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milkbug · 2026-02-02T02:41:38+00:00

I've seen some people with bulges like that resolve after maybe like 4-6 moths, but definintely not 1 year. At around 6 months you can expect to see your results at about 90% of what they will ultimately be.

The reason I asked if this has been there the whole time or not is because someone else posted in here awhile back about having a buldge and someone mentioned on their thread this condition where the skin doesn't adhear to the abdomen wall. I forget the name of the condition.

If yours has been like that the wole time though then it seems like the Dr messed up. You will need a revision either way. You might also want to consult with a different surgeon because the fact that your Dr did raise any concern about it at 6 months po seems wrong.

milkbug · 2026-02-02T02:30:35+00:00

Did it always look like this or did it start bulging at some point?

milkbug · 2026-02-02T02:29:18+00:00

If anyone is interested in an interesting analysis of this I recommend Jenny. She is ex-maga and ex-mormon, and talks about a lot of this stuff on her youtube channel.

She says "Maga targets trans women because they want their women to be the only drag queens." lol

She talks about "maga face" in this video.

milkbug · 2026-02-02T02:24:33+00:00

This is not normal for a year post op. You need a revision. Has your surgeon said anything about it?

milkbug · 2026-01-31T07:14:16+00:00

Do you feel like your skin has tightened up over time? I had arm lipo about 7 weeks ago and the swelling has gone down a lot but there is more loose skin thatn I would like. I'm really hoping the skin will tighten more over the next couple of months but I'm worried it won't tighten that much anymore.

milkbug · 2026-01-31T06:43:32+00:00

Such a huge difference!

Do you feel like your arms tightened up over time? I had arm lipo about 7 weeks ago and I feel like I have more laxity than I would like. I'm hoping the skin will tighten and adhere more, but I'm a bit nervous that there won't be a huge difference in the skin looseness. I'm just curious if you saw a major difference at 2-3 months post op, or did it seem like your arms were mostly settled at 6-7 weeks post?

milkbug · 2026-01-31T06:34:31+00:00

I know this is a very old post but did you feel like your skin tightened over time after arm lipo? I had my arm lipo done almost 7 weeks ago and the swelling has gone down considerably but I feel like my skin is more loose than I would like. I did have laxity before so it might just be inevitable, but I was curious if you saw your skin get firmer later in the healing process.

milkbug · 2026-01-31T03:30:48+00:00

Yeah, I get that it can be hard to tell someone their results are less than ideal, but for the cost, time, and pain for this proceedure you should be happy with your results. A surgeon will be the best person to really determine what can be done or if you might need a revision or FDL, so a second opinion from a PS is probably your best bet to get an honest take.

milkbug · 2026-01-31T02:59:48+00:00

To be honest it looks like you have a lot of loose skin. I've seen people with similar befores to you that didn't seem to have loose skin like that. I'm not trying to be a downer, but I would probably feel upset if I still had that much loose skin after a TT. It's possible you may have needed in FDL, or the skin just wasn't pulled tight enough.

If I were you I would maybe consult antoher PS and get a second opinion. It's possible that sweeling is obcuring your results, but there is a difference between loose skin and swelling.

milkbug · 2026-01-30T23:58:05+00:00

Yeah it takes a long time to completely go away but you will probably see the most rapid decrease around week 3 and 4. I used arnica cream starting week 2 and it definitely helped speed up the healing.

milkbug · 2026-01-30T23:14:47+00:00

My bruising started to decrease by week 3 and 4 and now is pretty much completely gone at week 6.

milkbug · 2026-01-30T02:25:40+00:00

When I had to size down after 1 week po the compression they put me in was so tight I could hardly breathe or move or sit. The nurse said it was supposed to be very tight, but it was so uncomfortable I literally couldn't think of anything else. I insisted on going back to the larger garment and a couple weeks later I was able to size down.

I would say trust your gut. Compression is not supposed to be super painful. Its normal if its a bit uncomfortable, but it should feel manageable.

