How To Prepare Pre-op and Post-op for Abdominoplasty/Hernia---NO SURPRISES - Scottsdale, AZ

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!!!

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!

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.