Compared with right after surgery, all the firm areas have softened and the surgical scars have faded a lot!! Now I keep squishing my own skin and enjoying how soft it has become, haha My pants are an inch smaller and I wear one size down in tops too I have kept dieting since surgery, and people around me say I look like I keep losing weight, so my motivation to diet keeps growing, haha All the time and money I put into various diets feels a little wasted now, so if you are hesitating, do it while you are even a year younger!!! I recommend it again and again!