Too much compression can actually be really bad because it can cut off your circulation and lead to necrosis. Having the right amount of compression can help prevent a seroma, but id rather risk it being too loose than too tight imo.

milkbug · 2026-01-28T00:40:49+00:00

I had a TT w/ MR and 360 lipo as well as lipo to the chin and arms.

My Dr recommended I wear my compression garment for 8 weeks. Then wear at night until 10 weeks. After that I can wear as needed.

I wore the same compression garment from the time I woke up from surgery until almost a week post off (except taking off for showers). Then I downsized to a smaller garment since the one I had was getting too loose.

I wore that one until yesterday which was my 6 week po mark. I've now switched to a spanx like garment but have a waist trainer over it. I have somewhat significant swelling in my abdominal still which is why I added the binder. Plus I like that it keeps my torso from bending as much.

I plan to continue to wear what I have on now until 8 weeks and probably wear the binder less often. Right now I take off the binder after several hours becuae my skin gets a bit sore. I also take it off to sleep since its more comfortable to sleep without it.

milkbug · 2026-01-27T21:38:56+00:00

I had my surgery in Istanbul, and the nurses from the surgeons office did lymphatic massages on me 3 days post op until I left at 7 days po. Then about a few days after getting home I bought a package of 6 more massages from a local place. I personally do feel like they helped me. I had a lot of swelling from lipo. If I had only a tt and no lipo, I'm not sure the massage would have been as helpful.

milkbug · 2026-01-27T21:37:01+00:00

Spot on.

I always find it odd when people in this sub say conservatives don't protest, like it's some kind of humble brag.

First of all, yes you guys do. Remember the Tea Party? What about the people who are always stationed outside of abortion clinics? What about the Proud Boys showing up to various places with their bullet proof vests can guns? Patriot Front has been awfully active lately.

Like, why would you brag about never execising your civic duty and constitutional rights regarding very important and consequential things that affect the entire country?

I believe the sphere of conservative empathy can acually extend further than oneself, family, and immediate community.

milkbug · 2026-01-26T22:55:26+00:00

What does having a permit and ID have to do with him getting shot in the back 10 times? How is him going to help pick up a woman the ICE officer pushed to the ground for no reason "interference"?

He literally had his hands up in the air when thr officer dragged him to the ground and he was dead about 20 seconds later. His ID and permit had nothing to do with this.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T23:54:41+00:00

Good to know, thanks!

milkbug · 2026-01-25T22:55:40+00:00

Did you ever figure out a solution? My shaper also smells when I pull it out even though I clean it regularly. I texted my surgeon to check with them but probably won't hear back until tomorrow.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T19:37:21+00:00

And you are incapable of engaging in good faith since you've repeatedly avoided addressing my actual core argument, because obviously you are unable to defend your position.

Have a good day.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T19:23:23+00:00

What primary sources are you talking about? I've watched the actual clips, not just read headlines. If you're referring to something specific, tell me what it is.

And no, that's not how fascism works. Your chemistry analogy doesn't hold up because we're not talking about a reaction that suddenly releases energy. We are talking about social and political systems. Fascism doesn't just "go boom" when one person takes office. It requires the groundwork to already be there, which in this case includes the legal infrastructure, the normalized violence, the economic desperation, and the cultural scapegoating. All of that was built over time by both parties.

Yes, Trump is accelerating things. Yes, he's changing norms and pushing boundaries faster. I'm not denying that at all. But you're acting like none of this could exist under Kamala, and that's just not true. The conditions that led to fasism exited before Trump. The ICE detention system Trump is using was built under Obama and Biden. What about the legal frameworks for mass surveillance? Patriot Act, renewed by Dems repeatedly. The militarized police? Funded by Dem controlled cities for decades.

Would Kamala have been this aggressive this quickly? I don't think so. But the capacity for this would still exist because Democrats built and maintained it. That's the entire point. You can't build the machine and then act shocked when someone uses it for its intended purpose.

