Paying It Forward...YILY BABY!! Pics!! 2014

Feb 2019 will be 5 years postop. I can’t believe this profile is still here. Well, here’s an update. I’m still extremely happy with my results. Listen, surgery is surgery. The human body is not perfect & wach one heals differently. I still have a light scar, that numb feeling from my belly button to the top of my scar & some tightness sometimes at the middle of my lower back. I think that’s scar tissue. My overall feeling is fantastic & I love the way my clothes fit. Advice: be honest about your medical history with your doctor & recover in the best conditions possible (eating right, starting your journey as healthy as possible, following postop care, etc). Happy healing!!

Hello ladies!! Recovery is going well & I can truly say I have no regrets. Here's the good and the bad. Let's get the bad out of the way: I still have tightness at the lower sides of my back when I sit/lay in one spot for more that 30 minutes. When I try to get up, it feels like my skin is hot and ripping. Ouchy! It goes away in a few minutes. I have some numbness right below my new belly button all the way down to my scar. I'm not worried as this numbness was my entire lower belly, but has shrunk to just below the navel. Lastly, my butt has gotten smaller. Hey, whatcha gonna do?! Now, the good. I love, love, love trying on clothes!!! I can't stop spending money. I have never bought things without trying them on. I do now!!! Everything either looks great or is too damn big! What the what?!!! I have C-U-R-V-E-S!!! Through early adulthood, I was super skinny, almost sickly. No boobs, no butt, no waist, no hips. I could've been mistaken for a broom. After kids, I got double Ds, but at the cost of that tire in the front. But now, now...I have hips, a waist, a flat tummy, a cute belly button, and what my husband calls "pound cake!" Yeah, my butt shrunk. The swelling has gone away and I don't know if it has "fluffed" but it's bigger than it was and it has a cute shape. I'll take it!! I have never been more confident naked and sexier in sweats, panties, business attire, work out clothes or in a robe! I am so happy to be able to enjoy my life without a second thought on comfort. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Yup, that's how I feel - a sigh of relief everyday. Well, good luck my RS sisters. This is definitely a journey and a half. I was proud of the amount of research I did, but I still don't think I was ready for the work involved in recovery. The benefit, however, is still worth it, in my opinion. Would I do it again knowing what I know now? Absolutely. I will not do a second surgery though. TTY in a couple of weeks!

I also meant to mention that massages are important. I swear I don't know what I would've done if I didn't get massages from Nina J in Clementon, NJ. I couldn't lift my arms because of the aggressive lipo, but one visit with her, and boom! She starts off with a gentle routine massage and then finds all those trouble spots and works her magic!!! I am ADDICTED!! She charges $65 for 60 min & $100 for 90 min. Believe me when I tell you, it's worth EVERY penny. She serves tea before you start, there's a beautiful atmosphere, and she's so sweet. Those are the extras. I go once a week and wish I could go every other day. Inbox me for her Whatsapp info. I'll get pics at my next visit. Happy healing!!