37 y/o, Goodbye muffin top! 5'2', 186 lbs, Dr. Olanrewaju Ladipo

My wound has healed on the top, but there is a fold/indent where that was. I had a plastic surgeon look at it, who said it was necrosis. That area is now hard and it feels like something is under it. My primary doctor has scheduled me to get a X-ray & ultrasound for that area.

Here are some photos of me with all my up and down swelling. This morning when I sat up in the bed & bent forward, my back felt as if someone was pulling the skin from my body. It was a weird/bad burning sensation. I'll be so happy when my body is completely healed.

Today makes 6 weeks since my lipo procedure was done. I am doing well, minus the discomfort. I’ve been meaning to update this post, but I‘ve been busy and by the time I get home; all I want to do is sleep. I still feel as if I can’t get enough rest.
Since my 4th week post op my body has been swelling like crazy. One day I’ll feel awesome and the next day I feel like day 3 of my procedure. My back and flanks are tender when touched. I’m still getting random sharp/stabbing /pinching pains in my back area. I’ve been getting weekly massages and they help, but the day after I’m so agitated that I’m starting to not look forward to getting massages any more. My masseuse gave me a hot rock massage and it helped loosen my back up. I wanted to do a praise dance, because I could bend/turn without any pain. Turned around and did an Epsom salt bath and that felt great also. Woke up the next morning and felt like someone beat me in my sleep. I was sore for two days.
Twice that I can recall… I have woken up in the middle of night in great discomfort. The only way I know how to describe it is it felt like a snake wrapping its body around me and I was about to burst. That compression garment kept getting tighter. I thought I was dreaming. I took everything off. My back and under arm area had swollen up and my body was hot.
My stomach still has some hard areas, but they are getting better. I can finally see my navel now. As the hardness goes away, I can see my actual shape and not the shape that appears from “molding” scar tissue. Now I see why the doctors tell you to wait 1 month to see your actual results. I still like my results, although I’m not as flat as I would like to be. I’m not disappointed, since the doctor explained that I would need a revision due to my stomach being large. My doctor wants to do a revision with a BBL. I’m considering the lipo revision, but not the BBL. I’m leaning more to not getting any of it done, because that would mean another hot, sticky, and uncomfortable summer month. All of my compression garments are too big, even with lipo foam. I need to get them altered. I know I can lose the remainder of this belly fat with exercise once I get back into the gym.

I’ll post some pictures soon. I’ll try to stay awake long enough once I get home. Ugh. I can feel my back swelling now! I wonder if sitting at this desk is part of the issue.