POSTED UNDER Tummy Tuck Reviews
45 Yr Old Who Needed at Fix Up - Edmonton, AB
UPDATED FROM Canadian Bertha
4 months post
Almost 19 wks......blah!!
$8,000
So in a few days it'll be the 19 week mark. I'm sitting in limbo now. I still have the same hole as before. Same as a month ago. My vacation starts Saturday and still swelling later in the day. Still wearing "Grannys" all day every day. Just not to sleep. Same ole........blah and tired if it. My patience are gone. I can't even buy smaller Grannys as small is the smallest. I have found bathing suit bottoms which is great. I've noticed in pics a lot of us have the same ones in different colors ha ha. Great minds! My BB is weird, and permanent. I will probably have the scar fixed too. Anyway, what do you think? I'm a bit disappointed at my 10000.00 (cnd) decision.....and Friday is week 19!!
UPDATED FROM Canadian Bertha
3 months post
Still not great.....but getting there!!
So here I am. 13 weeks post yesterday. Saw my PS on Thursday. Good news is there is only the small hole on the one side not fully healed. Bad news, the scar in the front is permanent and not pretty. It will fade for sure but that's all. All my other scars are thin and perfect. I guess the ugly is what happens when incisions are open for 11 wks. Sucks!! In a year he can fix it. So I wait another year. May be now the swelling will subside some. And my BB will always look weird too. Appparently my pigment looked like that before. Ugh. Funny is my kids (17-22) don't know, so they'll figure it out on vacation next month. I can also do some exercise now. My arms got weak and it will help pack my "gut" down. My 120 lbs is still 120 lbs. Tossed my binder buddy finally. My cg still on during the day. It makes me feel flatter. I slept with out it last night for the first time. Also weird. I hope my scar fix is free cause otherwise I'll have to think about it. I also forgot to ask when I have to see him again. I was so happy that I can uncover most of the scar I forgot. Otherwise nothing new here. Hope healing is going better for all!!
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M
ORIGINAL POST
My TT was an after thought during my BL/BA...
My TT was an after thought during my BL/BA consultation. I figured I was going for surgery anyway, so why not. Since then there's been ups and downs. My worst down was my incision got blisters from the strips and that caused my incision to open. During this, I also had stitches migrate out. My PS had to remove them on 2 occasions. I think I'm finally healing. The pictures are from mid may, end of May and last week. My scar won't be pretty, but I suppose it can be fixed in a yr or so. All in all, the experience has been a learning one. I'd do it again, but wish I wouldn't have had complications and realistically it could have been much worse.
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M
June 25, 2015
Canadian Bertha - I am sorry that to hear that you're still having problems with your incision. It is looking much better I hope you will recover soon
CB
K
June 25, 2015
Well hellllooooo stranger! You finally figured out how to load these pics i see. Glad u posted. My incision looks like that too so i know exactly how you feel. I had a stitch last Tuesday and this Mon to just pop out themselves. My dr usually pokes around to find them. Hopefully it'll be over with soon. Parts of my incision opened up after other parts healed. It was opening up in stages until almost my entire incision was open at one point. I sure hope you don't have to go through what i did. You are absolutely right this was a learning experience Canadian Bertha!
CB
June 25, 2015
Haha I figured it out as soon as you said it was under the review and I had to use my phone. How are you now? Is most of your incision closed or what? You haven't added pics lately. I too hope mine stays shut.....permanently!!!
K
June 26, 2015
It's mostly closed but the puckering in one spot never went down. Last week and this week 2 popped out so I pulled them on out. My right side closed up immediately but the left has turned angry so I bet there's a stitch in there. I read that theses stitches should absorb by 60/90 days but I'm refusing to absorb them! I noticed they are easier to break in to so the stitch material is breaking down. I'm hanging in there. I hope yours just gets it on over at one time with instead of in stages like minez.
V
July 6, 2015
In 2-5 yrs those scars won't hardly be noticeable but u can always opt for a revision surgery which ur surgeon sboud provide. Wear scar away silicone sheets And u will be amazed
M
August 13, 2015
I had the same thing happen! Awful blisters from the adhesive and spitting sutures with open incision. Did your dr give you any explanation of why? And what to do next time so that wouldn't happen again if you did have a revision surgery?
CB
August 13, 2015
He said it came apart because it was a tight close. So basically it pulled apart. As for the stitches, no. If I have it fixed up, I don't know if this would happen again. What happen with you?
M
August 15, 2015
I had mine years ago but then I had another baby and he was large! 11lbs. Id like to have a revision but so nervous after that happening to me last time
CB
R
August 14, 2015
Have you worn any support garments since your surgery? Or not?
CB
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