Tummy Tuck Pictures     ..Continued from Page 1

Before Surgery     After 1 Day     2 Days     1 Week     2  Weeks     2 Months     3 Months     1 Year     Swelling     Belly Button     Stitches & Scars    
Surgical Drains     Compression Garments     Fleur De Lis

 

2 Weeks After The following pictures were taken 2 week after my surgery. Pictures show surgical wound areas on all side of the body. Some of my swelling went down because my weight went back down to where it was before the surgery. The Back View picture has been "smudged" a little but it shows the uneven incision line in the back. Surgeon said he had to make it that way for better body contouring to my uneven body. Two weeks post surgery - Finally made it back to my weight the day of surgery. Maybe this means some of my fluid retention from the swelling has gone down. At my second follow-up meeting approximately 15 stitches were removed and my seroma was drained.
Two weeks after my surgery my stitches were removed.	Two weeks after my thigh lift.	Two weeks after much of my swelling was gone.	Two weeks after the doctor drained my seroma.
2 Months After The following pictures were taken 2 months after my abdominoplasty with Lateral Thigh Lift. These pictures show the healing was progressing nicely.

 

3 Months After The following pictures were taken 3 months after surgery.  These images of plastic surgery tell me that maybe I should have lost another 5-10 lbs before having surgery.
1 Year After The following pictures were taken 1 year after surgery.

 

Fleur De Lis Tummy Tuck
Fleur De Lis Abdominoplasty Before Picture	Morning After Surgery	2 Weeks Post Op	5 Weeks Post Op

 

Tummy Tuck Stitches, Scars & Swelling Pictures

The following scar photos show the process of healing and how long it takes for the swelling to reduce and scars to fade.

Before Surgery	After 2 Days	After 4 Days
After 7 Days	After 10 Days	After 12 Days
After 2 Weeks	After 17 Days	After 18 Days
After 19 Days	After 23 Days	After 24 Days
After 1 Month	After 1 Month And 1 Week	After 1 Month And 2 Weeks
After 1 Month And 3 Weeks	After 2 Months	After 2 Months And 2 Weeks
After 3 Months And 2 Weeks	After 5 Months	After 1 Year

 

Tummy Tuck Scars; Tummy Tuck Swelling

The following pictures Scars and Swelling at various stages of healing. More about Stitches, Scars & Swelling.

Thigh Lift Scar Picture 3 Days After	Swelling Picture 3 Days After	Scars Picture 3 Days After	Scars Picture 2 Weeks After
Body Lift Scars Picture 2 Weeks After	Scars Picture 2 Weeks After	Scars Picture 2 Weeks After

   

Tummy Tuck Belly Button "After" Pictures The following pictures of my belly button (also called the navel, umbilicus, colloquially or tummy button) shown at various stages of healing.  As shown in the following photographs, scarring disappears with time. I don't have any before pictures of my belly button for comparison purposes. It looks a little too narrow for me when I am standing but looks good when I a seated. More about Belly Buttons.
Belly Button 3 Days After Surgery	Belly Button 3 Weeks After Surgery	Belly Button 1 Year After Surgery

 

Compression Garment Pictures The following pictures were taken immediately after Plastic Surgery. More about Compression Garments.
Compression Garment	Thigh Lift Compression Garment Picture	Compression Garment With Surgical Drains	Bloody Thigh Lift Compression Garment
Compression Garment

 

Tummy Tuck Surgical Drain Pictures The following pictures were taken immediately after my surgery. More about Surgical Drains.
Surgical Drains	Surgical Drains	Surgical Drain Tubes entering body	Surgical Drains Overview
Surgical Drains compressed and with blood	Surgical Drains pinned to compression garment	Surgical Drains pinned to compression garment	Fleur De Lis Abdominoplasty Surgical Drains

These tummy tuck before and after pictures show the dramatic results and the various healing stages of an abdominoplasty operation. To document my story, before and after pictures of plastic surgery were taken 1 week before my  surgery and at intervals of 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 2 months, 3 months and 1 year after the operation. For stories of other people who had this procedure please visit our Forum.

 

Other Related Photographs
Abdominoplasty Medical Clearance for Surgery form.	Women's Tummy Tuck 2 Months After Surgery	Women's Tummy Tuck 2 Months After Surgery

   

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Why View Tummy Tuck Before And After Pictures?

Viewing Tummy Tuck Before And After Pictures is the best way to understanding what a tummy tuck is and what it can do for you. You get to "see" the dramatic final results in but the time, money spent, pain, discomfort and inconvenience over many months is not apparent to the viewer, but these pictures can be misleading. Often they only show the "good" results that a surgeon is proud of and ones that they post on their websites to promote their practice. You never can actually find any "bad" pictures that show what happens when things go wrong.

1. They can show you what surgery can do and what can be achieved.

2. They can give you an idea where your scar will be located, if you chose to undergo surgery.

3. They can give you a better understanding of the seriousness of the surgery and that it is a major undertaking with risks involved.

4. They let you do a "self comparison" and allows you evaluate if a tummy tuck would be applicable to you.

5. They (especially a progressive set of pictures of the same individual) can tell a story and show you what it takes to go through the recovery process.

6. They will allow you to compare yourself with the person in the image and consider if a tummy tuck is right for you.

7. They will let you see what a typical belly button will be like.

8. They will let you see what a typical scar will be like.

9. When viewing pictures on the internet keep in mind that many times the "after" images will not tell you the length of time that has passed.

10. Often these pictures will not define the specify type of tummy tuck operation the individual in the image had.

11. They will not define the age of the individual.

12. Often they will not tell you the name of the doctor.

13. Often they will not tell you the cost of the operation. It would be nice to see what they paid for it.

14. Often they will not tell you if the patient had any complications during surgery or how long the surgery lasted.

15. Often they will not tell you the facility and location where the surgery was performed.

16. Often they will not tell you if a supplemental surgery like liposuction was performed.

17. Pictures that you see on the internet often show only the good results. Surgeons don't like to display bad results or what happens when things go wrong.

18. Viewing these pictures won't tell you what the patient experienced to achieve their final result.