I gained a lot of weight over the course of a year, and even before gaining weight, I always had an unusually large amount of fat only on my abdomen, so after worrying about it for a long time, I finally had surgery a few days ago.
I got it done a bit cheaply at an event price, and since doing 360-degree liposuction seemed expensive and like the recovery period would take a long time, I just did the front of the abdomen only (upper abdomen, lower abdomen, and half of the flanks).
Right after surgery, my weight went up by about 1 kg (probably because of swelling), and now, 4 days later, I’m about 0.5 kg down compared with the day of surgery.
As for pain, I didn’t really have much, and on the day itself I just took the subway home by myself. But sitting down was extremely uncomfortable... Standing or lying down is comfortable, and when moving, the compression garment wrinkles up and feels uncomfortable... It doesn’t hurt badly, but when I accidentally drop something, I can’t bend my body, so it’s annoying, and going to the bathroom is hard. On day 2, my stomach felt tight when lying down and getting up, but now it’s gotten a bit better.
The bruising has now gone down to my thighs ㅡㅋㅋㅋ I keep applying bruise cream and have been taking Danggui Sussan every day too, but I guess bruising can’t be helped. Especially on the left side, it has gone down to my knee, and the knee area is slightly swollen, so I’m a bit worried....
There is some bruising on my abdomen and there are small areas that hurt when pressed, but since there’s no way to know whether this is a side effect or just bruising, it’s frustrating..
After liposuction, even though I’m swollen, it definitely does look a bit slimmer, but I’m still not sure yet... Later, after I get the stitches removed and have time, I’ll post photos too. But it really hurts less than I expected, so I think that’s a relief (I kept it a secret and didn’t tell my family, and no one knows).