Much Needed Abdominoplasty After Weight Loss - Ann Arbor, MI

(Apparently I'm not able to create a new review dedicated solely to Dr Dodde so I have to resort to updating this one)

I had my two week post op with Dr Dodde on July 7th. Everything looks good and I started using Bio Oil on my scars. I took these pics the day of the appointment so I still had the steri strips on but Dr Dodde removed them in office.

There is still a little bit of sagging skin above my belly button but I'm hoping that with exercise and being able to stand up straighter as I heal more, that skin will go away. If not, I hope it's an easy fix and is covered under my initial payment. I was also told that I could stop wearing my binder as well.

Here are my one week post op photos. (I hope they load correctly)

It's been a week and almost two days since my surgery on June 22 2016. I got my drains removed yesterday, June 30. Was able to see a little bit of my results as Dr Dodde had me lying on the exam table to remove the drains and sutures around my belly button. However from what I could see, I'm pretty pleased with his work! He was able to remove all of the scarring around my belly button by "sliding" all that extra saggy skin down. My belly button is no longer open and dilated and he also did a lift and lipo on my pubic area- something that was also a concern of mine. When I had met with him for my consult, the one before my surgery date, he had mentioned not being able to lipo my flanks which made me a little depressed. My flanks were a cause of great discomfort and annoyance since the fat made it difficult to keep my pants up. The day of the surgery I was going to give one last ditch effort and ask about lipo-ing my sides. Dr Dodde came in and was explaining everything he was going to do and mentioned lipo of my flanks which made me extremely happy! However, he said that whatever he could do was going to be restricted by the bed and not being able to move me much. Didn't matter much to me since it was better than nothing.

The surgery was, I want to say, roughly four hours. While I was in post op, Dr Dodde came in to tell me that he'd removed the entire scar and was able to lipo my flanks pretty aggressively too, which I was pleased to hear.

I was pretty alert the entire car ride home since it was roughly a 25 minute drive home this time. I took my meds as needed but didn't have much pain honestly. Nausea this time around was pretty much nonexistent due to the scope patch the nurse put on before surgery. (I took this off Friday but was told that I could keep it on until Saturday. Upon removing it, I did feel a little queasy but nothing like I'd experienced with the first surgeries.)

Overall, I've been extremely pleased with Dr Dodde and his wonderful staff and I highly recommend going to him for any surgery needs. My only regret is that I didn't have him do these two surgeries in the first place. It would have saved me a lot of money and struggles in the long run.