20 days PO getting better. New pictures- before and after- San Francisco, CA

Islandgrrl you are looking great. I am 4 weeks PO and still dont like when certain clothes rub against the site. And I still itch. I love how clothes just look way better now. Happy healing.

hang in there...there's so many changes that take place over the first few months.  i'm 4 months post op now and some days i swear the flubber is back, then the next day i feel slim again!?  

island girl you look great and it just gets better with time

I am 17 days post opt and I still hunch over at times. And I still had pain at 10 days but nothing compared to how I felt the 1st day. Doing great is a "state of mind" and that is why I was always positive but I had my share of rough days also....and one day of some serious regret/depression. But you will feel better once you are drainless! You will see a huge improvement after that. So believe me still walking with a bend at 10 days is normal and still having pain is normal as well. You are fine sweetie!

When I look at your before pictures and the ones right now, I can see that what you have now looks hard and swollen (instead of soft and gooshey like before.) That seems to me like inflamed muscles and skin that will go back down, whereas as we know that gooshey will NEVER go down without help! So I can totally understand why you are discouraged and worried, but as Cherrybabi said, you don't even have your drains out yet!!!!! It is WAAAAYYYY too early to say that things aren't going well. And I saw people who had their surgeries 6 months before and they could still really wipe themselves out and get sore again if they did too much at the gym.
I have decided that I have to think of this like having a baby -- it takes 9 months to really recover afterwards, NOT three weeks (despite what you might read some french women do ;)

I am 19 days PO (I think) and I am still hunched over sometime and still have my drains. Some nights I am so uncomfortable I'd be up most the night. Like the ladies here always tell me, give it time.

Hi Im 19days post op and the day your drains come out you will feel a whole lot better. It's much easier to walk but im still hunched over at times and my back is kinda sore at night.

I am 18 days post op and still hunch over, especially late in the day when swelling is at its max......AND I still have a drain in, so hang in there, this is a marathon, not a sprint!