Greetings,

I had the gastric sleeve a year ago and now I am looking to have a panniculectomy, which my doctor also recommends for health reasons - so OHIP should cover it.

However the surgeon that he referred me to - isn't seeing new patients right now, so I thought I would ask if anyone here can recommend a surgeon who did their panniculectomy.

I would greatly appreciate your help here.

Thank you.

A.

I know this is very old response... but michael kreidstein in scarborough did an amazing job on me.... in 2014 mind you....

hope you had your surgery and are pleased.....

Hey Lexxiblue,

Thank you so much for responding! I really appreciate it because I wanted to talk to someone who has had it done.

I did actually find a surgeon to do it and I am having it done on June 2, but I would really be interested into talking to you about what I should expect per your experience.

Did you just have a panniculectomy or a tummy tuck too? If you just had a panniculectomy - was the skin connected after removal made pretty tight so unless you gain a ton of weight back, there won't be any continued skin hanging?

Do you still have belly button? If you do is it kind of off to the side now?

I was told that I may have "dog ears" after surgery - is that the case with you?

Lastly what was the healing process like? Any issues with skin healing or infections? How long before you were able to go back to a normal life of work, exercise and just general body movement?

I would greatly appreciate all that you are willing to share and anything you would recommend.

Thank you very much.

FW