Photos - Post Surgery Week 10

 

Here I am 10 weeks after surgery.  You can see how much straighter I am between the legs, with a nice clear line down my inner thighs to my knees where the fat pads have been removed.  My waist is still smaller than my hips as I have a very small waist, but you can see that I no longer stick out as much at the thighs.  

The weather in the UK is unseasonably warm and quite humid, so I've been swollen for a few days.  My ankles by evening have been more obviously swollen on the right than the left but both have seemed a little puffy - the right leg tends to be slightly bigger from the ankle all the way up anyway, and it wasn't quite as fat as in my post surgery compression photo where both feet looked swollen to me.  

I've taken these photos after a night of sleep to try and get the least swelling in them.  I'm not sure if all the post surgery swelling is gone yet - I'll have to see what Professor Schmeller says about that as I think I still have some swelling left in my outer thighs in particular.  

If you are wondering how the incisions healed up, here is a random and fairly representative incision.   The scar is nice and flat, and not raised.  It is still a little bit dark, as you can see.  I have one with a nearby mole and when I go to put bio-oil on at night, I have to be very careful to rub the oil into the scar and not the mole as in slightly dim light it is hard to tell them apart.

   

Here is my worst incision.  This was the one which was slow to completely dry out.  It is very slightly raised and thicker.  It is over 5mm long and maybe 2mm at the widest point.