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Circumferential LBL with Fleur De Lis
UPDATED FROM sheknows6
7 months post
Complete life changer
sheknows6August 20, 2016
WORTH IT
Since my lower body lift I have also had an arm lift, breast lift & augmentation, (may procedure) and a thigh lift most recently (3.5weeks post) so I'm actually swollen in these photos, but this is my result at 7 months post and my scars- couldn't be happier
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UPDATED FROM sheknows6
3 months post
I have a second review started for my next procedure on May 9th
sheknows6April 14, 2016
Hey everyone,
I'm still doing great recovering from my body lift in January, (14 weeks post op now!) and I've started a second review for my Arm Lift/Breast Lift, BA, Thigh lipo- if you want to continue following me I would subscribe to that review. I will be posting a lot less on this one except to periodically check in on my milestones (6 months post, 1 year post, etc.).
I'm really excited to be starting phase 2 of this journey, and even more excited to be going back to Dr. Kortesis for it! May 9th is just around the corner :)
Click my username and my reviews should be there for you to follow if you like!
Hope everyone is doing well and maybe I'll hear from you soon!
I'm still doing great recovering from my body lift in January, (14 weeks post op now!) and I've started a second review for my Arm Lift/Breast Lift, BA, Thigh lipo- if you want to continue following me I would subscribe to that review. I will be posting a lot less on this one except to periodically check in on my milestones (6 months post, 1 year post, etc.).
I'm really excited to be starting phase 2 of this journey, and even more excited to be going back to Dr. Kortesis for it! May 9th is just around the corner :)
Click my username and my reviews should be there for you to follow if you like!
Hope everyone is doing well and maybe I'll hear from you soon!
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April 14, 2016
That was my stage two as well with Dr K! How exciting for you, you will be a new woman! I will follow your journey there as well!
April 15, 2016
So happy for you... You couldn't be in better than Dr Kortesis', but you already know that! I will follow you as well, can't wait to see your results.
UPDATED FROM sheknows6
2 months post
Swell Hell and Workouts!
sheknows6March 24, 2016
I got my monthly visitor about 6 days ago and I have been visible swollen for over a week! The scale refuses to move too, but the good news is that I have started working out again. I honestly was a bit scared to try because of how tight my muscles were feeling so I stuck to walking for a long time, but last night I bit the bullet and surprisingly I'm not very sore at all today!
I took some progress pictures after my workout and to note how swollen I am....I can tell its better this morning just from last night. I'm assuming this is the swell hell they always talk about, but for some reason I thought it came sooner than this seeing as I'm almost 3 months post op.
I'll keep posting progress pics- I love how my scar looks, and I can't wait to see how it fades :)
The second phase of surgery is scheduled for June 27- arm lift, breast lift/aug, full thigh lipo & lipo to flanks. The last phase will be my thigh lift- until then, working out and staying as fit as possible!
I took some progress pictures after my workout and to note how swollen I am....I can tell its better this morning just from last night. I'm assuming this is the swell hell they always talk about, but for some reason I thought it came sooner than this seeing as I'm almost 3 months post op.
I'll keep posting progress pics- I love how my scar looks, and I can't wait to see how it fades :)
The second phase of surgery is scheduled for June 27- arm lift, breast lift/aug, full thigh lipo & lipo to flanks. The last phase will be my thigh lift- until then, working out and staying as fit as possible!
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March 27, 2016
I am more than a 14 months post lbl with bl/ba and I still swell after workouts so it is a on going process.. Maybe you will be lucky and not have it as long.. But I do beachbody workouts and swell like it is my first workout every time.. Water is your friend. Good luck I just had my arms done and think it is harder recovery wise than the LBL. simply because you need your arms for everything. :) Pain is only bad first week again swell hell..
March 27, 2016
Thanks Laurie! I'm really hoping my swelling will subside where I only swell after working out...that would be amazing actually! But I'm still holding on to roughly 12lbs of swelling from just my procedure :(
How long did it take for your swelling to subside, given that you still swell after working out?
