loose skin surgery, body lift, tummy tuck etc..experiences?

[Jim in Utah 25]

About half way to my goal weight and I am seeing some sagging skin, thinking about surgery eventually and I was just wondering what experiences anyone has had.

Costs?
Recovery time?
Overall satisfaction with outcome?
Scars?

Thanks,

[AvaFern 3,516]

There is a forum on here that has a lot of information about costs, but I can't ever seem to find the link.

My costs were roughly:

Brachioplasty- 8K

Tummy tuck- 12K

Breast lift and augment- 8K

Posterior body lift with auto augment- 8K

Groin incision thigh lift- 7k

Lipo- each area $1800

Full recovery time varies. I was working fll days at my desk within 5 days after surgery each time. My arms really took a good 8 months to feel like they were healed, although I was back to working out in 6 weeks. Boobs and tummy full recovery was 6-8 weeks, but I was walking 10 miles by day 8 and was fully functional within the first few days after surgery. My worst surgery was the posterior body lift, my last one. I ended up with two infections, a wound separation, and a gaping hole in my back, which all in all took a full 6 months after surgery to be healed to a point where I no longer needed to bandage anything. That particular surgery was a b*tch, but knowing the results even if I had known how long it would take to heal I would do it all over again.

Scars are scars...mine are very minimal and fading quickly. I am only really bothered by the brachioplasty ones since they are the only ones you can see in normal clothing. They are also fading and will be very light within a year or two.

Overall satisfaction with outcome- I love it. Sure there are days I wish I hadn't had to go through a small luxury car cost in plastic surgery and almost a full year of combined recovery, but then I put on all of the clothing I could never have worn without having all my extra flab cut off and it makes it worth it. I am a big fan of my new body and I largely have my plastic surgeon to thank for it.

[cherihaskin 0]

One of my friends had Tummy Tuck surgery from a clinic in Toronto. She told it was affordable for her. She is really happy with her results. There were scars, but her Dr. Michael Kreidstein gave her some tips to reduce those scars. Now the scars are minimal and after seeing her result even I wish to get a tummy tuck surgery. Good luck with your surgery!

[weightlosshappiness 0]

A friend of mine went to Dr. Quinton Chivers in Toronto for all of her post weight loss surgery. Did a great job and her incisions all healed very well. She had initially a breast reduction then Tummy Tuck, arms reduction and just had a thigh lift! I cant wait to have my surgeries with him! he is Board Certified!