52yo Male Wants Spare Tire Gone. 1 Day Post Op - Indianapolis, IN

I have always had a spare tire around my middle. In cosmetic surgery they call this abs and flanks. I especially did not like when I put on a little extra weight my belly would come right over my pants making an unsightly bulge. I had upper and lower abs and flanks removed with tumescent lipo by Dr Chernoff in Chernoff Cosmetic Surgery Indianapolis. Between my wife and I this was our fourth procedure with Dr Chernoff. Of course before we signed on we checked all the other options. Turkey, Poland, Tieland etc. In the end we went for the surgeon we trusted. Much of that was from reading on this site all the reviews saying the real art is in the surgeon's hands and not the machine used. So far on day one it looks great. For our next surgery we plan to go straight back to Dr Chernoff.

We ended up being put under general anesthesia. I was a little worried about that, but in the end it was great. We got a small IV shot and woke up in the recovery room all thin and lighter. I ended up having 7.5lbs removed and my wife had 8lbs removed. We did not have a lot of fat to begin with so we should be double thin and fit after our full recovery.

The only issue I have had is continual hiccups since waking up. That is about 36hrs now. I have tried all the normal stuff like drinking water upside down, and breathing into a paper bag and a spoon full of sugar and holding my breath and pulling on my toung but I still have the hiccups. Any ideas out there?

Now in day three post lipo. The little pain there was is pretty much all gone. Totally up and around. Dr says I can start easy workouts again. Feeling really lucky at this point. The hiccups stopped in the middle of day two and have not been back either. I did not expect this to be so easy, but things might change. For now I am counting my lucky stars and waiting for the swelling to go down some more to see how this is all going to look.