My Long Journey ..... But Not My Last Surgery - Seattle, WA

Hi Lorabell, Its nice to meet you. I am super excited to finish my last major surgery lol I think..... I say I think because I am not sure if I should get a few other scars revised or just be happy with it... I don't know why they wouldn't do your thighs... My thighs were very full before my lipo 2 years ago. I didn't have a lot of outside fat.. but I had a ton in the inside of my thighs. I then had the lipo instead of the thigh lift and now as you can see my thighs have a large amount of loose skin and cellulite. I am reposting different pics tonight after work so you can see better. I wish you luck tomorrow with your consult. Keep us posted. Its great to have a website to meet and talk to like minded people that know what you have gone through. Congrats on the 166lb weight loss!! Have you gained any back at all? I got down to a size 5 and that was really thin looking for me. I like being a bit more thick verses looking like a stick with boobs lmao!!

I haven't gained any back at all! Its been two yrs. That would be my next step boob job! I don't want to be thin just fit and I am active hiker! But my thighs gives me problems! I am doing this for medical reasons. I think my insurance compnay paid for my tummy tuck cause I didn't have gastric bypass and I did it on my own! Anyhow I wish u luck!

Your lucky to have your insurance pay! Before my weight loss I had some of the same issues with the rubbing and sores.. It sucks. : / Its great that your keeping it all off! That is awesome! Continued success to you and good luck tomorrow!

Thank you Kirsty! I am excited to be here and a part of such a great website.

Hi Beach girl - I so know the feeling you have there - wondering if you've lost your mind and just live with the legs. I waiver on this, too. I mean, if I knew without a doubt that following surgery I'd be comfortable wearing shorts or a bathing suit in public, I'd have no qualms at all. I look 'fine' in my clothing, so my goal is to try to look better 'naked'. So I question whether that will really be the case? Will my thighs and ass really not be gross and lumpy and saggy? hahaha... I mean, for all the expense, pain, time, hassle, etc. - I sure HOPE so! As for your scar not being as good as the one in the 90's... idk, it really could have been his stitching. My scar, itself, is faint, thin and white. But I have a sort of pinkish, purplish coloring on either side of it. I don't know if that's just how I heal or from abrasion in the area (low rise jean fanatic) and maybe didn't let it heal long enough before wearing them again? I just don't know. My breasts don't seem to have that coloration - but then, skin differs on all of our body parts, so it's hard to say. Anyway, that's one of the reasons I didn't want to have the incision running down my inner thighs - a white line wouldn't be all that noticeable, but with the pretty colors on either side, it probably would be. Well, that, and of the four or so consults I had, not one suggested it. But then, I didn't lose a massive amount of weight - just enough to leave me with icky skin issues. Oh, yeah - got off track here...lol... I wanted to say I don't think age played a big roll, I'm older than you are. Thanks for the compliment, too! I am still dealing with those pesky 8 lbs I put on over the last couple of months, so I should look at that photo more for inspiration - I really liked my waist definition there. Anyway - originally I was going to post pre and post op photos, then while doing an internet search on something, I came across a few of the women's photos from this site on a Google image search. Just for the heck of it, I Googled something using my own wording from an entry I'd made and sure enough - it comes up. I read all the terms on this site and it's all there - you can't remove photos once posted and they are public domain so they're always there. I guess there's no getting around that - that's probably the case for any type of public forum like this. And even though we are "anonymous", and a lot of us even block out our faces... idk... just seems pretty invasive. I wouldn't even let my surgeon use my photos for his website (yeah, he was proud of his results! lol.. I could have been the Strattice 'poster girl' for his site, I think). After I saw some of these women's photos like that, I've decided against posting them here. It kind of sucks and I know the photos others have posted have been an enormous help - I just don't feel comfortable with it now.

Hello Redwinelover! I am not to worried about being googled lol it's not like I'm on a [RS bleep] site or anything lol But I totally understand your concerns. I'm kinda having freak out moment right now, I really don't want a crappy looking scar on my legs. So if it is his stitching then we have a problem Houston !! It's not like horrible but it really doesn't look even close to as thin as my last one..... There will be two surgeons doing my surgery so I'm excited about that . Tomorrow is my pre op and I have a butt load of questions for them both lmao so I hope they are ready!!!