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1 year post op ****pics*****
1 year after surgery *pics*
I can't believe it's been a year!!! This time last year I was sooooooo out of it and in pain. So glad I am a year out!!!
I am extremely happy I got done what I did. There are days - very few and far between that I think I wish I hadn't had the surgery. I say that because especially in the 1st few months it was way more mentally challenging then I thought it would be.
A few things to remember the swelling last a LONG time! The difference between post op 4 months and 1 year your body changes so much!!! Also for me I have to think long term, changed my eating habits and try to workout 5-7 days a week. I didn't get the way I was cause I ate healthy and worked out on a regular basis. I think somewhere in the back of my mind I thought I would have surgery and then not have to do anything after- wrong! I started really working out @ 4 months - wish I had done it sooner- and haven't stopped:-) I made a life style change, didn't go with this fad or some new work out that everyone is doing and I committed! Your ps can do wonders but you have to help your results- that is the biggest lesson I took away from surgery. For me if I didn't I would be right now where I was a year ago. Not saying my ps didn't do an AMAZING job but it's my job now to keep it up:-)
One thing I am surprised about is the tightened, sensitivity and numbness I feel in my abs- it's not bad just different and weird feeling. But hey I will take that for a mostly flat tummy!!!
The reason I said sometimes I wish I hadn't had the surgery is on the days I feel like oh I just want to laze and not do anything I know I can't. Why spend all the money I did and work out here or there or stop and start working out, or eat healthy for a few weeks and go back to not? This surgery changed the way I live my life and has made me WAY more healthy- never thought ps would do that!!
Hope everyone is going well! Good luck on everyone's upcoming surgeries, those who are in recovery/ this too shall pass and recovery is a roller coaster but you will make it through, and those who are waiting- it stinks I waited 6 months to get mine- but it will be here eventually!!! I will add photos in a bit! Happy healing
I am extremely happy I got done what I did. There are days - very few and far between that I think I wish I hadn't had the surgery. I say that because especially in the 1st few months it was way more mentally challenging then I thought it would be.
A few things to remember the swelling last a LONG time! The difference between post op 4 months and 1 year your body changes so much!!! Also for me I have to think long term, changed my eating habits and try to workout 5-7 days a week. I didn't get the way I was cause I ate healthy and worked out on a regular basis. I think somewhere in the back of my mind I thought I would have surgery and then not have to do anything after- wrong! I started really working out @ 4 months - wish I had done it sooner- and haven't stopped:-) I made a life style change, didn't go with this fad or some new work out that everyone is doing and I committed! Your ps can do wonders but you have to help your results- that is the biggest lesson I took away from surgery. For me if I didn't I would be right now where I was a year ago. Not saying my ps didn't do an AMAZING job but it's my job now to keep it up:-)
One thing I am surprised about is the tightened, sensitivity and numbness I feel in my abs- it's not bad just different and weird feeling. But hey I will take that for a mostly flat tummy!!!
The reason I said sometimes I wish I hadn't had the surgery is on the days I feel like oh I just want to laze and not do anything I know I can't. Why spend all the money I did and work out here or there or stop and start working out, or eat healthy for a few weeks and go back to not? This surgery changed the way I live my life and has made me WAY more healthy- never thought ps would do that!!
Hope everyone is going well! Good luck on everyone's upcoming surgeries, those who are in recovery/ this too shall pass and recovery is a roller coaster but you will make it through, and those who are waiting- it stinks I waited 6 months to get mine- but it will be here eventually!!! I will add photos in a bit! Happy healing
*Pic 8.5 months post op
Things are good:-) still not 100% happy with my tummy... It looks lumpy and weird from the side....
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Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
350 Fording Island Rd., Bluffton, South Carolina