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Ready to Be HOT at 40! - Columbus, OH

UPDATED FROM MsJugs
3 months post

Swell Hell is REAL

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Hello Everyone,
Well, I am a little over 11 weeks post op and now realize I might have been doing too much because the swelling was CRAZY. I chilled out for a couple days and guess what, my belly went down and I felt better. So, I am taking it pretty slow at the gym for a while. The pics were taken after work.

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Robert Heck, MD, FACS

Robert Heck, MD, FACS

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UPDATED FROM MsJugs
2 months post

I look pregnant :-(

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I got the okay to go to the gym and stop wearing my girdle during the day. Well, that brought disaster for me as I now look preggo at 9 weeks post op. I am REALLY hoping that this is just swelling, but according to my surgeon, I need to lose around 12lbs. Keep in mind that I am at a healthy BMI. I can't tell you how devastated I will be if this is my final result. I love my breast and have no complaints there at all.

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A
March 23, 2017
I would like to see the final result 6 months after the surgery.. I totally agree with you.. I would be the same with that pregnant belly. And after all that pain.
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M
March 27, 2017
Hoping and praying things improve.
UPDATED FROM MsJugs
2 months post

My breast are GREAT, but not sure about this belly.

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Good Afternoon Everyone,
Well, I am over 9 weeks post op and love my breast, but am beginning to hate my belly, thought it would be flatter. It seems like it is getting rounder and rounder and it's really worrying me. I am going to see my plastic surgeon this afternoon and talk to him about it. I am hoping that my muscle repair hasn't failed me :-( I was really looking forward to wearing a bikini this year, guess NOT.

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H
March 22, 2017
What did your PS say about your swelling? I think you look great. I'll be 8 weeks this week and still swell after a lot of activity but have been overall very happy with my results. I just wish I could get back into presurgery pants!
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March 22, 2017
Hello Ohiogirl81,
He told me to lose around 12lbs and my belly will be flat. Keep in mind that I am already at a healthy weight. After some thought, I now realize I got super round when I got back to going to the gym and not using my girdle during the day. I got the okay to stop wearing girdle during the day so I did, yikes. I am hoping that it's just swelling and goes down, time will tell.
H
March 22, 2017
I wear my binder when I workout and am moving around the house. I take it off when I'm watching tv or sitting for long periods of time and I don't sleep in it. Everyone's healing time is different.
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M
March 22, 2017
Yeah, I also wear a binder when working out. Maybe I should go back to wearing it at work also. I wear my binder when sleep and belly is smaller in the morning. I am really hoping and praying that it's just swelling; we will see.
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J
March 24, 2017
Go get a flexee or a maidenform from Kohls or Target and wear it. I have a maidenform I wear everyday but it is very firm control. They have lighter ones that are more comfortable. Look for the panels to cover all the way down to mons and have something on sides. Some of them only have a control panel in the center or at the waist.
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M
March 27, 2017
Do you have one that has those bone things in it? I have one of those, it it starts to dig into my leg and hurts.