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4 / 5 Months Post Op
I took photos a month ago and am just now getting to post them! I'm loving my new body. I've scrubbed off a few more pounds doing the Whole 30 and working out and am about 20 lbs down from when I booked my surgery date! My goal is to be a fit 130lbs at my 6 month appt and seeing as though I am regularly weighing in at 132 or 133 - that should be a very attainable and maintainable goal!
3 week update
Not much new to report... still wearing my binder at least 23 hours a day (doctor's orders). He has me wearing tape on my incision for 4 days on 1 day off and using aquaphor on it on that off day.
I have been back at work full time since week 2, but I definitely do feel like getting horizontal as soon as I wrap up cooking, serving and eating dinner. I am still not standing up quite straight.
Definitely swelling some - massaging my flanks as directed to break up any scar tissue from the lipo. I still can't stand up totally straight.
My scar looks pretty straight/symmetrical and thin enough that I really think it will do a pretty great job of blending in down the road (my c-section was almost gone two years after too). Everything seems pretty well healed up with the exception of my drain sites which doc sort of roughed up (tweezed off scabbing when he removed sutures etc). I'm guessing they look better in a week just like the rest of my scar which had been closed a week longer does.
My belly button never really scabbed or anything... i'm hoping it will look a little more natural when the swelling goes down - right now my skin is stretched so tight it looks a little strange to me... up close at least.
I have been back at work full time since week 2, but I definitely do feel like getting horizontal as soon as I wrap up cooking, serving and eating dinner. I am still not standing up quite straight.
Definitely swelling some - massaging my flanks as directed to break up any scar tissue from the lipo. I still can't stand up totally straight.
My scar looks pretty straight/symmetrical and thin enough that I really think it will do a pretty great job of blending in down the road (my c-section was almost gone two years after too). Everything seems pretty well healed up with the exception of my drain sites which doc sort of roughed up (tweezed off scabbing when he removed sutures etc). I'm guessing they look better in a week just like the rest of my scar which had been closed a week longer does.
My belly button never really scabbed or anything... i'm hoping it will look a little more natural when the swelling goes down - right now my skin is stretched so tight it looks a little strange to me... up close at least.
One Week Post Op
Ok, so I spaced taking a photo yesterday when Dr. Rahbahn let me see my results for the first time after taking my binder and bandages off and removing my stitches and drains - but it was crazy! My tummy was so flat!!!
He puts stitches in during surgery that he can pull closed at the drain sites after he removes the tubes... smart. Apparently many docs either put the drains elsewhere (ie not in the incision and thus creating separate little scars) and even more just let the holes close up on their own after vs stitching them shut.
I wanted to let everyone out there who, like myself, read review after review about how bad recovery is, that mine has not been bad at all... I don't think my paid was ever over a 4. I just took my last pain pill this morning and will be moving to Ex Strength Ibuprofen.
My mom and sis were like, where are the photos, and that's when I realized I didnt take any. Doc told me not to take my new binder off to shower for another 48 hours... yes, that will mean I haven't showered in 9 days by the time I do so on Sunday, but I will take photos then. I will be wearing the binder he gave me for 6 weeks.
I don't know if he feeds this line to all the girls, haha, but he said the results looked awesome, and from what I could see, just one week post op, I agree! Here's the photos in my binder I took to satiate my mom and sis!
He puts stitches in during surgery that he can pull closed at the drain sites after he removes the tubes... smart. Apparently many docs either put the drains elsewhere (ie not in the incision and thus creating separate little scars) and even more just let the holes close up on their own after vs stitching them shut.
I wanted to let everyone out there who, like myself, read review after review about how bad recovery is, that mine has not been bad at all... I don't think my paid was ever over a 4. I just took my last pain pill this morning and will be moving to Ex Strength Ibuprofen.
My mom and sis were like, where are the photos, and that's when I realized I didnt take any. Doc told me not to take my new binder off to shower for another 48 hours... yes, that will mean I haven't showered in 9 days by the time I do so on Sunday, but I will take photos then. I will be wearing the binder he gave me for 6 weeks.
I don't know if he feeds this line to all the girls, haha, but he said the results looked awesome, and from what I could see, just one week post op, I agree! Here's the photos in my binder I took to satiate my mom and sis!
Provider Review
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
152 S Lasky Dr., Beverly Hills, California