66 Year Old, Mom of Two, Who Never Needed a Tummy Tuck Until After Menopause - Southfield, MI

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14 months after tummy tuck and 3 weeks after the revision.

  • 23 Oct 2017
  • 1 year post
Well, to anyone who scrolled all the way to the end, I thought I would add another ‘after’ photo just so you could see where I am at. I did do a second review for the revision part but figured it wouldn’t hurt to add a photo here, at the end of the first one. Believe it or not- I am still NOT sorry! Thanks and love to everyone for caring!!

4 months + po

  • 4 Jan 2017
  • 5 months post
Here are new photos. WITH comments! Couldn't do this before!

4 months po

  • 4 Jan 2017
  • 5 months post
Hello fellow realselfers! I promised a friend I would do an update so this is it. :) All is well, mostly. The hole finally closed but it does still hurt me most of the time. The doc says it's because the nerves were exposed. The awful shooting electric pains in the mons area are gone with just some risidual, mild shocks that do not happen often.

The worst discomfort I have now is the bulge above my belly button. It is hard to discribe. Sort of a really hard pinching sensation that only feels better with pressure such as keeping my hand over it or wearing my trusty compression garment. I just deal with it most of the time the ps said he thinks the bulge is where a stitch may have 'pulled through' and he believes it will resolve itself with time. Yeah. Okay. Whatever. From what I have read here on RS, there isn't much to be done short of another tummy tuck to be able to access it and that isn't going to happen.

The scarring where the vertical incision opened is very skewed and he thinks he can center it better when he does the revision in about 8-10 months. I am hoping it will also improve my bb that also has skewed out of round from the scarring. No bikinis for me. ;)

My hubby & I just had our 50th wedding anniversary & are heading for Aruba in Feb. I regret I won't be able to expose ANY tummy skin but wearing a swimsuit without angst will still be fun! I did some quick pics today to show my progress! Love and LUCK to all my friends in this new year of 2017!!

Sigh. I went through google so I could comment under each photo but it denied photo access. So will now put them up through my equally messed up app but without attached comments. :(

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Dr. Rouchdi Rifai
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  • 5 Sep 2016

I knew Dr. Rifai from 24 years ago when he did a midface lift with lower bleph for me. He also did my daughter-in- laws tummy tuck 17 years ago. He had a lot less personal input this time which I missed. Yet, after more than 33 years of dealing with vain women? I didn't blame him. People suck. Always wanting something for nothing, always want to blame someone else for their own shortcomings, expecting unrealistic results, not following instructions to the letter... you get the picture. I hope he reads this and sees that I still love him and never considered anyone else- not for a minute!