How long before I can feel again after skin only abdominoplasty?

Sensation should slowly return over the next few months except in the mid lower abdomen. Those sensory nerves have been cut and you will remain numb below your belly button. Since you did not show photos, I cannot comment about anything thing else.

To make an assessment regarding the outcome of a plastic surgery procedure we generally need to see a complete set of before and after pictures. If you don’t have before, and after pictures and ask your surgeon to forward the pictures they took.
The skin of the lower abdomen, especially below. The belly button usually is permanently numb after this procedure. Some sensation will come back over the next couple of years but most patient still have some permanent loss of sensation. Most people eventually get used to this.
A natural looking belly button is the hallmark of a quality tummy tuck. This is a very low, set scar that follows an atomic contours naturally are with patients should be looking for it when vetting plastic surgeons for this procedure.
I recognize you’ve already had the procedure, but for those who have not, I recommend that the time to be critical of plastic surgeons is during the vetting process while having consultations. I recommend all patients have multiple in person, consultations before scheduling, permanent to reversible body contouring procedures. During each consultation, ask each provider to open up their portfolio and show you their entire collection of before and after pictures of previous patient with similar body characteristics to your owner. An experienced provider should have no difficulty showing you the before and after pictures of at least 50 previous patients. Being shown a handful of pre-selected images, representing the best results of the providers career is insufficient to get a clear understanding of an average results look like in the hands of each provider.
Quality work is represented by getting natural looking belly buttons with a scar that follows anatomic contours. Is set low and leaves the torso looking balanced attractive, and proportion it from all angles, including from behind.
Being board-certified in plastic surgery with years of experience in an overall good reputation, does not mean somebody has mastered anyone single procedure.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom, MD