipples growing up as I had no one tell me why they looked like that. I was told I would probably have a hard time breast feeding, but I didn't worry and my daughter had no problem coaxing them out and kept at it for 3 1/2 years.... Too bad they went back to inverted after she weaned, but they did their job and they don't cause me any pain, so I've learned to accept them. Ok, here's some pics of day 5 Updated on 16 Sep 2015: I bought a cheap 3 set of cotton sports bras for $15 . They don't have a clip, so I have to step into them, but with a little help its been easy. I've been changing them every 2nd day. I don't have tape anymore, the nurse just put the gauze bandages on my breasts and the bra is holding them in place... Much more comfortable. Updated on 20 Sep 2015: Drains out. Showered and haven't had a pain med for 18 hours! also I measured myself and I'm a 36 C at this point. The doc said they will drop a bit. Next friday I can remove the steri srips. I can start driving as if tomorrow. No gym for 6 weeks :( . I go back to work Mon for one day. Then fri for one day.
Since 15 years old I have wanted a reduction! I struggled for years with back and neck pain. After gaining tons of weight, 2 pregnancies, breastfeeding and then losing 60lbs my breast were so heavy and saggy. I decided to meet with a surgeon and he said I was a great candidate for the procedure due to my symptoms and the results I was hoping to achieve. I started out as 36DDD and ended up a 36b-small c. I am extremely happy with my decision. The recovery was easy and I didn't have any complications.
Currently 3 days post-op So far so good, my drains came out and there was a bit of leaking, but my surgeon quickly took care of it. I had the drains removed today and everything is going perfectly. I haven't had too much pain really just mild discomfort; though I feel a lot better now that I don't have tubes sticking out of me. I was terrified of the surgery tbh, but it was like I blinked my eyes and it was over.
I have had (and continue to have!) a fantastic experience with Dr. Kao. I first saw him 2 years ago for a tummy tuck consult. I still had weight to lose. When I mentioned that, most Dr's would pass you off as a waste of their time, but Dr. Kao was so helpful informative. He took the time to explain the procedures to me and answered any questions I had. I lost the weight and was able to have my surgery in June 2013. All staff there were so friendly and helpful, from the front desk to the after-care nurses. I experienced some (completely normal) draining/bleeding post op, it worried me. They offered to see me right away just to ease my concerns and answer any other questions I had. My breast lift did not heal perfectly, he immediately offered to revise the scars to my satisfaction. My experience with many Dr.'s has been that you have to fight to get answers/results, not at all the case with him. He takes great pride in his work, he does an incredible job.
I had a intramuscular lipoma ,,about the size of a plum removed from my inside elow area. my first visit was to an orthopaedic surgeon that looked at it and said it was a lipoma and doesnt need to be removed..if I wanted it removed it would be considered cosmetic. He ordered an ultrasound and then changed it to a MRI...thank goodness as my "cosmetic" lipoma was growing into my forearn muscle and would eventually cause nerve damage to my hand...I had my plastic surgeon remove it and am so happy with the results! The scar is about 3 inches long and healing beautiful! ..only issues are hand weakness and aching p-ain in the forearm but is slowly getting better. I am doing pysio and hoping to be fully recovered in the next few months!