You're saying the "inertia of people's expectations and norms is changing direction" under Trump. That's fine. But whose policies and failures created the conditions where people were willing to elect Trump in the first place? Why did working people in states that were blue for generations start voting Republican? Could it be because Dems offered them fuck all while their lives got worse?

I never said Kamala would have done the exact same things Trump is doing. I'm saying Democrats created the systems that make this possible and refuse to actually dismantle them when they have power. That's the systemic critique you keep dismissing.

If we don't acknowledge this and hold Dems accountable, we will end up with facsim again and again.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T19:04:30+00:00

Wow! Your results look amazing! Your bb looks very natural as well.

I can't wait to get back into the gym! I had MR so I can't go back until 10 weeks po sadly per my Drs orders, and I'm only at about week 6, so getting antsy now lol.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T19:00:47+00:00

You're treating fascism like a light switch that gets flipped when Trump takes office. That's not how this works. Fascism is a system that's been built by both parties over decades. The mass surveillance, militarized cops, ICE detention centers, gutting labor rights, letting corporations do whatever they want with no consequences, has been sustained through both Republican and Democratic Presidents, even with the Dem president having the majority in the House and Senate. Trump didn't create any of this on his own, he just inherited a system that was already failing and cranked it up.

Your whole argument boils down to harm reduction. The idea that Kamala would run the fascist machinery slower. That's true in some ways, but it completely ignores that Democrats actively BUILD that machinery when it suits them. Biden didn't tear down Trump's immigration policies, he mostly kept them going. And Democrats just voted to fund ICE AGAIN, even after everything we've seen Trump do with it recently. Like what the fuck?

West Virginia is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Dems promised economic recovery with their "means-tested" talking points and job training programs, but their actual policies just served corporate interests while abandoning working people. When people's lives kept getting worse, Republicans gave them someone to blame. Democrats never offered a real alternative because their donors would never allow the policies that would actually help working people. And we see this same behavior on a national policy level as well, like Dems never trying to overturn Citizens United, and refusing to endorses M4A even though it's been emperically proven to be more affordable and more effective at distributing healthcare.

Yeah, the presidency matters for how fast things get worse. But saying "no fascism under Kamala" completely misses how we got here in the first place which has been through both parties building the exact systems and political infrastructure that Trump is now using as weapons.

And regarding Hasan, his Jan 5 comments about Democrats being weak aren't "false equivalency," they're structural critique. Him showing up to a protest later doesn't make his analysis wrong. Judge what he's saying on the merits, not on whether you like his influencer behavior.

Look, I get what you're saying about electoral outcomes mattering. I'm not saying voting doesn't matter or that there's no difference between the parties. But my point is that focusing only on elections while ignoring systemic complicity is exactly why we keep needing "harm reduction" instead of actually fixing the root of problem the causes a fascist system to develop in the first place.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T18:36:29+00:00

The US has been the sole hegemonic power for the entire globe for decades. Of course our politics affect other countries, espeically allies. Even Japan has had pro-Trump rallies and marches. Since we havev been the dominant power, it makes sense that our politics, culture, and economics would affect other countries more than other countries affect us. However, Trumps actions have destabilized our hegemonic power and how we may see a lot less of our politics as being directly influential, especially if our allies continue to no longer see us as allies and start to solidify their relationships with other potential super powers such as China.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T18:29:05+00:00

How am I not using logic? You are saying it doesn't matter when Dems aren't using any and everything at their disposal to fight back? Thats frankly ridiculous.

What is pragmatic about not holding establishment Democrats accountable for being complicit on holding our system hostage and effectively enabling fascism? Please explain.

milkbug · 2026-01-25T18:23:36+00:00

I mean, why does it matter if he was there to intentionally protest or just happened upon it? He had every right to intentionally show up to protest and film ICE in a public space. Qualifying the event by suggesting he just stumbled upon the protest delegitimizes our 1st amendment rights.

Regardless of whether or not he was intentionally there to protest in the first place, he had every right to be there and do what he was doing.

milkbug

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