I'm looking into getting a breast reduction and lift, as well as a tummy tuck. While I'm just a little over half way through my weight loss, a friend talked to his surgeon and said when I hit the half way point, schedule a consultation with him. So I go in on Oct 25th for that.

Just wondering who out there has tried going two procedures at once. My hubby said he's fine with me doing it, but I better get it all done in one go lol - he's seen too many people become addicted to it and keep going back for new things. How painful was it? What was the recovery time like? Are you happy with the results? Did you wait til you hit goal or do it a bit sooner? Etc.

I'm lucky in the fact that I can work from home if need be, as well as take time off when I need to, so that's not really a huge deal, in that respect.

I've gone from a 44G to a 36G and unfortunately, my cup size hasn't changed at all since losing 50+ pounds and they're saggy as all get out (always have been actually) lol. I'm looking to go down to a large C cup or a small D cup. And the tummy tuck, well that's just self explanatory (or it would be if you saw my tummy hehe).

what is the conversion for kg to pounds????????? I'm clueless

2.2 pounds in a kilo

I lost 50 pounds. I had a tummy tuck and lost 10 more. I was cut aboue the pubic bone from bedside to bedside and above the belly button.

I didn't have much pain I took 2.5 narcotic pain pills then went to Tylenol. I did take 2 mg. of Valium 4 times a day for a week.

I went back to work in 2 weeks. My physician would not do the breast surgery the same day because of the length of time I would have to be asleep. The tummy tuck took 5.5 hours.

I just had a tt and body liposculpture on July 4th, i am recuperating well, you can read about my experience on the cosmetic surgery threads.

Hi Parvathi,

I had the full abdomnoplasty and also a medial thighplasty 6 weeks ago. I had some delayed healing and I still have an area between my bellybutton and groin that has not completely healed yet. I have to say that I am thrilled with my new flat tummy. Yes, its a huge scar and thats the trade off. I am not sure how I feel about the thighplasty yet. The scars start at about 4 inches above the knee, and do a T around the groin and buttocks. IT was extremely painful and was much worse than the tummy tuck. The drainage tubes at the hips are the worst. I had mine a short time (about 7-9 days). On a scale of 1-10, this combo of surgeries was about a 9. The best way to have these surgeries is to do one thing on the top and one thing on the bottom. I had both on the bottom and it was excruciating. I thought I would never feel better. I feel 100% better. The other night, I went for a walk feeling bubbly and enthusiastic and one mile later, I was struggling to get back to my door. It really takes a lot out of you.

Babs in TX

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Hi Parvathi,

Comparing lap band to lipo, I would give lap band 1 and lipo 10. I had a lot of brusing from the lipo. It took me about a month to feel better after lipo. The tummy tuck was healed up in about 10 days. I would do the tummy tuck again but I would never go thru the lipo.

I had the first of three of my plastic surgeries five weeks ago. The first surgery was a lower body lift (basically, everything from my bra-line to my knees, excluding my inner thighs). As a part of the lower body lift, he also did "agressive liposuction" on my outer thighs. Around Christmas, I will have the upper body done, which will include a breast lift and brachioplasty (arm flab). In the spring, he will lift my inner thighs.

As far as pain goes, it was NOTHING like what I expected. I was on some really good drugs, so I didn't feel much pain at all. And I was completely off ALL pain meds one week post-op. The worst pain, in all honesty, was from sneezing because he stitched my stomach muscles back together. But aside from that, I didn't think it was bad at all, and it's not like a have a high pain tolerance.

My insurance would have covered a tummy tuck if I had been able to prove that it was medically necessary. After a couple of appeals, they still didn't feel that I had proven it necessary, so they didn't cover it. In hindsight, though, I'm kind of glad that they didn't. If they had covered it, all I would have had done is a tummy tuck, and I wouldn't have gotten to go to the surgeon of my choice. When they declined me the final time, I decided to go to my first-choice surgeon, since I'd be paying for it anyway, and he chose to do a lot more than just a tummy tuck, and he was much more "agressive" about what he wanted to do than the other surgeon would have been. So far, I'm much happier with the results than I think I would have been with "just" a tummy tuck.

As for doing more than one procedure at a time... I would have loved it if he had done everything at once, but he felt that it was too much for my body to take, which is why he's breaking it down to three procedures. Plus, the way that he explained it, when they do the inner thigh and the outer thigh at the same time, the two kind of work against one another, so you get better results when you do them separately. I keep telling people, "I had my tummy done, and now I have a perfectly flat tummy! Now I just need to get my breasts lifted so that you can SEE that I have a flat tummy!"

By the way, the ITCHING has been FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR worse than the pain ever was!

Thank you *everyone* for your openness and honesty! I'll post again after my consultation - if anyone has suggestions of things to ask the surgeon, I'm open to suggestions lol.

Oh .. and if anyone has before/after pics I'd love to see them!