Plastic Surgery after Weight Loss Surgery: 4 important tips

My mentor  and friend Sandi and I recently started blogging about our experiences as long-term successful Lap-Band® patients.  Sandi who has been maintaining a 250 lb weight loss with the help of her Lap-Band®, (yes, you read that correctly, 250 lbs lost, and maintaining) is writing about her experiences with plastic surgery.  These are her tips for anyone considering plastic surgery after weight loss surgery. 
1.    Interview several doctors. You have to know what the possibilities are before  you can make a selection that works for you. 2.    Access is important - you will need follow up care for drain removal, etc. so you need to know before surgery how you will handle your follow up. 3.    Experience with Weight Loss Surgery Patients is important. We come with our own unique challenges to plastic surgeons so the more surgery after weight loss your selected surgeon has done, the more familiar with our population your surgeon will be. 4.    You must be totally comfortable with this doctor. You want someone who is compassionate, skilled and available. You are entrusting your life to this person as well as your emotional well being.
If you want to learn more, here’s the link to her first post about plastic surgery after WLS:  http://sandisbandedliving.com/maintaining-002-plastic-surgery-after-gastric-banding-or%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6-to-nip-and-tuck-or-not-to-nip-and-tuck/  

I agree entirely with everything you have said. I just started a blog dicussing plastic surgery topics specifically for weight loss patients. You can read about it on my new site, www.beautyafterweightloss.com. Even if you are not from the Washington DC area, I think you will find the blog interesting and helpful. I'd appreciate your feedback. Thanks.