Reaching your goal and cosmetic surgery.

Hi everyone!

I'm well over half way to reaching my  goal weight. When I get there I will have lost 30kgs and as you can imagine this amount of weight has left a lot of sagging skin. I notice it particularly around m upper arms, inner thighs and now almost non existent breasts! I'm considering eventually having surgery to remove it and possibly breast implants. The thought of unnecessary surgery makes me a bit nervous but its something i really want to do one day. Is anyone else going to have cosmetic surgery when reaching their goal weight? Any thoughts?

~Natalie

well, sort of.  i'm having a hysterectomy, in good part for cosmetic reasons.  when i was overweight (just barely), i thought i just had a big belly.  but as i lost weight, it became more and more clear that something else was going on.  it turned out i have large fibroids which can't be removed, and my uterus is about the size of a 14-week pregnancy (that's how big it was almost two years ago; i think it's bigger now).

so i'm having it removed.  it's medically indicated, but it's not necessary, and in my mind--yeah--it's basically a cosmetic procedure.

but--you know--it's "medically indicated," and i live in canada, so it doesn't cost me anything (and it will save me almost $200/year in tampons and pads).

i wouldn't consider breast implants (and i'm small), but if i had a problem with excess skin, i think i would do it.

Hi Natalie,

For me, it's not 'unnecessary' or cosmetic surgery.  A series of doctors have called it necessary surgery to repair damage.  I was so overweight for such a long period of time, the skin on my inner thighs has deteriorated drastically.  The excess skin on my tummy caused problems when I had some simple surgery last year (the surgeon had trouble mapping where his probes would go because the skin kept flopping in the way).  I have frequent issues with rashes on the excess skin on my arms due to rubbing on my cothes (especially when exercising).

The only surgery that they do consider cosmetic for me is having breast augmentation. 

Medically, I do need to have plastic surgery to help undo the damage I did to myself.  Emotionally I also need to have it done.  I might look pretty good hiding behind my clothes these days (check out my profile pics), but when I see myself in front of a mirror while getting dressed, or if I'm being intimate with my sweetie, the ugly excess skin becomes an emotional issue. 

The surgery will be extremely costly, even with insurance paying for part of it, but it's something I need to do for myself.  Plastic surgery is a very personal issue.  While some people tell me that I don't need it (they only see me in my clothes!), they don't know the emotional toll it's taking on me.

Good luck in reaching your goal, and congratulations on what you've lost so far!  Good job!!!

Kaufmkk - Wow.  I read your profile and you have an amazing story.  Such an inspiration.  Thank you so much for sharing all those ups and downs in your life.  It does help so much to read about other peoples experiences.  I hope all is well with you now. 

I haven't had this issue with excess skin, but if I did, I would check with my doctor for sure as it sounds like it's more than just a cosmetic issue.  You should all be so proud of yourselves for losing the weight and taking even further steps to keep yourselves healthy. 

Am looking into the surgery.  My insurance does not cover it and although the figure looks good w/ clothes on, without...well that's another story.  There is skin sag and excess.  I will weigh the options considering my age and the cost.  Just to talk to a plastic surgeon it is $100.00.  I need a sugar daddy!