Surgery yesterday - body lift, thigh lift, arm lift, flankplasty, breast lift

Thanks! I have many pix in my photo album. You can see them with the password "capella" if you are my friend.

Well, I am one month post op as of yesterday. The other night I looked through all the old photographs that Dr. Capella had taken of my body before he did my first stage plastic surgery in April. It struck me that already I have forgotten just how awful I looked before I began this journey. Yesterday one of the stylists at my salon told me, "You are a gorgeous woman." It is almost impossible to understand just how transformative plastic surgery can be in such a short period of time. And I am still evolving.

I am not yet happy with the results of my stage 2 surgery. I am swollen now and have to give it time. I know I will change but I will bet you that I am going to want revisions.

I think I finally feel thin. I guess I will feel even batter about it when my swelling goes away.

I am beginning to love love love my new body…

I was trying to hold out posting an update until my 6-week post op virtual consult with Dr. Capella, but I just cannot contain myself! I will be 5 weeks post op in 2 days. I am so looking forward to speaking with him next week to show and tell him how much I love my body. I know that he really wants me to be happy, as he does all his patients.

First, let’s take a look at my transforming body. Below are my photos taken just before my tummy tuck, a few months after my tummy tuck but before my stage 2 surgery, and one month after my stage 2 surgery. Good grief, I had forgotten how much I had let myself go before my TT! I would go without makeup, wear baggy clothes, and throw my hair up into a ponytail. And I had put on a few pounds.

To date, I have lost 30lbs and more than 30in since the pre op photo that was taken in April 2013. I was probably a size 16 jeans at the time. I certainly know my 14s were tight on me and now I am in size 6 jeans. I even fit into juniors! And I am still swollen so it only will get better than this. I cannot wait until 3-4-mos post op when the swelling should be gone. Nowadays I never go out without wearing nice clothes and doing my hair and makeup. 

When I met Dr. Capella in 2006, I knew he could work wonders with my body. I am thrilled that I finally went through with this. I never imagined he would sculpt my gobs of fat into such a beautiful tight youthful body. 

 

 

I finally feel small.

At my 4-mos post op, however, I asked my surgeon why I still felt so big. He told me that maybe I was still getting used to my body. I think that was partly the reason, because there were times that I would catch a glimpse of my reflection in a store window and have to do a double take. Was that beautiful body me?

But I also think that the remaining redundant flesh on my body made me look large especially in revealing clothes. My arms were rounded below the shoulders making me look wide. Certainly my thighs were big. My breasts were DD. My ass had nice projection from the side view.

Now after my second round of plastics, my arms are thin and the roundness gone, which makes me look more narrow. My thighs and ass are smaller and my size 8 jeans that once fit tightly are now especially baggy in the ass and thighs, particularly right under the buttocks. And my DD boobs are now B. I finally feel small for the first time since I was 16yo.

Initially I hated my breasts and ass. I'm sorry to say that because I know Dr. Capella worked very hard and was meticulous with my breasts. I was not at all happy that I lost projection in the back with the lift of my buttocks, and projection in the front with the lift of my breasts. But now I really like that my profile view looks thin. And my ass is getting rounder and so are my breasts. Dr. Capella told me to give it time and they would loosen up. They are! I now am liking my T&A! And I've always loved my thighs and arms and mons coming out of surgery!

It took an entire month for me to fee like me again. Recently I was at my salon and asked the owner to give me a new look. Cindy is so talented. She looked at the new shape of my face and body and gave me a killer cut and color. OMG, I love love love my new look. One of the male stylists told me, "You are a gorgeous woman." It is almost impossible to understand just how transformative plastic surgery can be in such a short period of time. And I am still evolving. 

Super excited!!!

Yeah!  I couldn't be happier for you and you do look tiny.  I am glad you are finally getting what you paid all that money for!!!

OMG, me too! Thanks so much.

Simple question....how do you feel?

Emotionally I feel great. Physically I feel good. I will be glad when these arms are healed and I can go back to vigorous exercise as life as usual.

The only thing right now that I still hate is my waist is so swollen -- at least I hope that's what it is -- so I look boxy. I have gained a few pounds and I hope to God it is swelling.

Time for the thick tight belt.  It works.  Get going.

I have a binder that I wrap tight around me at night and in the morning I am smaller. My husband took a few pix of me today in a new outfit that I bought this weekend. I love my profile (FINALLY) but I hated the view from the back because my darn waist is boxy. In the plus column, size XS sweater dress and size S leggings at Loft, 40% off. And the size 4 jeans fit, too (tightly) but I didn't buy those... too soon after surgery!

I just love this photo of me on the operating table. Dr. Capella took it at my request after the team had cleaned me up after surgery. When he first showed it to me, all that I could see was how big my trunk was. But I still love the pic. You can see the tool chest in the background that they must have kept all the supplies in to make me FrankenBarbie.