Tummy Tuck No Lipo 33yrs Old 5'0 125lbs 2 C-Sections - Phoenix, AZ

I am officially 2 months post op. I still wake with the feeling like I need to stretch and my muscles still get tense. When it is too told tight I take a muscle relaxer to help me get some rest. Up until last week my dents from lipo done on the front of my belly were very pronounced and deep. I begin to aggressively massage those areas and they have softened up tremendously within the week. I also begin pressure massage on the areas of my scar that had pleating and those areas have also completely flattened out within a week. I have been babying myself with activity because on my last post op my PS advised me to do so. So no gym, no housework, and some light walking. I trust my surgeon and I feel more confident in the healing. I have not had any issues or worries since taking it easy and giving my body time to heal on its own pace. I don't want to risk widening the scar so I will not continue to massage the area until I have the okay from my PS. I have a post op appointment in a few weeks. I use arnica oil to massage my belly and keep it moisturized. On my scar I use bioCorneum 100% silicone gel with spf30. Once the gel dries I use Mepitac silicone adhesive tape to reduce tension to the scar line and prevent widening. I am very happy with the symmetry and low placement of the scar. Some oddities are the swelling which for me tends to happen in the upper abdomen. When I sit I have pooch but it is uniform and is more pronounced when I eat bad. Nerves waking = random sharp stabbing pains. No one has noticed a change at work or with family and no one but my husband and surgeon'so office know I have had surgery. My energy is still a bit lagging, other than that, I have had a pretry positive experience.

Since week 3 I have been able to stand much straighter and will begin to hunch or look lazy if I do too much. I had to remove my surgical tape while my PS was on vacay as it was starting to burn from the adhesive. I replaced the tape with mepitac. I woke up this morning and my right side seems to be much more contoured than my left and is much more noticeable as the swelling goes down. I am hoping my results will not be that assymetrical and is just my body working itself out. I will ask my PS his opinion this coming week but I am sure it is too soon to say for sure. I will update if I get a definitive answer. The tightness that used to wake me up at night is not as bothersome if I take a prescribed muscle relaxer before bed. I have been waking up on my right side and try to switch to my left to even out having too much pressure on one side and to keep my back from hurting from being in one position. I do feel the need to want to just stretch. I hope to be able to go back to the gym this coming week. Time has really flown by.

I have been able to stand up at about 80% so far. I have been trying to stretch out in bed a little. I was cleared for a spanx type garment at 7 days and have been wearing them since. Last night I decided to splint my belly by using my surgical binder for extra support. I woke up standing much straighter than yesterday. My midsection was feeling so fragile at the incision and below, seems the extra support helped alleviate some tension. I have been working 1/2 from home every Friday and I am suppose to return to my normal schedule on Monday. I feel good, I just have to remind myself that healing from this surgery is a long process that happens in phases. It is funny, before all I could think about how difficult the actual act of the surgery and immediate pain would be. Now I realize that the surgery was the easiest part so far. My surgical tape is slowly coming off. I have about a 14 inch scar from hip to hip it does not wrap to the sides. 4 inches of tape has come loose so far. It was placed over surgical glue and has only loosened in areas where the scab was ready to come off. If I try to lift the tape I can see it is still firmly attached to a fleshy scab on the incision. My knots on the side I was worried about my first few posts from the lipo are starting to slowly calm. I had lipo to my front sides. My left side is still harder and more swollen than rigjt side. Earlier in the week I thought I was losing circulation to my bellybutton and was afraid it was closing. Within a few days of seeing my PS everything looks fine.