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How To Prepare Pre-op and Post-op for Abdominoplasty/Hernia---NO SURPRISES - Scottsdale, AZ
UPDATED FROM emn
13 months post op!!
$10,000
i am very happy i did it!! i do need a scar revision, because it dips a bit, and there is a ropey feeling that has not dissolved inside in one spot,from the sutures of the many layers. and above the incision in that area, it has to be more smoothed out, because it bulges out ----not badly, but some. so he will do an incision, not the entire way, and level out the scar, lipo the raised area, fix that ropey spot. it will not be recuperation as before. he will also lipo the area that puffs out a bit where the pubic hair is. it sound like a lot, but not really, just small things that will all be done at once,while we are in there. i wish i had done all my surgery years ago!! i love shopping, love being flat, can wear anything! i can wear bikinis easily. wow! i will send pic after the revision is done. not sure what date i will do it yet. have to look at my social life calendar. i also did my face, but have not posted that. i love it!!!
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UPDATED FROM emn
PROTRUDING SUTURE DETAILS-AND MY NEW STRIPS ARRIVED!
so i have noted a slight prick on the incision line. if i run my finger over it my nail can catch it,but the other way it is fine. not very visible. looks like a teensy pimple. but it is a piece of the suture material from the third outermost layer, called a barb, from what are called quill sutures (stitches). it has not worked its way out at all, which is what usually happens. but PS will not cut it to get it out, he states use bandaid if it bugs me, which is what i was about to do, and just wait until it comes out... one day. ok.
anyhow today my new scar removal method arrived. i had finished the silicone gel so after reading many reviews on scar away silicone strips, i ordered them, since i was specifically looking for something that had deep penetration power, and history of softening ropey hardness that i have midsection. it has to be used for 3 months. ok. i start tonight. i will let you know.some people swear by bio-oil and other products as well, but i had already ordered this, so this scar away will be it!
anyhow today my new scar removal method arrived. i had finished the silicone gel so after reading many reviews on scar away silicone strips, i ordered them, since i was specifically looking for something that had deep penetration power, and history of softening ropey hardness that i have midsection. it has to be used for 3 months. ok. i start tonight. i will let you know.some people swear by bio-oil and other products as well, but i had already ordered this, so this scar away will be it!
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AJ2
September 30, 2013
Just checking in with you, Emn. How are you doing? Still doing well, I hope!
S
October 1, 2013
Thank you for this informative review. I hope you are doing well. you look great!!!
M
June 1, 2014
Your review was so very helpful!!! I will be having a hernia repair also in conjunction with the Panniculectomy/ TT June 11th.
UPDATED FROM emn
PHOTOS UPDATE 6 WEEKS +2 DAYS---SCAR
i have a very nice thin scar along the sides and part of the front. but one side of the front is raised up a bit and it is hard and ropey feeling, and causes the side view to pouch out and not lie flat because that hardness makes a ridge that PS said would soften and drop. i think it will be a year before i see that since the 3 layers of internal sutures have to dissolve over many months....i wrote comments on each pic. but i am really happy with results! i do notice that the ropey elevated area is bluish---i think upon close inspection it is broken vessels, and i might need to laser them next year.
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P
August 25, 2013
Wow!! Your shape is just beautiful!! The scar will fad and I've seen way way worse! It's really not as bad as you think. We just look at ourselves differently and we have high expectations of our bodies! You look amazing! Absolutely Beautiful!
E
August 25, 2013
thanks peachesnsausage! yes, my scar is good overall, and very low down. i just have to keep massaging those hard knotted areas. if silicone does not get down enough to do it, i might in many many months ask him about cortisone injections to soften the knots.
P
August 25, 2013
Are you allowed to bathe yet? I've noticed if I massage my bio oil into my scar while relaxing in a warm bath it seems to calm those areas and they feel much softer. Epsom salt in my bath has helped as well.
