Tummy Tuck Muscle Repair Hernia Repair Age 55 Black Female, 5’5”, 151 lbs

Spoke with the doctor today and concluded that some of my sutures did rupture in my upper abdomen. She advised that I not do crunches, only planks and the like to strengthen transverse abdominis muscles. I will not be going for any type of revision surgery. I will continue to workout, lose weight and eat clean and hope my results get better than they are today. We took photos today and I will post them when I receive them. I look similar to the last photos I posted.

I must say that I have gotten past my disappointment. I guess everything is simply not for everyone because this did not work for me. It was not a 100% bust because there are things that did work like the liposuction gave me good results and my lower abs gave me good results, my scars are faint, belly button looks great but my upper abs, not sure what happened or did not happen but I know that I have a bulge and it has not gone away with exercise and diet restrictions. I workout with a personal trainer 3 days a week and it may be possible that some of my sutures did not hold when I went back to working out per the doctor‘s orders. I may simply have not been healed enough for the rigorous exercises and crunches that my trainer dishes out. I do know that my muscles were extremely weak before the surgery so I’m kind of thinking that it’s possible that some of those sutures did come apart though she double stitched it in her practice, like a Corset. I have not had my one-year follow-up and it is scheduled in 2 weeks so I will probably come back and update what the doctor suggest but we have had discussions up to this point that it’s possible that I might need to have a revision and I’m not sure what all that entails. This cost a lot of money and to have to pay the anesthesiologist again and trust the surgeon to get it right, to go back through the healing process all over again, may simply not be an option at this point. Because of my age, I had to get clearance from my primary care doctor and then a heart specialist and that means I’d have to go through that process again with no guarantees. I have some extra work to do for myself in terms of weight loss and diet restrictions going forward for a healthier lifestyle regardless of this outcome. It may have some impact but I know that it won’t have the ultimate impact. In talking with my trainer just today, he was like, your core is so strong which is pretty much your back but nothings happening on the front with everything that I’ve been through, except I’m sore! We both expected more/better. So, I’m past the hope of a 6 pack but I know there are things I can do better with my diet and exercise to minimize this and any bloating.

No photos at this time because I need to work on getting my form together. Overall, I am pleased based on my before pictures but my expectations were much higher to have a flat stomach and I don’t. I’ve had to conclude that I probably won’t based on how I’m built/genetics. With that said, today I had my liposuction scars on my back repaired because the trauma created lots of thick scar tissue at the incision points and they became very dark. I at least want to wear my back out even if I don’t have a flat stomach!