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33 Mom of 4...it Was Time! Tummy Tuck and Lipo of the Flanks - Marietta, GA
UPDATED FROM chanise
26 days post
3 weeks post op
chaniseApril 20, 2015
WORTH IT$7,700
Here are my 3 weeks post pics. I am still pretty swollen on both sides and below belly button.
No more pain or meds. What I feel at this point is like I've done sit-ups. My incision has closed and stitches from belly button and tuck incision have dissolved...thank God I can comfortably shower!
No more pain or meds. What I feel at this point is like I've done sit-ups. My incision has closed and stitches from belly button and tuck incision have dissolved...thank God I can comfortably shower!
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Everything this far has been great. The MAIN thing...
chaniseApril 8, 2015
Everything this far has been great. The MAIN thing I liked which made me choose Dr. McKnight-Baron was HER including a overnight hospital stay at Kennestone. This REALLY put me at ease because I was TERRIFIED!
I did get 2 other consults before choosing her and they both were going to send me home right after the procedure. ???? One of the doctors had a astronomical price including unnecessary stuff and his staff was UGH!! The other DIDNT include enough overall. Everyone at the hospital was great. Dr. McKnight and HER staff have all been wonderfully perfect....friendly and professional and the office has always been pristine clean.
No issues with the procedure at all. Pain MEDS brought on insomnia, back aches from laying most of the time but nothing a warm heating pad didn't fix. I stopped the Hydrocodone after the first full week and switched to Tylenol but only as needed vs regularly. There really is no pain, it's just achiness like you've done a ton of sit-ups and then just being numb and stiff.
It's been 2 weeks as of today and I am still numb and swollen. Very little bruising that has just started and I assume that's due to the numbness wearing off, IDK-not major. Incision itself has yet to bring and discomfort what so ever. Again and overall at this time I am VERY pleased with Dr. McKnight-Baron. ????????????????????????????????
I did get 2 other consults before choosing her and they both were going to send me home right after the procedure. ???? One of the doctors had a astronomical price including unnecessary stuff and his staff was UGH!! The other DIDNT include enough overall. Everyone at the hospital was great. Dr. McKnight and HER staff have all been wonderfully perfect....friendly and professional and the office has always been pristine clean.
No issues with the procedure at all. Pain MEDS brought on insomnia, back aches from laying most of the time but nothing a warm heating pad didn't fix. I stopped the Hydrocodone after the first full week and switched to Tylenol but only as needed vs regularly. There really is no pain, it's just achiness like you've done a ton of sit-ups and then just being numb and stiff.
It's been 2 weeks as of today and I am still numb and swollen. Very little bruising that has just started and I assume that's due to the numbness wearing off, IDK-not major. Incision itself has yet to bring and discomfort what so ever. Again and overall at this time I am VERY pleased with Dr. McKnight-Baron. ????????????????????????????????
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April 9, 2015
I'm so glad that you love your plastic surgeon. That is so important. You are looking really good. Did you get muscle repair with your tummy tuck also? Just wondering as that is what I am getting done and wondering how painful that adds to the tummy tuck. Do you still have the drains in? How much longer will you keep them. Thanks for posting and I look forward to your updates! Happy Healing!
April 9, 2015
Yes I did need and get muscle repair all the way down. My 2 drains were holes below the tuck incision and were removed at my 1 week post op appt. So far the discomfort comes from the ab muscle but it's like I did a lot of sit ups not excruciating pain. The tuck incision has yet to cause pain but I am still numb so once the numbness wears off idk.
May 13, 2016
Congratulations on you new lease on life. I am thinking about having a tummy tuck/Lipo of the thighs. What should I know about the doctor to help with my decision on choosing het?
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