Port obvious after tummy tuck?
kathkeb
on 10/5/12 1:07 am
on 10/5/12 1:07 am
I had a full tummy tuck (removed/replaced my belly button, muscle tightening, lifting of the mons, removal of pannis)
I have a hip to hip bikini-line incision that is almost invisible after 6 months.
I have a little puffiness between the belly button and mons and my surgeon follows me for a year, so at month 10 if that is still there, he will lipo it out -- but honestly after being obese for 35 years, I am thrilled with my results.
My surgeon uses a technique called 'Progressive Tension Suturing' -- so I had no drains when I was discharged. I had a pain pump that delivered anesthetic for about 2 days, then I removed it (It is a teeny tiny catheter attached to a package of medication that drips into your incision area -- when the medication runs out, you take off the bandaid and pull out the catheter -- you are numb so you don't feel a thing).
I wish you the best of luck with your makeover --- I would do the tummy tuck again in a flash!!!
I have a hip to hip bikini-line incision that is almost invisible after 6 months.
I have a little puffiness between the belly button and mons and my surgeon follows me for a year, so at month 10 if that is still there, he will lipo it out -- but honestly after being obese for 35 years, I am thrilled with my results.
My surgeon uses a technique called 'Progressive Tension Suturing' -- so I had no drains when I was discharged. I had a pain pump that delivered anesthetic for about 2 days, then I removed it (It is a teeny tiny catheter attached to a package of medication that drips into your incision area -- when the medication runs out, you take off the bandaid and pull out the catheter -- you are numb so you don't feel a thing).
I wish you the best of luck with your makeover --- I would do the tummy tuck again in a flash!!!
Congrats on the twins and I'm sure they were worth it! My daughter has triplets born at 31w6d that are 14 now...her tummy is worse than mine due to terrible stretch marks and blown rectus muscles. She hopes to save for a tummy tuck once they're all out of braces, lol. Her first baby was 9lb and 23in and she was 54 inches around, with the girls she was 62 in around the day before delivery, which is her height! She wears a 14p and would wear a 10 if her tummy wasn't such a mess! She says its her badge of honor from having 4 babies in 27 months!