Midsection Lipo to Get a Defined Waistline. Edgewater, NJ

With both lipo and cool sculpting they always tell you that it is permanent fat loss in the area that is treated. 1 year after my lipo I lost 20 pounds and my midsection looked great. At 4 years I gained back the 20 and my mid section looks Exactly as it did before the lipo, same bra fat, same fat mid section. I'll have to say that while I said lipo was worth it, I have changed my mind.

I've been meaning to post an update. The pictures attached were taken last night, dinner and all inside the tummy. I must admit that there have been days, even weeks when I have felt that nothing changed. I'm not sure why the body size fluctuates so much. I am measuring a good 3 inches smaller in my waist, I look more defined this is for sure. I haven't worn my compression garment all summer, since I got edema in my left leg after I wore it on a flight.

So nearly 6 months later, I am happy with the results. I seem to need some revision, the indent that i have is still there. Basically the waistband of my pants all fall exactly on my belly button. So that has been compressed every single day and the area just above it and just below it are sticking out. You can see this in one of my previous pictures. When my stomach is bloated, this is more noticeable and I feel awful.

I am back in the gym - minimum 3 days, some weeks I go for 5-6 days. It has helped a lot in keeping me toned in the tummy. When I went back to the gym after surgery (4 months later) I couldn't do jumping jacks, my tummy hurt! But keeping at it has strengthened the muscles and I can do most of the jumps in zumba now.

My hair fall got worse, but I'm hoping at 6 months the body would stop being so traumatized and stop the hair fall. We shall see.

I'm still amazed at the energy I have. It's like I am 5 years younger all of a sudden. The belly fat was weighing me down in more ways than one. I don't know if other stomach liposuction patients feel the same regardless of how happy or not they feel with their results. It would be nice to compare if their energy level improved dramatically as mine did.

I have been noticing an increase in my hair falling since 2-3 weeks. Getting bloodwork done from my dermatologist. I was reading online and it seems that some people react to the trauma of surgery with latent hair fall. The good news is that it grows back but it's making me extremely panicked just the same.

I had a 2nd follow up with my doctor and it just happened to be on a fat day when my body was bloated with water as I approached my period. I'm not kidding 2-3 pounds of water. So my pictures with him looked absolutely horrible! My bra roll picture made me cry at home!