Plastic Surgery Update Photos

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For those who are interested, and not offended by nudity, I have updated my

reconstructive surgery photos with one year photos (although I did figure out

how to use the paintbrush to hide the naughty bits on the one year photo!).

You know, when I look at my body I am often dissatisfied, but when I see it

in photos, I feel much better!!

http://hometown.aol.com/kateseidel/PlasticSurgeryPhotos.htmlhttp://homet\

own.aol.com/kateseidel/PlasticSurgeryPhotos.html

Kate

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Kate the PS photos are very interesting. The difference is amazing, but I

still am having trouble with thinking about the pain and discomfort. Maybe

next year for me. Fay Bayuk

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Kate,

You look absolutely fantastic! Did you have a thigh lift also? My thighs

are jelly, but they didn't bother me too much until my abdominoplasty. Now,

the thighs and hips look awful! I'll just wait a couple of months until I'm

out of these compression garments to see if everything kind of blends

together a bit, though. I guess you could say I have the thighs of a

50-year-old, which I am. )

in NJ

open RNY 8/99

306/164/whatever

TT and lipo 11/19/02

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So much may have to do with age or maybe not having yo-yo'ed the way I (and

maybe you) have or simple genetics. But, would you let me know what the doc

says? I doubt there's an easy way to fix them with the loose skin. I just

dread a thigh lift, especially since the results are so often less than

satisfactory.

Thanks,

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In a message dated 11/27/2002 7:24:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,

nanpug@... writes:

> ......the thigh thing is exactly what happened to me!! They had

> always looked bad.........but once the tummy was good.........YUCK!!!!!!!!

> I go next Tuesday (Dec 3) to see what someone says about them..........I am

> 5 months out and it didn't get any better. I see what you mean though,

> some people's pictures look as though there thighs got better for some

> reason,,,,,,,odd!!

> Re: Plastic Surgery Update Photos

>

>

> > Kate,

> >

> > You look absolutely fantastic! Did you have a thigh lift also? My

> thighs

> > are jelly, but they didn't bother me too much until my abdominoplasty.

> Now,

> > the thighs and hips look awful! I'll just wait a couple of months until

> I'm

> > out of these compression garments to see if everything kind of blends

> > together a bit, though. I guess you could say I have the thighs of a

> > 50-year-old, which I am. )

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In a message dated 11/27/2002 3:43:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,

watnext@... writes:

> Did you have a thigh lift also? My thighs are jelly, but they didn't bother

> me too much until my abdominoplasty.

No, but he pulled the pubic area up so tightly that it " carried over " to the

very upper thigh area. The rest of my thighs look pretty bad to me (my

daughter said yesterday, gee mom, you look normal in clothes, but your legs

are gross!!), and it did somehow seem worse once the tummy was fixed. But, I

don't think I'm going to have any more surgeries for a while.

Kate

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Dear ,

My plastic surgeon did agree that thighs were the biggest challenge, but he

felt that he could get reasonable results when we cross that bridge. I have

seen some thigh lifts with remaining hideous scars, both inside and outside

the thighs. My surgeon proposes to make an incision above the thighs, remove

the excess skin and then pull and tighten the thighs.. leaving the scar near

the panty line.. Of course, I am just beginning to explore all my

possibilities here.. and have only seen one surgeon so far.

Take care

Hugs,

from GA

open RNY 12/12/00

Revision 04/18/01

Revision 02/07/02

St wt.... 392

Cw.......187

Wt loss..-205

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In a message dated 11/27/2002 9:55:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, Gigi8083

writes:

> My plastic surgeon did agree that thighs were the biggest challenge, but

> he felt that he could get reasonable results when we cross that bridge. I

> have seen some thigh lifts with remaining hideous scars, both inside and

> outside the thighs. My surgeon proposes to make an incision above the

> thighs, remove the excess skin and then pull and tighten the thighs..

> leaving the scar near the panty line.. Of course, I am just beginning to

> explore all my possibilities here.. and have only seen one surgeon so far

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I think it depends on how much skin has to be removed, etc. My thighs are

jelly-like, wrinkly and generally ugly, but I don't have that heavy overhang

or folds that create rashes or anything like that. Probably, anything would

definitely be an improvement in that case, but I have heard of the panty line

scar gravitating downward over time, and others who've had thigh surgery can

probably be more specific.

