Post Tummy Tuck - Pudgy Pubic Area???

[julie.ann 1]

Okay I am 2 weeks Post TT. I am overall so much happier with how I look. I can't wait to get my drains out next week. (I hope) My biggest concern at this point is a pudgy pubic area. I am not tiny. I carry my weight well but still am in the 180's I am (before surgery) a size 12 for the most part. I was worried about how pudgy my pubic area was before surgery but my doc said that would improve after. I feel like he could have done a better job spreading out the area under my surgical suture line. Am I worrying over nothing? Is this swelling that will get better? Is this something I have to live with or get fixed later?

Can you share your experience with this?

Thank you!

Julie

[Mimilou2004 13]

Some of the sutures can take up to 75 days to dissolve and those pucker areas very well may smooth out. Don't make any final judgements for a few months. I will warn you that after my TT when I was unfilled and gained wt, I got really chubby "down there" and my thighs got huge...nice flat tummy, though!!!!

Mimi

[Sue Magoo 71]

Okay I am 2 weeks Post TT. I am overall so much happier with how I look. I can't wait to get my drains out next week. (I hope) My biggest concern at this point is a pudgy pubic area. I am not tiny. I carry my weight well but still am in the 180's I am (before surgery) a size 12 for the most part. I was worried about how pudgy my pubic area was before surgery but my doc said that would improve after. I feel like he could have done a better job spreading out the area under my surgical suture line. Am I worrying over nothing? Is this swelling that will get better? Is this something I have to live with or get fixed later?

Can you share your experience with this?

Thank you!

Julie

Julie:

It might have to do with gravity. Your swelling could be dropping to the lowest point of your abdomen. My doctor did some Lipo in that area when I had my Tummy Tuck and it's not chubby anymore

Give it some time, or complain to the surgeon that you're not happy with that area and could he do some lip there?

Good luck.

Sue

[julie.ann 1]

Thanks to both of you. I will try to be patient but let him know that is a concern of mine. By the way my surgeon didn't require an unfil. Actually none of the surgeons I interviewed required an unfil. I'm so glad!

Julie

[THEQUEEN 0]

A LOT COULD BE SWELLING, I HAD THAT "KEN DOLL" LOOK FOR ABOUT A MONTH

[julie.ann 1]

A LOT COULD BE SWELLING, I HAD THAT "KEN DOLL" LOOK FOR ABOUT A MONTH

OMG that is so funny. A perfect way to put it. My doctor said if by the end of the summer if after the swelling goes down I still have an issue with it then he will Lipo the area.

Thanks so much!

[THEQUEEN 0]

LOL WELL YA NEEDED A LAUGH IT DOES GET BETTER. I HAD MINE 4 YEARS AGO NOW AND STILL LOVE IT