How long did it take for your swelling to subside, given that you still swell after working out?
March 28, 2016
from the LBL? Swelling can come at any time if my diet is not clean salty items will send me straight to sausage city.. Not sure if I am having such a problem with this procedure swelling is due to already have the previous surgery done? I was down 16 pounds originally a month out then over the year with my workouts and the breast weight I am still carrying an extra 10.. I try to convince myself it is muscle weight not sure, clothes don't fit any different that they did my measurments are smaller so.. I am sticking to it.. I am looking forward to getting back to doing a another round of Hammer and chisel with heavier weights and see if It makes a big difference and following IIFYM instead of calories.. So hopefully I see some major changes before I have my thighs done. I still swell after every workout just not as bad
March 28, 2016
Might want to check and see if you have PCOS. If you do, insulin resistance or testosterone can make working out and muscle growth retain more sugar and fat. That's what my problem was and it wasn't until I stopped working out like that and started medication for it that it finally stopped. There are other signs of it - thick hair growth in odd places like on your chin or breasts (even just a few strands), weight held in lower stomach or thighs, etc.
March 28, 2016
Thanks but I don't have PCOS- I've been lucky in that I've never had an issue with my reproductive system :)
March 28, 2016
I do beachbody too!! I just re-started Slim in 6 as my restart to working out, but I love Shaun T! It's blowing my mind how much more I can do now that my stomach isn't in the way.
My husband made a good point the other day- he said as long as I like how I look then the scale shouldn't matter, and he's right. I'm happier now than I've ever been so I'm going to continue working out and eating clean regardless of what the scale says. I'm pretty sure I'm dealing with a combo of DOMS, and swelling from the surgery.
My husband made a good point the other day- he said as long as I like how I look then the scale shouldn't matter, and he's right. I'm happier now than I've ever been so I'm going to continue working out and eating clean regardless of what the scale says. I'm pretty sure I'm dealing with a combo of DOMS, and swelling from the surgery.
March 28, 2016
Hi just wanted to tell you to keep faith and be positive my son proved to me that mind over matter really works... Imagine yourself not swelling. I was coughing like crazy 2 days ago and he made me visualize myself not coughing. Here I am, on my way to the operating room, this is really happening!
March 28, 2016
I put my body shaping suit from target back on along with my spanx to help with the swelling- I feel so much more comfortable not wearing them, but I know they'll help me with this. I will try some positive imagination! :)
Good luck with your surgery!!!!! Keep me posted :)
Good luck with your surgery!!!!! Keep me posted :)
March 29, 2016
I never had an issue either. I found out because of holding my weight. :)
March 29, 2016
So I had my surgery yesterday and apparently Dr Kortesis went to Hogwarts because he made three 9 pound babies out of me...27 pounds I'm still in shock. Unfortunately visualizing no pain is not working... And the heavy meds I'm on barely take the edge off which is what I was afraid of. I also have some pleating at my incision site which really upsets me but Dr K said will go away but just thinking about it makes me cry. I'm trying to be positive that he's right and it will go away. Mind over matter I keep saying. You are a real trooper to undergo another procedure and I wish you all the best in your recovery, you deserve it trying to stay fit... God knows its not easy and I admire you for your continuous effort.
March 30, 2016
It will get better Panza!! The first few days are absolutely tough as hell but it really does get better!
27lbs is absolutely amazing & it is also very hard on your body- I know it is so tough but try to be positive :)
The last thing I wanted to do was move but the more you walk, the better you will feel & the faster you will heal :) check in when you can! It's not easy but you can do this!
27lbs is absolutely amazing & it is also very hard on your body- I know it is so tough but try to be positive :)
The last thing I wanted to do was move but the more you walk, the better you will feel & the faster you will heal :) check in when you can! It's not easy but you can do this!
