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28 Y/o Mother of 2 Needing Tummy Tuck After Large Pregnancies and Csections - Columbus, OH

UPDATED FROM Cokebottledreams
3 months post

So IN LOVE!!!

WORTH IT$8,660
I am still absolutely in love with my new tummy!! I can't stay out the mirror!! I look so good in my underwear now!! Lol I saw Dr Centeno last week and he said I looked GREAT!!! He ordered something to help lighten the scar and told me to get some silicone gel. My troublesome belly button is completely healed FINALLY!!! I still swell really bad depending on what I eat and how much. I wear my csection binder most of the time unless I'm out and wearing something fitting. It helps a lot with keeping my sides down. The doc said my sides are still quite swollen, which I knew because I can feel the firmness. However, I am still a very very satisfied customer!!! My next appt is in April and I'll be 5 months post!!!

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Robert F. Centeno, MD, FACS

Robert F. Centeno, MD, FACS

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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I had my consultation with Dr Centeno at the Columbus Institute of Plastic surgery on Sept 29, 2015 and it went great!!! The facility was nice, staff was professional and friendly, and Dr Centeno was awesome!!! I've never met a more personable doctor and as a RN I encounter a lot of doctors. He was so easy to talk to and very attentive when I spoke. I did not feel rushed and he answered all of my questions. After meeting with him, I knew he was the one!! The patient coordinator Brenna has also been very helpful!! I'm nervous but very excited because I know he'll give me great results!!! He even told me not to worry about getting dog ears, which I was really concerned about. In one month I will have my pre-baby tummy back!! 12-2-15 Two weeks post op: He did an AWESOME JOB!!! I'm loving my results so far and I know I will continue to love it more as I heal! The whole team was fantastic and the Anesthesiologist was such a sweetheart!!! Their Dublin facility is just as beautiful!! So far the after care has been up to par!! If I ever decide to get a breast lift he will definitely be my guy!!! Again his bedside manners are impeccable!! Thanks Dr Centeno!!!

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You look great, your waist is coming in as swelling goes down and it's only going to get better.
You look great! IF you don't mind me asking, how much out of pocket all together did you end up having to pay?
Awesome do you have any updated pics?
UPDATED FROM Cokebottledreams
2 months post

8 weeks post op

Well all I can say right now is that I am in love with my new tummy!!! I'm just in shock how good it's looking. Never thought I look this good again!! If it was for my fat face and arms, I wouldn't even lose too much more weight. My belly button is pretty much healed. My appointment is next Thursday and my only concern is that it feels like a suture is poking out. It's surrounded by a little scab and it's taking everything in me not to pick and pull it! Lol I still haven't began working out. I'm just gonna wait and see what he says because I really want to lift weights again. My sides are slowly but surely going down and I am ecstatic!! He did a wonderful job!!!!!!!!

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Whooo hoooo!!!! You look great!!!!
Thank you!!!!! How's your recovery going?
It's going well. Just still tender from the lipo. Have to see him next week hopefully he can give me some suggestions.
UPDATED FROM Cokebottledreams
2 months post

6 weeks post op!! Getting better!

Well...the doc didn't contact me until that Monday after Christmas. I guess he should be able to enjoy his holiday like everyone else. Lol I didn't go to the ER. I just followed the nurses suggestion and continue cleaning it and not applying anything else. When the doc responded he requested another pic, which I sent. I told him that the little bumps had gone away and based off that and the pic he told me that it was probably just an allergic reaction to the ointment. Also, the white stuff that I saw went away later that day so I guess it was just the peroxide foam drying up. Lol The nurse told me yeast and I ran with it. Smh Anyway, the doc said it looks like it's almost healed up. My firm swollen sides are slowly going away. I can tell mostly after I wake up and not bloated and swollen. I'm 6.5 weeks post op and I've been trying to ease into riding my bike. I had been going a little hard with it last week and kinda made myself sick and wore out. I'm still healing and I think pushing myself to workout and lose weight right now is not a good combo right now. I'm just going to take it easy until I'm at least 8 weeks post op. My incision is doing well. I haven't started any scar therapy but I'll ask my doctor on my next appointment which is Jan 20th. I'll be about 9 weeks/2mos post.

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Any lymphatic drainage massages? Maybe that would help with the swelling. I've read on here it helps. Happy healing.