Tummy tuck, lipo to back and sides, fat grafting to butt/BBL

Thought I'd update this with a 1+ year update, since so few update anymore after about 6-9 months post op.

I am feeling great, no more muscle soreness in my stomach, everything feels fine. I think I might have permanently lost some nerve sensitivity right below my belly button, but I think that's normal. My scar has healed to white on the sides, and is hard to see, but is more visible towards the middle. Still a pretty good scar and it will fade even more.

I have really strong abs now and I think Dr Almonte did a really amazing, meticulous job at muscle repair.

I'm so happy with my results. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever done in my life, but so gratifying.

I've added some pictures so people can see how I'm doing.

Hope everyone is well and I wish you all a beautiful and safe journey!

I am now exactly 6 months post op. The time has gone by so slowly yet so fast.

I started doing weight training at the gym. I can still feel that my stomach muscles are still not completely healed, so I don't push core/ab exercises that much, and I stop when I think I'm going too far. My ab muscles are really strong, and when I touch my stomach it feels firm, and I even have visible abs when I lift up my arms. This is all new to me, because I've always had either a big stomach or a flabby saggy stomach.

I don't have any pain or discomfort at all. The area around my belly button seems to be healing the slowest, if that makes sense. My sides feel totally normal, so does my upper stomach. But the area of my stomach around my belly button, seems like it heals slower than the rest. I am also regaining sensitivity little by little in my lower stomach, but it still feels quite numb.

My scar looks okay. I don't have a pic of it right now but I intend to post it soon. Those of you with light skin-- expect the scar to look really REALLY bad before it gets any better. My scar was bright red after about 2 months up until 5 months. Then it got more purple and now it's finally fading to white/silver in some areas, but there are still a lot of red/purple areas. On darker skin I think it's less noticeable, but on light skin it looks really bad. Also my scar was not just a line, the area around it was also red. I can't explain it perfectly, but I didn't get my dream pencil thin line scar. It's still thin but some areas opened up slightly in spots and they got a little bigger, but overall, my scar is still as thin or thinner than my stretch marks. Once it all goes to white it should look really good. That will take at least a year though. I massage my scar with rose hip oil and that helps a lot. My scar is flat and not raised etc. I used embrace sheets but if you want me to be honest, I couldn't use them properly because my scar kept getting open spots. They were really expensive and I am saving them for my arm lift, which I hope to get in October.

Overall - I basically forgot about all the pain/discomfort I experienced earlier this year. This is one of the most difficult things I've done in my life, yet also one of the most gratifying. And I'm still amazed at the price I got all of this incredible work done for. I am planning a round 2 for an arm lift and breast lift with augmentation, and the price for that is significantly higher, because it takes great skill to do arm lifts and surgeons charge a lot of money for them. I am saving up for that, and hopefully will get it done in October.

I am really happy with my results, healing beautifully, doing well, and my quality of life, emotions, self-confidence, etc has vastly improved since getting the surgery and healing from it. It's not an easy thing to do, but it really changes your life. I hope everyone reading this is doing well, healing, researching, planning their journey, etc.. Wishing you all good luck and good vibes. xoxoxo

Hello everyone, All has been well with me. Still have minor belly button healing issues and swelling, but aside from that I feel great and am healing well. Life is going on as usual, I'm moving forward, have much more confidence than I did before, feel much better in my skin. I enjoy shopping more and am going a bit nuts buying clothes. Here are my most recent pictures.