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My name is Kari and I am a 26 yr old mother of a three year old son.. I am getting married July 28th 2008 in the bahamas and want to look my best for my wedding. I have tried for the past year to loose weight and have been stuck at 215 lbs after losing 20 lbs. I want to get my hips and abdomen lipo 'd. My biggest worry is that I will still be very swollen and sore if I have the surgery by ...

Congratulations for your upcoming wedding! -I'm no expert but I think it depends on the technique used by your surgeon and his skills and how your body reacts to it. I'm 21 , olive skin , 114 lb and 5,1 feet : - Second week the bruises on my upper body parts were hardly noticeable. inner thighs still looks horrible. - First month  swelling stopped.No bruises at all. No garment...

Hello Karilynn, Welcome, and congrats to you on your upcoming sx, and your wedding -- how very exciting for you... Swelling will come and go for many month --, I'm now 6 weeks and my swelling for now has improved greatly, not sure what tomorrow will bring, but as for the moment I'm loving being swell free... As time allows read through as many post you are able here, there...

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding and sx. I am 23 days post op , swelling is gradually going down, I dont have any pain or soreness . People have commented on my shape, I think the contour looks great but i do have swelling on the sto mac h, its quite hard and i'm still wearing the garment nights only for 2 more weeks I have no bruising now and stitches have completely dissolved....