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Wow nice story! Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us.   You are only three weeks post op now and already feel so great.  Just imagine how much better it will get.

I know that you are going to have fun doing the clothes shopping:)  Keep us up to date on your progress as you continue to heal.

Hello, we share the same PS. I was looking thru his reviews and came upon your post. I wondered if at consult PS would look at my body and go 'ew ick' and 'how gross', so relate with your story. Nurse Jim, I liked also. He wheelchaired me to hotel & got me all tucked into bed with lots of pillows. I don't know if we had the same anethesiologist, but I have never had an IV go in so fast, nor been put under within seconds of IV in place - wonderful. I'm glad to hear you are healing so well.

Ladies, I am in the process of doing research for a "mommy make-over" possibly, among other things. Part of the research and then consultation process is trying to determine what procedures are best for the results that I am seeking, so at this point, I'm not entirely certain what I need to do, if that makes any sense. I had my first son, lost an enormous amount of weight and then got pregnant again, and now am expecting my 2nd son next month. I had planned to have some things done before pregnancy so this is why I am in the research and information process at the moment. I plan to lose weight slowly after pregnancy, and try to get as close to my goal weight as possible, and then perhaps have the work done early next Spring. (I don't know how long one has to wait after giving birth to have cosmetic surgery, but I would assume at least 6 months or more is the norm). Anyway, I'm not in a rush or anything but I did want to ask some questions of you both. gnight_rain - you mentioned that you had a "mommy make-over".....and you list the cost as $12,000. May I ask what all you had done, how you are feeling about it now, and if you had any further work done? And, Cher in Seattle, did you go back and have the thigh lift, and if so, how did that go and what was the cost? I will check out your profile and see if you give any more info. I am asking because my lower body is my real problem area and I think that I would be a good candidate for lipo on my outer thighs, but I'm not sure about the inner. I have a lot of saggy skin and therefore I'm wondering if an inner thigh lift would be needed, in addition to the lipo on the outer thigh/hip area. Eventually, I will probably get a tummy tuck and possibly a breast lift, but my lower body is the area that I am most unhappy with. I am even wondering if I need to do a butt lift, not the brazillian kind, just a regular, lift it up procedure. Before this last pregnancy I had lost a lot of fat, and put on muscle, but the saggy skin just breaks my heart because it hides the good results. I am also 47 and I think age is contributing to the sagging too. It is very helpful to know how much to budget for these kinds of procedures, so that helps me in my planning. For instance, I'm trying to determine how much (on average) just outer thigh lipo is or combined with hip is. Any information that you ladies can give me would be helpful! Thank you so much!