Also, having just had a TT, the nice torso just makes the thighs and hips

look worse, so anyone who's on the fence about this should take it into

consideration before having surgery. They're really probably not that bad,

but age (I'm 50), yo-yo dieting and genetics are all factors in the way the

skin looks and, in my case, they may not look as bad once the compression

garments are off (I'm hoping, anyway). So, I'll cross that bridge when I

come to it.

Happy Turkey everyone!

in NJ

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......the thigh thing is exactly what happened to me!! They had

always looked bad.........but once the tummy was good.........YUCK!!!!!!!!

I go next Tuesday (Dec 3) to see what someone says about them..........I am

5 months out and it didn't get any better. I see what you mean though,

some people's pictures look as though there thighs got better for some

reason,,,,,,,odd!!

Re: Plastic Surgery Update Photos

> Kate,

>

> You look absolutely fantastic! Did you have a thigh lift also? My thighs

> are jelly, but they didn't bother me too much until my abdominoplasty.

Now,

> the thighs and hips look awful! I'll just wait a couple of months until

I'm

> out of these compression garments to see if everything kind of blends

> together a bit, though. I guess you could say I have the thighs of a

> 50-year-old, which I am. )

>

> in NJ

> open RNY 8/99

> 306/164/whatever

> TT and lipo 11/19/02

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

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Kate,

BRAVO! Your surgeon did a wonderful job, and you obviously did your

part to heal so well. Enjoy your new bod'!

Fay,

The pain and discomfort are minimal, compared to WLS. Except,

perhaps, for batwings and inner thighs. I am told that they are real

sources of discomfort for many more weeks than most folks would want

to endure.

--Steve (my plastics posted on the ossg-plasticsurgery site)

At 3:37 AM -0500 11/27/02, fbayuk@... wrote:

>still am having trouble with thinking about the pain and discomfort.

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> > No, but he pulled the pubic area up so tightly that it " carried

over " to the very upper thigh area. The rest of my thighs look

pretty bad to me (my daughter said yesterday, gee mom, you look

normal in clothes, but your legs are gross!!), and it did somehow

seem worse once the tummy was fixed. But, I don't think I'm going to

have any more surgeries for a while.

>

> Kate

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Gee, and I thought I was lucky not to need the pubic lift. See? A

little benefit of needing that...LOL Well, I think your thighs look

great, but I agree, after my breast reduc and turkey neck, that's it

for me for a while, too.

in NJ

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Boy, I think plastic surgery pain varies widely from person to person. My Open

RNY pain really wasn't bad, but though I am thrilled beyond thrilled with the

results of the plastic surgery I've had thus far, it was much more painful in

the first week than the RNY was. Of course, I had a lot done at the same time;

extensive abdominoplasty (breastbone to pubis and about 300 degrees around),

brachioplasty (batwings), two zones of liposuction (outer flanks and the top of

my butt), and a burn scar revision in the small of my back, but the most painful

places were where the lipo had been done. The incisions actually hurt LESS. The

brachioplasty was nearly pain-free.

I am in the same boat with everyone else... get that beautiful flat stomach (and

mine IS beautiful!) and the thighs look like absolute hell. I'm getting my inner

thighs lifted and my brachioplasty revised (I have one little tag in the armpit

on one side, and I'm going to have him extend the incision about 3/4 " into my

armpit so he can lift all the loose skin up from under my arms and next to my

boobs) in January, and I'm not looking forward to the pain but I expect to be

pleased with the results.

My plastic surgery before and afters are also posted on the Yahoo!

ossg-plasticsurgery page, in the Z folder. I need to add my 3 month afters

there, and will do that as soon as I get them from Dr. Egrari.

Ziobro (was Moseley)

Open RNY 09/17/01

Round 1 of plastics/reconstructives 07/22/02

Round 2 of plastics 01/16/03

310/129/125

http://www.ziobro.us

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From: Steve Goldstein

Sent: Wed 11/27/2002 5:09 AM

To: fbayuk@...

Cc: KateSeidel@...; Graduate-OSSG

Subject: Re: Plastic Surgery Update Photos

The pain and discomfort are minimal, compared to WLS. Except,

perhaps, for batwings and inner thighs. I am told that they are real

sources of discomfort for many more weeks than most folks would want

to endure.

--Steve (my plastics posted on the ossg-plasticsurgery site)

At 3:37 AM -0500 11/27/02, fbayuk@... wrote:

>still am having trouble with thinking about the pain and discomfort.