Smart Lipo on 7/17/2008 - Hoping for Good Results!

I just had my 2 months follow up visit yesterday!

In short: everything is healing very nicely. At this point there is no pain, no discoloration, no numbness, no sensitivity, no discomfort anymore. Very minor lumps around my belly button area, some wrikles in the lower abs, but things have improved dramatically since my last update. My entry points (3 of them) look like little fading birhtmarks, not at all  bothersome.

I do not have to worry about getting dressed in the morning anymore, I can wear whatever i want to - it is a great feeling not to  have to stress over that anymore.

At my follow up yesterday we discussed  my concerns, mainly the wrikles and the little pouch around my belly button that looks like there is still some swelling there. She said that the skin tightening is still going to continue on for another 4-6 months, and it should look really smooth when it is all done healing. She said that the belly button area is the last area where the swelling is going to go down.

One more thought: after the initial healing - the first 2-4 weeks, and once the swelling is gone, it is patience that we need to be able to wait out that 4-6 months post surgery for the end results to be perfect, or as perfect as realistically they can be.I am glad I had choosen this procedure. For me this was the perfect solution. I am aslo happy that I went with my gut feeling and i had choosen my doctor after a thorough research.

I am on day 32 post surgery. Very excited about the results.

My waist pre-surgery used to be 30 and now it is already down to 28! Pre-babies I used to be a 27 so this is faboulos so far!

As far as the results and healing goes: I am still wearing my compression garment at night. The skin is still lumpy, wrinkley (since the fat is not filling it out anymore), the treated area is a little more sensitive than the rest, and the color of my skin is a little different as well. All in all the results have been amazing so far, and I know that for the healing and the final results you need time and patience. I love the way clothes look on me now, and I love not having a muffin top and a fatty stomach.

For me it was totally worth it!

I am on day 12! So far love love love the results and I have 6 more months to full recovery! The pain is totally gone. The swelling went down considerably. All the bruising turned from purple and blue to a very pale yellow. I do have a lot of hard lump, some smaller some bigger and visible without clothing. But that is part of the healing process. I should massage them more, but I can only do it once a day.

I am very pleased how I look now with my clothes on - no rolls, no muffin tops a much slender figure! I am sure once I am totally healed my results are going to look really good even without clothes on. (i feel that i have a shot at wearing a bikini again in my life! Which would be a nice plus, but not a a necessity for a succesful outcome).

If you find the right doctor with great experience, this is definately a great solution for portruding tummies.