some questions about the plastic surgery

[Don 5]

1. Does it get rid of the stretch marks? I have had horrible stretch marks since I was a teenager)

2. Does it get rid of our incision scars? ( I have 3 extra from my gall bladder 10 years ago)

3. Would it decrease or cover up my horrible appendix scar? (It was 1957 and clamps were the latest and greatest thing...........it is probably 8" X 4")

4. Can I opt to have the hair on my belly and chest removed? (This is not vanity or the man grooming crap!!! I am a heart patient and when they have pulled off the leads....it is like you cut something off from a child's Teddy Bear and IT HURTS!!!!!!)

I am going to try and find the money for a Gynecomastia as well.

Like many overweight guys I have enlarged boobs and nipples the size of silver dollars. If I can sell my Steinway......??????

Thanks for any information you can provide

Don

[Stacy160 201]

It's been years since I worked for a Plastic Surgeon, but I'll answer your questions the best I can!

1. It can get rid of stretch marks, if the skin with the stretch marks is removed. Last I knew there was nothing to be done for stretch marks otherwise, but they may be doing things with lasers now that I'm not aware of.

2. Your old incision scars will be removed only if the skin they're on is removed. And know that any plastic surgery you have WILL leave scars too, but they're generally well-hidden...for the belly, they'd be way low on the abdomen running between your hipbones, and around the navel (unless they need to bring skin in from the sides as well, in which case there would be a longer vertical scar as well). For the chest, the scars would be below the breast where the indent/shadow of the margin of the pec muscle normally is, and around the edge of the nipple.

3. See #s 1 and 2.

4. Not surgically (again, unless the skin is removed). You CAN get permanent hair removal by electrolysis, but it's expensive and requires repeat visits... honestly, you'd be much better off buying a bottle of Nair and going from there. That way at least when it grows back in, you've got nice soft ends, and not hard prickly ones from the hairs being shaved off bluntly.

FYI, Gynecomastia is sometimes covered by insurance, but it'll depend on whether it's TRUE gynecomastia (excessive breast tissue) or just a case of moobs from being overweight--can't hurt to find out though and hope to get at least some of it covered! Good luck!