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16 Months Post Op
Here are a few updated pictures. I love my results. I still feel like the front of my stomach should be flatter but I guess that is phase two that I am not quite ready for yet. I'm not ready more for financial reasons, I would love to have a flatter stomach now. I can honestly say that I am not sure that I would choose to leave the country again for surgery so I will have to suck up good ole US prices.
I love my body without clothes more so than with my clothes on. With clothes on some my not notice a difference but without clothes you can surely see the results. I absolutely love being naked. LOL!
I have been working out and trying to maintain good eating habits which is not always easy. I found that if you gain weight after tummy tuck it comes back weird and doesn't always look good. I gained about 5 pounds after surgery and now I am back down to the weight I was right after surgery.
Added 3 month po pictures
Sexy and I'm not sure anymore :-I - 3 months PO (TT, Lipo by Dra Walkiris Robles in Santo Domingo, DR)
I have also noticed new stretch marks on my lower stomach. I had always focus so much on my incision that I never thought to really juice up my stomach. I have recently started because my skin is not very stretchy which is why Dr. Robles and I decided not to do the breast at the same time. Anyway now I lubricate my belly with all sorts of Cocoa Butter now. I use cream in the morning and night and lotion during the day.
At 2 months I emailed Dr. Robles and they said that I need to continue to wear a garment really tight. So I ordered a waist cincher by Dr. Rey. Well it was really tight but I got the worst painful rash. It hurt so bad that I couldn't wear a garment anymore. The rash was super swollen and the pain was terrible. It is just now going down after 2 1/2 weeks but still tender.
I'm not looking forward to lipo because I feel that it was the most painful part but I'm not happy with my stomach right now. And the fact that you cannot do actual ab work until 6 months sucks because that might help. I tried to do a basic exercise like the plank but it’s painful so I stopped because I don’t want to mess up my muscle tightening.
I was born with a big stomach so I know it's never going to be gone but can I at least get flat or little fat. I've been so confused...not knowing if this is actual fat or still swelling so I started back on the Bromelain pills.
Anyway this process is a very very emotional process as well as physically challenging process while healing. I will try to add pictures tomorrow.
Provider Review
I made the decision to choose Dra Wilkiris Robles for the following reasons: 1)The number of great reviews by previous patients. 2)The beautiful work that she does. I was able to see by photos that other members posted. I was impressed by her tummy tuck incisions, the locations of them, the healing and particularly the belly bottons. She seems to take a lot of pride in her work and does not just do a basic procedure. Her work is more like art and she appears to be a perfectionist. And that is someone who I would want to do my procedure. 3)The amount of recovery time included in Dr. Robles all inclusive package. When speaking to doctors in the US, they seem to want to send you home fairly quickly. Some doctor said they’d have you home in hours. I did find one doctor who kept his patients for 24 hours before releasing them to go home and for that reason he was my first choice in my area of Virginia in the US. But when I found out that Dr. Robles keeps you there in a Recovery House for 10 days I really liked that idea. I was far more comfortable knowing that someone would be there who is familiar with the recovery process and would know if anything was not normal or out of the ordinary. I would rather be with someone who knows then to be at home guessing, wondering or worrying about what’s normal or not.