plastics round 1 scheduled!

 

finally called and scheduled my extended tummy tuck with hip and inner thigh lipo for june 6! i know it'll be here before i know it but it seems so far away (had to wait that long since i graduate with my masters' on may 24th). 

my surgeon said i should be fine, but from those of you that have had the surgery, i should be okay for my sister's wedding on july 13 right? it's just over 5 weeks and from the poking around here i've done it seems most people are feeling better around week 3. i'm guessing i'll still probably have some swelling going on, but i tend to not really swell much. i'm going to wait until as close to the wedding to get the dress altered as i can (the biggest issue will be the length anyway since i'm only 5' and its floor length), and it's going to be big everywhere else anyway thanks to the boobs. 

 

Hey, I can't offer any insights but yey for scheduling! There is a really good youtube blog by Kellawanda that might be good for you to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Kellawanda

 

Do you mind me asking how much loose skin you have!

i don't really know how to describe it so this is my surgeon's before and after gallery:

http://www.drbottger.com/gallery_abdominoplasty.html

it's somewhere between the 5 & 6th pictures down (for my stomach). the panni extends about half way around my hips and hangs just above my pubic area. the skin on my legs is good but i accumulated weird fat deposits on my upper inner thighs so he's going to lipo them and we'll see how the skin responds and if i'll eventually need a thigh lift. my flanks have some laxity which depending how i look after this round i may include with by breast reduction/lift in the next. i have very little excess skin in my breasts as they didn't lose too much size (still a DDD), they don't really hang more than they did pre-op. my arms hang maybe an inch and a half, as of right now i'm not too concerned with them, but we'll see. everything above my shoulders is perfect, except my nose looks bigger now that my face isn't round, but i wouldn't touch my face anyway!

Ah it's exciting! I have no faith in my skin, my arms definately have weird fat deposits and my thighs. I think I will end up needed arms, legs, boobs and stomach sorted post weight loss (if I ever get the surgery) so basically everything!

Can't wait to see your after pictures

so excited for you! 

I had an upper body lift last November and all i can say is..its worth it. I think you should be fine. I knew someone who had a tummy tuck and thigh lift and she was okay after the first month post-op. 

just take it easy and pamper yourself ^_^