Suggestions or Advice for Skin Surgery

[livvsmum 2,369]

I was trying to decide which forum would be best to post this in, and I thought here since there are a larger number of people who may be at this point in their journey. The "insurance & financing" board seems more about the weight loss surgery itself.

Anyway...... I have a consultation coming up in March with a plastic surgeon to have a panniculectomy and brachioplasty done. I think I have met all of my insurance's requirements to have it covered. I will be past 18 months post op, I have documented 6 months of skin problems & attempted treatments (they only require 3 months) and the pannus hangs low enough for their standards. So I "think" I have a good chance of getting at least one of them covered.

Does anyone have any suggestions about anything I'm forgetting? Things I should ask the surgeon, things to tell the surgeon? Anything at all that would make my visit more effective? I specifically chose a plastic surgeon who is willing to submit to insurance and appeal, because a lot of them (around here anyway) don't want to bother with that.

So, any suggestions??

Edited February 27, 2015 by livvsmum

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

Insurance aside (I didn't stand a chance) my advice is to look at lots and lots of before and after results when choosing a plastic surgeon. There is a great deal of "art" to this. Look for bodies that are "similiar". I noticed when I was researching that some surgeons cherry pick awesome results to post on their marketing websites, but what really tells the story is a full body of work. One surgeon I met with - when I looked at her book of results they were quite underwhelming. another had books that covered two decades and the way she talked about changing her techniques, and addressing different body types, and her incredible results we very confidence inspiring. In the end, i couldn't afford her, but, my point is there really is a difference between surgeons.