If someone would have shown me pictures with my body two weeks after the hourglass tummy tuck I would have said I am never getting surgery in my life. There is no sugar coating this, it looked terrible. I was so bruised and swollen my husband was afraid to touch me anywhere. I had bruises even in areas that were not treated during surgery and I was swollen even down there. The doctor said it is called fupa (fat upper pubic area). Well, mine looked like it just eaten a kitten. I didn’t know what to do and each time I called the doctor he said it will subside, nothing to worry about, put some ice on it. Each time, the same thing, that I have to be patient, magic doesn’t happen over night. At this point I wasn’t waiting for magic, I would have been happy just to get my old body back and get rid of all the swelling and bruising.It was after two months that my body started to look better. I looked online and most women don’t have so much swelling after three weeks. For me it was like getting worse and worse until it started to disappear. After three months I was ok, not so freaked out anymore. But even when the tummy and the waist started to look better, down there things were the same. It looked fat, but the doctor said it is just swelling. I didn’t understand how it could be swollen only there, Dr. Cortes insisted I give it a bit more time and if in a few months I’m still not ok with how it is, he can do a bit of lipo there too. In the end it was mostly swelling, I didn’t get the lipo procedure because I didn’t want to risk getting all swollen again. Now that I had it and I see my flat tummy, and small waist and I see that my husband looks at me like he’d eat me, I think it was all worth it. But when I think at the pain and the swelling, and how I thought it will never go away and I’ll be like this for good, I don’t think I’d have the courage to go through it over again.
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Plastic Surgeon Houston | Cosmetic Surgeon Houston Dr. Cortés is a Houston based cosmetic surgeon that specializes in plastic surgery procedures,
