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Ready To Get My Body Back. Columbus, GA

UPDATED FROM BeautifulAsh
2 months post

just at my 1 month mark

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BeautifulAsh
$6,300
Happy with the skin I'm in..... Recovery has had some bumps in the road, but I have to say I'm still satisfied with my results..... Dr. Cochran is bomb!!!

BeautifulAsh's provider

Thomas A. Cochran, Jr, MD (in memoriam)

Thomas A. Cochran, Jr, MD (in memoriam)

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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M
January 3, 2016
You look great, and it will only get better!! Thanks for the update. I love this website. I am so excited about mine in March with him!
B
January 4, 2016
Thank you, I'm excited and can't wait to see the results as time goes by
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T
January 4, 2016
Looking good girl!! How are your arms coming along? Mine feel extremely weird when I raise them.
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January 4, 2016
Yes my arms are still sore to touch and I honestly haven't seen a big difference in the size of my arms
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T
January 4, 2016
That sucks!
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M
January 4, 2016
How do you cover your face with the image on your photo? I want to post some more, but I need to use whatever tool you are to do so...Thanks!
UPDATED FROM BeautifulAsh
19 days post

TMI

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My vagina and wound area has been popping up with blisters and openings, I saw Dr.Cochran and he stated I was having a reaction to the stitches..... can someone tell me if this happened to them?? How did you get areas to heal?? How long did their vagina area stay swollen so big? ?

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Q
December 20, 2015
How long did you want to wax or shave?
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December 20, 2015
I had a wax about 2 weeks before the procedure.... and I haven't had anything done since then
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Q
December 21, 2015
I was just wondering because I want to shave but I'm scared to.
J
December 21, 2015
I had a reaction to my internal sutures. My body expelled expelled them. If you can, use cortizone, or ask you doc for something.
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December 21, 2015
Calling the doctor office this morning... did the cortisone help?? What other things did you do to help with reaction??
J
December 21, 2015
That's all, there wasn't much else I could do but treatment the irritation and itching. For me, when they expelled, it was better, but that doesn't mean that is what will happen to you....just treatment the irritation, which will lesson the pain, which promotes healing.
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December 21, 2015
He called me in another round of antibiotics that I am starting today, hopefully that helps
J
December 21, 2015
What did he say about cortizone ?
N
December 21, 2015
Please keep a close eye on that. My vaginal area looked like that and I had a seroma. Your shirt is low, so I can't see your belly. But mine was hard and didn't have he tell tale wave like most people talk about. You do obviously have something going on with your stitches, so maybe it's just from that. I just get nervous every time I see people with pics similar to mine, so I just try to make them aware.
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December 21, 2015
Yes my vaginal area at the cut us very hard, that could be a seroma?? How do you get rid of it??
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December 22, 2015
It may not be. My entire vaginal area was hard. After my doctor stuck a needle in it several times and couldn't get anything to come out, he sent me for a ct scan which showed it was indeed a seroma. The next day he measured my stomach so that he could stick the needle exactly where the ct scan showed it was and drew out a lot of bloody, thick fluid and wanted to do surgery on me the very next morning, but I had a very important event to go to 2 days later, so he did it first thing Monday morning. Opened me back up, removed the fluid, and scraped the tissue out. My culture just came back a couple of days ago from the fluid he withdrew prior to me surgery and it showed there was some infection/bacteria in it. So hopeful the cleaning he did in surgery not knowing that it was infected and the antibiotics he has me on now will be enough to clear it up. He also put a drain back in that will be removed Wednesday because he wanted it to be draining practically nothing before he removes it this time. If this doesn't clear it up, I guess I may have to go back into surgery again so that he can clean all of the infection out more thoroughly. I'm just ready for all of this to be over with and get to my flat tummy. It's been an emotional roller coaster. So hopefully yours isn't a seroma and will just clear up on its own or if it is, it can just be drained in the office. I'm hoping for quick and easy healing for you!
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December 22, 2015
Thank you.... I'm praying that it isn't seroma when I mentioned it to him over the phone he stated it isn't a seroma just reaction I'm having to internal sutures and called me in another round of antibiotics..... wish you a happy and speedy recovery!!
UPDATED FROM BeautifulAsh
19 days post

20 days post op

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Things have been going pretty good besides me having stitch abcess or "spitting stitches" which has caused part of my wound area to drain alot and open back up..... I hate that this has happened and I'm ready to completely healed so that I can get rid of the pads from my side.....

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