65...Not Willing to Age Gracefully

Very sweet of you to send the links! Thank you!
I'm afraid with age and not firm skin, most panties show on the butt (I wear a lot of Yoga pants and clingy t-shirt fabric skirts and dresses) so i need wide side and now big front stretch thong. I will keep looking. I thought the big ones i tried on would be ok under jeans. High cut legs show the scar on the sides. I'm just screwed. Too bad, I love lingerie and have over 100 pairs of panties. I can't afford to go buy a bunch of new ones.

When I get around to it I will take another photo without the bra which has nothing to do with the hanging skin. Look at the flap over my belly button.

The hanging skin is there whether or not I have on a bra. I should throw out 100 pairs of underwear and buy all granny panties and mom jeans because I had a tummy tuck? That doesn't sound like a good solution at all! I did this to get my sexy back and instead I know have to go bye big ugly underwear. I am sure and wearing lower cut clothing makes my torso look longer. I spent my life in the fashion industry so I understand these things

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Yes but the scar is not going to move so while its position is not ideal there are solutions to hide it. You don't need to wear granny panties to hide the scar. Just change the style. There are sexy higher waisted high cuts knickers out there. Plus high waist jeans are now the fashion. Low riders are out. Ask any 15 year old. Mine for instance.

Plus "sexy" is in the mind. You know that. You could wear a garbage bag and still be sexy if you wanted. You don't have to go all body con to project that image. guess I am saying look in the bright side.

Regardless, have you put up a Q&A to get other doctor's opinion of the outcome?

You were talking also of getting your breasts done

I decided that was just too much surgery to get my boobs done at the same time. I'm okay with that decision. High waisted is great if you are tall and thin. Regular bikini or boy shorts (Betsy Johnson, Hanes, Victoria Secret) show the scar. I have to get over it because it is what it is, I am just very unhappy. I also had my arms done and the scar is in the front of my arms...and I am very proud of my biceps, but cannot show them off now because the scar is front and center instead of under my arm. I resisted posting the bad outcomes because I thought Dr Rosenstock would offer to right the wrong, but he eventually stopped responding to my emails. I don't think I'd trust him to fix it anyway. He first told me they always did the incision 8cm above the vulva (which mine is) then they said they did it 5cm-8cm after I wrote that on a short person they should do it at 5cm. I have two friends who have scars that are VERY low and one is shorter than I am. I wore the panties to doctor and showed him. I guess it is the chance you take with surgery and I know sexy is within, but I wanted the outside to match. And I spent a lot of money for a result worse than I started with.
The care you receive outside the US is much better and the doctors are good, but I wouldn't recommend Dr Rosentock again. The tummy tuck was way to lax (I was standing up straight the next day without any pain or strain on the incision) and the scar placement didn't take into account my height.
Thanks for your input. I am done with plastic surgery except maybe a revision by another doctor if I can scape together the money (I am on a fixed income of $25k a year plus odd jobs).

Maybe should mention that I am single but won't date since the surgery, so it has really affected my life

Silicone strips! I started with Embrace but once I didn't need the tension, I switched to CVS clear narrow strips and Scar Away cloth ones that are 7" (my scar takes 3 of those and the 6" ones don't cover all of it. I discover a trick: they last longer and stick better if you leave them on (like Embrace) instead of removing and washing daily. I just shower or take a bath with them on and don't take oily baths.

I thought so. I used scar away for a bit on my old scar but stop bc I wasn't seeing any result. I'll get back on it now.

And the therapist told me I should massage it everyday. I'm really bad about it but I have been getting a Weekly massage through Groupon asking them to work only on my scars

I saw your question on your page

Thank you for your compassion! Now the question is what can be done? They did give me a new belly button but just over a week after surgery, it started leaking so much lymphatic fluid that it blew out the stitches and they removed the rest. 4 weeks later they restitched it, but it continued to drain until Dec 31st (2 months). So my belly button is icky and very deep - that isn't a big deal to me, but the hanging skin is.

I see that you're done with surgery from your last message. How about non surgical skin tightening procedure?

If those worked i wouldn't have had to have a tummy tuck