I'm a 32 year old mother of two. My last baby finished the look of my body lol. I'm getting most excited that I will actually be able to stand naked In front of my husband. Also I won't have to tuck my sexy loose skin in my jeans everytime I sit down. I'm very nervous. Not sure about the pain. My youngest is 2 so I'm not sure how it's all going to work out for me being able to take care of her. Luckily my parents and my husbands parents will be watching her for at least the first week. I read this website everyday and feel better seeing that so many people are happy they did it. My operation is sept 20th. Im hoping to be able to figure out how to post pics. Once I do, I'll add them Updated on 5 Sep 2012: I think i have figured out the picture thing. Lol sooo gross! My husband hasnt even seen my belly like this. Updated on 5 Sep 2012: I also didn't mention on my first post that i am also having a breast reduction. I was always larger breasted as a young teenager. I had my son at 18 and after a month my shoulder blades were bigger than my boobs lol. Then i had my daughter two years ago and all the sudden i had my bigger breasts back. And they stayed ! I thought it would be a good thing but I actually hate it! I feel gross in lower cut tops and to be honest with you, they have actually given me problems with my back. I'm not considered huge by any means but i know i will feel much sexier with them smaller and perkier. Picture a tube sock with a tennis ball stuffed in it lol. My aerosols are huge as well. They also point down to the ground lol, except in really cold weather:-) I'm not sure ill put pics up of my breasts putting pics up of my belly was hard enough lol I'm a C almost D cup now and I've asked to be a smaller B cup . Both procedures will be done on the same day. Updated on 6 Sep 2012: I have a question....I'm a hairdresser. Is anyone else a hairdresser? I'd love to know how long it took for you to feel good enough to work. I have people booked four weeks after my surgery. I'm crossing my fingers I'll be fine to do that. Updated on 7 Sep 2012: I have been feeling sick to my stomach for the past week. I'm sure it's because my emotions are all over the place. I go from..."yay! I can't wait" to "maybe this is a bad idea". I have been having crazy dreams that the doc takes my bandages off from my breast and my nipples come off with it!! I know that won't happen for real but my dreams are making me worry more and more. I just keep reading everyone's positive stories and say to myself that everything will be just fine. My biggest fear at this point is not waking up or getting a blood clot. Dr. Kao assured me I'd be fine. Most of my clients think I'm going for hernia surgery lol. I really don't want everyone to know. The clients I did tell the truth to have been pretty supportive. I have a few that have told me I'm crazy because they think I look great. I tell them that if they saw me naked then they would be more on board with what I'm doing lol. My husband says that my clients are going to wonder why I have no boobs when I start working again lol. Updated on 9 Sep 2012: Hey ladies! My surgery day is getting closer! One and a half weeks away! So I've been so worried about getting sick before my surgery. My surgeon dosent want me taking vitamins two weeks before the surgery. I looked on line today to figure out what I could take food wise to boost my immune system. Cloves of garlic. Well my client had given me some garlic out of her garden a few weeks back. Apparently eating two cloves of garlic a day helps. So I chopped up two cloves and chewed it up then chased it down with some OJ. Yuck! Not only do I smell horrible, but my belly is burning lol. Thankfully my husbands allergies have been acting up so he shouldn't smell me tonight lol. Another thing I've been worried about is getting my period on surgery day. It's funny how it dosent bother me to be naked on a table infront of strangers having skin removed from my body but having my period too seems kind of embarrassing. Anyways, went pee today, wiped, and yay! I started spotting! I thought to myself " god has been listening and he's decided to give me a break". My period is suppose to be due the day of my surgery. So a few hours later I go to the washroom to change my panty liner and I've never been so disappointed before. It seems my period has decided to not come after all. It was a teaser! That sucks!! Lol. Updated on 10 Sep 2012: Hey everyone:-) i have spent the last couple days playing and moulding my belly like its playdoe. It makes me want it gone more and more. I took a couple pics of it lol. I would have never done this 6 months ago but now that i know its being removed, why not spend my last loose skinned days having fun with it. Plus when I'm in extream pain and ask myself why I've put myself through this then i will refer to these pics and have a good laugh and remember all the times i said no to having a shower with my hubby, all the shirts I've thrown out over the years because they became too short from drying, all the tank tops I've bought to wear under my shirts to hold my loose skin in, all the times I've pushed my husbands away because he came too close to touching my belly, all the times I've sat watching a movie with my hubby and watched a beautiful flat tight tummied actress get half naked and me wonder if my hubby wished i looked more like them, all