Re: Yet another question!!

[Guest guest]

Go ahead and " offend " ... that is what this group is for... to ask

questions. SOME insurances will pay for excessive skin removal and

some won't. It depends on how your coverage and how you approach

it... Call it a pannilectumy (sp) instead of a tummy tuck...

Strength training doesn't hurt in helping to firm up the skin...

HUGS to you...

Lee Anne

10/22/01

> Hello! I am five feet five inches tall and weight 235,my concern

and

> please dont laugh is somehow after being five four all my life I

grew

> an inch within the past few months..I dont know how as I am 27

years

> old and thought I was done with that but anyway my first concern is

> does that whole five pounds really matter as a to being able to

> qualify for wls? And second is that I have read many posts where

> because of the weight loss there was a lot of extra skin that

dosent

> shrink,does stregnth training help that? And if not has anyone had

> there insurance company pay to have it removed? I know my problem

> area is going to be my butt and my thighs as my stomach just looks

> like im about 5 months pregnant.Its kinda like a fat firm belly if

ya

> can imagine it.Man im sorry to give you all the visual..im just

> hoping that someone out here can give me some advise on how to help

> the skin go back to where it was about 8 years ago.

> Thank You all for your help and i hope that i havent offended

anyone

> out here.

> Tara