Guest guest Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 Kay Was any of your surgeries covered or where they all out of pocket? Can I ask how much each surgery was? How much weight had you lost before you started plastic surgery? Where you at your goal weight? Which of these surgeries was the hardest, then next down to the easiest? How much time did you take off work from the hardest to the easiest? Who was your surgeon? Was your surgeon through Kaiser? Sorry for all the question, but I am at goal and my arms are bad, my breast also need only a left and if I can the others would be great also. Of course finances is what will decide when and which would be possible to be first. Thank you for this help. LOL DonnaKay wrote: Hi Sam,Well, of course, every body is different. How much extra weight and how it was distributed will greatly affect the ultimate result. So will one's genetics and a number of other things.We were discussing this at the San Leandro support group and one of the men there said that he wouldn't be having any plastic work because what saggy skin he had just didn't bother him. He even showed us his mid-section - which I'll admit isn't nearly as bad as I would have expected from someone who has lost well over 200 lb. (as he has done). His arms look great, but he didn't really carry a lot of extra weight there.Me . . . I carried my extra weight all over, but especially in my arms and legs. Which means, among other things, that I had the worst "bat wings" that any of the 4 plastic surgeons I consulted had ever seen. Anyway . . . back to your question . . . I am dealing with my baggy, saggy skin by having it nipped and tucked. In April, I had a lower body lift and an extended incision up the front to pull in my midriff. At the end of September, I had a brachioplasty (bat wing removal) and breast lift (no implants). I am really happy that I had the work done. I especially love the results of this last surgery. For the first time in decades, I'll show my bare arms in public. I don't even care about the scars. I still desperately need to have my legs done, but that will have to wait our finances recover and I recover from my knee surgeries - so for about the next year I'll be dealing with that extra skin by hiding it.Take care,Kay (in San Leandro)Open RNY 12/1/03samuel vaughn wrote:> One of my concerns is the baggy skin. How is> everybody dealing with that? Donna JordonDSJordon@... Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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