the times I've cried in a change room standing in front of those mirrors that highlight every flaw. Updated on 13 Sep 2012: Hey ladies:) did any of you think about not waking up? I can't get it out of my head. I guess if I don't wake up then I'll never know but it's really giving me the hebeejeebees. Updated on 14 Sep 2012: Hey everyone! I had a week or so back that had a breast reduction. She had hers video taped. Is that normal? Anyone else get a DVD on the way out? It seems weird to me. I'm not sure I could watch it Updated on 15 Sep 2012: 5 more days! So nervouse, so excited! Updated on 17 Sep 2012: Well only a few days left. My asthma has started to act up of course. I've even had two panic attacks. Man I'm getting nervous. Kinda feeling bummed out today. My husband seems to be acting weird around me. When I was talking about wanting this surgery he would always say that I'm going to get looking all perfect then leave him for another guy. Which is obsurd. But for the past three days he's been quiet. I'm not sure how to describe it but it's stressing me out! Lol. Updated on 18 Sep 2012: Ok, so I'm feeling soooo nervous right now. I just keep picturing in my head waking up and having drains hanging out of me and incisions and pain. I just can't wrap my head around it. It's kinda creeping me out. I'd love to hear about any of your experiances waking up experience. I'm excited but then I start picturing me all cut up and then i ask myself what the hell I'm doing lol. Anyone else go through this? Updated on 20 Sep 2012: Good morning everyone! In five hours I will be out cold a on my way to looking great! I feel calm now. I'm sure I will be freaking out once I hit the hospital! I really haven thought much about my BR. I've been very focused on my TT. I will hopefully post something once I wake up. Wish me luck!! Updated on 20 Sep 2012: Well, it's been done! Pain wasn't as bad as I thought it would be....yet lol. The worst part for me was the anasteitheologhis puts numbing in your throat for the tube to not hurt later when they took it out. Well when I woke up I couldn't feel a thing in my throat which made me panic because I couldn't feel myself swallowing. Half hour later I was ok. Spent a good chunk of time in recovery then when I finally saw my hubby he looked so happy and relieved. Even got me a magazine I said I liked last week that I wasn't sure he was even paying attention too. So when I saw Dr.Kao when I got up he told me that I was going to love the results. He said it looks REALLY good! And his very big confident smile makes me believe him. The nurses change the dressing sometime this morning. Not sure if I'll peek this time lol. I'll try and post later on today. My phone won't upload pics for some reason but when I am home with my tablet I'll do my best to post some pics Updated on 24 Sep 2012: Hey everyone! It's now been 4 days. I'm actually feeling pretty damn good. I'm not on much for my pain meds. I take three torridol in a day and two Tylenol 3's at bedtime. My breast never really bothered me at all. Some itching and pinching but my milk drying up after my daughter was WAY more painful! My belly feels tight still but I'm having a much easier time getting up and down. I'm bored as hell and I REALLY want to stretch lol. I still have one drain in. Hopefully it comes out Wednesday when I see Dr.Kao. I've kinda peeked when the nurse has been in changing my dressings. Kinda scary lol. I'm sure it's going to look great when its all said and done but right now it looks....gross lol. My tattoo is gone(yay!) I have a couple stretch marks left but nothing I can't handle. My incision is very low which I love! My boobies are small and perky, which I wanted and my areoles are much smaller. I think they are going to look great when they are healed. I'd love to show everyone but to be honest with you I haven't even really looked. I've only seen what I can see laying on my back looking down. I guess I'm kinda nervous to strip down in front of the mirror and look at myself only barely healed. I get very easily disappointed and right now I know that this is not at all what I will look like in a months time. My hubby has been awesome! I'm actually shocked. He has sponge bathed me a couple times now and always helps me with my cg. Those things are a [RS bleep] to do up lol. The cg I have is almost a full body one. I'm kinda weirded out by it because it has an opening where my crotch and butt hang out so I can just sit and go to the washroom without taking it off. It seems very unsanitary lol. Anyways, I'm healing really well. Only thing I've been concerned about is blood clots. Everyone including my doc has said not to worry about that because I won't get them but I still freak out constantly about it. I get a small cramp in my leg and I automatically assume its a blood clot. I'm almost obsessed about it. I get up and walk around a lot and I keep my feet moving time hen I'm laying down but I still worry. Anyone else obsess with that? Updated on 25 Sep 2012: I had a really crappy sleep last night. I went and saw my two year old at my inlaws last night. I miss her soooo much. I think she misses me to because she was all over me. I knew I'd suffer for letting her but I didn't care. 4:30 this morning I woke up and wow I was hurting really bad. Took some pain meds and went back to sleep but I still couldn't quite get comfy. My