Well I actually had a full tummy tuck including muscle repair. It cost £7k. I'm in Manchester.
Hope you're ready - it's a little TMI.
After that, because it was a massive op, I needed a mini tummy tuck afterwards for cosmetic reasons. That was free of charge because it was within a year. I still wasn't happy so I had a third op which was also free of charge.
With mine, they cut low (where my c section scar was) and pulled the skin down very tightly. Then they cut the excess off, including my belly button then attached it again just above my pubic area. Another nice side effect of getting a new vertical belly button
was that before my pubic hair didn't really stop until it reached my belly button & I'd had to wax/shave my tummy since my teens. This was all cut off too so the skin on my tummy is smooth, hair free and lovely from very low down.
Another thing is that the I didn't expect but was very happy with was that they can also lift from the bottom of the incision slightly & make a tighter mons pubis area once they reattach.
The belly button itself is sewn all the way around & can look a bit weird for a while. I know some who popped in a marble to help it look more natural but I found it got there ok in the end.
I had additional lipo under the bust & on the hips to even everything out.
The scar is massive, hip to hip and it went through a few icky times before it was completely healed (but mostly due to the fact that DH was cleaning it with dettol undiluted
...). You can't sleep on front or side for a long long time. It was amazing to be able to do that after 2 close pregnancies, c sections & all these tummy ops!!
Recovery was pretty awful after the muscle repair, very painful & I had to have drains at first. The nurse comes & clears them regularly & you're so numb that they hardly even bother you (until they snag when they're being removed, bleugh!) The mini one however, was really quick. The lipo bruised terribly, quite scary really & that was painful like the massive bruise it was but a week in bed a enough. After that I just took it easy with lifting the children etc.
Can't think of anything else. Ask away.