Guest guest Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 what about his scars? Do they lighten up alot or are they very noticeable? Thanks Angie D. Plastic Surgery Lori H, Boy that journal sure explains it all, ugh!! I don't know the names of what he had. It started with a hernia and a desire to look his best. Because he lost so fast, he had a huge apron compared to his size. He also had broken his tail bone as a kid, and since he no longer had any butt, when he sat down, the bone touched the chair first. So, insurance covered the front of him (it was gross, because the facia covering his front abdominal area was so stretched, you could feel his organs and intestines) butt (pun intended) they wouldn't cover the back. The plastic surgeon said she could give him a butt, by cutting an eye-shaped piece out in the back and pulling everything upward. He says that helped a lot, butt made his first month miserable because there was no area on him that hadn't been cut. No place to turn to get comfortable because evry area was sore. When they cut vertically on his front, they found that the facia problem was larger than they thought...so they had to cut more off. Then his top section didn't match up to the bottom section, so they had to cut below his waist more to fit. He looks great. Has this body image that he loves. Everything went so well for him, that it makes me so anxious(sp?)to have this done, but I have such a long wait for the surgery (Feb or Mar). Then I hear about everyone's ups and downs, and it settles me back down. Lizanne land pre-op > > > hey peace!! awesome job on the w l!!! do tell about your p s! > > once > > > i choose a surgeon, i'm having a medial thigh lift. i hear it's > an > > > ordeal, since the skin is so thin & they sew onto the bones & > > > tendons to anchor the incisions. ooouch! did they give you some > > > good meds? > > > lori h. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Hi Angie, When he initially came out of surgery, he looked worse than enstein. The incisions were bright red and swollen, he liked to show them off, You know how guys are. Also, he has lost 205 lbs since 8/30/02, so he was pretty jiggly when he went in for the plastic surgery. To get to your question...tne scars look great, and most of the swelling has died down. They look like a faint lone drawn in pencil, except they are white. Do you know after you have dieted a while, and then stopped (before you start putting it all back on again when using conventional weight loss methods), how afterwards it seems like your weight shifts around? I mean like maybe you lose a little more in your butt, but you maybe gain some in your face? This is where he is. Some places on him still look WAY too big for his new size, like the little pouch under his navel, but his face seems too thin. His plastic surgeon says that until all the shifting stops, you should probably put off the plastic surgery so you get the all over " perfection " that you paid for. I probably gave too much information, I can't help myself. Sorry, Lizanne pre-op(tomistic) > what about his scars? Do they lighten up alot or are they very noticeable? > Thanks > Angie D. > Plastic Surgery > > > Lori H, > > Boy that journal sure explains it all, ugh!! I don't know the names > of what he had. It started with a hernia and a desire to look his > best. Because he lost so fast, he had a huge apron compared to his > size. He also had broken his tail bone as a kid, and since he no > longer had any butt, when he sat down, the bone touched the chair > first. So, insurance covered the front of him (it was gross, because > the facia covering his front abdominal area was so stretched, you > could feel his organs and intestines) butt (pun intended) they > wouldn't cover the back. The plastic surgeon said she could give him > a butt, by cutting an eye-shaped piece out in the back and pulling > everything upward. He says that helped a lot, butt made his first > month miserable because there was no area on him that hadn't been > cut. No place to turn to get comfortable because evry area was sore. > > When they cut vertically on his front, they found that the facia > problem was larger than they thought...so they had to cut more off. > Then his top section didn't match up to the bottom section, so they > had to cut below his waist more to fit. > > He looks great. Has this body image that he loves. Everything went > so well for him, that it makes me so anxious(sp?)to have this done, > but I have such a long wait for the surgery (Feb or Mar). Then I > hear about everyone's ups and downs, and it settles me back down. > > Lizanne > land > pre-op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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