incisions are REALLY itchy! Especially the ones under my breasts. Other than that I'm feeling ok. I'd really love to have a full soapy hot shower. I feel disgusting and I'm sure I smell bad lol. Sponge baths just are not the same. How long did you guys wait till you had sex again? Updated on 25 Sep 2012: I just did my sponge bath on my own for the first time. Hubby has been helping me but he's at work. That was hard as hell! It took me more time trying to get my sexy compression stockings and my body cg on than actually washing myself lol. Updated on 25 Sep 2012: Omg I want to be better. I'm so friggin bored and restless. I'm beginning to hate my couch. I still can't walk straight. I feel the most tightness on the top part of my stomach right under my boobs. I can feel that my new nipples are kinda stinging under all these bandages. My compression stockings are disgusting lol. My feet are always so sweaty. Gross! I hope the doc says that I can keep them off tomorrow. Sorry for the complaints but man this is hard not doing anything. My last day of work I thought to myself how nice it would be to have some time off. I take that back lol. I think my drain is coming out tomorrow. I'm very nervous. Updated on 26 Sep 2012: I go see Dr.Kao today! I so want this drain out. It's starting to sting when I walk. Woke up feeling pretty good, got ready. First day putting makeup on since the surgery. And now I'm exhausted lol. It's 1 1/2 hrs to my surgeon so I'm sure by the end of today I will be glad to see my couch again. I'm hoping all these bandages come off today so I can take some pics for you ladies. I still have not seen myself naked in front of the mirror yet. Updated on 26 Sep 2012: I'm stuck with this stupid drain for another day or two:( Dr.Kao said things are looking really great though:) Updated on 27 Sep 2012: Well here is my new body. Today was the first time ive really seen it. Im still very bruised. The puckering kinda makes me nervous but Dr.Kao said its all good and it will mould itself flat. Anyone else get those? I still have my three stretch marks under my bb but i alreadt knew they would still be there. Updated on 28 Sep 2012: Today i feel really good. I sat on my butt all day yesterday so my drain would hopefull not drain much and i think that did the trick. My Dr wanted 30cc and im at 25cc and im 15 mins away from it being the 24 hr mark since i drained it last. Kinda nervous about the pain of it coming out but i know i will survive it lol. My mom is bringing my baby girl over today for a bit! Im excited! I cried a couple times yesterday because of the guilt and im missing her like crazy! I took a couple more pics today and posted them. I felt kinda sexy even though im bruised, stitched up and swollen lol but i could kinda see how nice its going to look in a few weeks:-D Updated on 28 Sep 2012: I'm so happy! My drain got taken out! And it friggin hurt bad lol. My hole had healed closed a bit and the drain was much bigger than my incision opening. It's done now though so it's all good:) nurse says she can see a hematoma under my left breast. So she wants me to put ice on for 10 and off for 10 a few times through out the day. She says I may have problems if it bursts so she wants to prevent that. Other than that she says it all looks great:) Updated on 29 Sep 2012: Hey everyone! I had my drain out yesterday but decided to wait till today for my shower. I woke up and that was the first thing I did! I probably used half a bar of soap lol. After I put my spanx on and washed my CG. I have one of those almost full body ones where your crotch and bum hangs out. It has been making me more and more queezy thinking about how gross it is that I'm wearing it every day without washing it. So I hope wearing the spanx for a bit is ok while I'm waiting for it to dry. So I've been having this pulling where my incision is and it kinda felt like my stitches were being pulled out. I'd check and check and check and I couldn't see why it was feeling that way until this morning. My CG is made out of lyrica and nylon. I had shaved my muff right off right before surgery. Well it has been growing back and my CG is pulling on it! Lol! It's like wearing one of those stretchy metal watch band and it pulls on your arm hair. Same idea lol. Updated on 30 Sep 2012: I woke up this morning feeling a lot less pain getting out of bed. My abs just feel bruised now. I'm finding my skin is kinda sensitive to touch today. I slept on my side last night! It felt pretty good until I rolled over to my back. It felt really achy switching positions. I'm very swollen today so my CG will be working really hard today lol. I think I'm going to tidy up a bit around the house today. Updated on 30 Sep 2012: Oh and has anyone heard about a woman named Julia kozerski? She's a photographer that lost a lot of weight over a year and took pictures of her body throughout the year. They are incredible! You ladies have to check them out Updated on 1 Oct 2012: I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. Then I took everything off for my shower and went and looked in the mirror first. I'm swollen, bruised and that pleat seems like its never going to smooth out. I'll put a pic of it up once my tablet is charged. I have also broken out in these tiny little pimples all over my neck and chest. Kinda looks like a rash. I feel like my belly button will never look cute. I know