Upper & Lower Abs + Sides

MY STORY:
After having 2 children I've always had a bit of a belly that no matter what I did, I could not get rid off. I even got a personal trainer and worked with a dietitian for almost 2 years with little results. What finally drove me to consider SmartLipo was that my personal trainer was always amazed how easily I was able to do the abs portion of his gruelling workout sessions. He often remarked that he has NEVER had a client with such strong abs. However, you wouldn't know it by looking at me.

MY STATS:
Height: Under 5' WEIGHT: 126lbs Waist: 34" Abdomen: 38"
Pant Size: 8P (w/muffin top) 10P (just right)

MY GOAL:
My goal was very realistic. I had no aspirations to have a swim suit model flat abs. What I wanted was to be able to look good in clothes and wear a pant size that I thought I've earned through working out 4-5 times a week and eating 6 small meals a day.

POST OP:
The day of and part of the day after the procedure I was in ALOT of discomfort. I pretty much stayed in bed and did nothing. By the afternoon of the day after, I started to regain mobility with minimum discomfort. I had to get use to wearing the compression garment 24/7.

MY RESULTS:
It has been almost 3 weeks and I have not seen a lot of swelling thus far. As a matter of fact, for 2 weeks after the procedure I wore nothing but sweats and baggy tops - for no reason other than I was lazy over the holidays. When I had to put on real clothes going back to work on Monday, I was giddy like a school girl as almost all of my dress slacks were TOO BIG! The 10P ones I just bought because my belly got too big for the other ones, were swimming on me!! There really isn't enough words to describe how elated I am with the results thus far! I am currently, back down to a size 6P in pant size, very loosely I might add. Haven't been weight in yet or retaken my measurements. I will do that at the one month mark & post updated pics.

3-WEEK UPDATE:

Well it seems all the swelling has gone away and I am happy to report that I am flirting with size 4 jeans. Something I never even considered as a possibility.

The biggest concern for this procedure was if my skin had enough elaticity to bouce back after all the fat has been removed and if my over hang would stay.

My skin seems to be contracting nicely thus far. I have been slapping on layers of Jergens Skin Firming lotion so hopefully it will help the skin look even better. Some of the over hang remained as expected. However, Dr A did an AMAZING job on it. Only a small portion under the naval still pertrudes out. It is far beyond what I had imagined was possible.

Overall the results has surpassed my expectations. What a wonderful Christmas surprise! Will update pics in another week with new set of measurements and weight.