"body contouring"

I am new to this process, however, I was wondering for those of you who have reached your goals, have any of you had the body contouring surgery where they remove the excess skin from the rapid weight loss?  Has your insurance helped with this at all?  And are there any recommendations that you have found will work to minimize the excess and help your skin to "snap back" some?  Thanks!

Becca

The whole skin 'snapping back' all depends on age and genetics really. The older you get the less likely your skin will go back to fitting the frame you gain with the help of surgery.

Even is you lose your weight slowing if you are older (and sadly, I'm finding my 30 years falling into 'older' in terms of skin recovery) or if you had 'bad' genes, the elasticity of your skin wont go back to 'normal'

Personally, this is the 2nd time I have lost a huge amount of weight. First time (when I was like 21) there was no extra skin to speak of. This time even after just 4 months I'm finding jiggly bits places I shouldn't.

I haven't looked into surgery but from what I understand unless there is a medical issue (sores, ect) most insurance companies wont cover surgery as it is seen as cosmetic.

hope my rambling helps!

Thanks for the insight!  Being 31, myself, I am not counting on the skin to snap back.  Oh well, it will all be worth it regardless...

I had quite a but of surgery done:  lower body lift, arms, breasts and inner thighs.  The only part that was covered by insurance was the abdominal portion of my lower body lift because I had a rash.  Otherwise, it was all self-pay, but it was definitely worth it.  Although, I would think twice about having my inner thighs done again.  I am happy with the results, but they aren't as good as the results everywhere else, and it was extremely painful.  As for the rest, I am so happy that I did it.  As far as helping your skin to "snap back," I don't believe that's possible.  You are either going to have saggy skin or you're not - depends on age and genetics.  I guess I had both working against me!