TT, Lipo, BL & BA 34 Y/o Mother of Two After Massive Weight Loss. Dominican Republic, DO

So I know I havent been on here in a while. It felt like nobody was reading anymore so I stopped updating. I am not sure if these are my final results but I hope there is still some swelling. I have a bit of pudge at the bottom where my stomach meets my vag and I am hoping that will go down. I am down to 200 lbs but that has been a really good diet, hard exercise, and a gallon of water/day. Even if these are the final results, my stomach is a million times better than it was. I think that I may have some vertical skin because of the amount of weight I lost but I dont think I am willing to have the long vertical scar that comes along with changing that.

So I got my faja off of amazon and once again it is on the smallest hook. Getting a medium is not an option because my legs are barely fitting into this large. I am going to see if I can get it tailored to take in the middle (and maybe let out the thighs). I have been hesitant to do this because it doesnt make sense that you wont pull the stitches apart when you are pulling the faja closed but I have seen some people on here say it worked for them.

My belly button is healed and now I am focused on trying to figure out how to flatten the crease over the top of it so it doesnt become permanent. I just started a juice cleanse to try to combat the crap that I have been eating and drinking since the holidays and I am hoping that helps with the swelling. I have seen a lot of people say that they can only eat a little because of the tightness of their muscles/the faja, I am sad to report that has not been my experience. I have been going to a billion xmas parties and there is definitely a visible bulge at the bottom of my stomach but I think that this is from swelling and will hopefully disappear soon. I am figuring everything will be perfect by summer, but I am hoping that all the swelling will be gone by may so I can be super sexy by my birthday.

So I dont have much news. I am really swollen and even look somewhat deformed as you will see in my updated pics. I ordered a stage two mariae faja today in a size large. I am worried about getting my ass into it, however the fact that I am swelling like this with four pieces of lipo foam, an ab board, and my faja on the tightest setting makes me think I have to get a smaller size. I did not follow the size chart which says there is no way I will be able to get into a large, but I did confirm that the sizes within the brand are the same so large is the next size down for me, Ill let you know how it goes. It looks like my belly button is healing finally. I bought this cream from the Dr. that is taking out my stitches and it is working really well. I was using neosporin but I think this was a little too intense a wound for neosporin to work on.

If you can see the giant welp, scab, burn looking things, that is just the fact that my body hates all of the medical tape in the world and is no longer willing to ignore that I put it on and rip it off daily. I am also concerned about the folded top portion of my belly button I think that is from the tape and maybe the faja, but thought it would flatten with the ab board, maybe once I am in the baby faja?

The swelling does go into my legs and feet but usually stays in my upper body, at this point it is even in my face. My right side is way more swollen and I attribute this to the fact that this is where my drain was coming out, but I totally made that up and have no idea why. I cant believe its almost been a month. One of the girls in my recovery house said you should expect to see 50 percent of your final results a month out. I hope shes wrong because if not I seem to have gotten fat. I havent gained any weight, but I havent lost any either, I am going with positivity so Im going to opt for swollen over fat and deformed. Particularly because my body seems to be so uneven and I think fat would be distributed better. If anyone has advice on how to pour yourself into a faja it would be greatly appreciated.

I am also super super dry, it is really hard for me to adequately moisturize because it makes the tape not stick, it really doesnt seem to matter either I cant keep my skin moist, it is literally flaking when I itch it. I am showering now but I still get really tired whenever I do anything. I cant believe I used to work out 2-3 hours a day, I feel like Im losing all my muscle and stamina.