I Did It! No Regrets...

before/after pics - 5 weeks post. These are taken in the evening and I'm a bit swollen. To date I'm happy with the results, I can't wait until this healing process is O-V-E-R. I just graduated into a smaller faja so I know it won't be long. I'll take more pics when I hit the 2 month mark to document the changes.

I’ll be 5 weeks on 1/10/20. I started back commuting to work this week. I’ve been wearing my faja underneath my clothes…man this is restrictive…I need to take my time walking. My day is pretty uneventful, no pain although I’m swollen from all the walking especially in the evenings. I have my second post-op appointment this week, hopefully I get cleared to work out, I miss the gym. My belly button is on the mend :)

My lipo areas are STILL very swollen & hard. I massage them daily to soften them up.

I can’t wait to see the final result. I've started eating clean so that I can shed about 10-15lbs, I’m headed on a beach vacation in Feb and I need to get my Baywatch on! Here's what I'm working with as of today.

I’m more swollen this week. I need to double down on the pineapple water. I haven’t been eating/drinking so clean due to the holidays so that may have something to do with it. I finally take the stern-strips off my scar, it looks pretty good. It’s very low and thin. I notice ends of the scar are a bit discolored, kinda like when you scrape your knee to the white meat. I’ll start scar therapy today which include rotating aloe vera+coconut oil and coco butter during the day and using mederma gel and scar away tape at night. During the day, I do a firm massage on the scar to make it flat.

I’m back in the bed and boy does it feel good. Sleeping in this chair gets real old real fast. Today I notice that my belly button sutures have dissolved but it’s not healed…in fact it seems to be opening on the inside and the hole seems to be closing as it heals. I panic and clean it with peroxide and put some Neosporin in it. I immediately reach out to Dr. Schierle’s office and connect with Kendall and Lexy who said I should use Aquarphor instead and lightly pack with gauze. Ugh, this is not the belly button of my dreams.