:w00t: I am so excited...I saw Dr. Burns in Victoria, Texas and I am scheduled for a tummy tuck and arm lift Jan 6th, 2009. WhooHoo!

I saw him again today about a possible face lift, but we decided to wait until spring for that. I just know the next few months are going to go by waaay toooo sloooow!

thanx for listening, Joanie :redface:)

WOW!!!

I agree with Karey you have the skinny going on!! :cool2: You really look amazing. Those arms looked painful,:biggrin: but will be so worth every owie in the end!!!

Thanks for sharing your pix with us.

Kelly

Joanie, thank you so much for the pictures. You and your PS did a wonderful job. I love your new haircut, too.

Mimi

Thanks for the pics. I wasn't prepared for the serious bruises but I'm glad I saw. I'm having a circumferential abdominoplasty and breast reduction in a few months and I needed to see what I'm getting into.

Joanie, thank you so much for the pictures. You and your PS did a wonderful job. I love your new haircut, too.

Mimi

Thanks, and I really like this haircut too. I'm gonna get better pics of it so I can show the girl who cuts my hair so she can do it the same way again.

Joanie

Thanks for the pics. I wasn't prepared for the serious bruises but I'm glad I saw. I'm having a circumferential abdominoplasty and breast reduction in a few months and I needed to see what I'm getting into.

Yea, it got ugly for a while, but the bruising is gone after the first couple of weeks. I wasn't expecting so much of it though. I am very happy with the results. I will post more pics as the scars heal up even more. Good luck on your surgery and I hope everything turns out to your liking. :confused:

Joanie :w00t:)

Okay, here are the arm pics....3 days after and 4 weeks after. I also threw in one so you could see that you can't see the scar and, more importantly, the flab.....is gone! :thumbup:

Wowzer! I am so glad you posted those pics of your arms. I am getting mine done June 22 along with my face. Would you post some updated pics of arms and some before if you have them? My arms are horrible and it is hard to believe yours were as bad, cause they look so good. I am afraid mine will not look good because i have so much loose skin below my elbow. Anyhow congrats, you look beautiful.

Corliss

Wowzer! I am so glad you posted those pics of your arms. I am getting mine done June 22 along with my face. Would you post some updated pics of arms and some before if you have them? My arms are horrible and it is hard to believe yours were as bad, cause they look so good. I am afraid mine will not look good because i have so much loose skin below my elbow. Anyhow congrats, you look beautiful.

Corliss

Thanx for the compliment and I'm sure yours will look just as good. I will be posting more recent pics soon...I've been busy lately, we just went to visit my sister in Pa. and then we all went to England. Got back 2 days ago and now my husbands daughter and her family are visiting from Michigan. Whew! I will be able to relax after monday. :thumbup: I am extremely happy with all my surguries. I'll be back with more pics. later, Joanie

Wow! You look amazing. I cringed when I saw the bruising on the arms though. That must have hurt like hell! You must be very proud.

Some of you have asked me about how bad my arms looked before and how they are looking now that it's been 3mos out. I'm posting some now pics and looking for a pic of my arms before...My surgeon will be giving me a disc with all my before and after pics, but not till it's been at least 6mos. Makes sense, huh? Haha!!! :smile:

Thanx everyone for all the nice comments. Joanie :smile:)

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Some of you have asked me about how bad my arms looked before and how they are looking now that it's been 3mos out. I'm posting some now pics and looking for a pic of my arms before...My surgeon will be giving me a disc with all my before and after pics, but not till it's been at least 6mos. Makes sense, huh? Haha!!!

Thanx everyone for all the nice comments. Joanie :wink:)

Thanks for posting those pictures, boy i hope mine look as good. I am really concerned because I have so much skin below my elbows, I am afraid mine will continue to hang there or be twisted or something. The surgeon said not, that i will be pleased. I sure do hope so. I am really proud for you.

Corliss

Your arms look great. Thanks for sharing your pics!

Okay, so it's official...I must be addicted to PS...I am scheduled for a lower facelift on May 25th. How vain can I get, I ask you...don't answer that...lol.

I will be posting before and after pics of my face ...I also got the before pics from Dr. Burns so I am posting my before arms...haha!

Thanks for reading ya'll...Joanie )

how is your scarring looking after everything you have already done?

Cool about the face lift! Can't wait to follow your experience. I would love to get one myself!

I realize this thread was started QUITE some time ago---but I've decided to start looking into this with real effort. I have a consult with a PS in two days---and the reality of this all is just hitting me. I should tell you that I did very little research with the LB before surgery because I can deal with pain and all that ails, but sometimes knowing what may lie ahead is overwhelming to me....and keeps me from moving forward. So I looked at your pics. OMG> it looks unbelievably painful. I was hoping to only have 2-3 weeks off from work. (I make my own schedule and can sit as much and as long as I need to----also have a very short commute!) Is that unrealistic compared to your experience? I did go back to work less than 5 days after my Lap Band surgery....

I don't even know the extent of what I'll have done---I hope to find that out this week. I'm expecting at least a tummy tuck some lipo and thinking about having my breasts done at a later time.....We'll see what the surgeon suggests!