I've been wanting (needing) abdominoplasty for years!

This picture is laying so my hip looks a little funny, my pants being pulled are pressing in. My incisions are fading so nicely. My bellybutton is soft again and I’m very pleased.

I've been wanting (needing) abdominoplasty for years! I had lipo 360 in 2019 knowing that I was planning one more pregnancy so I went that route instead of a full tummy tuck because that felt like a complete waste of money to do tummy tuck and have another baby. Looking back the lipo was a waste of money too, as it didn't make as bug as a difference as I hoped for (lipo was in Minnesota with dr balgobind "dr bbl") but that's another review.
So one year and one month after my last birth I am 6 days post op from abdominoplasty:) I've had 5 births total. 2 vaginal and 3 c sections (the last 2 were surrogate pregnancies-not that it makes a bit of difference on my body or this review-but just for the record.
My follow up appointment will be Tuesday and honestly I don't plan on going because we've all got runny noses an being covid season I think it's best to not. I'll speak with dr rabhans staff in the morning and see what they advise. I came out of surgery with 2 jp drains and an absolute perfect looking incision with very fine suture material. I'm a registered nurse and feel comfortable removing the small suture that holds in the drain if I don't go Tuesday. It's a 5.5 hour drive (each way) and I'd rather not.
Other doctors I considered were Adam oppenheimer in Florida and Patrick hsu in Texas. The not wanting to travel so far was what made me seek out another surgeon. I figured being in California it would be ridiculous to not be able to find a surgeon who's work I loved. Thankfully I saw dr rabhan on Instagram (his rhinosplasties are insanely good from what I've seen). His price was higher than a lot of others but I felt confident in him, loved what I saw as his results, and hey, he's in Beverly Hills so what do our expect?
So here are some pics. I'm sure I'll revise this review as time goes on. My pain for the first 2 days was pretty bad. A little worse than a c section....today it's just sore-feels like I did a million crunches.