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Life Changing Tummy Tuck!
I have had a RealSelf account since 2014, which means I've been researching this surgery for nearly 10 years. I went through many waves of consideration. Do I travel? Do I stay local? Do I split my surgeries and get the TT and BL separately? I even compiled an airtable of dozens of surgeons for consideration.
I went w Dr. Khalil because of what the reviews said. Not just that they were great, but what people had to say about their experience.
So let me tell you mine.
From beginning to end it was a great experience. I had surgery scheduled, everything was humming along then I got COVID! Dodged it for years and got it at the worst possible time. No worries, the staff walked me through the process of creating a new timeline, going through surgical clearance (again) and making sure everything was safe.
I flew down to So Cal and stayed at an AirBnB. Hired a local caretaker and was ready to go. Barely had any time to get nervous or anxious. From the time I arrived, everything was efficient. You speak to several staff to walk through the process and answer any questions. One of the ladies even showed me her scar and talked to me about her TT experience. You get to meet, and speak to, the anesthesiologist to go over any questions.
You walk into the OR, lay on the table and next thing you know, you're in recovery. I couldn't even believe it. You literally wake up with a different body, it's amazing.
So the recovery: The exparel made pain manageable. You get a few prescriptions to help with pain, nausea and such. Honestly the first day I couldn't believe how okay I felt. I could walk around (hunched over, of course), I had normal bowel movements, I don't think anything kicked in until day 3. Day 3, I was like "this really sucks".
I'm about 3.5 weeks out. I have a nice, clean incision. I like the shape. I have a normal amount of swelling, no seromas (knock on wood). I no longer have a hernia (I practically cried when I was able to take off my hernia belt for the last time). I had drains in for 2 weeks, but the healing is coming long nicely. Most importantly, this surgery has changed my life! No more lying on my back, in the middle of the day, to get the pressure off my hernia. I had always felt buried under a body that did't reflect how I take care of myself. It is painful visiting health professionals and having them assume you don't eat right and don't exercise because of the way a diastasis, hernia and excess skin impacts your shape. I cannot tell you the number of surgeons who just presumed I had a lot of visceral fat (I don't), and overall I felt my body wasn't right for me.
Getting plastic surgery is really emotional, scary and anxiety inducing and you want to feel that you're in good hands. Dr. Khalil is kind, listens and was never judgy, never recommended other procedures (nothing is more humbling - or disappointing - than having a surgeon circle parts of your body that never bothered you), and most importantly, he was not aggressive with recommendations. I believe that was key to having a smooth recovery, because it's really common for people to push a lot of compound procedures.
I never thought I'd post my pics on the internet, but I think it's important to show because we don't always get to see results on brown skin, and there is a difference.
I went w Dr. Khalil because of what the reviews said. Not just that they were great, but what people had to say about their experience.
So let me tell you mine.
From beginning to end it was a great experience. I had surgery scheduled, everything was humming along then I got COVID! Dodged it for years and got it at the worst possible time. No worries, the staff walked me through the process of creating a new timeline, going through surgical clearance (again) and making sure everything was safe.
I flew down to So Cal and stayed at an AirBnB. Hired a local caretaker and was ready to go. Barely had any time to get nervous or anxious. From the time I arrived, everything was efficient. You speak to several staff to walk through the process and answer any questions. One of the ladies even showed me her scar and talked to me about her TT experience. You get to meet, and speak to, the anesthesiologist to go over any questions.
You walk into the OR, lay on the table and next thing you know, you're in recovery. I couldn't even believe it. You literally wake up with a different body, it's amazing.
So the recovery: The exparel made pain manageable. You get a few prescriptions to help with pain, nausea and such. Honestly the first day I couldn't believe how okay I felt. I could walk around (hunched over, of course), I had normal bowel movements, I don't think anything kicked in until day 3. Day 3, I was like "this really sucks".
I'm about 3.5 weeks out. I have a nice, clean incision. I like the shape. I have a normal amount of swelling, no seromas (knock on wood). I no longer have a hernia (I practically cried when I was able to take off my hernia belt for the last time). I had drains in for 2 weeks, but the healing is coming long nicely. Most importantly, this surgery has changed my life! No more lying on my back, in the middle of the day, to get the pressure off my hernia. I had always felt buried under a body that did't reflect how I take care of myself. It is painful visiting health professionals and having them assume you don't eat right and don't exercise because of the way a diastasis, hernia and excess skin impacts your shape. I cannot tell you the number of surgeons who just presumed I had a lot of visceral fat (I don't), and overall I felt my body wasn't right for me.
Getting plastic surgery is really emotional, scary and anxiety inducing and you want to feel that you're in good hands. Dr. Khalil is kind, listens and was never judgy, never recommended other procedures (nothing is more humbling - or disappointing - than having a surgeon circle parts of your body that never bothered you), and most importantly, he was not aggressive with recommendations. I believe that was key to having a smooth recovery, because it's really common for people to push a lot of compound procedures.
I never thought I'd post my pics on the internet, but I think it's important to show because we don't always get to see results on brown skin, and there is a difference.
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