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Lipo Take II - I Just Want my Young Body Back - Oklahoma City, OK
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I'm really thankful to have found this community....
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I'm really thankful to have found this community. I have a couple friends that I tell what I'm doing, but nobody that I can really talk to about it or that understands my choices. I'm 43 yr old mom of 2. Oct 2013 I had Mini Tummy Tuck with lipo and lipo to my flanks. I wrote reviews for those, but since I'm having a separate surgery, I figured I would start a new review. At the time of my original surgery I was only 122lbs, but I had excess tummy skin and fat and my flanks were disproportionately large compared to the rest of me. Overall I am very happy with my original results but there are a couple things that need fixing, so I'm going to do it. I figure why go through all that and spend the money to not have exactly what I want. So this is what I'm doing:
(FYI, I currently weigh around 134-137).
1. My scar looks great on the outside but internally there is scar tissue that is causing the scar and the skin around it, to be tacked down too tight so the dr will correct this and do some touch up lipo to the stomach and pubic area.
2. I had to have drains put back in twice. Wearing them for an extended period of time caused the incision scars to keloid, so that is getting fixed.
3. Lipo to flanks - At my lowest weight my flanks looked great, but he didn't take enough out and since that is where I gain weight first, if I gain any weight at all, it goes there first. At my current weight, my flanks are def better than they were before the lipo, but I want the extra flab GONE.
4. Lipo to upper arms and anterior and posterior axillary fat pads - I've always had broad shoulders for my size. Now in my 40s, I'm retaining more fat in my upper body and want my arms and shoulders to have that slim feminine look.
If this goes like I hope, it will be great :) !!
(FYI, I currently weigh around 134-137).
1. My scar looks great on the outside but internally there is scar tissue that is causing the scar and the skin around it, to be tacked down too tight so the dr will correct this and do some touch up lipo to the stomach and pubic area.
2. I had to have drains put back in twice. Wearing them for an extended period of time caused the incision scars to keloid, so that is getting fixed.
3. Lipo to flanks - At my lowest weight my flanks looked great, but he didn't take enough out and since that is where I gain weight first, if I gain any weight at all, it goes there first. At my current weight, my flanks are def better than they were before the lipo, but I want the extra flab GONE.
4. Lipo to upper arms and anterior and posterior axillary fat pads - I've always had broad shoulders for my size. Now in my 40s, I'm retaining more fat in my upper body and want my arms and shoulders to have that slim feminine look.
If this goes like I hope, it will be great :) !!
UPDATED FROM Afnav
5 days pre
Clarification
All the pictures of me in the black and grey shorts and red tank top are my current pictures from after my original TT and Lipo but before my surgery scheduled Aug 27, 2014.
Originally I only had lipo to my tummy and flanks. Aug 27, will be the first time to have lipo on my arms and axillary fat pads. Yay, so excited :)
Originally I only had lipo to my tummy and flanks. Aug 27, will be the first time to have lipo on my arms and axillary fat pads. Yay, so excited :)
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October 27, 2014
I am interested in having my flanks lipo'd and I would be do curious to see how your procedure turned out.
UPDATED FROM Afnav
5 days pre
Pictures before Oct 2013 TT and Lipo
I didn't keep my before pictures from my original TT and lipo surgery in 2013. I did find these pictures that were taken before the surgery but not for this purpose. So keep in mind these pictures are at my super skinny weight, I know my belly is showing so I'm sucking it in, stretching my mid section out so no rolls and holding my breath. Also no jeans pushing my muffin top up, over and out. With jeans on and from the back, my flanks were huge.
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August 21, 2014
I just saw your before pics and that is NOT HUGE!! I thought you looked good. No hanging belly,saggy or muffin top and flanks are not bad in my opinion.
August 21, 2014
Lol.. I admit I got lucky with no stretch marks, but the only reason my skin wasn't sagging is because there was a pad of squishy fat holding it up. The pictures aren't good before shots, because Im sucking it in and posing to make it look better. If I was slumped over with a pair of jeans on you'd see the spare tire better. Same with the flanks. I was thin girl but always had these two rolls sticking out of the back of my pants and every year after 40 it was getting worse. I know for 40s and after having 2 kids I was pretty fortunate, I'm just not ready to say goodbye to my young body. Ha! I want it back!! :) thx for the compliments too ;)
August 21, 2014
I wish I had a picture of the slab of fat and skin the dr removed. Even I was surprised at how big it was!!
August 21, 2014
40's were scary but i am proud of where i'm at, at 43.
Good genes here. You Look GOOD TO ME and you have 2 kids,so i would say AMAZING!!!!!!!
Have a Good Day!
August 22, 2014
I understand it body concerns, I was always very thin until a few years ago. I was used to seeing an almost concave stomach, good definition of the waist, and being able to wear almost anything. I went from that to no waist, bulges in the stomach area and very conscious of how I looked in almost everything. Our self image varies according to what we r used to seeing in ourselves. I hope the lipo goes well for u. Good luck.
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