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Wanna Be Flat - Atlanta, GA

UPDATED FROM Cher_shawn
8 months post

8 mths post op

Cher_shawn
WORTH IT$5,325
Wow I didn't realize how distance I've became on here and a I apologize for my absence. Anyhow with that being said I'm feeling a little discouraged and wondered if anyone else out here is or has felt this way as well. After my surgery I did feel some type of way as if a I could eat what I wanted with no worries bc I was thin with a flat tummy and I couldn't gain weight in those areas a gun as my doctor assured me anyways. Well that was all the wrong things to do first and foremost. I also didn't workout regularly either bc my baby didn't attend daycare and my hubby has a crappy work schedule which interfered, all and all yes it's all excuses which all boils down to I joined the gym with the daycare and have been attending regularly now. My reasoning for updating though is to ask you ladies if any of you have gained any weight in your abdomen area? I have, but not too much, but enough to notice. My point is that my doctor told me my weight gain if any would go elsewhere wherever I did not have surgery bc the surgery destroyed the fat cells so they can't grow back. Just seems odd to me. He dud tell me to give it to my one year mark and he will touch it up for free so we will see. I just hate seeing fat on my tummy. I am changing my eating habits too tho. Lol

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Fara Movagharnia, DO, FACOS

Fara Movagharnia, DO, FACOS

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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March 16, 2015
Hello sweety!!! I missed you!! I say give it that one year and have him fix you. You paid too much money to not be satisfied. I also joined a gym because I gained 5 pounds. Which on me it is noticeable because I'm small. Hopefully we can loose the weight before beach season coming soon!! :-)
March 25, 2015
I had lipo several years ago to my abs and flanks. I loved my results. But you definitely can gain weight back where you had lipo. In the past 2 years I gained 35 pounds for multiple reasons. And my stomach and flanks definitely gained weight. I have never been this heavy. I recently consulted 2 plastic surgeons about getting lipo on abs, flanks, back, and inner thighs. I plan on getting it asap. I was very very happy with my initial results, and I kept in great shape until 2years ago
August 8, 2015
Hey honey ,how are you doing a year later? xox
UPDATED FROM Cher_shawn
2 months post

8 wks post op

Cher_shawn
Here's my 8 wk post op pic. I still wore my 2 pc on the beach as I always did before. There are a few things I dislike. I do realize im still healing and have some more ways to go which I will address with my PS tomorrow at my apt. Fir example for lower stomach, my legs have no "after lipo" shape to them, I have a small dent on my left upper thigh( nothing extreme), my left leg looks slimmer than my right. So there are a few small things I can see in the mirror myself but my hubby says im crazy. I stay in the mirror and no one knows your body better than yourself so no im not crazy im just perfect when it comes to anything different or any kind of changes to my body. I'll update y'all tomorrow on what my doc says.

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September 10, 2014
You look great!! But I get not being satisfied yet. Please update on what PS says tomorrow.
September 10, 2014
Thx, I will do so for sure.
September 10, 2014
What a stunning pic! You look amazing!! How are you feeling? X
September 10, 2014
Thanks, I love the picture myself, but I just don't feel comfortable posting it on fb bc some of my friends know I've had lipo (not all) and I feel they will still have something to say since it's not perfect. I still found myself hiding my lower stomach in my swimsuit due to the swelling which I'm showing my Ps tomorrow. I feel wonderful, how about you honey?
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September 11, 2014
I think you look great! Thank you tie posting because I'm healing right behind you and your story is helping me :).
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September 11, 2014
*for. Silly iPhone
September 11, 2014
Thank you so much. You know us woman want to be perfect and we can find the smallest things within ourselves to try to fix or find that isn't right and want to try to get it right and our men will never ever understand that. Lol I'm SO jealous you live in Hawaii. My hubby and I went there for our honeymoon two yrs ago and I'm dying to go back. Happy healing to you honey and wear your garments 24-7 bc yes it does make a huge difference.
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September 12, 2014
Hey,... You look great, congrats. Did you notice a big difference between your 1 month to 2 month milestones?
September 12, 2014
Ty, not really. I noticed the difference week by week. But really after the first month I was at a stand still. I'm still trying to find a new garment to wear. I hate shopping for them bc I get frustrated when I can't find what I'm looking for.
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September 12, 2014
I ask because I am 4 weeks post op and I'm not where I'd hoped I'd be. I'm hoping I'll still shrink... Fingers crossed. I'm using a marena compression garment and I find it comfortable. Maybe you could search online. Hope that helps. Thanks for your reply :)
September 12, 2014
Thx, I tried to see your pix but I only seen pix from your nipple surgery.
September 12, 2014
So you had lipo too right?
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September 12, 2014
I have a few posts. Go to my full profile.... It should be the second review. I had lipo of the flanks, upper and lower abs. He took out 1300cc s. I seem to only be 1-2 inches smaller... I was hoping for mare of a change than that. Like your results, youlook great.
September 12, 2014
Ok, I see now. I think you looked ok before too, but I know speaking as a woman we are never fine with our bodies so I won't argue there. I can tell what you are talking about how he didn't take much out, but I can still tell a difference after. My PS took over 4000cc from me but that's total from my legs and all too. I wish my tummy was smoother and flatter. He told me yesterday I needed a small tummy tuck, but uh hell no. I'm done. After spending almost nearly 13k between two surgeries I promised my hubby no more surgeries and I don't want that scar. I already have my gallbladder scar I hate that I can't hide and my breast implant scars that I went thru my nipples which I also dislike so I think I'm finished now. Lol so I'll become I gym rat for now and workout hard and hopefully it will help.
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September 12, 2014
Ins sorry to hear that you aren't happy yet.... But I definitely understand. Because of stretch marks my stomach is wrinkly around my belly button. I'm sure ill be told to get a tummy tuck to. I won't do that. I can't have a scar like that either. My PS said he took everything out of my flanks.... I don't know, my clothes still don't fit. Can't put jeans on. My "fat" clothes don't even fit. Lets hope that for the 6 month mark really does flatten and smooth things out.
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September 18, 2014
You are looking great!
September 18, 2014
Thanks!
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September 18, 2014
You're welcome! :)
UPDATED FROM Cher_shawn
1 month post

