Re: I am scared....panniculectomy/hoochie lift

[Guest guest]

I am scheduled for hernia repair/panniculectomy on January 26. I hate to

admit it but I am really frightenend of another surgery. I feel like I am

" pushing my luck " . I do believe in God and my Saviour Jesus Christ and have

prayed

about this. I am justifying the hernia repair as something that has to be

done (It is a double hernia the size of a bowling ball) but the incision from

the

panni is what has be scared. I know this is not as invasive as the rny (two

of them) was and I am a lot healthier than I was then. BUT what frightens me

is that I think that a lot of my " skin " is just plain fat and not empty

hanging skin. Did anyone else feel like this and is it harder to remove the fat

and

skin vs just skin? Also the surgeon will not do a " hoochie lift " because he

says it would pull on the mesh/hernia repair too much. He says he will do the

panni without significant tightening of the muscles.....HUMMMM. Is this

enough? Will I end up with a waist line that I want so much? Please advise if

anyone has had panni without muscle tightening. One more question: Does a

hernia repair tighten the muscles any? I plan to address these questions to my

surgeon too.

thanks!

Marilyn Childers

-120 lbs

[Guest guest]

I'm not a plastic surgeon. They sometimes have very, very good reasons for

saying what they say. I've never argued with my plastic surgeon because if

he doesn't think it can be done, I sure don't want to " push the envelope. "

However, I've also known cases where surgeons chose the wrong procedures.

Do you trust this doctor's experience completely and totally? Did you get

more than one opinion? Does he have impeccable references? I believe

that's where the answer lies.

I think the skin has fat " attached. " My rolls of skin felt " fatty. "

All the best,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

Re: I am scared....panniculectomy/hoochie lift

> I am scheduled for hernia repair/panniculectomy on January 26. BUT what

frightens me

> is that I think that a lot of my " skin " is just plain fat and not empty

> hanging skin. Did anyone else feel like this and is it harder to remove

the fat and

> skin vs just skin? Also the surgeon will not do a " hoochie lift " because

he

> says it would pull on the mesh/hernia repair too much. He says he will do

the

> panni without significant tightening of the muscles.....HUMMMM. Is this

> enough? I plan to address these questions to my

> surgeon too.

>

> thanks!

>

> Marilyn Childers

> -120 lbs

[Guest guest]

BUT what frightens me

is that I think that a lot of my " skin " is just plain fat and not empty

hanging skin. Did anyone else feel like this and is it harder to remove the

fat and

skin vs just skin? Also the surgeon will not do a " hoochie lift " because he

says it would pull on the mesh/hernia repair too much. He says he will do

the

panni without significant tightening of the muscles.....HUMMMM. Is this

enough? Will I end up with a waist line that I want so much? Please advise

if

anyone has had panni without muscle tightening.

Actually, I felt EXACTLY like you did. When I saw my " before " pictures

(before the surgery) I paniced and thought that I was jumping the gun and

doing all of this too soon. I wondered why the Doc agreed to do it.....was

he just trying to make a buc?? But he was the #1 guy in Pgh, and I

remembered that I had been told that he was very picky. The results were

wonderful.........he told me that they do suck out a lot of fat

also.......he said that they " need " to anyway to do contouring.......my

waist is great. I had been obese my whole life......and had 4 BIG

pregnancies........he only did a pannictulectomy and didn't touch the

muscles.......I was worried too..........but all is great!! I will tell you

though.......for both me and my neighbor the recovery from the tt was MUCH

harder and longer than the RNY.......to me the RNY was a breeze........the

tt knocked me for a loop. I think part of the problem was that I was not as

" prepared " for the tt......I wasn't as knowledgable going into to it as I

was the RNY. Expect to be out of things for a while.............best to

you........ P.

Re: I am scared....panniculectomy/hoochie lift

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

When I had the panniculectomy done they removed about 27 lbs only

3 of which was skin. I don't think it is that hard to remove the fat

with the skin especially if you have a hanging panni. However, sometimes

a surgeon will do a little liposuction. This is something you probably

need to address with the surgeon.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

479/356/hoping for close to 200

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 11:25:36 EST Mylou52@... writes:

> I am scheduled for hernia repair/panniculectomy on January 26. I

> hate to

> admit it but I am really frightenend of another surgery. I feel

> like I am

> " pushing my luck " . I do believe in God and my Saviour Jesus Christ

> and have prayed

> about this. I am justifying the hernia repair as something that has

> to be

> done (It is a double hernia the size of a bowling ball) but the

> incision from the

> panni is what has be scared. I know this is not as invasive as the

> rny (two

> of them) was and I am a lot healthier than I was then. BUT what

> frightens me

> is that I think that a lot of my " skin " is just plain fat and not

> empty

> hanging skin. Did anyone else feel like this and is it harder to

> remove the fat and

> skin vs just skin? Also the surgeon will not do a " hoochie lift "

> because he

> says it would pull on the mesh/hernia repair too much. He says he

> will do the

> panni without significant tightening of the muscles.....HUMMMM. Is

> this

> enough? Will I end up with a waist line that I want so much?

> Please advise if

> anyone has had panni without muscle tightening. One more question:

> Does a

> hernia repair tighten the muscles any? I plan to address these

> questions to my

> surgeon too.

>

> thanks!

>

> Marilyn Childers

> -120 lbs

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I had fat in them thar rolls. I could only wear elastic waist pants,

even if they were size 4.

If they had not rebuilt my body beneath the skin, I would still be

shaped like a box. They BUILT me a waist. Just the skin removal would

not have done what I wanted/needed to make me normal.

I am an apple.

I would surely seek a 2nd opinion.

Thanks,

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Re: I am scared....panniculectomy/hoochie

lift

> I am scheduled for hernia repair/panniculectomy on January 26. I

hate to

> admit it but I am really frightenend of another surgery. I feel

like I am

> " pushing my luck " . I do believe in God and my Saviour Jesus Christ

and have prayed

> about this. I am justifying the hernia repair as something that has

to be

> done (It is a double hernia the size of a bowling ball) but the

incision from the

> panni is what has be scared. I know this is not as invasive as the

rny (two

> of them) was and I am a lot healthier than I was then. BUT what

frightens me

> is that I think that a lot of my " skin " is just plain fat and not

empty

> hanging skin. Did anyone else feel like this and is it harder to

remove the fat and

> skin vs just skin? Also the surgeon will not do a " hoochie lift "

because he

> says it would pull on the mesh/hernia repair too much. He says he

will do the

> panni without significant tightening of the muscles.....HUMMMM. Is

this

> enough? Will I end up with a waist line that I want so much?

Please advise if

> anyone has had panni without muscle tightening. One more question:

Does a

> hernia repair tighten the muscles any? I plan to address these

questions to my

> surgeon too.

>

> thanks!

>

> Marilyn Childers

> -120 lbs

>

>

>