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33 Years Old, No Kids, and Bye Bye Belly Fat!! - Metairie, LA

13 days post

ohh yea

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just a little niptuck
$8,900
the "ITCHING", i itch like crazy at certain points of the day! Im assuming this is part of healing? yes or no? But it's driving me crazy!

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Cynthia L. Mizgala, MD

Cynthia L. Mizgala, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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April 28, 2014
Hey there, I'll get straight to the point: Apart from the personal massages you're paying for, purchase a hand-held massager from Amazon and do the massaging yourself a well. You can target the areas in you that are "lumpy". 2. Get yourself some Benedryl oinent for the itching and olive oil (not the one for cooking) and apply to your stomach and back at least twice a day when you take a bath and'or remove your garment. This helps with skin tightening and keep your skin hydrated. 3. You're going to itch cause your body is healing internally. So enjoy it (Just kidding) :-[) 4. If you don't keep your CG and binder in religiously, expect to see swelling so early in your recovery. This is the time to sacrifice. You will thank yourself in a few weeks when you seek how far you've come and how much you've lost around your waist line. 5. This should be stale news to you but, watch your salt intake. Salt is hidden in a lot of things. So, it's not just table salt. If I can think of other things, I'll drop you a line. In any case, you're slowly recovering and you will get to the finish line. There's just no short cut but, you'll make it. Happy healing :-[)
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April 30, 2014
thanks so much, great advise.
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April 29, 2014
I never had any itching but I totally agree that the hand held electric massager is the way to go. U can definitely pinpoint your areas of concern. Personally the massager and cocoa butter two to three times a day did more for me than the lymphatic massage. To me that was a waste of hundreds of dollars.
April 30, 2014
That lymphatic massage didn't do anything for me either I'm gonna try a hand held massager to. How often do u use it
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May 1, 2014
I do the massage 2-3 Times a day for 10-15 minutes each depending on the time I have.
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April 29, 2014
You look great. As mention to you from the community the CG is very important and from my own experience if you don't wear it as ordered you will have swelling and increase discomfort. I will never leave home without it again,even for a short time. Wrong Move....
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April 30, 2014
THanks ladies, I have never taken off my CG, except to shower or wash! I do have a electric massage that i started using, and i use it with my CG on! But it was after that first time i used my electric massage that i noticed i looked alot more swollen through my CG. Yes the itching is super crazy, if i feel a itch i have to tell myself to not itch it, and then it will go away! But if i scratch one area then everything begins to itch, but only where ive had the lipo! Soo im on my way to get some Benadryl ointment, and im glad to know that is part of the healing!!
April 30, 2014
After I shower it don't put any lotion on my stomach and sometimes a little baby powder and I don't get a lot of itching
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May 1, 2014
Wow, beautiful results!  Thank you for posting and keeping us updated.  Happy healing to you!
13 days post

Swollen and Lumpy

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Hello

So today im feeling really swollen and lumpy! The lumps are not visible but i can feel them without a doubt. They seem worse after i got a massage yesterday. Since my procedure My love handles area has always been the most sore, sensitive, and pain full at times, and swollen. But after i had i really good massage yesterday, everything seems swollen! Is this normal guys? on top of swollen it feels tight, but after my massage everything was loose and soft.

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9 days post

Body Wrap

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Hello everyone....

So Yesterday I went to the Doctors office where they provided me a complimentary body wrap. Now.. I have never had one before or even knew anything about it, until that day.
So within my MD office she runs a "Red Spa" services, the girl who did my body wrap told me it would basically help with the soreness, and swelling and all the toxins in your body.

She only did the area that was treated, so i had my bra and panties on and she then painted on me with a brush of hot mud(what seemed like mud)all over my stomach, waist and back! She then wrapped me round,round with what looked like Saran wrap. I then laid on table when she wrapped me from chest to toe in a paper wrap and then on top of the paper wrap she wrapped me up from chest to toe in a tin-foil type of material, so basically i was laying on the table like a stuffed burrito....lol. Then i stayed like that for 30 min, and i was done, she came unwrapped me and cleaned off the mud, which had dried by then so it flaked off.

ummmmm........so....i don't think....well i know i would never pay for this myself to do again. The heat from the hot mud did feel good on my skin and helped with the soreness at that moment, but then it was over and felt like a waist...im glad it was complimentary

oh well you never know till ya try...im trying to setup my lymphatic massage, but that is seeming to be difficult at the moment, especially finding a woman who does it in my area, they seem to mainly just have males whom are certified.....but im still sore and swollen....so i'll keep you guys posted.

Happy Healing!

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April 25, 2014
I had that experience while we were in Phoenix, I did find one but she did a light touch lymphatic massage that did absolutely nothing except relieve me of several hundred dollars. Maybe the deeper massage is more beneficial. Let us know how yrs works out.
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April 25, 2014
Yea if i can find someone, i wanna do it at least once, but then i'll resort to plan B, and just have a deep tissue. I just now been able to now use my hand held at home with no problems of it hurting or feeling to weird/numb.