Curious if anyone has had Smartlipo. Can't believe that they are able to tighten all the skin with lasers. Anyone done ir or know of someone?

It Is for people that want to reshape and do away with a little pudge. It doesn't help with loose skin. My skinny sister-in-law had it done.

I wish it were that easy. I am recovering from a tummy tuck and lower body lift.

How are you doing now Jill?

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Karen,

I am doing okay. I seem to be more sore now that I have returned to work. This Thursday will be 4 weeks since surgery. I hope it will get easier soon. Definitely worth it.

Thanks for the info Jill. I thought it was too good to be true. The docs offering the procedure give some info, but I definitely needed the opinion of others ho have seen it. Hope you feel well soon.

I guess the $3000-4000 that I was quoted for the procedure may be better spent on brachioplasty.

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I am doing okay. I seem to be more sore now that I have returned to work. This Thursday will be 4 weeks since surgery. I hope it will get easier soon. Definitely worth it.

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It will. I'm 6 weeks out and still have a tube in me! I know it will come out soon. It has totally been worth it! Best $10,200 I could ever spend!

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Karen,

I thought you got that tube out a coue of weeks ago. What happened?

I had it out for about a week and my stomach was all swollen. She took out 390cc's of Fluid on that Friday and had me come back the next Tuesday (she was out on the Monday doing surgery). When I went back on the Tuesday there was another 380 of fluid so she put it back in. This one is pretty painful and always wanting to start to get red. I'm down to about 40 cc's a day but I'm not in any hurry. I don't want it out too soon and have the fluid come back. It seems this is normal. I had so much skin removed its just taking awhile to heal. I'm going to Mexico in 4 weeks for my breast lift and neck lift so I have to be totally healed. My port is sticking out a lot so I'm looking at prices to get that removed. Just the port right now because removing the lapband is almost as expensive as getting it put in.

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Wow is the recovery typical for just a tummy tuck or was it made worse with the lower body lift?

I think it is important when considering plastics or any cosmetic procedure to consult with surgeons who had experience working on "massive weight loss" patients. Maybe not all of you fall in that category - but i did. I am down over 180# from my lifetime high. Your body changes with extended periods of obesity. It is different than the needs of someone who has a little middle age 10# extra on them.

I did hear about that procedure being useful for the turkey neck issue, but i think it depends on how much extra a person has. I plan to consult on face stuff - not a face lift, but things like injections as I have lost that upper cheek fullness as a result of weight loss and it makes me look older (I think so anyway).

I was feeling pretty good after about 4 weeks,for my LBL but each month I felt even better, by month 3 it seemed Luke years ago that I had surgery...

I wish it worked, I'd be the first in line....I read up a lot on this a couple years ago....