Male Tummy Tuck UK Private - Glasgow, GB

I am a 28 year old male who over the course of 3 years lost 10 stone (22 stone down to 12 stone) through changing my diet and exercising. After I lost the weight I was left with a lot of excess skin and tried using a personal trainer to improve the appearance of my body. I did manage to put on muscle mass and decrease my body fat percentage but never visually looked any better due to the skin not being able to shrink as it had been stretched so much. After accepting that I had tried every possible method of improving my appearance I decided to go down the surgery route. After trying to get surgery done on the NHS I was told I would need to wait 18 months for an appointment with a psychiatrist before even being considered for surgery. Since I had put in all the work and determination to get to this point I didn't want to wait another 2+ years to get to an end point so I decided to go private. I found out today that I will be having the procedure 1 week today so decided to create my own 'review' on this page as I found it quite hard to find any stories from men regarding this type of surgery. I've attached a few photos to show the end result of dieting and exercising. As much as I would like to have a few areas worked on, I will be getting an adominoplasty carried out first as I feel this is the main area that needed dealt with. I have been doing a lot of research about post op experiences but as nervous as I am feeling about everything I don't think I will be able to fully prepare myself.

I'm just about to have my last drink of water before fasting starts. Going into the hospital in 5 hours and starting to get nervous. I'm also very worried that the Dr might have to re-schedule the surgery as I have a cold starting up and have read online that they won't operate if you're coming down with anything. I hope they don't have to delay as I've been waiting so long to get to this point. We'll see how it goes when I get to the hospital this afternoon.

Stomach is feel quite tight but isn't too sore, just uncomfortable. It's now 10 at night so I'm having something to eat before taking some pain killers and then I'm going to get some sleep as I'm very tired. Had a peek under my gown but can't tell much due to the dressings. I've got 2 drains in which seem fine.