POSTED UNDER Tummy Tuck Reviews
Getting Really Nervous About my Procedure - Greenville, SC
UPDATED FROM keaton1970
1 year post
Weight now becoming an issue
WORTH IT$8,700
Just a helpful tip to those contemplating a tummy tuck. Make sure to lose most of the weight that you want to lose before having the surgery. I didn't do that and now I have stretch marks where I didn't have any before and loose skin on my tummy since I lost a lot of weight after the surgery and started working out. I cut out fast food completely, and lost quite a bit of weight after the surgery and swelling went down. I wasn't told this by my doctor and I've noticed there is some flabby skin now on my abdomen which wasn't there immediately after having the surgery.
UPDATED FROM keaton1970
6 months post
6 months post op..still not happy with my body
Ok so I hit 6 months yesterday and I am still not happy with the way I look. I don't know what I was thinking but maybe I have unrealistic expectations?? I don't know. I have a flat tummy now but I have a lot of fat on my flanks and it looks weird. The surgeon told me that I would probably need more lip on my flanks if I couldn't lose it by diet and exercise. I still weigh 161 and can't lose any weight to save my life. I did finally get a gym membership though but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I guess I'm not doing it right or maybe I'm too old to lose weight. I don't know. For those of you that are just reading this and haven't read my whole review....here's my advice in a nutshell. Please (and this is extremely important) have realistic expectations about how you are going to look. If you think you're going to look all skinny and a model it doesn't work that way. Make sure that you have all the information before you have the surgery, ask the doctor what he/she thinks is going to be the end result and if you are going to need additional work to get to where you want to be and how much the total cost is going to end up being for that. Please have a good support system and make sure you have help. It's hard to do this when you don't have a good support system and/or no help. If you do all of these things then you are more than likely going to be happy with your results and be overall happier with yourself as well. I wish all of you well and hope that all of you get the results you want. Good luck!
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I just read your entire review and I have to say I am so sorry! I am a therapist and I must say, you are very self aware, and that is the first step in working through or forward from your issues! I agree that plastic surgery will not fix all hour problems! I think maybe you thought it would! I remember being married and thinking that way. Sadly I'm a widow and I did this for me! I don't have anyone wanting me yet, lol! But I know how you feel. Marriage is rough and perhaps maybe the timing hair wasn't the best for what you were going through! It appears you have other issues to work through! Surgery just became one more thing, rather than a positive distraction! I think you look great, whether you need or want the revision or not! I think it's more important, as you've mentioned, to be happy with yourself! That way, when you see yourself differently on the inside then that reflect on the outside too! More than any plastic surgery can do! If you can afford to see a therapist, I would recommend it. Especially if you don't have a strong support system! It will help to empower you in more ways than just self esteem! (At least that's what I hope to do for my clients) I will say, life is short, and it's best to live in the now! Not worry too much about the what if's. We cannot change the choices we've made, nor can we know how they will affect the future! We do however have today and today only! I'm sorry to hear about your marital issues! Much of these things are out of our control! Stay strong! Sending positivity and love and strength you way!
UPDATED FROM keaton1970
5 months post
Need to correct something
I meant to say that the dr. said I had scoliosis...NOT multiple sclerosis....
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Keaton1970 you are a beautiful woman, lump or no lump! You are so much more than what people see of you. No one, not your husband, not the doctor nor anyone else can take away who you are inside. What you choose to let people see of you is your choice. You are a very beautiful woman, period. Don't let this one problem set you back. If it's something you are unhappy about, then change it. But don't let this problem define who you are, you are so much more than that!
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