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37 Year Old Mother of 3 - Minneapolis, MN
Nervous901's provider
UPDATED FROM Nervous901
1 month post
1 month recovered!
Wow, time has flown by. I am so happy that I have done this. I am so much more confident now. I NEVER wore revealing clothes, a belt, or felt comfortable letting my husband see me naked. I feel so much better about myself. It has really improved our relationship, I feel worth his compliments. I feel like I used to, like this is my body again!
I am still healing. There is that one spot under my right breast but it improves everyday and I have been vigilant about home care. Bacitracin 2x/day, saline moistened gauze 12 hours/day and peeled off when dry, medi-honey 2 x/day. My surgeon has been amazing. If there is one piece of advice I would give it would be to trust your surgeon. Find someone you are comfortable and confident in. Yes, he cost more than others but he was worth every penny. My incision lines are TINY, I hardly had any swelling, I hardly had any bruising and I only had one drain which was placed below my bikini line so there is no scar from that.
I will post pictures of my wound as through all of this I have been so grateful for those brave enough to share your pictures. Thank you!!!
I am still healing. There is that one spot under my right breast but it improves everyday and I have been vigilant about home care. Bacitracin 2x/day, saline moistened gauze 12 hours/day and peeled off when dry, medi-honey 2 x/day. My surgeon has been amazing. If there is one piece of advice I would give it would be to trust your surgeon. Find someone you are comfortable and confident in. Yes, he cost more than others but he was worth every penny. My incision lines are TINY, I hardly had any swelling, I hardly had any bruising and I only had one drain which was placed below my bikini line so there is no scar from that.
I will post pictures of my wound as through all of this I have been so grateful for those brave enough to share your pictures. Thank you!!!
Replies (2)
I
February 9, 2015
Thank you for your update! It's good to hear how happy you are. I'm three weeks out from my mommy makeover and I'm terrified. It's so much money!, and I have three children that really need me!!!
A
February 10, 2015
Very glad to hear you're healing so smoothly and loving your results. It's awesome to feel like yourself again and enjoy the huge confidence in and out of the bedroom once again. We're truly blessed to have gone through with this transformation. Happy healing :)))
UPDATED FROM Nervous901
24 days post
3 weeks
Went back to work at day 19 and it actually went much better than I thought. I have a pretty physical job and although I was tired this week I made it! Still wearing the elastic binder and lipo pads on my thighs. Dr says I can be done with that anytime but I'm actually afraid to stop. What if things suddenly go back to how I used to look?!? I still have quite a bit of swelling at the TT incision and lipo, breasts are softening and dropping. If it weren't for the area of necrosis under my right breast I'd be in the clear. We have a tropical vacation planned for 1 month and this has to be healed by then!! I'm putting bacitracin in 2/day there and have moved to silicone scar strips everywhere else. Does anyone have a similar experience with a necrotic area? What sort of healing timeframe did you have? Any special things that worked to speed it up?
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L
January 31, 2015
Looking good! how is the stiffness from the lipo? I'm on day 10 and ready to cry when I get out of bed in the morning just from the stiffness. You're going to have such a fun time on that vacation - not thinking about hiding your tummy!! Did you buy some bikini's yet? For the necrosis, I've heard great things about hyperbaric oxygen - can you call your PS and ask if there is one near you? Also maybe try medi-honey?
N
January 31, 2015
No hyperbaric chambers near me. I haven't heard much of medi-honey but I'll search for it, thanks for the tip! I think I've bought 10 bikinis and can't pick one!
L
February 1, 2015
Too funny - I love that you've bought so many bikini's!! I got my medi-honey from Amazon. I've not used it yet since my scar is still so fresh but wanted it on hand in case anything happened. If you search on real self there seems to be a lot of girls that swear by it :-)
A
January 31, 2015
You look fabulous and that area under your breast looks to be healing well. Love how flat your tummy is at only 3 weeks out. I hope you're healed enough in time to get in the water during your vacation. You look great! Congrats on getting back to work and happy healing :)
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