Mummy Makeover questions

Manual lymphatic drainage with someone who is trained in post op recovery. Start them ASAP post surgery.
Wear your faja.
Use of tape and silicone tape to prevent widespreading of scars and keep them hydrated.
Don't smoke, or give up as this is so bad for recovery.
Good hydration, cut out inflammatory foods.
You won't want to, but you will need to move. Don't stay in bed resting all the time.
If you have breast and abdomen done, avoid arm lipo or lift at the same time (if this was a consideration), and do that at a separate time

I had a tummy tuck with liposuction and a breast lift with implants a few years ago, and I’m so glad I did. The pain was far less than I expected, and I was up and moving again surprisingly quickly. Since then, I’ve had my son, and my stomach has stayed flat—it’s amazing! I feel a million times better about myself, and I couldn’t be happier with the results.

What amazing advice. 🙄

pM me OP and I’ll share my IG with you to look at my recovery.

I'm sure you're beautiful and loved just as you are. Spend the 20k on a lovely family holiday instead.

Reduction and TT with muscle repair. No lipo.

it hurt. I woke up in recovery in pain. That was the muscle repair though, couldn’t feel anything else.

however was only on paracetamol and ibuprofen at home. Came off ibuprofen after about 5 days I think it was (a long time ago now!). I recovered a lot quicker than I expected. However I wasn’t ‘normal’ until about 5 weeks post op and had 6 weeks off of work as signed off by my surgeon.

It's horrible! Never come across it before this thread.

I was 19stone, lost 8 stone

Had 360 FDL, with breast implants, I was quite large breasted but they emptied out when I lost all the weight, I'm now DD.

I then went back a year later and had arms and inner legs done

The FDL was quite hard because its your stomach muscles and you forget how much you use them.

Scaring isn't too bad.

I'm 10 stone now and have the flattest tummy.

@Snapncrackle Thanks for this, I wouldn't know where to start !
Any recommendations?
20k is mind blowing money to me

I couldn’t afford 20k.
I paid 6k for pretty much the same surgery that your having
only thing I would say is get to the weight your are happy with as if you lose more weight in the future you will lose the tummy tuck / flat tummy effect

No I don’t think so
if something goes wrong it will go wrong wherever you are
I have 2 friends who had surgery here in the uk and got necrosis and one who had surgery abroad and the aftercare was far better abroad

when I went abroad 3 times over the years there were a lot of returning people for other stuff

if you do your research
get proper insurance
then abroad can be great and a lot cheaper

Watching this ! I really want a make over too. Mainly tummy tuck and lipo.
Reading the turkey stories scare me though. Would Belgium have better aftercare standards?

the phrase "mummy makeover" is ghastly - sounds very stepford wives

Mine was a mastopexy which is the same op basically as a breast reduction. It's an uplift. I had my baby at 21. My breasts straight after were empty flaps of skin like a 90 year old. They were disgusting. I'd have had the surgery even if the scars went up to my neck.
I'm 63 now and they've lasted all of that time.

I’ve had all three both in the uk & Abroad over the years
of the worse lipo in my opinion leaves the most bruises and pain

tummy tuck depends on if you need a mini ( below the belly button)
full tummy tuck
FDL
muscle repair is the most painfull part of a tummy tuck ( imo)

uplift / implants I had no pain at all and my scars are minimal and very neat

it your having it all done here in the uk I would think it would be around 15 -20k probably more as a friend just had tummy tuck a few weeks ago and paid 10k and when I enquired about an uplift implants they wanted 10k

abroad Turkey Lithuania Belgium with a 10 day - 2 week stay 6 -8k

I paid 6k for tummy tuck uplift and implants abroad last summer and a two week stay

The most riskiest of the three is reduction /uplift and if they need to remove the nipple you can get necrosis of the nipple
it normally happens quite often quickly so ideally stay for for at least a week after this surgery especially if abroad

if you do go abroad you can get medical travel insurance which is a must

I didnt have a mummy makeover but did have a breast reduction.

32kk now down to maybe a small D.

The best thing ive ever done with not one ounce of regret.

I stayed at my mums for 2 nights after it, my kids were young and my husband had them but thought it best i get total rest. I honestly felt great and recovered well.

To counteract the previous comment, I had a breast reduction in August last year. Recovery was easy, and I am absolutely thrilled! Some of the scars are still red, but most are already faded to white. Maybe it depends who your surgeon is - I deliberately paid more to get a surgeon very experienced who also teaches the surgery internationally.

TBH, even if the scars remained red I wouldn’t be bothered. They were such an issue for me before, went from a 32HH to a 30E and have never felt more confident. There are some long running MN threads regarding BR and it is absolutely life changing. Have a read 😀

I had a breast reduction. I couldn't even see the scars after 5 years but the initial scarring is awful.