Liposuction Part 1: Lipo of Entire Middle - Before and Afters Posted - Miami, FL

I just want everyone to know that I do have good days during my recovery! I guess I tend to write when I'm having a bad day, and it may give a skewed perspective.

I still am feeling a little unhappy with how much my hips have shrunk. I loved my big womanly hips! :( See pics. That was my favorite part of my figure!

I hope my waist goes in a lot so that they keep that curvy shape. I feel like right now I look more square than I did, and now tht my hips are smaller, it just looks like I am big in the "saddle bag" area, not really a nice curvy shape. I really hope my waist shrinks significantly and my hips don't get any smaller. If my hips/love handles keep getting smaller, I may be TECHNICALLY more curvy (because my waist will be slightly smaller and my "Saddle bags" will still be 46") but I feel like I won't look as curvy because it will be a more gradual curve between smallest point and biggest point. Keep remnding myself; PATIENCE!

I'm already thinking about having revisions, I swear I want more fat put back in my love handles!

Believe me everybody, this is purely speculation, I am fully prepared to wait for my final results berfore I start really thinking about this stuff, just letting everybody know what's been going through my head.

I am starting to notice a change in my knees, looking a little slimmer. Not so much above the knee, but on the inside of the knee. My legs certainly look very nice in the Body by Veronique compression garment. The Faja gives me absolutely ZERO leg compression, it's actually a little loose in the leg area.

Pubic area still VERY swollen. When the heck does THAT start to go down??

I've ordered a waist cincher and arm compression from Amazon, I'll review when I get them.

To continue onto Part 2 of my Liposuction journey, please click here.

02.22 - Friday - 2 weeks post op!
Went back to work on Wednesday! I enjoy my job and the people I work with, so I had a pretty good few days. I had to walk a lot, especially on Thursday, so I've been a little swollen the past few days. My pubic mound is still really swollen. I think my back still is as well.
Regarding the lumps - I asked Dr Perry about them and whether or not I should be worried, and he said they are pretty normal during this stage, and that I should just keep massaging them.
I have been doing this, and they DO seem to get better, at least a little, with massage over a few days. Mostly they don’t immediately recede, but after massaging them, over the course of a few days, they are softening up and getting smaller. They also seem to be worse when I’m more swollen, which is actually comforting because I figure it means that they are swelling themselves. Hope so. I still have a lot of lumps, some new, some have faded, some are getting better, some are staying the same…I don’t know. To describe them, I would say they are all small and pretty round, like all kind of different sized coins all over.
I measured my waist the other day, it’s the same as before surgery (36”). I’m a little nervous beause my hips/love handles have shrunk quite a bit, but my waist has not. The problem with this is that the reason my waist looked so “nipped in” before surgery was because I had such generous love handles, and that was one of the things I loved about my body before, and I don’t really have that right now. I’m adding some photos from day 2(Saturday, feb 9th) so you see what I mean. I’m hoping I keep my sharply curved waist, it was one of the reasons I chose Dr. Perry. I keep feeling like maybe I wasn’t specific enough when I told him what I wanted. I know, I’m such a worrier.
I think this whole shape thing may be because the compression garments I’ve found seem to put a tremendous amount of pressure on my hip area, and not as much on the waist, so they’re shrinking much more rapidly. I’m thinking of getting a waist cincher to speed the process up. Anyone have any recommendations for a cincher that allows for crazy hourglass proportions?
I’m really trying not to judge my results or worry too much right now because I’m so early in the process, and there’s very little I can do right now but wait and see how everything turns out before I start stressing over stuff. Easier said than done I guess.
One thing I must say is that the skin pooch at the bottom of my belly is not turning out to be too bad! There is a little area of overhang, but for the most part it really tightened up!
Also, dr. Perry has been really good about answering my concerned e-mails, but I haven’t gotten my before/afters yet, so I think I’ll just start by posting the pics I took at Miriam’s house.
Trying to take this whole thing one day at a time!

P.S. Forgot to mention - I am wearing my compression garment constantly, I have a high compression Faja that I sometimes wear to bed, and during the day I wear a smoother one, XL full body braless with crotch holes from "Body by veronique" that is REALLY tight, it;s harder to get on than the Faja! It's not as stiff as it either, it is very smooth, seams on the outside, no hooks or zippers or anything.

Again, neither garment puts as muh pressure on my waist as it does m hips, even with the thick piece of foam Dr. Perry gave me for extra compression/smoothness on my belly.

P.S. thank you to the ladies that have been encouraging and full of advice, this can be scary! I hope I am in love with my body after this, because I'm jsut realizing now how much I loved certain things about my body beforehand, and I hope I didn't lose those things.

Also, I have to resize my pis before putting them up to keep within the allowable upload limit, so I'll just give you guys some day 2s for now (so you get a good Idea of what I looked like before.