Tummy Tuck with muscle repair- Mountain View, CA

So I had my son at age 19 and he destroyed my tummy : ( I had my daughter 8 yrs later and she didn't seem to do any further damage ... I had both my kids via c section also ....it's been 91/2 yrs n I've been soo self cautious about my tummy ...I'm a small girl weighing only 108 so for me it's never been about being fat really more about extra skin and bulging muscles ...I've worked out a ton doing kick boxing and weight lifting and Zumba .. It help a bit but only if I did it 4 days a week for an hour two hours at a time...even then the extra skin was still there the bulge was there above my belly bottom but not much ... I was also vegetarian n ratting very healthy ... Neways it's hard to keep that up with a 9 yr old ( with disabilities) and a new baby ... I've always been so jealous of all my friends n their flat Timmy's after kids ... I was the only one whose body got messed up bad .. This problem made me scared to gain any weight because the more I weight the worse it would look like I was prego n it even hung over a lil bit : ( neways my lil girl is 1 1/2 n I decided it was time to be happy n do something for my self : ) so I asked around my friends who have gotten boob jobs n I called n re searched each of their docs n I picked one I thought was best ... He happened to be 5 hours away from me ( I don't live near good plastic surgeons. It's very small town here) I didn't like that he was so far but I really wanted to get it done. His reviews on here were all good except his bed side manner ... N yes it's not great but I wasn't looking for a friend I was looking for a good surgeon. So I got loans n went for it ... I had my appt we t down but had to cancel because I was sick ... He made me where a mask and gloves while there n if I didn't have gloves n touched something he had someone there to wipe is down .. Might seem extreme to some but I was grateful that he paid such close attention to the spread of cold germs etc ...I feel like all doctor should be that way ...neways I rescheduled n had it done 5 days ago ... I was sooo scared to be put undergone so long but that was the easiest part lol ... I woke up n the pain I had was from my arms not the surgery site ...my arms hurt like hell lol ... My surgery was 7 hours .. Longer then most I've read on here but this doc takes the time to sew ur skin back to the muscles so there's no space n no need for drains ... To me this was worth being under all that extra time .. Since I live far away ... Healing is support to be a bit fast this way as well ... The first 3 days were ruff but once u pass those days it's so much easier ... Still very restricted of course but pain was low n I was able to walk for short periods n even do lil chores ....after which I take a nap because my back hurts .. I'm still very hunched over ... I'm just scared to straighten up but I'm going to gradually work on it ... Doc said I should be straight up within the next week ... My left arm that had the I've in the hand still hurt some n feels numb in areas ... My thumb is tingly and numbish as well which bugs me alot ... There are times I'm like what the heck did I do but I know that just like a c section in about a month ill be fine n soo happy : ) I just wish I could fast forward lol more updates as I progress n heal . Ill post a pic of my tummy soon also the price is aprox but it was about 4000 more then most because he does all that extra work

6 days post op ... I love my new tummy . I think my belly botton is cute as of now .. I'm just a worrier about healing perfect with none of the problems that can occur ... I see bruises n think o please god don't let my skin die : ( it's anxiety .. If anyone can put my mind at ease fill free

My left arm n thumb bug me more then anything .. Bothe arms get sore after sleeping but my left is worse n my thumb is numb / tingly still .. There were two other fingers that felt the same way but they got better and are fine now ... Ps says it will get better as the days go on...I read other reviews that's say a week to a month before it went away for them