I had WLS in 2013 and lost almost 170 pounds in 10 months. This year, I decided it was my year to finally get my flaps removed. What a difference!!! I hope everyone can see the attachment.

My surgeon was excellent, very caring, and most importantly very experienced and knowledgeable about what he does. Couldn't be happier!

Was the recovery painful and did it take a long time to get to "normal"

I'm only about 5 weeks out. That picture was taken about 5 days post tummy-tuck/skin removal, so a lot of the swelling still has yet to go down.

As for the pain, for me the majority of active pain was gone in about 48 hours; after that it was just annoying dull pain for another week or so, but I have a high tolerance. He says typically 4 days with the tuck, but to be honest, it was WAY less painful than the laparoscopic type surgery I had with the sleeve.

Other than that, recovery has been good; I was back to my normal routine (just slower and taking frequent breaks) about 6 days post-op.

That's awesome! I'm considering a tummy tuck after I lose 50 more pounds, to many issues with skin

Great results! Congrats!

You look amazing! Honestly I would never think you were ever overweight.

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