Tall and Thin With Cankles - Hanover, MD

Well, I looked at my legs in the mirror this morning... all bruised and swollen... and felt pleased with them for the first time in my life. Are they perfect? Are they Barbie legs? No. But there's no longer a fat pudge on the inside of my ankles. It just tapers down and is smooth, maybe even a bit concave. At this point, there's still swelling... and that's even more encouraging. It can only look better as I go. And, well... all I need to do now is build up my calve muscles, lose another 10 lbs, and I'll feel phenomenal. Maybe, in 6 months, I'll finally let myself have a good cry... let myself feel happy about my results. I have been prepared to only feel regret about this decision, but I think I can finally feel like I did the right thing for me.

First of all, the recovery (from the revision) has been much, much easier this time. The procedure only took, at most, an hour and a half. There was very little drainage afterwards and I've been able to wear compression socks most of the time rather than the garment/crotchless pants. I think the socks have helped keep my feet from swelling, which is awesome. They're much tighter than the garment. Actually, the garment is now too big on my left leg. That's either because it's been stretched out or because my left leg is just that much skinnier... even swollen. Also, I was able to shower the day after, which is nice... having to wait to shower is just gross. I've felt a little more pain this time, but it only seems to be brought on if I stand for too long.

Anyway, as always, my left leg is looking much better than my right. For one thing, less was removed from my left leg and so it just won't be as swollen. I took off my sock last night and could actually see my inner ankle bone. Holy [RS bleep]. It's looking really good. Almost normal. My excitement is only tempered by my right leg. It just never looks as good.

My right leg is looking BETTER. More was removed, so there's more swelling. I just can't determine if it looks the way I want it to yet. I know that there was a lot of fat removed from my ankle because it's super bruised, swollen, and painful to the touch. I have months of waiting to see ahead of me again. I'm starting to massage both legs, which is necessary but not fun. Well, it feels good afterwards.

Anyway, I'm feeling hopeful. This may be the last time my Dr is able to do a revision without charging full price, but I would probably get more done if I ultimately feel it's necessary. I hope it's not. I don't want to be a serial plastic-surgery-getter. I also don't want to have spent all this money and not have a satisfactory result.

We shall see.

An entire year later and I'm about to go back to get some revisions done. I'm still (obviously) not pleased with the appearance of my legs, but I think/hope this session will do the trick. The Dr removed a lot of volume the first time. It took almost 4 hours. As far as I'm aware, there wasn't a lot of contouring done. This session will be more about contouring. He has set aside another 3 hours for this round. Of course, there's still some volume to be removed (mainly in my right leg and both inner ankles), but I'm really, really hoping for some smoothing and symmetry.

I'll post some pics in a bit... have a good "before the second after" photo. The silver lining remains that I can now/still get into socks/boots that I was previously unable.