Vaser Lipo - 48 Y.o. Woman Upper/Lower Ab, Flanks, Inner Thighs and Knees

OK! So yesterday was 7 weeks. And in the last week or so I've noticed a big change in terms of the swelling in my flanks area going down! Yey! As I write, I'm wearing some jeans that a month ago I still couldn't! My knees are AWESOME! They are actually thin! My upper thighs no longer rub together, which is GREAT! I didn't have lipo done on my outer thigh or rear end, but it wouldn't have been a bad idea as my shape is now very different than I'm used to... but I look nice and curvy! I've dedicated myself to working out and dieting because I want to lose 10 pounds. I bet if I do that it'll look like I actually lost 20 because of the lipo! One really weird thing is that I developed psoriasis mainly on my inner thighs! It's also on the entrance wounds and some other places where I had lipo! I had no idea that this could happen. It showed up around 1 week or so after the procedure. At my 4 week app't I (obviously) talked to my PS about it, but he didn't know what it was, but opined that it wasn't related to the surgery. He suggested that I see my dermatologist, which I did. She took a biopsy, which came back as psoriasis. She said that trauma can cause psoriasis and prescribed some steroid cream which worked wonders within a few days. I'm just really hoping that this will be my only bout with psoriasis. Seriously! Besides the psoriasis and a bit of residual flank swelling, the only other lingering side effect of the surgery at this point is bruising on my inner thighs. It really just looks like my skin is discolored, but it looks better every week. I'm still a bit tender to touch on my flank/hip area, but not too bad. Between about 4 weeks and 6 weeks I was starting to wonder if maybe it hadn't really worked for me because I was still just about the same size that I was before surgery. But now, a week or so later, I'm a size smaller!! I think I started out at a size 12 and 1/2 (12s were starting to get snug), but now I'm comfortable in my 10s! Woo-hoo! And when I lose the 10 pounds I'm going to be so happy! I decided not to post photos yet because I didn't take any before shots (duh!) and the photos I've taken don't really show much difference between 3 weeks and 7 weeks...the difference is there, but it just doesn't look like it for some reason (photographer error, I'm sure). If I can get my befores from my PS, I'll post them with all of the afters.

I'm back! Now I'm on day 25! i can't believe how quickly it's gone. At this point, I really have no pain on moving except a little in my inner thighs. I'm sore to the touch still on my flanks, less so on my stomach. I developed a rash on my inner thighs and called the nurse. She thought it was maybe from the compression garment not fitting well... it became too big within a week or so. She suggested that I not wear the Stage 2 garment I bought online until the rash goes away, and to put some cortisone cream on it as it was a bit itchy. So, I've been without a garment now for over a week, so I'm fairly swollen. Worse by the end of the day than in the morning. My upper abs continue to be awesome!! Woo-hoo! I don't feel that that area is very swollen. But the flanks and inner thighs probably are (at least I hope so!). Maybe if I had been wearing the garment it'd be different, but who knows. The big news is that I can cross my legs the way I used to! Know what I mean? I don't have to sort of half-way cross them with the outer edge of one knee on the other knee... I can cross the whole thing so that both outer edges touch! that means that I have substantially less fat on my knees/inner thighs!! Yey! So I took some photos this weekend, but I simply cannot get them to download off my camera onto my computer. (new camera). I'll keep trying because I know it was very interesting to me to see people's photos. The journey continues...

So yesterday, I slept and slept. And slept some more. I was still fairly sore, but the thing bothering me was nausea. Not bad, but uncomfortable. My doctor had given me a Rx for (I can't think of the name) as a suppository, so I took that and it knocked me OUT! I even slept through the night even though I'd slept through the day. So this morning, I felt even less sore, and now, as I write this (it's late afternoon) I can say that I'm no longer sore when I move! YEY!! I'm sore to the touch, but it's huge to be able to move without hurting. I feel exponentially better today than yesterday, and if this keeps up, I'll be great tomorrow. I am quite swollen, so I can't say that I think I look that great. Yet. I know from reading these boards that you have to be patient, and this is only Day 4 post-op.