had first plastic consult--please advise!

I am 13 months out from my RNY and am down 137 pounds. I started at 326 and now weigh 189. I called the office of a plastics doc in the area expecting to schedule a consult in December or so. He had an opening today so I took it and went in to see what he had to say.

I have always been obese and have never NOT had a hanging panni----so he does his poking and kneading and declares me about ready! He said he would get great results from the fluer de les procedure and the "rolls" I have are actually skin with very little fat left. He could feel my rib and hip bones easily and kept referring to the pinch distance and said it was 1 to 1 1/2 cemimeters.

So if I achieve the average weight loss of a RNY of 75% of the excess body fat I will land around 180. I pulled a goal weight out of the sky of 160 and wondered if I should be thinking of plastics this early. The reason I want the skin removed is to increase my chances of keeping the weight off---research shows that the skin removal increases these chances dramatically.

Please advice----

The doc thought I had 8-12 pounds of skin in the stomach area that needed removal. He also said I would probably see a size reducion of approx 4 pants sizes.

thanks in advance,
Shelly