Hey all,

I thought I'd post a couple before and after pics following my extended tummy tuck (vertical and horizontal incision) and breast lift. The two pictures are the day before surgery and two weeks after. I'm almost three weeks out now and continue to look even better.

A little background - I had the lapband surgery in January of 2007 and had lost just over 130 lbs prior to my plastic surgery. The Dr. took 8 lbs of skin from my abdomen, but we didn't do any liposuction.

I'm probably going to take these down in a couple of days...

Hope these are helpful!

~Lori

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Hey loridee,

you look great!. Question? Why do you have a vertical scar? And you only got a lift on your boobs right?

Hey,

I have both a horizontal and vertical incision because of how much tissue I needed removed. The Dr. could have done just a horizontal incision, but he felt it would leave me boxy, I wouldn't have any curves. The vertical incision allowed him to remove tissue from the middle of my body and let me keep some curves.

Also, I posted a week three photo. It's a little dark, but overall my shape is the same (still VERY swollen) but my scar is looking better and better.

~Lori

Loridee, I have a consult for next month on a breast reduction. I'm not real up on this stuff so I thought I'd ask.. if you didn't have a reduction, how come your breasts have gotten smaller? From a DDD to a C? I'm confused.

I also had my band done in January 2007 and have lost 60 with 30 to go. I was a 44 DDD and now am a 42DD. I'd like to be smaller and am looking for a reduction..maybe that is what a lift is?

Hey Sula,

I had a lot of loose skin that was filling out my bra, and that's what made me so large. If you primarily have breast tissue you'd need a reduction, but if there is a lot of loose skin a lift may work for you. Just an update, I went bra shopping and I did end up a D rather than a C.

Oh, congrats on your weight loss and being close to your goal!!!

~Lori

Thank you. I hadn't considered a breast reduction until recently when friend here had one. Then I realized I didn't have to lug these honkers around for the remainder of my life so I'm pretty excited. I'm just hoping my insurance will pay for it. We are in the middle of changing insurances so I'm in a bit of a quandry as to how to address it.

I was private pay for the band and that is about all I am wanting to pay out of pocket ( and for the fills.)

HI all! I've updated my photo's with 3 and 4 week photos. I don't see a ton of difference between week 2 and 4, and I'm still pretty swollen, but I feel MUCH better. I'm at 5 weeks tomorrow and can't wait for 6 weeks when I can stop wearing my binder!

~Lori