I wanted to see Russo just to see if he thought the same thing. Russo in fact thinks that the bump is still swelling. The area below my belly button is still numb, which Russo says is usually an indication that swelling is still present in that area. He does think that there might be a tiny bit of fat left over but we will review at my 1 year post op mark to see how the swelling is getting on.
Overall though, he is pleased with my results and doesn't have any concerns. He advises that I keep the area compressed, I've been wearing spanx since my 3 month appointment. They suck so much, but if it will help to reduce the left over swelling, then I'll have to keep wearing them.
I did have a concern that I addressed, which was that I was up in weight since surgery by about 7 lbs. He was a little shocked but said that it's not abnormal and that I should try to at least get back down to my pre-surgery weight.. easier said than done!
I asked whether or not my results would be reversed if I lost more weight(more concerned with the boob area than my tummy), he said it would slightly affect my results in the boob area but not by much.
This TERRIFIES me. I've spent so much money getting the surgery, I really don't want to have the results even slightly reduced so I'm kind of in a predicament and it makes me scared to lose the weight.
I know you can't spot reduce fat so I would have to drop my body fat % which means it could quite easily come off my boobs first rather than other areas. Siiiigh.. I'm just lost on what to do. I'm currently asking for advice from other BA patients to see if anyone has been in a similar situation.
Here are some current body shots to see the belly bump that I'm talking about.
Waaaaaaa... :(
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