Plastic Surgery
After losing 123 lbs, I have decided to move forward with Plastic Surgery to remove the excess skin and fat around my Abdomen and Breasts that exercise and diet won't budge. I will be writing about every step on my journey.
Here is a collection of all the posts that I have written on the topic - unfortuantely, pictures had to be removed as they were flagged.
- The Next Step in my Journey - A bit of a background story and why I have decided to go ahead with Plastic Surgery.
- The Before of the After - Loose Skin in Pictures - The post I was terrified of posting - This contains all my loose skin photos.. my after photos.. but before my surgery.
- The First Step - Appointment with my GP - This post was the first step for deciding on skin removal surgery... and didn't go as I expected it to.
- My Consultation with Harley Medical Group - This was the first of my consultations with Private Plastic Surgery Company Harley Medical Group and what happens during a typical consultation.
- The Date is Set! - After 3 consultations, I've chosen my Surgeon and my surgery date!
- My First Consultation with The Hospital Group - This was the second consultation that I had for skin removal surgery with a different company, The Hospital Group.
- My Second Consultation with The Hospital Group - This is the third and final consultation that I had and my second consultation with The Hospital Group. I also chose the surgeon that I saw through this consultation.
- Questions to Ask Your Surgeon - I compiled a list of what I think are some of the most important questions and also things that I wanted to know from my surgeon about the procedures I am going to have done.
- Tummy Tuck and Breast Uplift Resources - I've compiled a list of the resources that I've used and found the most useful when reading up about surgery, recovery and general tips for both a tummy tuck and breast uplift surgery.
- My Post Op Surgery Supplies - A list of all the supplies that I had bought prior to going into surgery, that I needed for after post-surgery.
POST-SURGERY
- Day of Surgery and 7 Day Post Op Check-up - The first blog post, post op - where I discuss the day of surgery, the days after surgery and my first post-op checkup
- Belly Button Issues, 2 Week Check-up & First Shower - Thinking I had an Infection, Getting it checked out, my 2 week post op appointment to remove dressings and how my first shower went after surgery.
- 1 Month Surgery-versary - An update on Tummy and Breasts 1 month after surgery.
- 5 Week Post Op Update - Update on Tummy and Breasts at 5 weeks post op, suffering from a cough, leaking incisions and bad swelling.
- 7 Week Post Op Update - Update on Tummy Tuck and Breasts after 7 weeks. Big Improvement on swelling reduction.
- 10 Week Post Op Update - Update on Tummy Tuck and Breasts after 10 weeks post op. No real difference, swelling still present and annoying.
- Checkup with Mr Russo - A checkup with Surgeon, Mr Russo to check swelling and make sure everything was healing well.
- 13 Week Post Op Update - A quick update on how things are going at 13 weeks post op.
- 6 Month Update! - An update with some pictures from HALF A YEAR post op.