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Lower Body Lift, Breast Lift Without Implants, and Side of Chest Lift -Houston, TX

UPDATED FROM Brandy1234
4 months post

Here we go again !!!

WORTH IT$1
I am three weeks away from my thigh, arm, and side of chest lift! I will creat another review when I get some time. For all my peeps, did you use any kind of compression sleeve after your arm lift?

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John LoMonaco, MD, FACS

John LoMonaco, MD, FACS

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Dr. Lomonaco is amazing. He listens to you when you meet with him and he's great at empathizing with the issues, physical and emotional, that you go thru from having been obese. His staff has been great about handling everything that needed to get set up prior to my surgery. I cannot wait to see the results he gives me! Updated five days postoperative: Dr Lomonaco has been wonderful. He came to check on me several times in the hospital, as well as his staff. The level of attention and care you get from him never wanes. The results of the lower body lift and breast lift already look amazing and I still have a lot of healing to do so it's just going to keep getting better. If you are considering surgery, he is definitely the surgeon you want changing your body!

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I wore a compression vest with sleeves below the elbow for about 8 weeks and had no healing issues and very little swelling. The one from Design Veronique was the most comfortable. I can't imagine doing both arms and thighs at the same time though, my arms were fully healed before my thigh lift, but maybe you are only having a groin incision?
Hey mommahelen, the incision will be down the inner thigh and kinda shaped like a seven where there's a bit of a groin incision to lift the inner thigh a bit. I'm hoping this surgery is no worse than the first one, that tummy tuck was a killer, lol.
My incision is down the thigh with very little in the groin and it is healing well. The discomfort (it was never what I would call pain) cleared once the drains came out at day 6. The swelling hasn't been too bad except for the inner knees and that is finally clearing. I would say that the first two weeks are when you need to rest and elevate and by week 4 you should feel normal. Since the surgery doesn't involve muscle tightening, their is much less pain. I remember my TT about 8 years ago leaving me saying never again, but after sailing through the arms and thighs, I'm planning to have the TT revised in about 6 weeks. You will do fine, you handled your body lift well and have a great doc.
Did you wear a compression garment that went to your calves?
Yes I am wearing a marena garment with zippers during the day but at night I'm just wearing thigh length compression hose because the garment is too warm at night. I've gone without a few times and not had too much swelling as a result.
Does it have an open crotch? Those open crotch garments give me a weird thing where my butt cheeks squeeze out thru the opening in back. Not attractive lol
I had a tummy tuck as my first surgery and it was VERY painful. For my second surgery I had the TT converted to an LBL (no muscle plication), a long incision thigh lift, extended arm lift w/flankplasty, and breast lift. It was no where near the pain of the TT! In fact, After I was released from the care center I stayed at a hotel by myself for the reminder of the 2 weeks and then flew home.
Once the bandages came off, I switched to Marena compression sleeves. They were super soft and thin, easy to get on, and invisible under clothing. While the recovery was slightly more uncomfortable than I had anticipated, I had an uneventful recovery with absolutely no healing issues or scarring issues ( brachioplasty scars are notorious for stretching and becoming wider). I attribute this in part to the compression sleeves, as they provide great support to the incision. Best of luck, I am sure you will breeze through this and have awesome results!
Agreed on your answer - it is **important** to support the incisions with good compression.
I had the Mirena compression sleeves too...but i ended up liking the Solidea ones the best. Post updated pics when you can :-P
Can you tell me what they ave you to control the nausea after surgery? I was so nauseous from the pain meds after my last surgery that I refused the meds and instead endured the pain. I cried for two nights! So this time around, I would like to be able to take something that does not cause me to become nauseated. With regard to your question about compression sleeves, I did not use them. I had a very hard time with my right arm healing (see my review) and I still have issues 7-mos post op. My surgeon says he does not think the compression sleeve would have made a difference but if I had it to do over, I would err on the side of caution and use them. Good luck with your next surgery. Is this your last?
Girl I hear ya on the meds. They gave me one of those scolpamine patches behind my ear that you wear for three days. They pumped me full of zofran and phenergen at the hospital. Morphine and stuff like that make me sick as a dog so I had oral zofran and the pain meds I took were Ultracet. It took the edge off the pain and didn't make me sick.
The zofran alone did not work for me. I will ask about the patch and phenegren. I switched over to tramadol when the narcotics made me so ill, but I don't think it will be strong enough for the pain of muscle plication. I will check on the Ultracet (tramadol plus acetaminophen). Thanks very much!!!
@ MBL - there is a non-narcotic one called Norco - i have heard Dr. F mention it but no idea how well it works! Sound like the opioids make you sick.
I will ask about that one, too. Ewwwww the narcotics made me very sick last time.
Hello there, I am a male 23 years old, young and healthy, lost over 90 Pounds in 2 years then stayed with my flappy extra hanging skin from my breast (man boobs) & tummy for another 2 years. I just had my operation for a lower body lift and a great lipo + lift (to have them all flat) I am in day 4 in recovery but unfortunately i cannot see the results of the operation yet, because I am wearing a corset (whatever that is called, it's what you wear to tighten your skin) I am supposed to wear it for 2 months. ​Anyway, the only way to see the results is to take it off, and I cannot until I meet him next week. Now as I said i am day 4 of recovery, so my question is that I am kind of worried about the results, I am looking at my chest and it's flat from outside the corset of course. However, my tummy area still seems to have like a layer of fat in a circular round, and the thing is i never even had a layer like that. so My question is, did the operation not succeed too much from down there (specially that the doctor confirmed that I didn't have any fat down there) or is that my tummy swollen? and if it's swollen or something else, how do I know? ​ ​Please answer me, thank you!
I was able to remove my garment to clean up after a couple days. I would call your surgeon if you have concerns
UPDATED FROM Brandy1234
2 months post

Two month pics!

Very pleased with swelling, mostly in mons area now.

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UPDATED FROM Brandy1234
1 month post

Surgery number two scheduled!

Well my dear friends, June 10th I will be letting Dr Lomonaco finish the job! I will be having an arm lift, thigh lift, and side of chest lift. I am so excited!

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Heeeeeey.....your beating me or R2! I seriously wanted to schedule June 9th but my PS is on vacay (sheesh, these guys think they get time off or something...) Then hubby wants to go away for July 4th....darn!
Lol I was toying with waiting till next year but I have literally had a cold since my last surgery, for two freaking months. I decided no more surgery during cold and flu season. June 9th is my daughters third birthday and I wanted to get past that before, so the 10th it is :)
yeah truth be told I am toying with waiting until the new year as well - not sure how it "looks" to take another six weeks off from work for another vague "surgery" - LOL - plus compression in San Antonio and Atlanta in July as well?? NOT FUN.....how is your swelling?
Swelling is mostly in mons area now so it isn't too bad, I'm going to post some pics today :)
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