Best Decision I Have Made This Year - No More Fanny Pack - Marietta, GA

I am a pretty active woman with one adult child. I have had a pouch or "fanny pack" in my lower abdomen since the birth of my child 31 years ago and over the years - it has always bothered me. Well recently, I had started to gain weight and the pouch started to grow - again in the lower abdomen area - just enough for me to look like I was about 4 months pregnant. All of my dresses clung to the pack and in my jeans - the muffin top started to look like a soufflé - going down only when I lay down. I decided to have Liposuction on my Upper and Lower Abdomen after doing some extensive research and seeing Dr. Okoro on a local television show last year. Looked him up and saw that Dr. Celestin had just joined his practice. I procrastinated a bit, but then decided to go see her (this year). Boy, oh boy! Best decision I have made this year. I am not a vain woman and I don't have a unrealistic sense of what my body "can be" even with a lamp and 3 wishes. However, I did want to feel more confident in my dresses without my fanny pack making me look like a tourist in Target. So I did it. Boy, oh Boy, Best decision I have made this year. Dr. Celestin did the damn thing!

Hey there, I posted yesterday. No material changes to my post - just edited it a bit. I can tell you today is the 4 week anniversary of my procedure and I am remain committed to my decision to do this; it worked for me. I have had minimal to no pain or complications and the garments have become a necessary evil so I don't mind them nearly as much as I did the first week. I am planning to get back on regime of running this weekend and will start exercising in mid-September. I have changed my diet and I am committed to being a better me. This was an emotional journey for me; not a physical one. I didn't go in a perfect specimen of a woman and I have not walked away from it a perfect specimen of a woman; breasts are still lopsided; C-section (vertical) scar is still a hot mess; thighs are a little bit lumpy and butt is starting to sag a bit; but I feel good in my dresses (70% of my wardrobe) and that is what I wanted out of this. Good Luck to all of you who are contemplating having a procedure and to those of you who decide not to; that is okay too - do what is right for you.