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Cher_shawn
I'm loving the way I look in blue jeans all around, my legs, no more love handles and my flat tummy. However I'm not liking my belly today. It's starting to really bother me. I don't know if it's just not all the way healed yet and Hopefully not, I'm praying not bc I'll definitely have issues if it continues to look like this. One side has an indention and the other side is fine but the side with the indention is wrinkled more and it's way bothersome to me. I refuse to have anymore surgeries. All I wanted out of this was a FLAT SMOOTH belly with no saggy ness or wrinkly skin. I don't have the saggy ness but some wrinkly ness in certain spots. It's stressful, annoying, aggravating, depressing, and scary bc I want what I want and paid for. My doctor did a hell of a job I'm just waiting for the end results and wondering when they will appear. Someone please help or assure me it will get better or even smoothen out if at all.

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August 29, 2014
I'm sure it will get better hun. Being patient is hard and the waiting sucks!! But you have to give it time before you come to any conclusions. You are only a month out. Usually it takes months to get the end result. Think positive!!!
August 29, 2014
Thx, I know you know it's very hard to stay positive when all we want it to look our best. I'm trying my best to think I look fine and then I see a different angle in the mirror. Ugh, lol
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August 29, 2014
I get it. Beleive me. Just keep yourself busy. That helped me out a lot. :-)
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August 29, 2014
Hang in there it gets better.
August 29, 2014
Thx, I'm just so terrified my skin won't smooth out how I want it. Should I buy a binder now?
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August 29, 2014
Hope it heals to perfection. Your results are great.
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August 29, 2014
Did your ps say why you have wrinkled ski? Did you have stretch marks? I hope it all comes together by the 6 months,so you will love your results. Have a good night.
August 29, 2014
He said he didn't know that's why he taped me for so long and he seemed to think it was working. I don't have a lot, but enough to bother me. I didn't think I had stretch marks but he said I did but if I did they were the color of my skin not the purple ones.
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August 29, 2014
Sorry to hear that. I hope the fade and or you show your ps what you're concerned about.
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August 29, 2014
Don't worry yourself so much..I know it's hard..You won't even be close to seeing final results until 3-6 months...at 6 months..if you aren't happy..worry about it then...for now...you are just going through the normal healing phases...it is a LONG recovery....i'm 2 months out and it is still driving me crazy...
August 29, 2014
Gooooo Gators! Sry, had too, lol. You look absolutely fabulous so idk why at two mths your still going crazy. I wish I only looked as good as you did. The massage thing, where did youngest that at? I def need one of those for all my lumps for sure. I hope I start to heal better.
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August 29, 2014
I bought an electric hand held massager from Amazon with removable heads. I started aggressively massaging at about 9-10 weeks. I used cocoa butter and massaged 2-3 Times a day for 15 minutes each time and did so until six months. I used a head that said It was for pin-pointing areas. Hope that helps. Good luck