37 Year Old Mother of 3 - Minneapolis, MN

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Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
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  • 11 Feb 2015
  • 1 month post

1 month recovered!

  • 9 Feb 2015
  • 1 month post
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!!!

3 weeks

  • 31 Jan 2015
  • 24 days post
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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Richard H. Tholen, MD, FACS
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
4825 Olson Memorial Hwy., Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • 25 Nov 2014

I have had 1 consultation with Dr. Tholen and was very impressed with his chairside manner and easy to understand explanations. Everyone at Minneapolis Plastic Surgery was helpful and friendly. I was a little worried about being so exposed and having every little thing on my body critiqued but he made me comfortable and never suggested work without me saying something first. In fact, I wanted to do more extensive liposuction and he has declined for safety because the surgery will already be over 7 hours. The scheduler, Sarah, has been wonderful to deal with and easy to get ahold of for questions. I am still very nervous about having these procedures done but after meeting Dr. Tholen I am confident in his surgical talents and his knowledge to help me get the look I am after.