T Scar Vertical Fleur De Lis Tummy Tuck After Dropping 8 Dress Sizes Through Hard Work and Eating Clean! - Glasgow, GB

As time went on it became clear that I needed another surgery to take more skin away. My skin was very overstretched before first surgery so we knew that it may relax a fair bit, but there's always been this fold at the top which neither the surgeon or I was happy about. Revision surgery is covered in the initial cost for up to 3 years post surgery which I really recommend checking for in your surgery package. I was with Transform Glasgow and it's all covered.
Having talked to a lot of tummy tuckers and my surgeon it seems revision in this diet of surgery is common.

So after my 3 months off abs workouts and heavy weights after the initial surgery I worked my ass off in the gym again. Having had chronic Lower back pain for 15 years it was a relief to find the muscle repair seems to have fixed that! Added bonus! This meant I could work a lot harder on certain areas without bring limited by pain. Its a bummer having to take time off again, but I'm way more mobile than the first op and have started back at the gym for light exercise already. ( first op I wasn't allowed for 6 weeks abd no abs for 3 months) Plus I can see so much more of a shape this time.
I wasn't totally disatisfied with the first op, my confidence was so much higher and I felt a foot taller. Just inwas still conscious of the large roll above my belly button and the hips were still a bit awkward to fit on certain underwear and dresses without bulgy bits. Mr Chew was more than happy to help and I have to say I'm delighted with how I'm shaping up this time. If the scarring does what it did last time then it will be lovely and faint too. When do you think? ???? I've lost inches again and another 1lb of skin. (Just under 8lbs first op)

Saw my surgeon today for then first time since I was discharged from the hospital ( have had regular contact with the nurses in the interim) Usually it's 6 weeks, but it wasn't possible and I was doing fine anyways! He seemed really excited to have a look at his handiwork! Right away he spotted the area above the belly button that has a fair bit of loose skin still and said he would revise that completely. He had been trying to avoid bringing the scar higher previously. So the wee Angel shape on my tummy shows an entirely new vertical incision to be made with 1-3 cms either side taken. The top of the angel shapes head will be brought down to where my belly button is and a new belly button site will be made. The bottom of the Angel skirt shape will be pulled down to just under where the current scar is. The Wee dog ear bits on my sides will be revised too and the scar brought much further back. Will still probably have a bit of a bump at the end of the scar as my skin is so inelastic there it's near impossible to make it totally smooth, but it will give me a better shape .
He commented on how nicely the waist has come in and how impressed he was with the lower part of the tuck and the skin tone. I have to admit I am really please over all with the shedding of the skin- 8 lbs I believe it was. I got muddled as its 3.6 kg and have been thinking I only lost 3.6 lbs all this time! Oops.
Over all I love it. I look great in a tight dress or jeggings as long as I wear my light comfort girdle to smooth the funny bit up top. I said to Mr Chew that I feel 2 foot taller when I go out! its only when the girdle is off that I get a bit annoyed with the excess skin still. When I look down it still looks like a roll of fat, or when I sit and it folds over that's when I get a bit frustrated. It's really just a tiny thing in a massively life changing thing.
The recovery has been tough at times! When Mr Chew asked me how I was I smiled and said, "Wow it really is a massive recovery!"
To which he replied," it really is a massive surgery!"

The first 2 weeks were quite difficult with the lack of mobility and the excruciating nerve pain I got in my left upper thigh and groin area. I was giving it yee haw on the tramadol so that helped a fair bit though! After week two the recovery escalated rapidly! I was upright and able to go for longer walks, like 2-3 miles as long as I put my feet up for a while afterwards. Was able to do some chores round the house and generally was feeling upbeat and having bursts of energy to socialise and busy myself a bit. The past two weeks I have hit a wall again energy wise but then I have been going to the gym on week6 and moved house last weekend! I have taken it easy at the gym- light cardio like the cross trainer and seated weights (no more than 5kg in each hand which is teeny for me!) Also managed body weight lunges and squats with the Swiss ball, a Wee bit of Pilates though was really limited to pelvic tilts and generally just breathing along with everyone! The move was tough! 14 hours on my feet and gentle lifting and twisting. I had a removal company in but still did way too much the entire week. The day of the move I ended up on my belly with ice on my ass!!! It had blown up twice the size (slight exaggeration) and so had my thighs! My sore groin area was throbbing and felt like fire and my ass was so itchy from the swelling I wanted to scream. I pretty much lay down off and on for that night and the next day. I thought I had broken myself.
I'm hobbling about at times again and totally exhausted. I've even started taking the tramadol again. I'm trying to stay positive but on two occasions I thought," I did this to myself! I'm mental! Why?"
I swiftly took it all back with a quick glance in the mirror!!!
It totally is worth it! I just need to allow myself to sleep for a week after we have finished unpacking and stuff! I love my new shape and it will be even better soon. Having a tummy tuck is such a bigger thing than just a cosmetic procedure! I feel like my old unhappy self has been lopped away. I was fairly confident in myself before, but would spend hours trying clothes on freaking out before a night out, or see clothes in the store I really loved and not be able to buy. You know like a short T shirt or a shirt that tucks into tight jeans? I alway felt like I wasn't quite able to express myself with my clothes the way I wanted and now I am having a ball wearing anything I want. I even feel sexy in a sweatshirt! It's a ,lot to do my
with my confidence.

Mr Chew is a surgeon I totally recommend. My advice to anyone wanting a tuck is to really consider that it's a years recovery. 3 months before you can do your usual exercise and crunches, 6 weeks before you can go to the gym with care (usually) and about 2 weeks before you can stand up straight and walk a 100metere (and I was really fit and strong before the surgery)
BUT.... It was worth it and it will stil, be worth it despite having to have a 2nd surgery.

I've hit a wall today! I over did it yesterday I reckon and last night was the first night I let my guy stay over since the op so I found it hard to sleep. I've gotten so used to having the pillows a certain way and having the bed to myself I guess! Was so nice to have him here, but I'm knackered now! Also I was a bit silly and we got intimate. I had already done too much during the day, so having sex, no matter how gentle wasn't wise. It really was lovely to finally be together and I wasn't uncomfortable at all at the time, but I can't help but wonder if that is why I am so swollen and achy today.
It's depressing that the loveliest thing to happen in the last few weeks is something that has made me feel totally crap. I'm also just really tired of not being able to do stuff.
I've been so positive until now, and I know I will be again after a good sleep. I also know that this is just a few weeks out of my usual routine and I need to suck it up. I'm going to rest up more the next few days and no more shenanigans for a while ????
I'm also obsessing that perhaps my belly isn't going to be tight enough. Today I am really swollen, but I keep thinking about that wrinkly bit that sticks out still up top. It's only going to get looser as the swelling goes down I'm sure, though the nurse said that it would flatten out.
I know the surgeon said that my skin is really stretched so there will still be some laxity, but I didn't expect it to be so crinkly or to over hang the lower abdomen.

Bad day. Going to crash out and hopefully feel my usualll sunny positive self tomorrow! I cheered myself up with a couple of hours lying down without the binder on! Simple things eh?