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I am super excited!!!

Breast lift with augmentation

Thigh lift

Outer thigh lift

Butt lift

TT scar revision and new nable

I am ready for the pain!

Any recommendations from any of you who has had these surgeries.

Thank you,

Johanna

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I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery.

Edited by HotButterFly

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That's just around the corner. Yeah!

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i didn't have the same procedures, but did have multiple procedures done at once. My main advice is Protein, rest, and ease back into activity carefully to avoid any seronomas or incision tension. Follow docs orders and don't push too hard just because you feel good one particular day. I found that very hard, to spend so long hunched over (I had the lower body lift) and needing to take small steps (small thigh lift) and to not reach overhead (arm lift..haha). I am glad I was so careful though, I think it paid off.

full full recovery from major plastics takes a long time. What I mean by that is you are told that 6-8 weeks and you can return to normal. I think that depends on what your "normal" was but it took longer than that for me to do very high intensity things again like my farmwork or boot camp style workouts and the gym. Just a reality check since we all heal differently.

I would also mention that some people get kinda blue after plastics. For me, it was the inactivity that started making me batty. for some others it is unrealistic expectations - like you have MASSIVE improvement and then you can notice what is still not perfect.

I lost alot of weight and so I still have some extra skin on the side of my chest (ie sideboobs) and since I knew that would not be fixed by the procedures I chose to have done - I am very satisfied. It is one of those things that others don't even seem to notice, but i do. I am not going to have that fixed as I am better than "good enough" but I think that it is important to expect amazing improvement, but not perfection.

Best of luck to you on this exciting journey!

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