3 Weeks LBL - Swelling is down and more tolerable

Ok - tomorrow I am 3 weeks out from surgery.  Swelling is down, but I am still swollen around the belly button. but not as much.  I am wearing the binder during the day as I am more comfortable with it.  I had to buy underwear because my briefs were too bit.  I could fit an two ice packs in them.  This is the first pair of bikinis I have every owned.

I cannot wait until Thanksgiving when I will be 6 months out and thankful for this surgery.  I am planning an upper body lift with the flankoplasty later this year.

Awesome transformation. Glad your swelling is going down!!

Thanks.  I could not feel transformation without this surgery.  There is something depressing about seeing your body with the skin and doing all the ab workouts and knowing you could not fix this without surgical intervention.

I agree. I had to have plastic surgery for my mental health. The skin was a constant reminder of what I had done to my body and it made me sad. My legs are a hot-mess, but I have made peace with them. I am done with plastic surgery for now. I may get a face lift in the future, though.

That is the last thing I will do.  The upper body next and I am hoping to do it during spring break when I have off about 9 days or I will have to wait until end of June for school to be over.  I have my nieces wedding on 9/2 and I would like to now have any swelling at that time.  

Then the following year the legs.  My husband could no believe my outer thighs and how the lumps and bumps are gone.  Amazing what happens when you pull the skin.  Bikini underwear blew my mind - I thought I could never do that and even with the swelling the fit better than the briefs.  

Face lift, neck lift, eye lift in the next 5 years and I will be ready.