No regrets!

On March 18 I had a full TT, muscle repair and lipo to flanks. He even removed my awful faded tattoo! I'm 9 weeks post op now, and even though I know these aren't my final results I am so impressed with what I'm seeing so far and have no regrets. I'm so glad I did it! It was definitely worth all the pain and money. I had a few minor set backs where the stitches tried to push through my incision in some spots. Not a big deal, my surgeon removed the stitches he could see coming out and I used medihoney on the wounds and kept them covered and they've healed rather quickly. I was given the green light to stop wearing my compression after week 4, although I still sometimes wear it for comfort.
Also, can we talk about how awesome my belly button looks. I'm seriously obsessed with it. I had an appt with my surgeon this week and he said it's still a little swollen inside and will still go down a little :)
*you'll notice in the photos my left leg is a little messed up. My surgeon also worked on that during this same surgery. I was in a car accident a long time ago that left me with some ugly scar tissue there that he's trying to fix. So far he's done a great job there too.

A little over the 12 week mark. Still dealing with intermittent swelling, especially on my flanks. Although a couple times I have noticed on hot days if I’m outside doing yard work or something all day - by night time I’m so swollen I seriously look pregnant, it’s so uncomfortable. I’m a third shift nurse, being on my feet all night long I i expected the swelling to last a while. It’s still discouraging sometimes. So I do throw on old faithful (compression garment) from time to to time to make me feel better and combat some of that swelling. The incision is doing well, no issues. Still putting vitamin E on it daily. And the ends of my incisions haven’t fully smoothed out yet, but they’re getting there.
I’m an avid tanner - so I lather a lot of sunblock across it when I tan to shield it from that.
I have another follow up appt with my surgeon on the 22nd, but that’s more for my leg, not so much for the tummy tuck recovery. I could NOT be happier with how my stomach looks. Especially for only being 12 weeks post op.

Just thought I would add a couple more recovery photos I’ve taken. I’m now 3 months post op and I still wake up every morning and look and my stomach and think “this can’t be really be me.” I wonder when that feeling will go away haha
My stomach is still completely numb from my belly button down to the incision. Such a weird feeling, I can’t wait until I regain feeling there. My stomach is still super tight as well. I have my 3 month post op appt with my surgeon Monday morning.