Refused an abdominoplasty.

The guy is a jerk...several years ago I went through the same thing.....I had lost 70 lbs on through diet and exercise, but was still about 30 lbs overweight...I really wanted a breast reduction/lift and TT at the time.....

The surgeon I saw told me that I should lose weight first...that my results wouldn't be visually appealing and that I would never be a "beach bunny"...he actually used those words...I was highly insulted....I was a mother of 3 kids, I wasn't asking to be a beach bunny...but wanted to get somewhat of a normal figure back.

I left really upset...I had paid a $100 consultation fee to be looked at, poked at naked and humiliated..... and never saw another PS due to this horrible experience, but wound up gaining my weight back plus a lot more.

This time around...I have lost all my weight through the WLS...and I saw several PS, and they were all very encouraging and treated me with respect...I don't know if it was because I was at a normal BMI or because they have experience with overweight patients and WLS patients....but I think it is that they were just better and more compassionate surgeons and human beings than the jerk I saw or the jerk you saw.

Now, I am sure that the results are probably better the thinner we are, and when the majority of pictures are of these model types, it makes their work look better...but it shouldn't matter...it is our bodies, and as long as it is safe to proceed, they should let us do the work....Find another surgeon and find ones that don't charge consult fees.