So glad I did this for myself

I work out 5-6 days a weeks and I just couldn’t get my tummy to respond like my arms and legs do. So I’ve said for a long time I’ve wanted to do a tummy tuck. My daughter just recently left for college and I have no other children so now was the time for me to do something for me. I had my consultation at the end of Sept and was very impressed with Dr Wallace not to mention I have several friends who have had him do their procedures and nothing but excellent results. So I scheduled my surgery for Oct 14th. I never was nervous about the procedure just the getting up and down afterwards. I have to say it’s been a lot easier than I thought it would be the day of surgery there was little to discomfort. My worse day was Day 2 but at night. Today is Day 3 and my husband has went back to work and I’m home alone and all I can say is it’s good I never skipped leg day. I use all legs to lift up out of my car. I also had my 13yr old silicone implants swapped out to HP silicone and went from 500cc’s to 560cc’s to help increase upper volume. I’m obviously very swollen all over but the day after surgery was my post op visit and I do have a picture from that day and can add more pictures later as I heal more. I am so glad I did this for myself and I can’t wait to see my final results.

Today was 1 week Post op and I got my drains out. I was dreading that because I was worried it would hurt. It didn’t at all! Whew I’m very happy with my results so far even though I’m still very swollen. My implants don’t look much different than they did I went from 500cc silicone mentor moderate To 560cc silicone mentor high profile. I wasn’t going for a crazy change just more volume up top and that was a success. I would highly recommend Dr Wallace to anyone interested in a mommy makeover. He and his office staff are amazing.

I am 7 weeks PO as of yesterday 12/2. All is healing well, my breast’s haven’t been an issue at all. Almost like nothing was done to them but I believe that’s due to this just being a silicone replacement and not a new surgery. They are definitely higher and more full than before so that makes me happy! My tummy incision has been healing great but seems to itch a lot now but that’s just from healing. My hips seem really wide to me now unlike right after procedure I think because I was swollen all over then and now a lot of that has subsided. I addressed that concern with my Dr and he said it’s because my waist is so much smaller now and that I can see my hip bones more. I also asked about my belly button looking off centered and he explains that very little percentage of people’s bb is exactly in the middle of their tummy and it’s in the same place as presurgery because all they can do is cut a new hole and pull thru your bb from the position it was in before. My last concern is I feel like I am getting rolls back on my belly but it may also just be from swelling. I was released at 1 week for light cardio (no weights) and full activity at 4 weeks and have been slowly getting back into the gym and I’m sure that is causing some additional swelling as well.
My 3 month follow up is in mid January and hopefully I will be able to see more of a change in the right direction then.