37yo, Body is JACKED After Having 2 Sweet Kids (Tummy Tuck, Breast Aug, Lipo)

F*CK spanx...but dammit, they keep my silicone scar strip on. We're entering a heat wave so that'll be fun times with spanx.
Trying to figure out how to sell my old bras. I just want to get rid of them in one go. 44 bras and 6 sports bras...total of 50. I had more sports bras but I realized I can still squeeze a size small sports bra on, so i'll keep those.
Not much to report. Still healing, my boobs still feel too big, kind of feel in limbo until i can have the surgery for the inverted-T scar and the dog ears.

So...

I kinda miss Spanx.

This week I stopped wearing compression garments because its my period and it's hot as f*ck out. I definitely notice it by the end of the day.

THe compression garments had also kept the silicone scar strips on me. My skin around the incision is crazy dry, I can't moisturize since that goes against the Silicone Scar Lords' rules. So now without the compression garments, the scar strip isn't adhering as well. Not ideal when they cost $100 a pop.

Attaching some pics of the scars. The ones under my boobs are pretty bad, but I don't really care since they look like shadows and I generally don't flash my underboob to people. Won't show up in a bikini.

The stomach one: the sides look good up until the dog ears, but the part near the center looks red and unhappy. Scar strip, do your magic.

I do want to note with expectations: don't expect to look like your 20-year-old self but with a big scar. I still have stretch marks. My skin is still saggy. I mean, i look BETTER...but I had this notion in my head that I'd look like i did years ago but with a scar. Man...i want to punch my 20-year-old-self for being blissfully ignorant about stretch marks and the toll gravity + babies would take on my ass.

Went bra shopping, I just went to Target since i already know the brands. I estimated that I'm probably a 32C. YOu know what you can't buy at Target? 32-anything. Not near me anyway. I found a few 34Cs that worked, I might as well have attempted a trip to Mordor weeding through the maze of lingerie.

THAT'S IT
I'm DONE!

Okay not fully done. Sort of done.

Now that I'm approaching my period week, I'm only going to wear Spanx at night. It's a thousand effing degrees and I'm SO OVER it. Do you know what it's like to go crotchless for 3 months?! Okay yeah, i could have worn underwear over it, but then I'd look like a poofball and it's already hot enough as it is. No need to add a heater when wearing a snowsuit.

My PS finally got their Silagen silicone scar strips in, i'm definitely going to order 2 boxes so that I don't go almost a month without having one again. Dude needs to up his inventory management game.

So getting this surgery didn't change my life in ways that I thought. If i were in my 20s, sans kids, I would be dressing WAY sexier. Now that I'm older with kids, I feel a bit silly wearing some stuff that I would have in the past (yeah flat stomach and boobs don't make up for cellulite...when the kids get older, hopefully i'll have time for the gym again).

How it DID change my life: things are just...easier. If i'm buying something online, i don't need to worry about my gut anymore. When i dress in the morning for work, I don't need to worry about whether i can button a cardigan over my stomach. When i'm in the car, my excess skin doesn't get pinched. When I glance in the mirror, my brain doesn't automatically think "oh yeah, you forgot...you look like sh*t".

It's pretty nice.

I have a suitcase full of clothes that i put away after baby #2, because none of it fit anymore. I'm curious to see what i put away, like my cute pink ballerina wrap sweater.

I've become my own ambassador for plastic surgery. Anytime i tell people about the surgery, people tend to go into all the things they wish they could. But instead of being all "oh no you look great!", i go into a "dude, do whatever you gotta do to feel better about yourself! Don't wait until you're old!".

Preach!