it takes months for them to mould and take shape but I want it to look good now damn it! Lol I look at lots of your pics and your bellys look so nice by now. I'm not a patient person. I think it's the giant pleat or indent whatever you'd call it that is really bothering me. PO says he put these stiches in to i guess anchor my skin to my muscle and says it will smooth out fine but I guess I'm just having a hard time imagining that. Hopefully this feeling will pass. Updated on 4 Oct 2012: Well everything was going great, too great. My hubby meantioned to me about 4 days ago that I had a small rash on my neck. Just looked like little pimples. Next day I woke up and my body was covered from the neck down in a rash. It looked like measles. Started a low grade fever. Turns out I took an alergic reaction to my anti biotic. It's gone from my chest now but still bad on my belly and back. I'm sure the CG isn't helping things out. Then when I was showing my nurse my rash she noticed blood on my bra. Under my left breast where the drain hole was is now leaking blood. It's pooling under my breast. The blood that came out was almost black. No pain or anything. It sucks because I feel so good right now.my pain level is maybe a 1. Only time I get pain is when I sneeze or laugh really hard. Other than that, I'm walking straight, not on pain killers at all, able to do stuff without feeling I need a nap. I see Dr. Kao tomorrow. I'm hoping he will say that my boob is ok and everything else is great:) ill let you all know tomorrow Updated on 5 Oct 2012: So I went to my ps today. He said things look great. Said I was healing incredibly well. Took the steri strips off and said I can start massaging the scars with vitamin E. in a week I will start with the silicone sheeting. He highly recommends it. He is such a great doctor. He was so busy and never once made me feel rushed. Answered all my questions and took his time. I would choose him 100 times over. I got home and stood in front of my mirror and took my shirt and bra off and I almost cried. For the first time ever I felt sexy about my breasts. I was born with saggy boobs I think lol. I can honestly say that I have never ever liked my boobs. I avoided looking at them at all costs and never let any boyfriend and my husband ever really see them. In the shower I'd cover them, in the light having sex I'd keep a tank top on, the only time when I'd like them was in the cold. It's amazing what the cold does lol. I live in Canada so 9 months out of the year they were tolerable if I kept the window open to let the crisp air get to them lol( I'm kidding about the 9 months, I think it's only 4 or 5 months out of the year that our weather is freezing cold:) ) and my belly is looking better everyday. I know I will be happy when its healed. I had tons of swelling this week because I felt great and did way too much. Dr. Kao said it will actually do more harm than good. If I want the swelling to go down I have to chill out a lot more. He also said I can stop wearing the CG in two weeks. He said it is VERY important to keep it on because it helps to form your stomach to a nicer shape. I have actually gotten pretty use to this thing and I'm sure I will probably still wear it to bed for a bit longer after my two weeks. Updated on 8 Oct 2012: 18 days PO! I'm feeling pretty good. My skin kinda feels sore. Every one and awhile my abs hurt. Swelling is bad this weekend but its thanksgiving here in Canada so it's been lots of family stuff and eating. I got my period yesterday:( my cramps were brutal! This is my last week off work. I start back next Tuesday. I'm kind of enjoying my time off now that I'm not couch bound lol. Hope everyone else is healing well and good luck to anyone joining the flat side today! Updated on 12 Oct 2012: Took some pics today. Ive put a sillicone sheet on my bellybutton and will probably start with the rest of the scars monday. So physically im still feeling tired and i have the odd pinch in my abdominals. Sneezing and couching still is tender. Laughing is not as bad but i still feel it if ive been laughing to hard or too long. My swelling has really gotten bad around my inscision area. I remember someone on here meantioning this. She described it as a tire around her lower belly area. My belly still feels very tight and hard. I have no feeling around and below my bb area. Still kinda weirds me out but i know eventually i will get it back. I kinda feel like my belly dosent look real. Its not mushy yet, if you know what i mean. I hope it will eventually. My pucker is still bumming me out but the other day my swelling went down and it didnt look as bad. It is a stitch that is holding it down and its disolvable. I just wish it would disolve NOW! Lol. Im noticing a lot of little pleating on my inscision. Im sure it will smooth out. So with my pleats and pucker and three streatch marks im kinda feeling like a sewn together scarcrow:-(. Im sure it will get better. Patience, patience,patience. I also got a bill in the mail from my hospital for $180.00. Not impressed! I call the hospital and saywhats up with this? They tell me its an extra charge because they used the compression stockings on me! $180.00 for compression stockings!!! I had assumed the $6500.00 included compression stockings. Heres the kicker...when i went for my one week check up they took my stockings off and threw them the