Finally had my life changing tummy tuck!

I haven’t been on here since last summer, time just flys by anymore

I’ve taken up pole fitness and it’s really helped strengthen my core and build some muscle. Before surgery I had such a weak core and really bad muscle separation from having kids that I could never do any activities or exercises that targeted my abs. Now I’m just working hard to strengthen those muscles after years of never having any support through my abdominal wall.

My scar is wider on both sides of my hips for a couple of reasons. My left hip was where my single draining tube was and took the longest to close up and heal. When it did heal it was a wider scar. My right hip was from an area that opened back up randomly. I remember waking up one morning and having some pain from that side. When I looked it was red and slightly separated. I think it happened after a workout I had done the previous day where I was doing lunges (I was cleared at this point to workout). It took a while for it to heal, and no doubt scared me to just lay off working out until everything was completely healed. The rest of the scar is a thin line and the scar itself has never bothered me. I never feel like I need to hide the scar or am I insecure about it. If anything I’m thankful I have my stomach muscles back together after experiencing years of muscle separation which is no fun! It’s also nice not having all that loose skin and constantly looking like I was 4/6 months pregnant.

That’s all I really have to update on when it comes to my my TT. Glad I did it, and have no regrets!

I’m around 3 1/2 months post op and I’ve noticed that my scar around my belly button has faded a lot over the past month or so. I don’t keep my belly button covered when I’m out at the pool because I’m in a two piece majority of the time and I have found that the sun has actually helped fade my scar vs making it worse. As far as my big incision I do normally have it covered with silicone tape all the time but just a couple times have I worn a bikini out with it uncovered like the photo here. It is fading quicker in some areas vs others but I still have a ways to go with that as it takes a full year to have a good idea of what your scar will look like.

I’m really not self conscious of my scar, I made a decision before getting this done that having my muscle repair done is way more important to me than having a scar. So I just choose to rock it and roll on with life. If it is something you’re nervous about just know that it is easy to conceal if you wish to do so.

I did have two times where a tiny hole appeared and my body spit out stitches. When it first happened I thought my incision was ripping open from an infection inside. Scared the crap outta me at first but they reassured me it was really normal and common for it to happen. It did close back up pretty quick but it’s really weird when it happens, lol.

I will try and continue to post my scar progress as time goes on as I know many women are always concerned of the scar (totally understandable).

For some reason my 6 week post op photos didn’t upload with my update and now it’s making me type out 200 words to even post these pictures.

I’ll do my best to upload photos of my incision as it continues to fade over time (hopefully it fades more).