Incision scars...once healed what do they look like?

Oh My Mary!!!

What a beautiful flat tummy!  Gorgeous waist!!!

Hugs,

Well I don't currently have your measurements but I do have the small waist to hip ratio and the ghost white skin! I may be as lucky as you yet! *Giggles*  And BOY do I know what you mean about having a hard time finding pants that don't gap up and that fit right, no matter what size I am I have a problem with that.  Worse I think the bigger I am though, but hopefully that won't be for much longer! *Giggles* 

The biggest my waist got was about 32 inches and I was wearing size 22 pants...I could fit a basket ball between the pants and my waist because the waist was so big.

It is easier to get them to fit well with all the low rider pants.  The shorts that I have on in the pic aren't really low rider, they are just way to big.  I found them on sale last summer right after surgery and they were my goal shorts...I really thought there was no way I was going to fit into size 8s...now I am in 4s and 6s!

mary

My current weight is 327lbs and my measurements are 52-45-65.... so I figure if I lose the 200lbs I want to lose my shape should stay the same but in smaller proportions! *Giggles*  At my smallest, back when I weighed 130 lbs, my waist was 19 inches!  I soooooooo hope to get that back again! *L*   I hated it back then because men called me "Hips"... it too****il I got this big to realize that was a compliment! *Giggles* 

Anyway, great job on your weight loss and fitting size 4 and 6!

Lovely longwaisted people!  Athleta.com has some good tankinis that come in long waisted!  And nice short bottoms! 

http://athleta.gap.com/browse/category.do?cid=46665

I love athleta!!!  My favorite pants are the bettona pants...they are yoga pants that look like jeans.  I wear them all the time.  I've even worn them out to dinner cause they look so nice.

mary

I am not so lucky.  I am 16 months out and mine are still red and cord like... no pain or infection...

However, I am not surprised, it took from 2004 until this summer 2010 for my appendix scar to settle down and go white.... 6 frickin' years!!  Not fair!

I expect these to be the same...

I need to take some pics soon, I will take a pic of my scars at that time... they don't bother me one bit, I don't wear bikini's anyway!  AND I look at them as battle scars from a battel I won!

All the best,

Yours are really still red?  We had surgery within a couple days of each other.

mary

My scar on my neck took years to heal like that, my C-section healed faster and my back surgery in May is still pretty pink and wider than I'd like but who knows with time what it'll look like. 

I have to say, that's a great way of looking at is "as battle scars from a battle you've won", I may have to use your way of thinking, it sounds good! *Giggles*

Let me know when you post your pics, I'd love to see!

 Abejita - have you had plastics?  Sorry - I just have to hope that one day maybe my belly (still covered in steristrips) will look something like yours!!!  Wonderful.