Plastic Surgery after WLS
The insurance I start on next month (thanks, Obama) completely sucks and won't pay for any WLS or any corrective skin surgery.
I am 99% sure I will self pay for belly skin and arm skin to be removed.
HW333--SW 289--GW of 160 5' 11" woman. I only know the way I know & when you ask for input/advice, you'll get the way I've been successful through my surgeon & nutritionist. Please consult your surgeon & nutritionist for how to do it their way. Biggest regret? Not doing this 10 years ago! Every day is better than the day before...and it was a pretty great day!
i (my parents) self-paid for my stomach skin removal. I had an extended tummy tuck with lipo in my hips, back and thighs. I'm hoping to get my boobs reduced and lifted next year. In a perfect world I'd have my thighs, flanks, and arms done but with the student loan debt I have, that won't happen, unless I marry a VERY rich man or get some large unexpected inheritance lol.
<3 jen <3
<3 starting weight: 252 <3 goal weight: 135 <3 current weight: 151 <3
RNY: 9/27/10 <3 Extended Tummy Tuck w/hip & thigh lipo: 6/6/13
Except in rare cases, insurance will generally only cover a panniculectomy (skin removal below the navel witho any muscle tightening) if you have documentation of serious skin issues and if there is a sufficient amount of skin (often insurance requires that it hang below the public bone). Other than that, you will have to cover the cost yourself.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Except in rare cases, insurance will generally only cover a panniculectomy (skin removal below the navel witho any muscle tightening) if you have documentation of serious skin issues and if there is a sufficient amount of skin (often insurance requires that it hang below the public bone). Other than that, you will have to cover the cost yourself.
Lora
Yes, thank you--that is the exact word I was looking for. And there are a level of rules attached to it with my insurance as I shared above.
HW333--SW 289--GW of 160 5' 11" woman. I only know the way I know & when you ask for input/advice, you'll get the way I've been successful through my surgeon & nutritionist. Please consult your surgeon & nutritionist for how to do it their way. Biggest regret? Not doing this 10 years ago! Every day is better than the day before...and it was a pretty great day!
