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extra skin

ladydi1961
ladydi1961
June 29, 2011 I had the surgery which went well and lost alomost 155lbs. The extra skin is getting to me and called the doctor and she mentioned that it is important to plateau and if I don't the surgeron will not touch me. So, i am looking at January.


ladydi1961
RubyRedQueen
RubyRedQueen
Can you define plateau in this circumstance? Like, hit your goal weight and remain there for how long? Perhaps they would have been beeter to say "We want to see your weight remain stable for x amount of time before doing skin removal surgery." Is that what they meant?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I AM NOT SURE AS TO HOW LONG IT HAS TO BE BUT I DO KNOW THAT IN SAYING "HAVE YOU REACH YOUR PLATEAU" THEY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE STILL LOOSING WEIGHT OR HAVE YOU STOPPED LOOSING AND BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT WEIGHT. THEY REALLY WANT YOU TO WAIT UNTIL ALL OF THE GREATER WEIGHT LOSS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. I DO KNOW IN ORDER TO GET MOST INSURANCES TO COVER THE COST YOU WILL NEED TO BE TREATED FOR ANY AND EVERY THING THAT OCCURS BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA SKIN SO IT IS DOCUMENTED. I AM REALIZING NOW THAT MY BAT WINGS REALLY NEED SOME ATTENTION - I AM JUST HAPPY FOR THE WEIGHT LOSS AND WILL WORK ON THE EXTRA STUFF IN TIME.
imjj4short
imjj4short
I interviewed 3 plastic surgeons and they all had different requirements. It is a good idea to be at a stable weight before skin removal.

JJ
dimitri
dimitri
Agreed. It's always a good idea to maintain weight before skin removal surgery. But there will probably come a time when plastic surgery might be an option can choose to look into.

Check out this Sharecare.com Health Reference QA for some background information on how it all works:

http://www.sharecare.com/question/why-plastic-surgery

Dr. Stuart Linder says: "I see patients weekly who have undergone bariatric surgery and lost up to 150 pounds ... As a result, facelifts or rhytidectomy, neck lifts, formal mastopexy, or breast lifts, abdominoplasty or panniculectomies, brachioplasties or removal of skin from the arm and thigh lifts can be performed in order to remove the massive amount of skin after weight loss surgery."

While Dr. Michael Roizen says: "Plastic surgery isn't about perfection, and it has its risks. In reality, plastic surgery can very well be about trading in one deformity (saggy skin) for another (scars that can run longer than the Amazon), but, for some people, the trade-off is worth it."

Anyways, I hope you find these interesting, and that when the time comes, you can easily tell which decision is right for you.

Best wishes,
deleted_user
deleted_user
I had my plastic surgery done 8 months post op. Probably.should have waited a bit longer but I'm too impatient