UPDATE: ADDED 2 MORE -Pics are up...
Your pictures look great. Thanks for sharing. Would you mind sharing why you chose a regular tt instead of the anchor cut?
Laura
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Several reasons led me to choose this option.
1. My surgeon's recommendation was NOT to do this. I dont know if he does it with others or not - but it wasn't necessary with me. You can see that I was fairly wide in my before pics - and he was able to accomplish my nice hourglass shape with flat tummy without.
I think he felt that additional cutting means more pain, longer healing, more complications IN healing.
2. I noticed that a lot of ladies on here who have had to have extended wound care etc (which usually ISN'T covered by their insurance) have had anchor cuts that don't want to heal. Not always - but seems more often than not.
3. I have 100% confidence in my surgeon and his abilities - and I know that he get's paid the big bucks cause he knows what he is doing and I have seen his post op pics. I let him decide and then I just trusted him!
1. My surgeon's recommendation was NOT to do this. I dont know if he does it with others or not - but it wasn't necessary with me. You can see that I was fairly wide in my before pics - and he was able to accomplish my nice hourglass shape with flat tummy without.
I think he felt that additional cutting means more pain, longer healing, more complications IN healing.
2. I noticed that a lot of ladies on here who have had to have extended wound care etc (which usually ISN'T covered by their insurance) have had anchor cuts that don't want to heal. Not always - but seems more often than not.
3. I have 100% confidence in my surgeon and his abilities - and I know that he get's paid the big bucks cause he knows what he is doing and I have seen his post op pics. I let him decide and then I just trusted him!
Surgery Date 1-29-09
Surgery Weight 317
Lowest Weight 175
Current Weight 195
Surgeon Goal 180
Personal Goal 165
Total lost since surgery 142 pounds!!
Surgery Weight 317
Lowest Weight 175
Current Weight 195
Surgeon Goal 180
Personal Goal 165
Total lost since surgery 142 pounds!!
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