March 30, 2016
Thank you for the good wishes and believe me I'm moving, can't seem to stop peeing with all the water I'm drinking and I had to go back to the doctor's office a couple hours after being released because my drains were not moving after we stripped them. I did my share of moving and I had my first post-op tomorrow, so down and up the stairs I go again. Every time it gets easier. I've been fighting the need to cough all afternoon which really sucks. I got the flu last week and I really thought surgery was gonna be cancelled, but magically I stopped coughing before surgery. It's just now that I'm feeling a little phlegm that's dying To get out but I don't think I can handle it. I didn't think anything could top labor pain, but this my friend is right up there. Anyways, sorry for hijacking your posts to talk about me. I'm excited for you and your next phase... It will be amazing and you have worked so hard to get there, losing all that weight first and maintain it before surgery. You're a beautiful young girl and deserve all the good coming to you!!
April 10, 2016
Hi snbyrd6
Just checking up on you. How is your recovery going?
You were so right when you said the last thing you want to do is move. I'm really struggling with it. It's not my belly that hurts at all, bit my back. I still feel like Igor. Trying to walk straight is so hard. My abs feel so tight, Dr K really did a number on me. You were so right about that too when you said "repare to be amazed" I never thought I would have a flat stomach or a waist!
I hope you are doing well. I'm excited about your next procedure. I'm sure Dr K will do some great magic on you. He is a Wizard and I'm so happy that we were lucky enough to have found him! I'm really considering getting a breast augmentation sometime before the end of the year... Nothing crazy, just like a " C" cup because right now I'm not even an "A", at least not on one of the girls.
Hope you are doing well girl!
Just checking up on you. How is your recovery going?
You were so right when you said the last thing you want to do is move. I'm really struggling with it. It's not my belly that hurts at all, bit my back. I still feel like Igor. Trying to walk straight is so hard. My abs feel so tight, Dr K really did a number on me. You were so right about that too when you said "repare to be amazed" I never thought I would have a flat stomach or a waist!
I hope you are doing well. I'm excited about your next procedure. I'm sure Dr K will do some great magic on you. He is a Wizard and I'm so happy that we were lucky enough to have found him! I'm really considering getting a breast augmentation sometime before the end of the year... Nothing crazy, just like a " C" cup because right now I'm not even an "A", at least not on one of the girls.
Hope you are doing well girl!
April 11, 2016
Hey Panza!
I'm doing well, although my weight is the same. I think my muscle mass may have something to do with it, and my husband swears I'm still partially swollen so I've stopped worrying about the number on the scale. Whether or not I hit 213, I'm happy where I'm at.
I'm glad to hear that you're moving even though you don't want to! It gets better with time :) I'm excited about my next procedure too! It will be great when my top matches my bottom! I wish I could go ahead and have my thighs lifted and be done with it, but it is what it is.
I'm thinking a C cup as well, although right now I'm a really deflated D. The lift will take me down to a B cup they estimate...so I'll probably go with a 250-350 cc implant. My pre-op is tomorrow so I'll be trying to finalize that decision while I'm there. Hope you are doing better in your recovery and keep moving!! :)
I'm doing well, although my weight is the same. I think my muscle mass may have something to do with it, and my husband swears I'm still partially swollen so I've stopped worrying about the number on the scale. Whether or not I hit 213, I'm happy where I'm at.
I'm glad to hear that you're moving even though you don't want to! It gets better with time :) I'm excited about my next procedure too! It will be great when my top matches my bottom! I wish I could go ahead and have my thighs lifted and be done with it, but it is what it is.
I'm thinking a C cup as well, although right now I'm a really deflated D. The lift will take me down to a B cup they estimate...so I'll probably go with a 250-350 cc implant. My pre-op is tomorrow so I'll be trying to finalize that decision while I'm there. Hope you are doing better in your recovery and keep moving!! :)
April 11, 2016
Hi, I'm glad you are doing well. Yes, please stop worrying about the number on the scale because I am living proof it means nothing. I don't know if you saw my pre-op photos. If you didn't please look them up. I weighed 150 the morning of the surgery but if you see the photos, you would never believe it.
