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Throughout my entire adult life, I've been just...

Throughout my entire adult life, I've been just under 5'7 and fluctuated between 125-140 pounds (mostly in the 120's but the last few years, 135-140, which I'm trying to lose ugh). BUT no matter what size I am, I've always had extra on the stomach/love handles (aka flanks) area - I've always had a muffin top. For whatever reason, my body stores a lot of fat there, either because I have a lot of fat cells there or because the fat cells I do have there are really big. SO in order to jump start my weight loss motivation of 10-15lbs, I decided to get smart-lipo to get rid of my muffin top, which I've had since I was like 12 (when I hit puberty). I can't find a before picture ATM (though the doc did take 1, I'll ask for a copy when I go in next week for a follow-up appointment) but I'm currently 2 days post-op and I gotta say, I'm happy so far. The stomach is basically flat and the love handles are gone. Overall much narrower waistline/flanks. It's still sore as hell but I'm just continuing to wear XS compression garments. I'm not going to give a rating until the final results in 6 weeks, but so far, so good.

Day 2, Post-op

Here's a photo when I first took the bandages off. It's day 2, post-op - still gotta wear a compression garment for 3-6 weeks (I'm gonna do the full 6, just to be safe).

Numbing in small area of stomach

I forgot to add, I am mostly just sore/bruised, but I'm completely numb in a small area of my stomach. Like, I can pinch it and feel absolutely nothing. It's weird. I've heard this isn't uncommon in post-op lipo procedures, but I'm hoping it's not permanent nerve damage because even though it doesn't affect my movement in any way, I like to have full sensation on all parts of my body. I'm just glad it's not on an area that affects my movement, like my knees, etc.

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American Lipo Center