larger waist after panni????

I was wondering if anyone had had a bigger waist after a panni removal?  I'm starting to get really stressed because I've gotten bigger in the tummy area. Pants that used to fit great are tight in the waist.  So this morning I was thinking maybe it was because of my surgery.  I had my panni removed in Oct, he also did kind of a mini TT and I got a new belly button, I was thinking that maybe when they do it they pull up and fat that used to hang is now where it's supposed to be.  I've pretty much maintained my weight, I just went for the normal every 6 month check and I had lost 2lbs. So it's not weight gain, and I even started sit-ups which I wasn't doing before.
Thanks for any insight you have.
Doreen

I'm the same way. If your panni isn't really big then it can "squish" down when we had looser skin - now it's tight and can't be crammed around in tight jeans. After the swelling and all (i'm 10 months post op and swelling is down 75% of the time, I wear the same size but my tummy LOOKS a lot smaller but my jeans are tighter than before surgery. And I've lost 10 pounds - wth! 

Cass

Thanks, that makes sense.  I felt like I was crazy, I weigh less, have been doing sit ups and my jeans were to tight.
Thanks it's nice to know I'm not a freak lol.

FYI: Some sit-ups will make your bulk up in the waist are - building the muscles - so the waist may get bigger - but firmer.   Muscles get bigger - waist gets larger.
You may try to research some abdominal exercises that will slim your mid section and not bulk it up. 

Wow, this is news to me.

I chose to have a full-blown tummy tuck, including having my waist drawn in bit, versus just the panniculectomy.  I've gone from a 4 Petite down to a 2 Petite and I'll be eight weeks from the tummy tuck tomorrow.

I was a size 2-4 petite and after I'm still a size 2-4 petitte, the difference being I'm more comfortable in the previous "tighter" size 2's and 4s are now more relaxed.

Thanks!

 My hips are an inch smaller, and my waist an inch BIGGER (because my guts, that used to slip into my lap, are now back wehre they are supposed to be!)