I was actually shocked because I looked like I was carrying triplets, that's why I said I delivered three 9lbs babies. All the sagging skin and fat Dr. K took out is unbelievable. Of course I couldn't help it and weighed myself a few days later and the scale only said 148, that's only 2lbs not 27, but the pictures don't lie and I am a totally different person, and so are you.
I've seen your pics and you look great. Swelling can last months is what I've heard, and some of us just have a tendency to retain water like crazy.
I know what it is to want your top to match your bottom!! I have nothing up there, never have, not even when I had my kids. I guess I was really late when they were giving those out at the factory. My 11 year old niece said to me yesterday that now my boobs look bigger than my stomach...I couldn't stop laughing which hurt,because it's true and I don't think I'm even an A cup.
I know you want to be done with all your procedures already and you are 21 years younger than I am so you recover much easier than I do, but you've already been through a lot so give yourself time to heal properly from your upper body lift and that way your thigh lift won't be so tough. Things happen at the time they are meant to. My only regret is not having had this procedure sooner, but keep saying to myself that this is the right time for me. I wouldn't have been able to afford it before and I think that the change is more dramatic now than it could have been a few years ago and I am really enjoying that. I have been in the most pain other than being in labor but yet, I have been the happiest I have been in my entire life in these past 2 weeks, seeing how my body changed.
You already look amazing and when you are all done with everything within the next year, girl, Watch out world!
You are having your surgery on my birthday btw...I will celebrate with you!
I was actually shocked because I looked like I was carrying triplets, that's why I said I delivered three 9lbs babies. All the sagging skin and fat Dr. K took out is unbelievable. Of course I couldn't help it and weighed myself a few days later and the scale only said 148, that's only 2lbs not 27, but the pictures don't lie and I am a totally different person, and so are you.
I've seen your pics and you look great. Swelling can last months is what I've heard, and some of us just have a tendency to retain water like crazy.
I know what it is to want your top to match your bottom!! I have nothing up there, never have, not even when I had my kids. I guess I was really late when they were giving those out at the factory. My 11 year old niece said to me yesterday that now my boobs look bigger than my stomach...I couldn't stop laughing which hurt,because it's true and I don't think I'm even an A cup.
I know you want to be done with all your procedures already and you are 21 years younger than I am so you recover much easier than I do, but you've already been through a lot so give yourself time to heal properly from your upper body lift and that way your thigh lift won't be so tough. Things happen at the time they are meant to. My only regret is not having had this procedure sooner, but keep saying to myself that this is the right time for me. I wouldn't have been able to afford it before and I think that the change is more dramatic now than it could have been a few years ago and I am really enjoying that. I have been in the most pain other than being in labor but yet, I have been the happiest I have been in my entire life in these past 2 weeks, seeing how my body changed.
You already look amazing and when you are all done with everything within the next year, girl, Watch out world!
You are having your surgery on my birthday btw...I will celebrate with you!
I notice that you didn't post the cost of your procedures. That is of course a major factor in my decision to have a tummy tuck or a lift.
Will you share?
First off, thank you! I am super happy with my results as well, and I'm looking forward to my brachio revision as this will be my last procedure.
I don't post the cost I paid on any of my procedures because I know from experience (I had quite a few consults with other doctors in the Charlotte area before going with Dr. Kortesis) that cost can vary widely from surgeon to surgeon, and it is also largely dependent on what you need as a patient. I hope this doesn't come off rude or dodgy, because I definitely want to help people as far as the experience, recovery, and results are concerned and that's why I posted here :) I got a lot of my questions answered from following other reviews, but my quotes definitely did not match up to anyone else I followed on RealSelf.
What I paid will not be what you pay as everyone is so different, so I don't see a reason to share that information as it could set an unrealistic expectation. I would say to go have a consult if you're ready to make the jump!
I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help to you! I am happy to answer any other questions about the surgery, recovery, pain, results, etc. if you have them though :)