Question:
PERSONAL PELVIC GIRL QUESTION HERE! *_*

Ok, so I was looking up info in ref to the Pelvic / Pubic Fatty area and really did not find what I was looking for. Does this go away? Is there an excersize you can do for this? (This fatty "thing" runs in my family so I know its not going to be easy getting rid of it on my own!*_*) If not, Will the insurance cover for this area to be corrected? (I have Aetna PPO) I am almost 3 months post op and down 65 lbs and I tell you sex feels great, it feels so much better already. You feel so much closer! I know that if this thing is gone completely it has to be even better!(I know I am not the only one with this dilemma, so somebody please tell me something good!)Thanks!    — Dayanara A. (posted on June 12, 2003)

June 12, 2003
Mine was lifted when I had my tummy tuck but besure to ask your plastic surgeon if he/she includes it. Mine did it automatically; but one lady in our support group her surgeon DIDNT!; Like I said mine was automatically lifted with my TT and my TT was paid for my Aetna. and it DOES improve your sex life ALOT!
   — star .

June 12, 2003
Dayanara, that is my big problem area as well! I haven't had surgery there, and probably won't, who knows maybe later on I will. I have AETNA PPO as well and know it has to be medically necessary, ie. rashes, really bad hanging skin that gets in the way, etc. I can say it has gotten better after getting to my goal weight, but the fatty pouch is still there! Goodluck to you :-)
   — Lezlie Y.

June 12, 2003
The area you are refering to is called the 'mons pubis'. And, indeed, mine got tightened up when I had the panniculectomy/tummy tuck, per my request. The doc did a nice job, but I had to get used to all the air flowing whistling past my 'little man in the canoe'...
   — merri B.

June 12, 2003
****Blushing****What is a "little man in a canoe"?
   — April G.

June 12, 2003
Looking down, on a piece of paper- draw the shape of a canoe. Now sit a man right in the middle of it (looking down, you're only going to see his head)- what does it remind you of? Or picture a canoe, with a man sitting in it, from the side view. Now, flip him and the canoe upsidedown. What body part does it remind you of? PS- the man is a key part of the canoe, he is very special, and you really wouln't want a canoe without that man..........
   — Karen R.

June 19, 2003
My plastic surgeon lifted the area during my abdominoplasty. However, it's still fat. I will need a mons pubis reduction. It takes about an hour and a half. The surgeons charge for it is $1800. This will then make the area thinner.
   — Patty H.