jumping the gun..
so i realize that i am seriously jumping the gun here...
I haven't even gotten my surgery yet (scheduled for the end of Feb) and im already thinking tummy tuck! lol i guess no time like now to start saving =)
Anyways my question is my insurance will cover a pani, but i'd like to do a full TT. So do you think that i could just pay the difference? Or will i just have to pay for the full TT since they only cover the pani? Or.. should i just get the pani and see if thats all i will need (let it heal and wait like a year to see if i should just go in and do the full TT?)
oh and how much is a TT??
on 1/10/13 1:16 pm
I love a girl who plans ahead!!! LOL!
My TT was 6,750.00 (Tucson, AZ) -- it was an out-patient procedure performed at a fully accredited Surgical Center -- full anesthesia and nursing/recovery care. I was there for about 6 hours total --- 4 hours of surgery and 2 hours of recovery, if I remember correctly.
My insurance did not pay anything ---- I paid my surgeon's fee (he paid the anesthesia) and I paid the surgical center -- the total was 6,750.00 and I paid by credit card to get the points -- and because neither offered me a discount for paying cash. (I had the cash and would have taken a 3% cash discount if they had allowed it, but both places preferred to take my credit card and pay the bank fees -- so I scored on the rewards points).
I read here a lot -- and it seems that many, if not most surgeons will allow your insurance to pay for the panni -- and let you pay the difference to 'upgrade' to a full tummy tuck. I am sure that you would want to only do it once --- one recovery time.
You might also find that by that time, you want to have more than just a Panni or more than just a Tummy Tuck, depending on how well your skin recovers from your weight loss.
I had my arms and a breast lift done about 16 months post Realize Band (20 pounds above my goal weight) and then I had a full Abdominoplasty about 2 3/4 years post Realize Band (had been at my goal weight for over a year).
My surgeon follows patients for a year -- and does corrections for free ----- I am scheduled to see him on Monday to talk about doing a little lipo just below my belly button to make it flatter