Having Abdominal Lipo on Same Day As Upper and Lower Blepharoplasty - Huntsville, AL

It's been so long ago, all I remember is going back to the doctor who did the lipo and showing him my stomach and he said "what, you don't think it looks good?" He would not admit that it was lumpy... He said it looked fine to him. I don't even remember what kind of lipo it was, but I'm assuming it was the old fashioned tumescent liposuction. The main issue is on the left side of my stomach (right side in pic) there is a big dip where he took too much fat. It's about the size of a baseball in diameter. I think it was such a new procedure at the time, and I was probably one of the first ones this guy had done. But like I said, even with tight clothes, my stomach did look flat for the first time in a long time, so I figured that was good enough. I've just lived with it all these years. It has bothered me, but not to a great extent because not that many people are going to be seeing my stomach.

What kind of lipo did you have?? Tumescent, laser, ultrasonic, etc.? I would think at 5 weeks, your results may be what it's going to look like. Do you feel like it's still swollen??
I hope it does flatten out for you though!! Have you gone back to discuss your concerns with the doctor who performed your lipo??

Girl I just looked at your pics!! You look fabulous!!! And you are 51??!!
You have the body of a 25 year old!!
I can only hope my lipo turns out as great as yours!!! The one thing I read in your post that I didn't know when I just replied to you is that your stomach is flat in the mornings. That makes me think it's swelling causing the lumps by evening. My lumps and dips were there 24/7, and they were visible immediately after the lipo. I think you are going to LOVE your results!!
I also see that you had regular old fashioned tumescent lipo. That's what I had back then and also what I will be having on June 27. My doctor says it has the best results if done right. The thing that concerns me is my doc said I'm going to have drains for at least 2 weeks. He said that helps the skin stick back down to the muscle sooner, which lessens the chances of loose and sagging skin. I think I have pretty good elasticity to my skin so hopefully that combined with the drains will give me good results. Hopefully as good as yours!!! And for sure I'm going to check into the lymphatic massage. Do you have that at your docs office or just with a regular massage person?? Again, you look fabulous!!! Get out there in your bikini this summer!!! No need to wait!!!

thanks for the vote of confidence. My Dr. did not recommend lymphatic massage, when I asked about it he said that most people can't tolerate it right after surgery if there are swelling concerns that he recommends it about 8 weeks later. Having said that I already had been reading about them and on my own went to a regular massage person and had it done starting at week 3. I think it does help. plus I do it myself, I start from the top and then sides and push down to my pubis. I honestly don't know why everyone doesn't have drains to get rid of the fluid faster. He also sutured my incisions closed because it is to messy the other way. I think this is part of the reason I am still swelling. When I saw him at the 4 week appointment I think he thought I was being to obsessive over it. So time will tell. Good luck, I will continue to follow your journey.

Yeah the drain thing scared me, but it might be for the best. Honestly I've been so focused on the upper and lower Blepharoplasty and reading/researching/looking on Realself at before and after pics of eyes that I hadn't even given the lipo much thought. Especially since I've had it before and I don't remember it being excruciating. I know it looked horrible!! I bruised all the way down almost to my knees!! It was black and blue and purple and awful looking, but I don't really remember much about pain. Now that I say this, just watch, I will be miserable with pain!!!?? I hope not though. I wondered why he spent so much time at my pre-op talking about the lipo and not my eyes, which I am wayyyy more concerned about!!! At this point it's anybody's guess which will hurt more and/or have the best results!! I may be getting back in touch with you since you are several weeks ahead of me, and the fact that it's been so long ago when I first had this done. Thanks for your response and the info about massage. I bought a swimming pool noodle just because that sounded like a good thing to roll across my stomach to help it be flat this time :). Take care!!

thanks and good luck and questions just ask :)

Yeah lipo at the same time as eyes!! The lipo hurt way worse!! I did have 2 additional after pics up for a while but they weren't totally appropriate so took them down. My stomach is flat now, he did a really good job evening it out. He seemed pretty excited about the lipo!! He grabbed both my side fat and said yeah, we can fix this!!! He did upper and lower abs and even went onto the sides to carve me out a waist!! :) Right now the feeling is just starting to come back. For 2 months my stomach has been hard and numb. But flat!!! Just in the past few days the feeling has started coming back and it's starting to soften up. It's definitely not a pain free procedure that's for sure!!!

That's great. I've never had a flat stomach, even when I was young, tiny and did gymnastics! What a shame that couldn't have been your outcome all those years before.. Nice to have such an enthusiastic Dr. Have you had to wear/are you still wearing one of those compression suits? I didn't know the stomach went numb either, but I expect that's more acceptable when it's nice and flat. Very glad for you - sounds like your happy Dr is honing his sculpture skills there!

I wore the compression garmet from his office for 2 weeks. It was thick and hot so I was glad when he said I didn't have to wear it longer than 2 weeks but I had my own version of Spanx that were thinner and more tolerable so that was way better, especially when I went back to work :)