Tummy Tuck needed urgently!

lumpylisa

Thank you tomstickland that is so not helpful. If you read the two ladies threads below yours you can see that sometimes no amount of exercise will get rid of this problem area as they have found out.

lumpylisa

when i mentioned it to the doctor before I just got told the NHS is overstretched as it is. I am also under the doctor for depression so they know how it affects me. Have to keep positive tho.

TAG

I know of someone who had it done on the NHS. She had to lay it on really thick though and at was quite a few years ago.

I know what you mean about no amount of excercise will get rid of it. My tummy is the same. In fact with baby no4 I'm sure I got stretch marks on my stretch marks. And the trouble I have with clothes. Skirts just look awful and it's not practical to where the 'magic' knickers in the middle of summer.

Good Luck to you xx

tomstickland

lumpylisa wrote: »

Thank you tomstickland that is so not helpful. If you read the two ladies threads below yours you can see that sometimes no amount of exercise will get rid of this problem area as they have found out.

It just occured to me that surgery was being viewed as a magic solution that would suddenly make things wonderful.
Firstly consider the risks of surgery.
Secondly question whether it will really transform your life, or whether it's pinning hope onto a single action.

shimmershelly

As a suggestion of where to go, the Elyzea clinic in Belgium is supposed to be pretty good (I know someone who had breast augmentation there). Their prices are around half what we would pay here (a mini tummy tuck is listed at £1820) and they have consutants based in London and Manchester. I think if you are going abroad its important to be able to contact someone in this country for your aftercare if you do have any problems.

Savvy_Sue

I do think tom's second post makes a good point. Please try not to make this into the ONE thing which would turn your life around / make you happy / find you a new partner / improve your sex life etc.

Because you said in your first post you couldn't be completely happy without having this done - but really, how many of us are completely happy? What if you have it done, but you're still not completely happy, maybe because you didn't get the result you expected, or just because you're still not completely happy?

Also you said you hadn't managed to lose weight, even with tablets: I don't want to be a scaremonger, but the risks of any surgery are greater if you are overweight, so while you're saving up for this, please don't give up on the weight loss front. Move more, eat a good diet. See if your GP surgery does a referral scheme for the local gym, or can offer other support with weight loss. Join one of the weight loss threads on MSE.

I'm not saying that losing weight will sort the problem out to your entire satisfaction, but NOT losing weight certainly won't help. But please don't obsess about that either ...

vix2000

if you are interested I know a very good surgeon in belgium who charges £2500 inc. muscle tightening and liposuction.

lumpylisa

Thanks vix2000 can you PM me with the details? I'll save them for when the time comes.

katiepops_2

What if you have the surgery, and it doesn't work out how you expect? What if you end up with a bodge job and a nasty scar?

I do know precisely how you feel - I am a big girl, and I have what I believe is described as a 'gunt' - which is a horrible, horrible word that makes me feel sick. I am under no illusions that I will ever get rid of it, even if I do manage to lose loads of weight.

I won't start with the 'it's the person you are inside' stuff (even though it's true), but I would just like to observe that I have never had any problems finding a man (not that I need one, I'm quite happy with the one I've got); but my best friend, she's got plenty of saggy and baggy bits after losing weight, but men do, and always have, flocked round her like bees round a honeypot.

I can and do get really down about my size (I suffer from depression too), but the one thing that keeps me going is knowing that other people don't really care about it - I know that my friends see ME for the wonderful, caring, fabulous and sexy human being that I am, not the size of my belly ... it doesn't matter to them, and if it doesn't matter to them then that tells me something.

I'm not saying you shouldn't have surgery - you're the only person who really knows if it is really what you should do. What I would say is that before you contemplate going under the knife that you should learn to love yourself as you are now. Very few women who have had three kids have washboard stomachs. Even skinny celebrities are shown to have cellulite! Just remember that your friends and family love you regardless of whether your stomach is flat or flabby, and having a bit of a wobble doesn't make you any less of a person.

While you're saving up, you should consider joining a gym or finding some way of incorporating exercise into your daily routine. You might find that if you can really tone up and maybe even improve your posture, it might make all the difference to how you look - strong muscles will make a difference, I'm sure.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

~daisy~_2

first off - a tummy tuck is in NO WAY A WIEGHT LOSS SOLUTION

sorry but really need to make that clear - i have recently had my second tummy tuck
i had my first 20 months ago in a clinic in belgium and was very unhappy with the results - yes it was better but not what i expected
maybe my expectations were too high - but i know it wasnt right and once the clinic had my money they were unwilling to do any revisions
at this point i must point out i did all the research and spoke to other patients so thought i had covered all bases

after that i saved up and had it all done again by a uk surgeon in january at a further cost of 5 1/2k but worth every penny

it is a life changing surgery - when done correctly
i wish you luck but would really advise you to reconsider going abroad - thats from someone whos seen both ways
in belguim they never even took my bp after surgery - i had a heamatoma that then forced its way through the incision and ended up with an infection which caused a deep pocket on the incision - this took a further 12 weeks to heal from the inside out
whilst i accept this could happen in the uk or abroad - i know i would have had proper care and support from a uk surgeon and not have to fend for myself and rely on my gp nurses

if you have any other questions im happy to help