I am only 8 dpo but can’t stop looking at my new body

After having three very large babies I found myself so very unhappy with how I looked; my skin had stretched an insane amount with each pregnancy, my breast tissue was so thin and lax that they drooped like udders with my nipples pointing straight to the ground. I had absolutely zero shape, other than my massive flanks, which I affectionately referred to as my “permanent muffin top” and my stretch marks were numerous and deep. At only 31 years old I wasn’t ready to resign myself to hiding my body behind loose and bulky clothes for the rest of my life, even after losing all the baby weight and being at a very healthy BMI I still was so disappointed with my appearance.

I had very conservative expectations regarding the results that I would achieve with this mommy makeover, I have always had a wide waist with close to zero definition my whole life, I have a wide ribcage and very short torso (as boxy as a cereal box) I have also stored fat on my flanks my entire life, I’m 5’6” and even when I was 110lbs in my early twenties, I always carried my fat in the worst spot on my flanks, making it look like I had a muffin top 24/7.

Going into surgery my flanks were my biggest concern, things like my breast lift, scar placement and stretch mark reduction, meant almost nothing to me if my flanks could be improved upon to just appear NORMAL, not even great, just baseline normal would have put a smile on my face. I stressed this to Dr.Z as he was marking me up, but I have always understood there is only so much surgery can do.

When I took my binder off at my first post op appointment I silently sobbed to myself because I couldn’t understand what I was looking at. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d ever have actual curves and a feminine figure and my waist actually looked small for the first time in my entire life. There was no boxiness apparent and my hip dips were non existent. Not only that but my breast lift looked beautiful, my scar was amazing, and the stretch marks above my belly button were gone.

I am only 8 dpo but can’t stop looking at my new body, I couldn’t dream of a more beautiful result. This doctor is a true magician, I still don’t understand how he did it, just completely mind blown.

I spent 2 years researching doctors before I found Dr.Z. I had to take a large chunk out of my savings to pay for this procedure, and about an extra $10k in expenses to travel out of state for 10 days between flights, massages, airbnb, rental car, a live in nanny for the kids back home, groceries, etc….Every single penny was money well spent.

All the staff at this practice are top notch, and just so very kind. I loved every one of the girls I interacted with from email and phone communication that started last year throughout my pre op and post op office visits and post op recovery, every one is a doll and so kind and reassuring.

The cleanliness of the facility is notable and impressive as well. Dr. Z’s bedside manner is second to none and I felt totally comfortable and heard every time I spoke with him.

I will continue to sing this staff and doctor’s praises to all that will listen!

I wish I would have added chin lipo! I didn’t think to ask about it, but just another reason to visit this team again in the future.

I’m almost 10wpo and I’m still completely in love with my results. The swelling in my hips has subsided so they’re not as big as before and I have a VERY slight hip dip when looking at my backside on the left hip. I think just a small touch up fat transfer would fix it if I decided to, but I also took ZERO care of my fat transfer and that’s all on me. I was in a lot of pain and pretty miserable once I got back home since I have 3 little ones to look after and couldn’t ever really and truly rest. At that point in time I wasn’t thinking about babying the area, I just wanted to be comfortable and needed to get through the day. I also am in school and had to go back to sitting on hard school chairs for 3-5 hours a day at 2wpo. I honestly did the absolute most to basically ensure the fat WOULDNT be able to integrate, but somehow a lot of it still did. I feel so much better at this point and I’m standing fully upright, back to sleeping on my belly, and i’m able to sneeze without a lot of pain. I confused this feeling good with being good to resume working out, I must have done too much my first day back bc my body swelled right back up. I’m going to take it easy for another week then start back in the gym very lightly.