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Bellydancer Tired of Too Much Belly!

UPDATED FROM Kelly Cookie
1 year post

Hey everyone! It's been well over a year since my...

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Kelly Cookie
WORTH IT$8,000
Hey everyone! It's been well over a year since my TT and here's some pics. Doing well. Scar continues to improve

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Stephen P. Hardy, MD

Stephen P. Hardy, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (3)

January 22, 2013
girl, that is amazing! i was an obese teen too, so i know...i know. you look stunning, if i can come out half as good as you in a year i'd be thrilled!
January 22, 2013
also, do you remember how long it took for your seroma to go away? did you ever have to have a drain reinserted? I am going in for my 5th aspiration tomorrow and getting discouraged. thanks!
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January 22, 2013
Oh my goodness five aspirations! That's really rough. I just had to have it done the one time and no drain reinsertion. Maybe yours is just going to take a little while for all the tissue to become reattached and stuff. As for my seroma.. It seems like a long time ago :P It got a little puffy after the first aspiration and just slowly went away on it's own. It really does take time for everything to start feeling normal again.
January 22, 2013
thanks! you inspired me to look at belly dancing videos too. omg...could i do that now!? too many amazing things to think about now that I don't have all this skin :-D
January 22, 2013
Beautiful results! Congrats!!!
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January 22, 2013
Looking awesome congrats.
UPDATED FROM Kelly Cookie
3 months post

Wow time is flying by. Went to a checkup last week...

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Wow time is flying by. Went to a checkup last week. The Dr. said he would fix my little dogear during an office visit if i wanted without charge. That's nice. One thing I didn't mention that happened in January: I had a tiny piece of folded over metal come out of my incision!! I was freaked out. It had kind of opened up in one of those spots and one morning a saw a little dark thing in the opening. I pressed on it and out popped the foreign piece of metal. It was very strange. I told my Dr. about this and he was pretty surprised too. It was a tiny surgical clamp that was used during surgery to control bleeding. I was told that these are often left behind and do not cause any problems. Well it caused a problem with me! Ick. Anyway, I'm pretty much all healed up now, but still can't shake this extra weight so I am not posting a new pic. Tummy still has weird sensations occasionally. Scar has not really lightened at all yet

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February 21, 2012

My body spit out stitches but never a surgical clamp...Gads!

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March 21, 2012
so proud you did it chica, great job, your sexi now and i love the Personality your having in your "PIZZA dough no wait, that is mi stomach comment " that was a riot to read,and congratz !felicidades! your amazing lookin and i can't wait 2 months to go for me!

*sexi flat stomach 2012*
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March 28, 2012
Thank you! I'm excited for you to have your new tummy as well! You won't regret it :)
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March 28, 2012
U LOOK AMAZING!!CNT WAIT FOR MY NEW BELLY 6 DAYS TO GO!!
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March 28, 2012
Thanks! Wow 6 days.. I was so ready to hurry up and get it over with when I was that close to surgery. Please keep us updated!
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March 31, 2012
Just wanted to pop on over and say that you look amazing!!!!
UPDATED FROM Kelly Cookie
2 months post

Hello everyone. Hope the new year is going well...

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Hello everyone. Hope the new year is going well for all. I'm at 8 weeks right now and everything is alright. My incision has opened up a tiny bit twice now. I'm not sure why. Not enough to go to the doc, but it got really flaky and red in two spots which then turned into small openings. The first one healed up within a week or so, and this new one seems to be healing up alright. Perhaps this has something to do with the stitches as well? Anyway, swelling is getting minimal, but sometimes I still have fluid stuck in that darn seroma pocket. I have gained almost 15 pounds since the tummy tuck! How is that even possible?! I'm getting back into a fitness routine and trying to eat right and have lost a couple pounds. I'm not too discouraged. Things take time. Will post new pics once this last little wound closes up.

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January 6, 2012
Hi Kelly, I'm still losing weight but I'm considering a tummy tuck when I'm closer to my goal weight. I have stretch marks on my belly and I notice that yours seemed to fade significantly a few weeks after your surgery--was that just different lighting in the pictures, or did you see that your stretch marks were less significant after surgery?
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January 9, 2012
The difference in the appearance of the stretch marks is solely due to a change in lighting. A tummy tuck will do nothing for stretch marks unless they are below the belly button
January 9, 2012
Mine are all mostly below my belly button so when I have surgery I will be saying goodbye to 90% of my stretch marks! Your stomach still looks smoking hot, Kelly Cookie! Rock that belly dancer bod!
January 16, 2012
Thats ok Kelly just work/burn off those 15lbs off. I like that halter top in your last pic. I would definitely rock something like that now!
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January 17, 2012
Thanks Peaches. It's a bellydance top! I don't think I would just run around wearing something like that for no reason lol!
January 17, 2012
Oh it is. I will still wear it on vacation in the islands or on a beach with some shorts.
January 18, 2012
You look great peaches!