How significant it is to having the hanging skin removed?
I was wondering just how significant it is to having the hanging skin removed? We don't have the finances to have it done and I would feel guilty having us take a loan out for it when my husband has been laid of so much lately and is still not at his regular job. I don't want to lie to myself that it is such a necessity, but at the same time I am really struggling to get back on track. See, I wonder to myself that if I would have the skin removed, that I would feel better about myself and WANT to STAY on track!!!! Is this just a BIG excuse? Tell me what your thoughts are or have been on this subject. I hope I have explained myself clear enough. 
I have pictures of my hanging skin on profile in my July 2008 entry.
Thanks & God bless!
Cindy
I have pictures of my hanging skin on profile in my July 2008 entry.
Thanks & God bless!
Cindy
I had brachioplasty (arms), a panniculectomy, mons lift, and TT. I had a LOT of extra skin. Getting the panni removed and the mons lift was absolutely necessary (I was getting horrid rashes and was still having to wear baggy pants and tunic length shorts to cover the apron and the mons bulge). The arms I did because I simply hated the huge batwings and having to buy shirts a size bigger to accommodate my arms.
I have to say that after having the extra skin removed, that really doesn't play into my motivation to keep the weight off. Yes, I feel better about my body, but it's the fear of losing being a "normal" size and being obese again that is really my only motivator to rty to stay on track. I can, however, see the logic in your thinking... that if you felt better about your body you would be more motivated to maintain it that way.
I had the money to pay fro the arms and mons lift (and insurance paid for the panniculectomy), but I had to finance my TT. I had it last January and it will not be paid off until NEXT fall. It's a lot of money and sometimes I wonder if I should just have had a little lipo on the muffin top to make it less obvious. Other days I love having a flat (even if badly scarred (from necrosis after the TT)) tummy and think it was worth every penny (even without any lipo).
The other consideration is that some poeple look much better than others after skin removal. Depending on what you are expecting, you may find that you don't look the way you hoped and may regret spending the money.
Not sure how much that helps you...
Lora
I have to say that after having the extra skin removed, that really doesn't play into my motivation to keep the weight off. Yes, I feel better about my body, but it's the fear of losing being a "normal" size and being obese again that is really my only motivator to rty to stay on track. I can, however, see the logic in your thinking... that if you felt better about your body you would be more motivated to maintain it that way.
I had the money to pay fro the arms and mons lift (and insurance paid for the panniculectomy), but I had to finance my TT. I had it last January and it will not be paid off until NEXT fall. It's a lot of money and sometimes I wonder if I should just have had a little lipo on the muffin top to make it less obvious. Other days I love having a flat (even if badly scarred (from necrosis after the TT)) tummy and think it was worth every penny (even without any lipo).
The other consideration is that some poeple look much better than others after skin removal. Depending on what you are expecting, you may find that you don't look the way you hoped and may regret spending the money.
Not sure how much that helps you...
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I chose to have a lower body lift and brest augmentation because I had such a poor body image. I hated the way I looked, even though I'm so much thinner all I could see was the sagging skin and boobs and just hated the way I looked.
The procedures cost me $20,000 and I don't look as good as I thought I would, but I do feel better about how I look. So my mental health is better, but I have to admit that it's a whole lot of money for just OK changes.
I don't think it affects my committment to keep the weight off. I was committed to keeping the weight off no matter how bad the sagginess was. I'm not sure if it will help you there or not.
BTW I'm 3 years post, lost 111 pounds and no regain yet.
The procedures cost me $20,000 and I don't look as good as I thought I would, but I do feel better about how I look. So my mental health is better, but I have to admit that it's a whole lot of money for just OK changes.
I don't think it affects my committment to keep the weight off. I was committed to keeping the weight off no matter how bad the sagginess was. I'm not sure if it will help you there or not.
BTW I'm 3 years post, lost 111 pounds and no regain yet.
Mary Catherine
on 8/20/10 8:42 pm
on 8/20/10 8:42 pm
There was a quote in Weight Loss Surgery for Dummies that influenced me the most.
"Weight Loss Surgery gave me back my life - Plastic Surgery gave me back my self esteem."
If you are comfortable with how you look and feel, then plastic surgery is not that important. If you are miserable with how you look and feel, then it can be the most important thing in life"
To do the tummy, lower body, breasts and arms will probably run about $35,000. That varies greatly depending on where you live. If in a very depressed area, the cost could be much lower.
I looked at it as the same as buying a nice car. You spend $35,000 and in a few years it could be a pile of rust. You spend $35,000 on your body and you have a lifelong improvement.
It is a strong possibility that you are going to be around for another fifty or more years. If you spread out that cost over fifty years, then it comes to about $2 a day.
Is it worth about $2.00 a day to have a body that you are comfortable with? You may not need as much plastics as that. Talk to a surgeon, then do the math.
Cost of procedure divided by number of years you think you have left divided by 365.
I do not take going into debt lightly, but we do it for homes and cars and I think ourselves are as important.
"Weight Loss Surgery gave me back my life - Plastic Surgery gave me back my self esteem."
If you are comfortable with how you look and feel, then plastic surgery is not that important. If you are miserable with how you look and feel, then it can be the most important thing in life"
To do the tummy, lower body, breasts and arms will probably run about $35,000. That varies greatly depending on where you live. If in a very depressed area, the cost could be much lower.
I looked at it as the same as buying a nice car. You spend $35,000 and in a few years it could be a pile of rust. You spend $35,000 on your body and you have a lifelong improvement.
It is a strong possibility that you are going to be around for another fifty or more years. If you spread out that cost over fifty years, then it comes to about $2 a day.
Is it worth about $2.00 a day to have a body that you are comfortable with? You may not need as much plastics as that. Talk to a surgeon, then do the math.
Cost of procedure divided by number of years you think you have left divided by 365.
I do not take going into debt lightly, but we do it for homes and cars and I think ourselves are as important.
rny2003
on 8/22/10 10:37 pm
on 8/22/10 10:37 pm
I had a panniculectomy done, insurance paid for it. Yeah, it made me feel better, but didn't change my overall health practices. I'm still me. Would I have done it if I had to pay for it? I'm not sure, but probably eventually I would have found a way. I'd like to have my arms, hips and breasts done, but then I think... why? I'm healthy. My husband loves me the way I am. Why can't I just be happy with that? I'm never going to be "perfect", so I just need to love and take care of what I have. Ha! Easier said than done! :-)
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