Sexy and I know it :-) - 16 Months PO (TT, Lipo by Dra Walkiris Robles in Santo Domingo, DR)

Hey ladies it's been a while. I have not been on Real Self much because it's difficult to follow people in their journey. For one they don't post as often after surgery and then two, I find it hard to find people that you may have followed when they were more active.

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.

Pictures of my stomach at 3 months po. I'll give it a few more months to see if this is swelling or if this is actually fat. Hopefully it's just swelling. I've got my fingers crossed. My left side is still swollen and sore from the rash so I can't wear a garment until it has totally healed. I'm getting married in 12 days so I hope to be able to wear a garment under my dress.

Well it's been 3 months and I have to be honest and say that I am alittle depressed and discouraged. I'm not exactly happy with my results even though there is a difference in my body. Now that most of the heavy swelling is down because my body is no longer hard but now I don't like the fluffiness on my belly. I think I am going to have to go to have lipo on my stomach. I didn't realize that it was not done during surgery so the reality of if sucks. I was not looking forward to writing about it so I haven't been on RS in a while. My stomach is fat. Not the same fatness as it was before surgery but still fat, and alittle flatter with more of a waistline (which is the part I do really love).

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.