62 Years Old, Mommy Makeover, Tummy Tuck/Breast Lift After 65 Pound Weight Loss, Woodlands, TX

Just a brief update. Six days ago I had upper ab liposuction. Even though there is still a lot of swelling I am really happy with the results so far. As I mentioned in my last post I wasn't happy with my upper ab contour and felt I had a little bit of a an asymmetrical area on one side. It was fairly minor, but it bothered me. I think with the upper ab lipo that it seems to be gone now.

The thing that surprised about this was that it was honestly more immediately painful than the tummy tuck. I am sure the tummy tuck would have been more painful but I had Exparel with it which really took the edge off the pain for the first few days. With this, I didn't have that so it was more painful for the first few days than I expected. I did take pain meds so it was OK but just a little more painful than I thought it would be. Also, I was a little surprised by the amount of swelling and temporary weight gain. Even though I only had lipo to the upper abdomen (so a really small area) I was surprised that to gain about 10 pounds after the surgery. About half of it has gone away and I'm sure the rest of it will go away as well.

I am wearing the same compression garment that I wore after my tummy tuck with a foam pad inside of it. In the pics you can see a lot of marks and folds on my skin that are really from the compression garment. I have had quite a lot of bruising as well. you can't see in the pics but the bruising extends up into between my breasts. The bruising is starting to fade some now. I still have some pain but it is a lot less than it was the first couple of days. While it is too early to know exactly how it will heal I am really pleased with how it looks so far.

Just a brief update. It is a little over 9 months since surgery. I am still very happy with my tummy tuck and breast lift results. The tummy tuck swelling finally went away which was my most major concern.

I am going to have some upper abdominal liposuction in a couple of weeks. There is an asymmetrical "bulge" near my belly button. It seems to be a pocket of fat that I don't like what it does to my abdominal contour. I've attached a picture although it is hard to see it in a picture. I did have limited upper abdominal lipo when I had surgery. It was necessarily limited since it was done during my surgery. I was OK with that since I didn't want to do anything unsafe or that might impede healing. Because it was limited though, I have a bit more fat in the upper abdomen than I would like. It isn't really bad and I probably wouldn't have the lipo if I didn't have the asymmetrical area. But, I do have it and I want to have the lipo to improve my abdominal contour. Will report back afterwards.

Thought I would post an update at 3 months. Things are going really well. The tiredness has gone away and I don't have any pain. I still feel a stretched feeling when I stand, but it isn't painful.

The biggest issue over the last 6 weeks was the swelling. At the worst of it, I would measure my waist in the morning and then again in the evening. And, it would be as much as 3 inches larger! The swelling would usually mostly come down over night but as the day went on it would grow and grow.

At about 12 weeks, this began to get a bit better. I still have swelling, but it usually an inch or inch and a half at night instead of 3 inches. So, I finally think that will be getting better eventually.

The pics are a recent overall photo of me and a photo of me in a 2 piece swimsuit. That is my first one since I was 14! I have a little bit of upper abdomen swelling in it but it does show the huge improvement (and I posted a before photo just to show the huge difference).