surgery pics, before, during and post op

So it been one month im super excited about how I already look and how much more comfortable I am in clothes and just being myself. This has really made a great impact on my life. I hope more people get to do this for themselves, it is a recovery process, I am still very sore in my lower back and sides where flanks were done. I still use the patches occasionally to help with pain and sleep I stopped wearing garment on one month and its so nice to sleep without it on last two nights. I do think I will still wear it a lot to keep the healing faster and better, I can tell the difference from when its off and on with the tightening. I also took these pictures after having dinner and at night i look a bit smaller and tighter in the morning. I still have to make my one month visit as I have been very busy. I hope to see her next week. I think she will be happy and can tell me what I can expect with tightening over the next couple months. I still have some rolls and loose skin I can grab that isn't tender or swollen to me, but going to ask. I look a little more bigger on sides verse the surgery right after but maybe that's still some swelling that will go down. either way this is a dramatic change and very happy with the dr. I had. I hope to get more tighter over the next months and see a great difference in the shape of my torso I want some curves like on my day 3 post. I have lost a lot of weight as well post operation sticking to a paleo diet, that my doctor recommended. Its insane how nothing wants to fit anymore except leggings. I will give you a update soon after doctor visit and maybe get before photos. Happy holidays to everyone!!

So week two was a little intense the more swollen areas were hurting pretty bad my compression garment kept cutting into my sides but the bruising is gone and i'm doing quite well. My surgeon gave me Lidoderm patches for the achy parts and it sure helped a lot. didn't even have to use the whole box. She also did some ultrasonic treatment on me to calm the spots that were most painful. this was amazing and I am very thankful for the Jen being so considerate of me. So now I'm sitting a little more comfortable, I am seeing a little more fatty areas coming back though this last week as my posting are a little behind. As the swelling is going down I can still grab areas of skin that isn't swollen i will ask at my one month this week and see what she has to say. :) any questions feel free to ask.

So my first week was good i was extremely sore and nausea problems that slowed down. The swelling was a lot to deal with wearing the garment some areas tighter than others leaving bruising in that spot. I went to my doctor about a week into it with a horrible knot on my right side that everything I did made worse. She checked to make sure it wasn't any excess fluid and it wasn't just a more sensitive spot with swelling and this is also where my garment cuts in. Otherwise things have been good my results have shown so quickly, like most others i've seen on here. The garment is getting more easier to handle each day. I'm very excited to see what I will be like at my one month check up.