Best Decision Ever - Allentown, PA

2 weeks post op! I'm actually feeling a lot better, at this stage, the swelling has subsided but it's still very sensitive and numbed! I have a few technique and advice on how I care for my scar! I think it is just as important if not the most important part of recovery. After 7-10 days after the stitches were taken out, I was applying Biafine (prescribed by the dr) I slap it on the wound and wrap it with body bandages. I changed it daily and noticed that my scabs were being peeled from his cream+bandage combo. After 3 days, I noticed my scar was pink and tender, so I stop the cream and switched to applying acuaphor without the bandages. I did that for another 3 days and my scar looks amazing! I washed my wound with antibacterial soap from the hospital twice a day. Also, moisturize your skin around the tummy at all time. Most importantly, rest as much as you can the first 2 weeks, stay off our feet and wear yoga pants...it's super comfy!

10/3: day 11 post-op ...just got my stitches out this morning. Have to come back next week for the remaining stitches on my BB...doc only remove some not all. Prescribed a cream to help fade the scars...still emphasize on daily massages of the hip and abdominal. Overall, pretty happy with my figure...even happier knowing that it's going to shrink a bit more. The incision and BB part is still numbed and hard/swollen, that will take a while but I'm very optimistic that I will look and feel amazing in a few more weeks.

9/30: 1 week post-op yesterday. Feel great knowing my tummy will soon be shrinking and less swollen and numbed. Every time I walk a few blocks (which I didn't think was excessive) my tummy would swell up and its pulling on the stitches that I have around my tummy, making it it very tight and painful. I have to take it easy even tho my head is thinking I'm well, my tummy doesn't feel the same.