E
August 25, 2013
oh yes, i do bathe. i put aloe vera/ rice oil in the bath and i also massage, and it feels great. i wonder if epsom salts would soften. if the firm bumpy area does not go down i will ask PS about cortisone injections way down the road. that would do it. but not sure if he does it for this area.
E
August 25, 2013
i am looking up bio oil ingredients to see if it will penetrate very deeply into the dermis, or if it works more superficially. do you know?
P
August 25, 2013
I know my sisters scar on her back was horrendous very bumpy and thick. All she used was bio oil and it is only visible if pointed out! No bumps no puckers just soft and lite!
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E
August 25, 2013
did she originally have a hard firm line of ropey stuff? it is not visible. it is only known to the touch. but the knots do lift the scar and keep it from smoothing out that area.yes, pics would be great if she is willing.
E
August 25, 2013
from what i am reading (the forum doc answers on this) it seems that it is what i thought--the sutures inside, and the collection of three layers of knots--which can take 3 months to 6 months and even years to soften. one said they can be removed surgically. another said just wait. no one mentioned cortisone injections which works well on this e.g. for facelift behind the ear bumps etc. Another forum doc said it was fat necrosis usually at the midline of the scar, and can be surgically removed. forget that!!!
P
August 25, 2013
Thats exactly what she said it felt like and what mine feels like..... Just something else to look forward to. Mine has significantly softened, I'm sure yours will... You look gorgeous! She us going through fertility treatments right now and is sleeping a lot. Hopefully I can get some pics soon..
E
August 25, 2013
thanks for the reassurance. i am now leaving to meet a friend for frozen yogurt and chit chat. i am wearing a gorgeous skirt i used to have to push and squeeze over my hips and---today it slid on, and the waist is loose!! hah! and of course i am wearing my push up bra(breasts were done in march) so i feel sooo great!
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RT
August 26, 2013
Thank you so much for your detailed info. You body looks amazing. Following your surgery, since I'm also having hernia repair with my TT.
E
August 27, 2013
robin, thank you so much! i feel so great now! i feel like i have healed so well. i have walked upright for weeks, i have energy , which some people say is early, since i do not peter out. i feel on top of the world!i just looked at your pics, and you will look wonderful post surgery. i have seen enough to know.
i also read your preparations and others tips. ** where is your hernia?** mine was in a bad spot!! the hernia repair gave me so much discomfort - if i did not have that, it would have been very easy, but the location and what he had to do internally was a [RS bleep]. it was right near the center line where PS had to sew together the muscle. so mesh could not be used or PS would not have been able to do that. so the general surgeon sewed it. then after the lipoma i had was excised, the PS plicated the muscle together and went back and forth again over the repaired hernia, so i got a double repair, but bad location, so very midline painful, more than usual. but not really pain, just annoying. i did not have to overtake meds at all. i went after the 3rd day to tramadol with tylenol and zofran, but then realized i was spacey driving, so had to stop that, and PS gave me green light to take motrin if needed. Any discomfort i had was the hernia location cuz of location. mesh would have interfered with the PS job. i felt a change at week 2, then at week 3 big change, then again week 4 and 5 was immense. at week 6 i was flying. the ice gel packs on my back under the CG was the only way to help the back pain everyone gets from hunching over.i probably had 6 packs and kept switching all day and night. it was great help . you are very organized and you will do very well. just be sure you have great first 3 day help. if your recliner is electro, great. if not, you will need help at first to get in and out.
i will follow you. keep us posted!!
RT
August 27, 2013
My hernia is right below my belly button. Hoping he won't have to use the mesh, but he says doesn't know until he gets in there. My husband plans on taking off a week to help me. Thank goodness. I do plan on going back to work after 2 weeks. I might just do half days the first few days. The only good thing is I work from home. So I won't have to drive.
S
January 28, 2015
I need this same surgery hernia repair and tummy tuck you look f-ing awesome
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