A journey with multiple procedures

I’m pretty excited. I just booked a mother/daughter combo for the first part of next year. The mother, who has just lost nearly 60 lbs, is so proud of herself. Weight is something she has struggled with since she began to have children. She is now in her 60’s.

One of the reasons she struggled with her weight was because food was a comfort source to her. Her husband has always been a runner and in shape for the most part. He would complain, she would “rebel” and proceed with her unhealthy habits. She hit an all time high in her weight and finally decided to do something about it…at 59 years old. Just goes to show it’s never too late!

So, over the past year, she has joined a gym and been fairly serious in eating healthy. But now that all this weight is off, she’s has quite a bit of saggy skin and hates it. She has multiple procedures that she wants to have done, but we’re limiting it to three at this point. She is in great health for a 60 year-old woman, but safety comes first.

We’ll be doing a tummy tuck to get rid of the saggy belly skin, a thigh lift and a breast augmentation with lift. After that healing process (and we’ll be having her journal, meditate, and practice holistic healing), we’ll get the rest of the things done that she wants. Because of her limited budget, she’ll be financing some of it, but we have some great plans for financing her procedures, so it won’t be a big deal.

I’m excited to share her story over the coming months as she undergoes some serious transformations. I can’t wait to see her get what she’s always wanted, and I can’t wait to share the before and after photos of this body contouring package we do.

Yeah, it’s never too late!

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Body Contouring – After Massive Weight Loss

Two weeks ago, on our radio show, The Humanity Behind the Vanity, we devoted the entire show to answering listener questions. In the first segment, we talked about cryolipolysis, or fat freezing. In this segment, we’re talking about body contouring after gastric procedures for weight loss, along with insurance questions.

One of the biggest issues people deal with after weight-loss surgery is excess skin. People who decide to go in and get serious about weight loss often don’t think about the after-effects. And in the past, it wasn’t something talked about during consultation with the weight-loss surgeon (nowadays they are better at preparing the patients for what to expect). In many cases, there have been some people who come out of the weight loss phase and are suffering just as much mentally because they weren’t prepared for the excess skin.

So, now that the weight has been lost after the gastric bypass, or lap band, or other procedure, what can be done with the excess skin? I typically don’t even think about body contouring on anyone until their weight has been stabilized for about three months, and this usually takes two years or so after the surgery. The only way to get rid of excess skin is to excise it…cut it off. The same goes for stretch marks. So, during this procedure, both are typically taken care of during the same surgery.

It’s not uncommon to combine procedures, two or sometimes three at a time (modern techniques have made this safe on most patients). Later on down the road, there can be another combo — popular ones are thighs and tummy, or breasts and arms, or tummy and breasts. We really wouldn’t know what would be best until we actually sat down and talked.

Concerning the insurance question, you’d have to ask your insurance company. Removal of excess tummy skin has been covered in the past, but not in all cases. Sometimes large-breasted women can have a reduction covered. Arms and thighs are not covered, unfortunately.

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