Mini Tummy Tuck - Oklahoma City, OK

I gained from 155.5 to 158.5 as of friday. Started dieting Friday and today I weight 154.5. So I lost 4 lbs this weekend. It was 5 lbs but last night I snacked on a chocolate cookie and chips. Ugh! I'm really trying. I am happy I have lost 4 lbs though. The extra 3 lbs I had gained really made my pouch above the scar line much bigger. I bought some dried fruit, and lime sherbert bars (70 cal) for when I get my dreaded sweet tooth. I also bought some carrots to replace my craving for chips, but it's really not the same. I worked in my yard this weekend for the first time in 2 months. I had to prune and trim all my bushes and then replaced 9 sprinklers in my flower beds. It was so dang hot. I was really glad I had a pool to jump into when I was done. So refreshing!

I am 2.5 months post op from a mini tummy tuck and have a pouch above my scar line too! Did yours ever go away? I am frustrated because I think he should have done more Lipo in that area. I am considering having him cool sculpt it, but will have to wait til 6 months post op.

Yes I still have swelling just exactly like yours. Today was the first time that when I took of the binder that it wasn't uncomfortable to walk down my hallway. I don't wear my binder at night, all other times I do. I also keep it snug and if it hurts I will loosen it. PS said not to wear it too tight. I too gained weight, but started watching it 4 days ago. Just to give you a heads up on weight progression. I am 5'4" and weighed 154-5 lbs going into surgery. So I was a little chubby for me. Good weight for me is 135. At that weight my stomach was flat but had loose skin. Yuk! Surgeon said even though I wasn't at my ideal weight of 135 the mini tt would still work for me. Weight in ps office AFTER tt was 160. Fluids from surgery added 5 lbs.! Weight 4 days post op was 152. Weight 3 weeks postop was 155. Weight 4 weeks post op 157. Yikes, I was eating cookies and whatever I wanted and since I can't exercise I knew I was gaining fat pounds. Started dieting and now 4 days later I weight 154.5. I am trying to commit to watching what I eat so that I can get to at least 145 at my 2 month post op. So thats my weight journey so far. Hope that helps you. Maybe, we can be weight buddies on this journey and keep each other from eating our way back to fat tummies!

I stopped taking the heavy pain meds after 5 days and switched to Tylenol. After about day 10 I was only taking something to help me sleep. I didn't have a lot of burning though...In fact I still feel a lot of numbness above the incision.

How is your swelling now. I had a mommy makeover too with mini tt and lipo on 4/41/12 and am still swollen. In fact my tt pic looks like yours. Please let me know and I will keep you posted as well. I'm going to talk to my ps aboit lymph drainage massage to see if iy will help. I'm at 4 wks tomorrow.