Gynecomastia Surgery with Liposuction of the Abdomen and Flanks. Los Angeles, CA

Hi RealSelf family,
As promised, here are updates to my pics over the last 2.5 month. For the most part I am very pleased with my results thus far. I know that final results are not usually seen until 6 months or longer after surgery. My Endermologist keeps telling me I am still a little swollen around my abdominal area due to the fact that I am working out. SO of course my response was, "does that mean I will always be swollen, because I won't stop working out?" and she responded, ask me that question after 6 months post-op. So as we've all heard a million times, "I just have to be patient".

I have been very neglectful in keeping my RealSelf community up to date on my progress. Partly because I have been busy with work and also because I am not exactly where I wanted to be at this point. I am 9 weeks out from my initial surgery. I am much happier with the progress to date that I have made from the Gynecomastia surgery than I am from the liposuction on my abs and flanks.

I now have 100% feeling again in both nipples, but they are still tender to the touch. The incisions around the areola are almost invisible, but the two spots where the cannulas entered when he performed lipo to contour my chest are still very visible but fading. Also, I still have some tethering that I have been aggressively massaging and I am seeing some improvement there too. My abs and flanks were he performed lipo ( 1.5 liters were removed) are still numb, and on occasion it looks like I have cellulite, that absolutely was not there before my surgery! But I have noticed where the numbness and lumpiness was previously on all of my flanks and abs at week 4, it is slowly going south. In other words, the upper part of my abs and flanks look great (nice and smooth), but the lower part is still numb and lumpy. My Endermologist says this is gravity taking its course and is normal.

I started back at the gym at week 6 post-op, and I think that has caused me to still have swelling in my lower abdomen, despite the fact that I have been having weekly Endermologie treatments since week 2 post-op. But I must admit that the Endermologie treatments work. I didn't go one week due to other commitments and I was more swollen than I had been the prior week, and two days after my treatment, the swelling had gone down considerably. By the way, I stopped wearing my binder at week 8 post-op.

My pre-surgery weight was 185 and because of my strict eating and workout dedication, I am now down to 172. But I still have that little lower abdomen pooch. My Endermologist, (who's been doing this for 20 years and has been written up in several publications), is telling me my results are great for 9 weeks, but the magic number is 6 months. But I have a wedding in Costa Rica to attend in 4 weeks.

If I weren't under the the wedding time constraint, I think I would be a little happier with my progress. But I have to look at the big picture and be thankful that I have had no complications and everything is coming along very well. So I'm really looking forward to the 4th of July. :-)

My Endermologist has been taking pictures of me over the last 6 weeks, so I will post updated pics once she sends them to me. Good Luck to all and Happy Healing!