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STILL SWOLLEN 6 1/2 WEEKS POST OP... NEW PICS!
UPDATED FROM dieselchick
3 months post
Not so sure if i am happy or not??
dieselchickJune 6, 2013
$7,800
My stomach looked great till about 7-8 week mark, now i am not loving my results so much. My stomach is half filled with new stretch marks and on top of that my stomach skin and muscles seem to be relaxing way to much. I have to suck in to not even look close to what i did at 5-6 weeks when i am not sucking in i look pregnant almost and when i set down i look like i have a jelly role.
I have not gained any weight what so ever i am smaller than i have been in 7 years so i dont understand how i look worse now than a few weeks ago? Anyone else have this issue my stomach looks like a question mark that start about 2 inches above my incision it just bows out unless sucking in and pushes my belly button t the point it looks ugly and weird as can be. Could it be a hernia failed plictation swelling?? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!
I have not gained any weight what so ever i am smaller than i have been in 7 years so i dont understand how i look worse now than a few weeks ago? Anyone else have this issue my stomach looks like a question mark that start about 2 inches above my incision it just bows out unless sucking in and pushes my belly button t the point it looks ugly and weird as can be. Could it be a hernia failed plictation swelling?? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!
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UPDATED FROM dieselchick
2 months post
Well even though I am very upset over my new...
dieselchickMay 1, 2013
Well even though I am very upset over my new stretch marks ABOVE my belly button (and yes they are new they were not kinda sorta maybe there before) .. and of course the swelling sucks some days I feel amazing and tiny and then the next day i feel like a water soaked sponge :( . I still havent taken a bath how long before its safe to bath? I am trying to wean myself from my compression garment until i go without it for a day then think i need to buy a new smaller size (it helps wit my swelling so much) i love it and i hate it at the same time, i have also had 2 stitches get spit out one in my big incision and the other in my belly button. but here are some new pics any how!!
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UPDATED FROM dieselchick
1 month post
So i have had what i thought was indents from my...
dieselchickApril 17, 2013
So i have had what i thought was indents from my compression garment and swelling since like 2 1/2 weeks post op.. well lately i havent been wearing my garment as much so i actually can see my bare stomach before i now i never seen it much i was always wearing my CG. Well i slept without my CG lastnight go to get in the shower and i notice the indents are still there after not wearing my garment all night so i start to really examine things and yup a bunch of tiny stretch marks what the hell!!! I asked my DR specifically if i could get stretch marks from a tummy tuck he laughed at me and told me no.. and wouldnt be so upset but its like a patch in a circle right above my belly button i am so upset cause i know there is nor reversing nasty stretch marks and almost all of mine we gone from before any i had left could be covered by underwear now i have them above my belly button??
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April 18, 2013
I got the same stretch marks around my belly button. Totally new Nd red and ugly. They are starting to fade though. My ps told me I am only the second person that he's had that happen too, lucky me...
April 18, 2013
Seriously?? Did he explain it in any more detail than that?? I am so upset i have been putting cocoa butter stretch mark balm and bio oil and vitamin e oil on all day then wrapping myself in plastic wrap i am devastated my belly was starting to look so good now this??
April 18, 2013
Nope. I just went back to my pics and the first pic they are visible is 5 wks po. He only told me it must be because my belly button was so tight. I am using arnica gel on them as well as pure Shea butter. They are fading at least. We are going on a cruise in July and I want them gone by then.
April 18, 2013
Ughhh just when you think you have won the battle.. if they were lower i wouldn't care as much but they are higher than any i had before.. and my belly turned out so much better than i had ever imagined that i was had actually started thinking hey maybe i will buy a bikini instead of a nasty granny swimsuit like have ad to wear for years but nope not now.. i will try and post some pics tomorrow i feel sorry for my drs office wen they get my call tomorrow
April 18, 2013
I think the belly button is the issue cause mine seemed to set very high before now it sits normal on my stomach just accompanied with nasty stretch marks i jst hope i can prevent them from getting worse this as changed pretty much all my excitement i had about my tummy tuck results
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