garbage. Had i of known i was going to pay $180.00 for them, i would have kept them and framed them and labeled it" my most expensive pair of non sexy stockings ever bought". Im very frusterted by this. So i guess im still happy i did this but just with all my puckers and pleats werent there. I cant wait to feel excited about my new belly. Soon i hope Updated on 15 Oct 2012: I'm feeling pretty good. I've been getting pains near my one hip area that feels like I'm pushing on a bruise so I'm not sure what that's about but I'm sure it's all to do with my healing. I put my body through a lot lol. My belly is still hard and flat but kinda swollen. The best way to describe it is that I feel like my belly area resembles a mannequin. Hard flat and unreal looking. I have posted a pic to show everyone. She even has the big scar across the belly lol. I know my belly looks better than it did two weeks ago, but man do I ever feel like its taking forever for it to look like a normal belly. Hope everyone's healing well! Updated on 15 Oct 2012: Hey sweet! My iPhone just let me post a pic! It wasn't letting me do that before Updated on 16 Oct 2012: Well here's some pics from this morning 26 days PO. I'm still not feeling it's a sexy bell but I do feel that it's better than having the stretch marks and handfuls of loose skin. Pucker seems to not be as bad. Hope everyone's having a good day:) Updated on 20 Oct 2012: Hey ladies! Hope everyone ones recovering well ! Well I'm 30 days PO. Started back at work on the 16 and I am tired lol. I'm a hairdresser so it took a few days to work my feet in again. They got use to being up off the floor for so long. I still have that pucker but it dosent seem as bad. I stretched in bed this morning and felt something happen so I hope it was that stitch that was holding my pucker in place. I'm loving everything about my belly but the pucker. My belly button still isn't resembling a belly button yet but hopefully as the swelling goes down then my bb will turn out cute. I think I will get it pierced once its healed. Updated on 24 Oct 2012: Saw my PS today:) everything is going perfect. He wants me to be CG free now. It's been off for a couple hours now and the swelling has begun and it feels really weird! I trust Dr.Kao 100% so I will keep it off:) ill take some pics in the morning and post them I've been using those silicon gel strips and I think they are totally worth the money. My scar is really starting to flatten out. Updated on 30 Oct 2012: I am almost 6 weeks PO and I'm feeling pretty good. I'm happy I did the surgery still but still wish I looked better than I do now. I really hate the stretch marks coming from my scar, im still really swollen, my belly button is still not looking like a belly button I'd want and I still have that pucker. The pucker is WAY better than it was but I still don't want it there at all. Another thing bothering me is not having any sensation on my belly. It's totally weird. I'm finding its making me not feel right in my clothes. [RS bleep] or something. Hard to explain. And my stomach is still hard. Is anyone else feeling this way? I guess I figured I'd be feeling crazy sexy by now but not so much. Ill post some new pics Updated on 30 Oct 2012: Did anyone ever do the marble thing in the bb? What is it suppose to do? I want my belly button to be more of an innie. Would it help or is it used more to round your bb? I did attempt to put a marble in but it wouldn't go in and I am to scared to force it in but I do have ear plugs that fit. Updated on 4 Nov 2012: I'm 45 days PO and still swollen...I think...I hope lol. My bb still really hasn't changed a whole lot. I see my ps in a couple weeks so I will see what he says. Updated on 8 Nov 2012: Feeling pretty good:) still so friggen swollen but I look way better now than I did with all my loose skin and stretch marks lol. Hope everyone is healing well! Updated on 11 Apr 2014: Hi, I haven't posted anything in FOREVER!! I will try and post pics at some point. I've had a belly button revision that improved it but I'm still not happy with it. I have little stitch scars all around it and it's not sunken in enough. I will be having my bellybutton tattooed next month and that should campflauge the falseness of it....I hope lol. So that being said, make sure you look at your PS's belly button portfolio. I didn't do this and I regret it. I'm not sure if he does all bellybuttons like this or if he was just having an off day. Your bellybutton is what makes people not know you had a TT. I think it's a very important part of the surgery. I had three bubbly stretch marks left after the surgery that I had tattooed over and you can't see them at all now! I have recently started working out three days a week. Please start working out as soo after your surgery as your PS will allow you. I wish I would have. Any weight I gain it goes straight to my luvhandles. It sucks! The joys of getting older lol.
After working 3 years to lose just over 100lbs I wanted to walk down the aisle a confident, healthy woman. I heard many good things about Dr.Kao and his work from a good family friend that had seen him for many procedures. I was about to get married and after the weight loss is was very self conscious of the loose skin on my upper arms. When I was told Dr.Kao could help, had years of experience, and great bedside manner, I was sooooo excited to book with him !
