48-YO Not Ready to Throw in the Towel!

These pictures show the before pics, 2 weeks post, and pics taken yesterday. I am the SAME weight in all three pictures, so all of the changes in my body are from the Tickle Lipo. I am very pleased with my legs; their entire shape has changed and it is noticeable both in pictures and when I try on clothing from pre-Lipo. I am not satisfied with my arms. They are still too bulky, and I believe Dr. Best was too conservative with what he took out. I would be OK with a bit more hanging skin to be able to fit my arms comfortably in normal sleeves. I plan to pursue a revision - but I have a different procedure (awake breast lift) scheduled for later this month, so I need to heal from that before I can redress my arms.

I have been feeling good. Still have some bruising and swelling and I am impatiently waiting to see more changes! I have added some pictures comparing my body before the surgery and then two weeks post. I am wearing a hot pink tank top in the before pictures… Hopefully you can tell ha ha

I will start by describing the day of the procedure. I took half a Valium before the procedure started, and the other half in the middle LOL. I felt stinging, like you would from a shot, when they initially injected local anesthetic. I also felt some tolerable stinging when they were injecting the tumescent fluid through the cannula. If Dr. Best or his staff saw me grimace too hard, they would pause and inject more local anesthetic through the needle before injecting more fluid with the cannula. I felt very little pain during the actual liposuction procedure except a twinge here and there if Dr. Best reached the border of the anesthetized area. Dr. Best and his staff constantly asked me how I was doing, and his nurse Robin massaged my scalp to help me relax during the procedure & I felt very taken care of. Nothing I experienced would discourage me from doing this again or encouraging somebody else to have tickle Lipo.
I took a four hour nap when I got home, and I woke up with some pain. I took half a hydrocodone at that time, and another half five hours later and then slept through the night. Yesterday I took Aleve twice, and today I am not taking anything for pain. I still feel sore, and some twinging at the incision sites and even a little itching, but it is hard to believe I had surgery two days ago. I feel good! I am wearing compression garments 24/7 except for the blissful 15 minutes or so when I finally got to shower this morning, and then five minutes while I had some pictures taken.
So today, 48 hours post, I am definitely very swollen & my arms have a lot of bruising, but my legs are only slightly bruised. I am very pleased with the progress I am seeing with my legs. Since my arms are so bruised and swollen, I am not seeing much of a difference yet. I cannot wait to see how things progress! So far I am very happy with how things are going. Tomorrow morning I have the first of five lymphatic drainage massage is scheduled, so hopefully that will help get rid of some of the swelling. My postop appointment is on Wednesday, the 21st, so I will post another update then.